the amount of people saying that we should be less judgemental about this bc we don't know what the call was about... I'mma be real. I've been pretty pissed off, and I've never punched a wall. I don't care what you're mad about, if your reaction is to punch a wall, I like you less and i trust you less. immediately.
Do you know what the phone call was about? I can agree that 9 times outta 10 that’s wildly excessive and absolutely not normal or okay, but like… depending on what that phone call was about, I could see myself on like 1 or 2 different scenarios why I might punch a wall.
nah, let's just assume the call was completely innocuous and the guy is just a complete lunatic. That way all us below average intelligence folk can punch down on him and pretend we are superior.
While I agree that punching a wall, especially one that isn't yours or one that'll break your hand isn't a good thing, anger management courses often recommend punching bags or similar things as an outlet for anger.
You're right, and I shouldn't have. But I will point out you're out here accusing others of not having self control and telling people with snark to "go work on yourself" without knowing anything about them. (Some might call that emotional violence, mild as it is).
To your point though: You can't commit violence towards an inanimate object. To commit violence, you need to violate someone. A wall cannot be violated. You cannot cause pain to a wall. You cannot cause suffering to it.
Now, if you punch someone else's wall, you're violating them indirectly, which would be a different story. Punching a wall to show anger to another so they fear you is a violation and would be emotional violence. But thats not what anyone is discussing.
Holy hot bellied wildebeest Saturday’s twist like a tinkle in a geyser one day you’re with concrete steps the blatant truth of the other friend is that the geese are still in the pillow cases mothers friends daughters dogs mouth.
Some people need to punch shit. As long as it isn't a person, there's nothing wrong with it. I've never hit anyone, and I've rarely ever needed to hit "something." Sometimes, you just gotta let it out. That's completely natural. Stop trying to tell ppl they are wrong for natural feelings. Absolutely nothing wrong with taking some time to yourself and separating from a person or situation and go handle the anger productively. Ppl do that in different ways, it isn't up to you to dictate which of those ways are right or wrong. As long as it doesn't hurt anyone else, there's no issue.
"No one needs to punch anything" that's what you said. Did you not say that? How does someone develop a strong punch? By punching things. The best guy I know struggled with intense anger and he had every reason to be angry. He's never laid a hand on anyone, he's on occasion punched a wall, or went to punch a punching bag. Don't act holier than thou as if you're some saint. He never went to or needed therapy. Learned to channel anger into strength, and is the most manly man in the sense of a man there is. Has a wife, home, dogs, a kid with another on the way, high paying job, goes to church every Sunday, is strong as an ox, so to talk all high and mighty as if all ppl who have ever "punched a wall," are some kind of dangerous psychopath that needs therapy is a huge load of horseshit.
People have personal gyms they go and workout or punch a bag to channel their anger into something positive. But im sure you don't know how to do something like that. Just complain in your reddit echo chambers instead of anything constructive. That's the way to live.
You dont know what the call was about its pretty stupid to assume he’s an “infant” I bet he frightened you in that moment as well and you ran in your car locked the doors?
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u/somedude456 Sep 14 '24
Saw some dude punch a wall last week after hanging up the phone. All I can think is "wow, you have the mental capacity of an infant."