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_Notes on Blindness_ review: a beautiful, accessible and thoughtful one-off (theguardian.com)
submitted by fastfinge
claudettemonet 2 points 7y ago
Damn it, fastfinge! I'm gunna bawl my eyes out watching that movie. Its a little too close to home right now. Why are your posts always so good!!!
This might be too personal a question, but would you rather have been born bind and be a total expert at navigating the world, as you are, or would you rather have been born sighted and have to adapt to blindness in your adulthood?
This might be too personal a question, but would you rather have been born bind and be a total expert at navigating the world, as you are, or would you rather have been born sighted and have to adapt to blindness in your adulthood?
fastfinge [OP] 2 points 7y ago
Awwe. I hope it's therapeutic, at least.
As for you're question, it's fine. I'm really, really glad I was born blind. I don't miss things I have no concept of, and don't have any loss to morn. Oh, sure, sometimes I'm frustrated by the limitations of blindness; I'd give almost anything to be able to drive a car. But at the rate technology is moving, I bet I'll have everything on my "sighted wishlist" in the next 50 years, without regaining my sight. Thanks to Kindle, I can read any book I want, at almost the same time and price a sighted person can; 10 years ago, that wasn't even close to true. I can get around on foot and bus much better than ever thanks to GPS. I can read the newspaper online. So really, driving is the only thing I miss. I don't miss sunsets or clouds, because I never had them in the first place. If you offered me a cure, I'm not even sure I'd take it. It would be an enormous change to my life style, and I don't know what I'm missing, so convincing me to pay for it would be difficult.
As for you're question, it's fine. I'm really, really glad I was born blind. I don't miss things I have no concept of, and don't have any loss to morn. Oh, sure, sometimes I'm frustrated by the limitations of blindness; I'd give almost anything to be able to drive a car. But at the rate technology is moving, I bet I'll have everything on my "sighted wishlist" in the next 50 years, without regaining my sight. Thanks to Kindle, I can read any book I want, at almost the same time and price a sighted person can; 10 years ago, that wasn't even close to true. I can get around on foot and bus much better than ever thanks to GPS. I can read the newspaper online. So really, driving is the only thing I miss. I don't miss sunsets or clouds, because I never had them in the first place. If you offered me a cure, I'm not even sure I'd take it. It would be an enormous change to my life style, and I don't know what I'm missing, so convincing me to pay for it would be difficult.
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