re: Would you rather be deaf and blind or dead?

This prompted a Google search. Seems you could make a horror movie out of this, or book I guess since the person dreaming would be blind:

Yes, people born blind do dream, but their dreams are rarely visual. Instead, their dreams are vivid, emotional experiences constructed from their other senses—hearing, touch, smell, and taste—often including sensations of movement. While they generally do not have visual imagery, they often have higher rates of nightmares.

Key details about dreams of the congenitally blind:

Sensory Experience: Dreams primarily consist of auditory (86%), haptic/touch (70%), smell (30%), and taste (18%) sensations.

Movement & Emotion: Dreams often involve strong emotions, movement, and detailed stories, similar in structure to sighted people's dreams.

Lack of Sight: Generally, those born totally blind do not experience visual images, as their brains have no visual memories to draw upon.

Nightmares: Individuals born blind may experience more frequent nightmares, potentially due to processing intense emotional or threatening experiences through non-visual senses.

Comparison to Acquired Blindness: People who lose their sight after age 7 often continue to have visual dreams, while those who lose it earlier or are born blind do not

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I could deal with being deaf as long as my eyesight is good. I don’t think I could deal with being blind.

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Yup. You can't hear titties.

I'd choose life, always a chance I could end up on the back on a Quarter.