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Have you ever felt someone's face just to familiarize yourself with their features? (self.Blind)
submitted by ilikemyface3
torelma 6 points 2y ago
Partially sighted here but I haven't seen a single blind person do that outside of movies.
DrillInstructorJan 6 points 2y ago
Hell no. Who does that?

And I'm not even convinced it'd work that well. Everyone (well most people) have two eyes a nose and a mouth, my fingers aren't magic.
retrolental_morose 5 points 2y ago
no. My partner and I do wonder how we'd ID each other if one of us were in some sort of major accident, but we've both concluded that face-feeling just isn't the way.
Perhaps the most overused blind trope out there, alas.
bjayernaeiy 4 points 2y ago
No and neither would I ever
Bachelor-pad-72 4 points 2y ago
No
RJHand 3 points 2y ago
Nah fuck that.
Laser_Lens_4 3 points 2y ago
No. That's not actually a thing we do.
msimmons024 3 points 2y ago
Nope, and don’t think I will
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Nandflash 3 points 2y ago
No.
bscross32 2 points 2y ago
No!
ukifrit 2 points 2y ago
no, I'm really not into touching people.
Bear-n-Bug 2 points 2y ago
I have done it to my significant other, but would never do it to any other person. It is weird
ilikemyface3 [OP] -1 points 2y ago
If I was blind I feel like that'd be the only person I would do it to as well.
the-cat1513 1 points 2y ago
no. Nao. Never
chrystalalex 1 points 2y ago
I went through a stage where I did that. Nowadays, its only something I'd do to my child, or a partner.
Alaisha 1 points 2y ago
In fact, I really hate that stereotype in books and movies, and shows, and I don't know any other blind person who has either. Blah.
Alaisha 1 points 2y ago
No I don't feel faces.
hopesthoughts 1 points 2y ago
Only once when I was little, and someone basically said that I needed to do it.
bradley22 1 points 2y ago
No, unless I was going out with them but even then I’d probably find it to be strange.
dysconfigurated 1 points 2y ago
Yes, I did it one time. I was about 17 and I think people were trying to get us together. She had a lot of pimples. It was kind of strange. Not sure you can get an accurate representation of a visually interpreted thing such as a face through simply feeling it. Sure, you can find out if someone has a crooked nose or unusually sized eyes,; large ears or small forehead, jutting chin and/or double chin. But without having an understanding of what is generally interpreted as visually appealing, it may not be very revealing to touch a face. You can feel if it is oily or dirty, smooth or rough, wellmaintained or poorly groomed, etc. And if you know what culture appreciates as beauty, you can evaluate the cheek bones and proportions of the face and make determinations about these things. If you don’t, you can only guess.
Nefilimulalchimist 1 points 2y ago
No, and I will never do that because I don't see much point. A friend touched my face when he wanted to see, if I smiled, which amused me a lot.
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