| pokoko said: No, as a hypothetical statement, it's not inane. If something is uncomfortable then it will remain uncomfortable even if you get used to it. If you had to work in a situation where you had to reach behind you to use your mouse, could you get used to it? Probably. Would it ever not be uncomfortable? Probably not. What he said, in a vaccum, makes sense. I have zero idea if that applies to the Wii U controller or not, as I haven't played it. |
In a vacuum?? He is not speaking in a vacuum--he is speaking about the real-world, about the WiiU gamepad, not some hypothetical construct walled off from reality. This isn't a philosophy class and he is not teaching a course. (It's only true in a "vacuum" where you set up arbitrary rules that state that you can never come to like something you previously disliked, but he is *obviously* not doing this and, even if he was, the utility of such an argument is...what exactly?)--lots of things *are* uncomfortable/intolerable/frustrating at first, but you get used to them and then you can come to enjoy them. Including game controllers. Or sushi. Or The Beatles.
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