# If Given A Day to See, What Would You Want to See?

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## Post 1 by sophiagoh (Generic Zoner) on Thursday, 22-Dec-2005 20:26:53

A friend told me that if she was given a day to see, she would go to the beach and see the sun rise, then go shopping, see a movie, go for some favourite food and then go back to see the sun set. And of course that include seeing the one she love. How bout you?

## Post 2 by The Lil Dark Piggy (This site is so "educational") on Thursday, 22-Dec-2005 21:23:38

I wood also go out to the bech, then i wood find one of my best friends taht i haven't seen in years and spend some time with thiem.

## Post 3 by OrangeDolphinSpirit (Despite the cost of living, have you noticed how popular it remains?) on Thursday, 22-Dec-2005 23:31:47

I'd want to see all the people I love--Mom, Dad, brothers, sisters, and friends. I'd like to drive sighted for a day, and maybe watch the sun set. I'd like to try some of the things I do every day while I'm sighted, too ... Would definitely be interesting.

## Post 4 by Selena Fan (Account disabled) on Friday, 23-Dec-2005 1:24:37

I wouldn't want to see anything! If God would have wanted me sighted he would've made me that way! Like my dad once told me I was borned this way! I'm used to it so to me I'm not missing anything!

## Post 5 by changedheart421 (I've now got the bronze prolific poster award! now going for the silver award!) on Friday, 23-Dec-2005 1:45:05

I would wanna see my dad's face. He has been so mean to me.

## Post 6 by PorkInCider (Wind assisted.) on Friday, 23-Dec-2005 2:29:57

I'd want to see the one I love. To just be with that person, to look upon them, in all the different moods that can be encompassed in one day, to imprint the way she looks into my mind so that I have it forever.

## Post 7 by Blue Velvet (I've got the platinum golden silver bronze poster award.) on Friday, 23-Dec-2005 8:21:47

Just to be able to see the faces of people I come in contact with each day would be great. I would also just walk around familiar as well as unfamiliar areas to look at everything. I would enjoy once again being able to look up when I hear birds and actually see them flying or sitting in trees. I never appreciated these little every-day things enough when I had usable vision.

## Post 8 by Brooke (I just keep on posting!) on Friday, 23-Dec-2005 21:51:17

I'd want to see my friend's two daughters. I've known them since they were born and would love to be able to see them.

## Post 9 by Twinklestar09 (I've now got the bronze prolific poster award! now going for the silver award!) on Friday, 23-Dec-2005 23:23:28

I'd want to see one of my best friends in person if possible, if not his picture. I've actually never seen him before. I'd also like to see my niece and nephews and play with my dogs, running around and stuff. And I'd like to play some of my old Atari and Nentendo games. And I'd like to see pictures of my Internet friends and the rest of my family at least

## Post 10 by HauntedReverie (doing the bad mango) on Friday, 23-Dec-2005 23:36:27

I never cherished my vision when I had it either. I'd not want to see my family, there's no love there. but I'd want to see the face of my best internet friend, I'd want to see nature, woods, mountains, river, cliffs, ocean. I'd want to walk, and run again freely. I'd want to write, by hand in print a poem. I'd want to draw too. and lastly, I'd want to look at a bee flying right towards me and say fuck you before running like hell from it.

## Post 11 by laced-unlaced (Account disabled) on Saturday, 24-Dec-2005 15:57:09

i don't know myself. i know i would love to see the grate barier reef in australia. apart from that i'd make the most of it

## Post 12 by Nem (I just keep on posting!) on Sunday, 25-Dec-2005 3:18:29

The dragon, besides family, he wants to see everyone he's dated since going blind. I want to know how my tastes have changed.

## Post 13 by Texas Shawn (The cute, cuddley, little furr ball) on Sunday, 25-Dec-2005 19:51:37

nothing really in paticular, but like becky and others said, just to be able to go around and see things that are out there, things that you didn't really understand. vertual reality would be cool. go see how goofy everyone looks at the dance club. silly stuff like that.

## Post 14 by BeautyQueen (Veteran Zoner) on Sunday, 25-Dec-2005 21:27:41

I've thought about this many, many times. First, I'd wanna see what an actual person looks like. Everyone says that "This girl is fine" or "This dude is sexy". And I've always wanted ton know what contributed to that. Some ome of my friends have describe boys to be sexy; that's why I've been curious about that. Second, I'd like to see the birds flying in the sky. I knew how high they were flying because of they sounds they make, but have never seen it. I have more I'd like to see but, I think I've said enough already.

## Post 15 by Perestroika (Her Swissness) on Sunday, 25-Dec-2005 22:12:17

damn it, i keep doing that! sorry. i'd love to see the night sky without using a telescope, i have loved astronomy since i was very young. my grandfather taught me about i. i own a top of the range telescope, and with it, i can see quite a lot, but i'd love just to be able to lie on my front deck and look at the sky for what it was. i'd also like to see Egypt.t

## Post 16 by Goblin (I have proven to myself and the world that I need mental help) on Friday, 30-Dec-2005 9:01:21

Nothing I'm happy as I am.

## Post 17 by Lee (Veteran Zoner) on Thursday, 12-Jan-2006 22:02:21

Hmm, what a really great question. Well, i had full sight until about two years ago. My retnas detached. Jesus that was a really hard time but, hey, i'm alright now and seem to be getting used to my new lifestyle which sucks most of the time. but, hey, that's life and things do happen for a reason. Anyway back to that question. I would like to see my loved ones faces and to see if they have aged any over the years and also to see how i have changed over the years, well, i never thought i'd hear myself say this, but, damn, i really will miss not being able to see myself getting old. I'd love to see my nieces and nephews faces and see if they really look as i picture them in my mind. Everyone tells me how they look but, to be honest i actually really don't think that the way i actually picture them is the way they look. sad face.

## Post 18 by Senior (I've now got the bronze prolific poster award! now going for the silver award!) on Sunday, 15-Jan-2006 18:19:49

in answer to the topic title because I haven't read the rest and can't be bothered, I'd like to see myself going blind again.

## Post 19 by CrazyMusician (If I don't post to your topic, it's cuz I don't give a rip about it!) on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2006 13:15:35

Tough one... I'd love to see my family and friends.. spend a little while just watching my cat be goofy. I'd love to just go for a walk in a park and be able to see the trails and the people and trees and birds and.. I could go on...

## Post 20 by motifated (I've now got the silver prolific poster award! wahoo!) on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2006 13:24:26

Well, everyone here has all these really noble ideas. Many of what you have said is really not a high priorety for me. I mean, I've lived 49 years without knowing much about what things look like. It would be as traumatic for me to acquire vision as it is for one to loose their's. My life is relatively well-ordered and comfortable for me. Having said that, the one thing I'd want to do is sightread music. I have a good ear, and if I could combine that with sightreading, I might quit my dayjob.
Lou

## Post 21 by b3n (I'm going for the prolific poster awards!) on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2006 18:18:36

Hmmm. See up untill about 1.5 years ago, i had good enough site to see the kerser on inverted extra large but not enough to see print. I was happy like that; because that was the most sight that i can ever remember having; aparantly it was better when i was young, but i can't remember.
But one day i woke up and practicly everything was gone, which was really fucked up.
I'd like to see the sun rize and the sun set, even though i never saw those things when i had site. I'd like to see some people that i used to be able to see, to see how they've changed. I'd also just like to go around looking at things to see if i remembered what they looked like correctly. I would like to play some old games that i used to be able to play, mainly duke newkem and zzt.
Hmmm anything else? Na, as i said, i'd never really had to think about it up untill 1.5 years ago, because i was happy like that, and i could only ever remember having site like that.
BEN.

## Post 22 by Nage (Your father's friend's daughter's roommate's niece) on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2006 19:56:15

I've often thought of what I'd like to see, and there is too much for just one day. But if I really must choose I'd want to watch the sun come up. I'd love to see birds flying in the early morning, I'd love to see a waterfall by the light of dawn. I'd want to see the people I know and love, a picture of my two love birds. Finally, I'd like to see the sun setting by an ocean. I fI could still see that night, I'd love to go stargazing with my love.

## Post 23 by blbobby (Ooo you're gona like this!) on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2006 20:46:23

This is a tough one, since I've never seen. I guess I'd like to see my two kids, since all the sighted people I know think it's terrible that I have no idea what my kids look like. They get even more frustrated when I say I don't care what the look like.

## Post 24 by Pure love (I'm going for the prolific poster awards!) on Thursday, 22-Jun-2006 6:40:04

I would look in the morrow and judge myself, and then say if I am too fat or not. And I would want to see how my friends look like.

## Post 25 by jaguar (Addicted to the Zone) on Thursday, 22-Jun-2006 15:59:21

Firstly, I'd love to see my children and grandchild and my life's partner. I would love to see the sun rise and the sunset. I would drive for miles, gazing in wonder at everything I saw, all the people on the streets, the shops, etc. Then I would be at the Pacific ocean, watching the waves roll in, the seagulls in the sky and I would take in the majesty of all the colors around me.

## Post 26 by Amethyst Moon (I can't call it a day til I enter the zone BBS) on Thursday, 22-Jun-2006 18:04:45

I can already see some, but if I was granted full site, I'd like a special permit to be able to drive a car for a day and drive around the open roads of California and also go into touristy places and people-watch the busy tourists hustling and bustling around me that I never really cared to notice before because I couldn't see that far away. I'd love to watch a bunch of foreign films and be able to read the subtitles clearly as well as reading a bunch of books without getting eye strain or headaches.

## Post 27 by Godzilla-On-Toast (I've now got the silver prolific poster award! wahoo!) on Thursday, 22-Jun-2006 19:32:33

All I can say is I'm glad I'm not the only one who doesn't even think of such things, even if they're hypothetical. I'd rather just be happy without my eyesight than even speculate about having something I really don't have a clear concept of. Sure, I could give a lot of cliche answers about nature or loved ones, but it would not be sincere because I already experience these things without eyesight and am perfectly happy with that.

## Post 28 by Susanne (move over school!) on Friday, 23-Jun-2006 11:55:38

I don't know, Labyrinth, speculating what would happen if X occurred does not mean that you are actively unhappy that Y is the case. For example, I might think it's fun to think about what I'd do if I could fly for a day, or have X-ray vision, or speak Hebrew, but that doesn't in the slightest way imply that I am unhappy without being able to fly, have X-ray vision, or speaking Hebrew. It's simply a thought experiment, and at that, a pretty fascinating one, at least to me.

## Post 29 by Godzilla-On-Toast (I've now got the silver prolific poster award! wahoo!) on Friday, 23-Jun-2006 15:40:28

You have some points, but I was being straight-up honest in my last post. One thing I find interesting in these thought experiments is how noble most people's answers usually end up being. Put somebody in an impossible but dire situation and everybody wants to do the most socially acceptable thing. I dunno. If I could see, taking into account there'd be no transition where I'd actually have to learn what things look like or no information overload, all I might want to do is just watch some of the more visual movies I have in my collection to see what went on. Ain't that a pretty answer? LOL!

## Post 30 by Susanne (move over school!) on Friday, 23-Jun-2006 15:56:34

Totally, Labyrinth, of course as any thought experiment, this one is only interesting if one can let go of cliches and really engage with it. I was talking with Wildebrew on it, and he pointed out, quite rightly, that this is actually what the entire entertainment industry is about: exploring things that aren't really happening in your life. That's why we read books, and watch movies, etc. But you're totally right, if they just reiterate some beaten-up truisms or fluff, they are not worth reading/watching. By the way, I think your answer to what you would do if you could see for a day *is* rather pretty, and certainly as legitimate as any! If it ever happens, contact me first so I can recommend some movies with particularly impressive filming, hehe.

## Post 31 by Godzilla-On-Toast (I've now got the silver prolific poster award! wahoo!) on Saturday, 24-Jun-2006 1:29:12

Thanks for the good thoughts. I might do a piece on my thoughts on thought experiments like those people post on the boards or on e-mail lists in my Livejournal if you still read that, so keep a lookout.

## Post 32 by sugar (Entertain me. I dare you.) on Saturday, 24-Jun-2006 5:54:07

If given a day to see, I'd want it to be far enough in the future for any children I may have to be present, but for all the family I love with all my heart now, to still be with me also. I would want to watch the sun rise and set over the see. I would want to see a bird's eye view of every country in the world, who said this had to be realistic? And, I'd love to drive as a sighted person, just once.

## Post 33 by Shadow_Cat (I've now got the silver prolific poster award! wahoo!) on Monday, 26-Jun-2006 12:24:14

I totally agree with Susanne on this, just because we think about what we'd want to see doesn't mean we're unhappy being blind. I've been totally blind since I was a baby, and I'm fine with it. This whole theory just leaves out the massive transition we'd go through, if we've never been able to see before. Anyway, aside from the things that have already been said here, there's one that seems to be overlooked. I'd want to go into a Barnes and Noble, or some such bookstore, and browse books to my heart's content. No thinking about what's in print, Braille, or audio. Just browse the shelves, and see what new books I could discover.

## Post 34 by Belinda (Veteran Zoner) on Saturday, 01-Jul-2006 1:17:33

i can already see some, but if had full sight for a day, id want to go to school and see what its like to be able to read the blackboard LOL

## Post 35 by lalady (This site is so "educational") on Saturday, 01-Jul-2006 12:34:33

Well, let me think about this! I was sighted up until several years before my first child was born. I have two adult children now and would love to look at them but also have them interact with me as a sighted person. Also, I would like to see what I look like now as a little old lady since I know what a cute chick I was 30 years ago! Just kidding about the cute chick part!

## Post 36 by japanimangel1 (Veteran Zoner) on Wednesday, 16-Aug-2006 9:25:12

Hey Everyone,
I must say that I see my blindness as a gift from god, like some have already said, and something that was given for me to use for some purpose, but if I had chance to see for a day, I would love to see my family, and the face of the one I love. I'd like to se myself in the meror to see what I really look like, I mean to someone sighted. I'd also like to see the sunset and rise, and what the stars like. I'd like to maybe try out driving a car as well.

## Post 37 by bozmagic (The rottie's your best friend if you want him/her to be, lol.) on Wednesday, 16-Aug-2006 13:28:45

Hmmm! If I could see for a day, I'd like to be at Blairwitch or Kay's house, get up in the morning, go downstairs for a fried breakfast/brunch and see their miniature yorky Baby scrambling on to everyone's laps including mine, I'd like to then, get in their car and hit the shops, look at shoes, handbags, jewellery, trendy or fashionable clothes, stuff like that, go to Mcdonnalds for lunch, go round Kay's grandparents depending how soon that day I could see came along, actually see their house and their faces, have a cup of tea or whatever there, go back to Kay's, look all round her house as far as I could to see what colour everything was, what it actually looks like and everything, have something nice for tea, watch Eastenders, who wants to be a millionaire on TV, make a hot drink where I was able to just look and know where everything was in someone else's kitchen, then go back to bed, knowwing I was with my best mate from the beginning of the day I could see, till it all ended at midnight and I went blind again.