Advantages of a Seeing Person Knowing Braille?

[Jamougha]

I have heard that there is no sighted person able to read Braille fluently. I can't think of any advantages.

[Benal]

I can't think of any advantage.

The elevator here at work has the floor numbers in Braille, and even after all these years of going up and down this elevator, I still cant figure out how those little dots work. There doesnt seem to be any obvious pattern to em.

[Badger]

If you ever came across an ATM where the numbers were worn off the keypad but the Braille bumps weren't... man that'd be awesome. I mean you could probably get all the numbers and such right still, as long as you could decipher the enter and cancel button. But wouldn't it be awesome to know for sure which button is which!?!

That's all I can come up with. TR when this happens please.

EDIT: Obviously elevators too, as the previous poster mentioned. Or let's say you're at an ATM or in an elevator and one of the following happens:
1- Terrorist throws acid in your eyes
2- Solar eclipse (ATM) Light burns out (Elevator/Indoor ATM)
3- Syphilis-induced blindness
4- Contacts fall out
5- Just too lazy to open eyes

Man, the list just keeps going I guess.

[Jim14Qc]

The only advantages I can see involve you becoming blind. Waste your time learning something useful, finnish for example?

[PokerAmateur4]

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both your points are dumb.

it would be pretty cool to be at a museum with someone who was unaware of your talent and then nonchalantly perform. or even turn it into a big thing and pretend you're guessing and nail it.

but thats like a once every few years type of scenario

[/ QUOTE ]Yeah but when it happens...PRETTY SWEET! Worth it imo.

[ItalianFX]

Chuck Norris can speak Braille.

[Oski]

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You could text-message while playing pocket pool like the guy in "The Departed."

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I don't think this has anything to do with Braille.

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It does if you have a braille phone

[billygrippo]

double-checking elevator numbers? you can never be too sure when youre in an elevator.

[Jay Riall]

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I have heard that there is no sighted person able to read Braille fluently.

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Probably because no sighted person is dumb enough to put in that amount of time learning to read it fluently.

[mbillie1]

f*ck blind people if they can't see that's between them and god, only pinko commies read braille

srsly tho... i cannot imagine a more thoroughly unpleasant way to waste sick amounts of time than learning braile. why not learn something useful? read some physics books or something ffs