BMaker11 on 03 March 2015
| IFireflyl said: Cars - They are not designed to be played with. Their function is to transport people/items from point A to point B. They can be used as toys, but that is not their primary function. Phones - They are not designed to be played with. Their function is to enable two (or more) people to communicate with each other from a distance. They can be used as toys, but that is not their primary function. Computers - They are not designed to be played with. Their function is data processing. They can be used as toys, but that is not their primary function. Gaming computers - They are designed to be played with. They are toys. They can be used for other tasks, but that is not their primary function. Consoles - They are designed to be played with. They are toys. They can be used for other tasks, but that is not their primary function. Zune/iPod/MP3 players/etc - They are not designed to be played with. Their function is to play digital audio files that the user can listen to, and (in some cases) play movies/shows that the user can watch. They can be used as toys, but that is not their primary function. Television/Cable Box/DVR/etc - They are not designed to be played with. Their primary function is to transmit and receive moving images and sound that the user can view. They can be used as toys, but that is not their primary function. Does anyone else need me to clarify something? |
So, now toy is being defined as "designed to be played with". Is a guitar a toy?
I don't know why everyone's trying so hard to equate a console to an action figure. They are clearly two different things, interacted with in two different ways, and serve two different purposes.
