A rift makes more sense than someone trying to cram them into pods. Even if they're on the short average size of ours, I still can't imagine someone getting them into a pod. But I can't feel anything and it is really annoying.
I believe that you'd say something like that to get an answer out of me whether you've guessed or not. It's never a non-point, but I've had years of experience acting like it isn't considering everyone else uses it against me without needing my help in the matter.