# Question on being blind **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 10, 2011, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-being-blind/599208 "2011-10-10T18:31:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![QuarkChild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c5a1d2/32.png) [@QuarkChild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuarkChild)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-being-blind/599208/21 "2011-10-11T15:59:03Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > How would a deaf person know that the entire room could hear their farts? Sometimes they don’t, unless a hearing person tells them. Actual quote from a Deaf person I used to know (translated from ASL): “You can HEAR farts?” I can’t believe I’m replying to this. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-being-blind/599208/22 "2011-10-11T18:06:41Z")
> [@Cryptic\_C62](#): > > So, yeah: why have I never seen a blind person at the gym? Because how are they going to know if they’re picking up 10 pound weights or 20 pound weights? Those labels don’t read themselves! ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-being-blind/599208/23 "2011-10-11T20:06:15Z")
> [@Agent\_Foxtrot](#): > > Without sonar, how do you walk through a pitch dark room without tripping over the ottoman? I gave up the harem lifestyle because of this. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-being-blind/599208.md?page=1)