Yeah, supress your anger so you go mental 20 years from now.
That'll fix it.
( Mu Dinofiddler, Wed 20 May 2009, 22:22, archived)

are you suggesting that all impulses should be acted on to prevent later mental illness? or not, no offence
yeah
( mongychops, Wed 20 May 2009, 22:25, archived)

Not acted on, just not ignored, pushed down and allowed to boil away.

( Mu Dinofiddler, Wed 20 May 2009, 22:29, archived)

no offence but i would presume that you are in control of your own emotions not other people, how you react is an internal feeling not controlled by others actions, no offence
crazy times
( mongychops, Wed 20 May 2009, 22:34, archived)

good banter

( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Wed 20 May 2009, 22:47, archived)

Growing up means not getting so stupidly angry in the first place that you see violence as an option
A much more healthy attitude is a mild tut-tutting under your breath, tempered with an inner glow of knowing you're not as far down the evolutionary ladder as whatever is the cause of your mild ire.
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Wed 20 May 2009, 22:25, archived)

It's that kind of attitude that got Poland invaded in the first place.

( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Wed 20 May 2009, 22:34, archived)

Yes, because violence was actually my first option.
Of course I wasn't just saying it to show that I was pissed off.

A thread with

"How do you get the urge to stab people out of your system, without actually tutting under your breath?
I'm already working my way through being very petulant."

Wouldn't quite have been the same.
( Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Wed 20 May 2009, 22:36, archived)

Considering the eye-for-an-eye tactic you used that caused this whole debacle
you've got growing up to do, stab-happy or not.
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Wed 20 May 2009, 22:46, archived)

I've mentioned below that the diplomatic route has been attempted.

( Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Wed 20 May 2009, 22:49, archived)

What? Turning your speakers up so you can't hear his music and then both Sir Grumpsaloting around the house passive aggressively at each other?
Is this the house of whiney teenage tearaways?
( TFD is sporting this season's finest necropants, Wed 20 May 2009, 23:01, archived)

You're still the one who turned it into a war.
Pointing out the next day in the cold sober light that they're being selfish is far more rational than playing petty oneupmanship
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Wed 20 May 2009, 23:04, archived)

Woah there!
Are you genuinely suggesting that not stabbing your housemate because he listens to Green Day will result in having to do time in a metal institution in later life because of the bottled up anger?

I would suggest that the stabbity-stab-stab route will get you locked up much faster.
( TFD is sporting this season's finest necropants, Wed 20 May 2009, 22:54, archived)