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Alkonium

By Alkonium
in Ahto Spaceport Cantina

What sense would you be most willing to do without?  

31 members have voted

  1. 1. What sense would you be most willing to do without?

    • Sense of Sight
      0
    • Sense of Smell
      16
    • Sense of Hearing
      3
    • Sense of Touch
      2
    • Sense of Taste
      10

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tk102 Newbie

tk102

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I have don't have a very good sense of smell so I guess I could do without it. I have fresh batteries in my smoke detectors. :)

 

Sidenote: I feel like I got tricked into reading this thread.

In the future could you please use a more descriptive thread title (Forum rule 10c). ;)

Windu Chi Newbie

Windu Chi

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You can taste without smelling, but not nearly as well.

Do you know of anybody or ever seen medical evidence of anybody born with no smelling ability, Jae? :)

I'm just asking you a question I'm not being a smart-ass, here, Jae ;)

Jae Onasi Newbie

Jae Onasi

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Do you know of anybody or ever seen medical evidence of anybody born with no smelling ability, Jae? :)

I'm just asking you a question I'm not being a smart-ass, here, Jae ;)

 

Kallman syndrome.

Loss of smell does happen with some frequency after certain brain surgeries, head or facial injuries, or with certain tumors or Alzheimer's, because the Olfactory nerve (cranial nerve I) gets damaged. Anything that can affect the brain can affect the olfactory nerve, and if that nerve (or pair of nerves, to be precise) doesn't work, we don't have a sense of smell.

Windu Chi Newbie

Windu Chi

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Kallman syndrome.

Loss of smell does happen with some frequency after certain brain surgeries, head or facial injuries, or with certain tumors or Alzheimer's, because the Olfactory nerve (cranial nerve I) gets damaged. Anything that can affect the brain can affect the olfactory nerve, and if that nerve (or pair of nerves, to be precise) doesn't work, we don't have a sense of smell.

Thanks for that knowledge, Jae. :)

I really, I'm not kidding, I really appreciate it, Jae. ;)

lukeiamyourdad Newbie

lukeiamyourdad

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Smell.

 

I just went to the Duc de Lorraine which is a bakery near my university. Had a tiny custard pie with raspberry for 3.71$. Costs an arm, but damn, it's like an orgasm in your mouth...no it's even better.

 

I can't live without good food. Just shoot me then.

Darth333 Newbie

Darth333

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Smell.

 

I just went to the Duc de Lorraine which is a bakery near my university. Had a tiny custard pie with raspberry for 3.71$. Costs an arm, but damn, it's like an orgasm in your mouth...no it's even better.

you forgot the tax btw! Unless you are like me and buy six units instead of one :D ...hehe I used to go there too when I was in that area...

 

I voted taste earlier today but now you just convinced me thatit was a mistake...so I change my vote to smell! (assuming that for the purpose of this thread you can loose smell without loosing taste :p )

 

...now this post just makes me remember that I have to stop at Première Moisson on my way home...they have great pastries too. I shouldn't have voted taste :(

Jae Onasi Newbie

Jae Onasi

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I wish I could get some good pain chocolat down here. :) I got very spoiled in France. Yumm!

 

@Godslayer below--I could have done without the sense of smell while my kids were babies. Whew! I'll never understand how something that small can create an odor that big. :D

Commander Obi-Wan Newbie

Commander Obi-Wan

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You can't taste with out smell. According to a student teacher, who has no smell, so he doesn't taste anything.

 

I can't live with out taste, since the tastes of some foods are irrestible. I am not obese, btw, so I have no worries of getting overweight.

 

If I can't see, then I can not watch movies, use the computer, or play some sports. It's just nice to see.

 

Touching, well, I just can't picture what that would be like, so NO.

 

That leaves hearing, which I like, but that's what I would like the least of the chooses given.

 

So, basically what Achilles said. :p

milo Newbie

milo

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I'd choose smell. There aren't any scents worth giving up any of the other senses for.

 

I'm surprised some people could go without taste. Food would become extremely boring. :)

It would work wonders for the obese.

HerbieZ Newbie

HerbieZ

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Hmm...On second thoughts, I'd get rid of my extremely erratic and very useless precognition...

 

Saturday night's Lotto numbers and i won't take no for an answer.

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