I can get by being deaf. Legally I am. I can’t get by being blind. Here’s a real life situation. Riding the NYC subway during rush hour. I see a blind man with a walking cane ahead. Being NYC people are in a rush and rude. One bumps into him another bumps into him so he’s been turned around a few times. So he’s basically disoriented and stuck. Step one way he could fall on the tracks. Step another way and down a flight of stairs to a lower platform. I went to help. He took the subway everyday to work but things like this happen. You certainly don’t run into that being deaf. Plus it’s NYC. What if I’m one of those sadistic assholes than purposely sends him the wrong way. This happened maybe 40 years ago but I always remembered it. More power to the guy but a lot of people just walked past him and ignored his predicament. I can’t imagine being in that situation. Hopefully I sent him the right way. I was in the process of losing my hearing. Just kidding.