If you had to lose one of your senses, which one would it be?

Taste. I think my sense of smell would compensate for it.


The worst to lose would be touch.

I picked hearing, Even though it said 2.22% on the polls *shrugs*.. Who wants to hear all the shit that goes in day-to-day life anyway? Yeah, it would suck not to listen to music anymore.But, I really enjoy my eye sight,taste,smell and touch... Much more than my hearing.

I'd rather loose my taste. Considering that it's already majorly dependent on smell anyway, it wouldn't be much of a loss in comparison to any of the others.
Not to mention I wouldn't be as much of a picky eater!

It was between taste and smell for me. Smell is a huge contributing factor to taste so if I choose to lose smell, I'd also lose a good portion of taste. So I choose taste.

Originally Posted by KateMarie999

Smell. Taste would be affected but then my cravings would be reduced. Plus I wouldn't have nearly as much problem with going into really smelly places like public bathrooms. I also wouldn't be as bothered when I have a cold. It's the sense I use least often.

No, you'd still be bothered. Your nose and sinuses humidify air.

Definitely taste. Most of what people think of as taste is actually smell: think of how many different "tastes" there are. Now, consider the fact that our taste buds only pick up five "flavors": salt, sweet, bitter, sour, and umame (brothiness/meatiness). The rest of those tastes you probably thought of? All smell all the way.

I would actually prefer to lose my hearing. I'm actually pretty surprised that the least amount of people chose that! But I do agree on never wanting to lose my sight or touch, these two senses are way important.

But why would I choose smell and taste over hearing?

-I have a very keen sense of smell, and I use it a lot to determine whether something is clean or edible. If I lost it, I'll become paranoid about whether something will make me sick. So my smell is actually very important to me.

-I agree that taste isn't very useful, but to me, neither is hearing. I'd really appreciate it if someone can explain why they think hearing is important. Neither did me much of a favor, and I'd rather lose both of them than lose even one of my other senses. But in the end, I choose taste over hearing because I can imagine music in in my head, but not taste.

I would choose either smell or taste. I voted for smell though, as taste is more important to enjoy food. :)

Smell. Maybe I can last a bus ride without feeling nauseous from the fumes. Along with all other smells as perfume and my own shit.

I would never want to lose my sense of vision since I'm a very visual thinker. If anything, I would choose to lose my sense of taste. I can then eat all the healthy food I think tastes like crap!

I thought for a second that maybe I'd prefer losing my sense of smell rather than taste, but smell is directly linked with memory. There are far more things we remember through our sense of smell than we are aware of.

Taste so that all food taste the same to me and I can eat only what is required to maintain my body.