One-Minute Writer: Senses

If you had to lose one of your five senses, which would you choose?

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If I had to face the world with only four senses, I would choose to lose my sense of taste. This could be detrimental in terms of me not eating rotten food or not eating non-rotten non-food items, but it would be a risk I'm willing to take. As much as I love food and eating and savoring the things I eat, I couldn't deal without the other four senses. I couldn't imagine not looking people in the eye or seeing all the beautiful things out there. I certainly couldn't lose the ability to hear -- I depend on it too much and couldn't bear to live without music. Touch is another huge one and fairly self-explanatory. It was down to between taste and smell and smell won because I love the way men's cologne smells and I don't think I'd want to do without it. People smell unique. At the end of the day, I chose the 4 senses that allow me to communicate with other people. And while yes, people do taste like something, I'm putting that communication method at the bottom of my list....