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<blockquote data-quote="Imaro" data-source="post: 6781421" data-attributes="member: 48965">I didn't make it clear but it was both, a statement from me but I was also wondering if you see the similarity in you and @<a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=87792" target="_blank">Neonchameleon</a>'s arguments with said rhetoric...The issue is that on the one hand you talk about flexibility and being more open... yet your line of thinking seems inflexible and totally closed off to the possibility that one can have a rational preference for not liking something... it could be as simple as I don't find it fun (which when dealing with leisure activities is probably the most rational explanation one can give for preference). Both @<a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=87792" target="_blank">Neonchameleon</a> and your posts ring of a...&quot;You just don't know any better&quot; or &quot;You've been taught wrong&quot; mentality and pre-supposes that one cannot be both conscious of their dislikes and have a rational reason for them... instead one is either being irrational or one is being inflexible when it comes to playstyles... @<a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=87792" target="_blank">Neonchameleon</a> goes even further in insinuating that somehow experiencing a game/games that use a particular playstyle (of course the one he doesn't particularly like) is the only cause he's witnessed for not accepting the playstyle he himself enjoys...&nbsp; It all just seems a little presumptuous IMO... as opposed to looking at all possible causes and/or giving people the benefit of the doubt in knowing what they do or don't enjoy...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Imaro, post: 6781421, member: 48965"] I didn't make it clear but it was both, a statement from me but I was also wondering if you see the similarity in you and @[I][B][U][URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=87792"]Neonchameleon[/URL][/U][/B][/I]'s arguments with said rhetoric... The issue is that on the one hand you talk about flexibility and being more open... yet your line of thinking seems inflexible and totally closed off to the possibility that one can have a rational preference for not liking something... it could be as simple as I don't find it fun (which when dealing with leisure activities is probably the most rational explanation one can give for preference). Both @[I][B][U][URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=87792"]Neonchameleon[/URL][/U][/B][/I] and your posts ring of a..."You just don't know any better" or "You've been taught wrong" mentality and pre-supposes that one cannot be both conscious of their dislikes and have a rational reason for them... instead one is either being irrational or one is being inflexible when it comes to playstyles... @[I][B][U][URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=87792"]Neonchameleon[/URL][/U][/B][/I] goes even further in insinuating that somehow experiencing a game/games that use a particular playstyle (of course the one he doesn't particularly like) is the only cause he's witnessed for not accepting the playstyle he himself enjoys... It all just seems a little presumptuous IMO... as opposed to looking at all possible causes and/or giving people the benefit of the doubt in knowing what they do or don't enjoy... [/QUOTE]

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