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[Albion] Forget the monorail, we need a Rage Room



Is it PotG?

Is it PotG?

Thrifty non-licker
Feb 20, 2017
26,325
Sussex by the Sea
Come on PB, the next time we get tonked 7 nothing, one of these would be ideal at The Amex.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9d59v91286o

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jonny.rainbow

jonny.rainbow

Well-known member
Oct 29, 2005
6,916
I have always thought the concept of rage rooms was thought up by a bunch of twats to cater for a bunch of twats.

You don’t need to smash up old electronics in a controlled environment because it’s therapeutic - you are just being a twat.

Go rambling or open water swimming and stop being a twat.
 


Is it PotG?

Is it PotG?

Thrifty non-licker
Feb 20, 2017
26,325
Sussex by the Sea
jonny.rainbow said:
I have always thought the concept of rage rooms was thought up by a bunch of twats to cater for a bunch of twats.

You don’t need to smash up old electronics in a controlled environment because it’s therapeutic - you are just being a twat.

Go rambling or open water swimming and stop being a twat.
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Everyone is different in this world, ways of dealing with disappointment and hardship vary from folk to folk.
Dangerous to assume that what works for one person is a universal cure.
 


jonny.rainbow

jonny.rainbow

Well-known member
Oct 29, 2005
6,916
Is it PotG? said:
Everyone is different in this world, ways of dealing with disappointment and hardship vary from folk to folk.
Dangerous to assume that what works for one person is a universal cure.
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Whilst I agree that is true, surely several hundred thousand years of evolution have led us to a point where human beings can understand their neuroses to the point at which destroying something is not the only way to cope with disappointments or hardship?

After all, it might be equally therapeutic to punch an elderly lady in the face or throw a cat in front of a moving train.
 


Is it PotG?

Is it PotG?

Thrifty non-licker
Feb 20, 2017
26,325
Sussex by the Sea
jonny.rainbow said:
After all, it might be equally therapeutic to punch an elderly lady in the face or throw a cat in front of a moving train.
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Bit of a jump from taking a lump hammer to a Sony Walkman but I get your point.
Sadly the events you mention (or similar) do occur, and in a cosmopolitan, embracing society we need to adapt to the needs of all.
 




schmunk

schmunk

Well-used member
Jan 19, 2018
10,743
Mid mid mid Sussex
jonny.rainbow said:
I have always thought the concept of rage rooms was thought up by a bunch of twats to cater for a bunch of twats.

You don’t need to smash up old electronics in a controlled environment because it’s therapeutic - you are just being a twat.

Go rambling or open water swimming and stop being a twat.
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Whilst I don't particularly have a desire for a rage room, I do find that a short sharp mostly-verbal outburst works very well to calm my anger.

My wife doesn't understand it and she prefers to seethe for days or weeks on end instead. I suppose going for dinner exercise would be a halfway house but that takes a lot of time and planning when you're angry NOW.

With my way it's gone in minutes and I can move on afresh. It's not right all the time, but in the right circumstances, for me it's the best.
 


Eeyore

Eeyore

Colonel Hee-Haw of Queen's Park
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Apr 5, 2014
27,294
schmunk said:
Whilst I don't particularly have a desire for a rage room, I do find that a short sharp mostly-verbal outburst works very well to calm my anger.

My wife doesn't understand it and she prefers to seethe for days or weeks on end instead. I suppose going for dinner exercise would be a halfway house but that takes a lot of time and planning when you're angry NOW.

With my way it's gone in minutes and I can move on afresh. It's not right all the time, but in the right circumstances, for me it's the best.
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I don't like being angry, it feels like an illness when I get so. I've always been very passive. I have a very long tether. So I end up getting upset. I worked out how to deal with it in the end and bring others with me

If I do get really annoyed about anything I have discovered that it's good to let it out. I have had the odd spat with folk in work before where both of us just simply let rip at each other. Once it's over, it's over. No return, no recall. I can think of two of my closest friends who I have sworn at for example. But then it's done. We are friends again.

I liken it to being sick. Once it's out, it's out. And I've learnt it means I never hold on to stuff. It doesn't seem like the modern way, but I think it's better therapy for the safeguarding of long term relationships.

Actual (non violent) confrontation with individuals is the best way to deal with anger if the goal is reconciliation. I'm not sure about anger rooms as they don't remove the source, just the symptoms.
 


el punal

el punal

Well-known member
Aug 29, 2012
12,834
The dull part of the south coast
schmunk said:
Whilst I don't particularly have a desire for a rage room, I do find that a short sharp mostly-verbal outburst works very well to calm my anger.

My wife doesn't understand it and she prefers to seethe for days or weeks on end instead. I suppose going for dinner exercise would be a halfway house but that takes a lot of time and planning when you're angry NOW.

With my way it's gone in minutes and I can move on afresh. It's not right all the time, but in the right circumstances, for me it's the best.
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I am similar to you on this one. A couple of minutes of venting my spleen then sweetness and light returns. Mrs.Punal , on the other hand, never lets it go. A few hours later she’ll resurrect the same beef again, and then again . . . . :bla:
 


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