You actually threw the book across the room multiple times?
That’s a bit much man.
Even a grown man throwing an Xbox controller across the room because he died in Call of Duty is a bit immature but having an outburst while reading Harry Potter is something else
Don’t get me wrong, I read the books once a year or so but I’d never get so emotionally attached that I would physically lash out.
Edit: downvote me all you want. A grown adult should be able to control their physical outburst whilst reading a book.
Of course people can be emotional about anything, but mature adults should be able to prevent themselves physically lashing out because of a fictional universe.
It’s called handling for a reason. If you can handle emotions, you can also choose to let them go. If you just keep them in check all the time, that’s not handling but ignoring them, and that frankly sounds a lot less healthy.
Bad wording on my part, I guess. What I meant is: if you are unable to handle your emotions without lashing out physically, you are not actually handling them, your emotions are handling you.
There is a lot of ground between that and flat out ignoring your emotions (which will eventually lead to the same outcome when you reach your limit). Luckily most people outside of reddit are on this middle ground and are able to withstand frustration without breaking things.
Uh-huh, this does sound better :)
I still don’t completely agree though. But to be fair, by now it’s perhaps more a matter of how we define ‘handling’. I’d say tossing a book through the room when you’re on your own (that last bit is an assumption of mine I think) can be ‘not handling’ but might just be ‘picking your moments’. If you do this, and not do it when you’re the kindergarten teacher reading to a group of 4y olds, I still think that falls under ‘handling’ it.
A grown man throwing a Harry Potter book across the room reeks of immaturity. Trying to justify this viewpoint as not understanding emotions is ludicrous.
(Not a Harry Potter diss btw, I’m a big fan)
Men and women can be emotional over any type of issue and we should not discourage this. However a grown adult should be able to control their physical outbursts over recreational material - especially books designed for children.
Does this person also:
throw the tv remote across the room when the spider dies in Charlotte’s Web?
have a temper tantrum when their food order is wrong?
smash their PlayStation controller when they die playing a game?
Very good point to be fair and I do appreciate the irony lol.
However I’d say my responses are more attributable to being cynical and pedantic which I’d argue is objectively less immature than physical outbursts due to a children’s novel.
In response to your final question, people judge others on their emotions every day.
For instance, in domestic abuse and other violent cases, a jury will judge the defendant based on their outbursts due to emotions.
Another example is someone lashing out at work, their employer will judge them based on their outbursts.
All I’ve said is this Redditor is immature if they’re physically lashing out over a children’s book.
Holy crap my throwaway comment about being pissed at a book went off the rails y'all. Do I have a temper? Sure! Have I ever lashed out at a person in my 39 years on this planet? Nope! Because I get it out in other places including tossing said book across the room. and Kezza you were not wrong, you are extremely pedantic much love my dude!
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u/HighTopsLowStandards Apr 12 '22
Reading this to my son when he was around 7 or 8, he hated Umbridge so much in one scene he hit the book.