What grinds your gears?

Hschlick84 · Postby **Hschlick84** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 9:14

People have no respect for private property anymore, it's sad.

erod550 · Postby **erod550** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 9:14

I have a dent like that in my Miata's fender because when I was changing the front suspension I couldn't get it all to line up and it was pissing me off and I punched the fender, lol. Really wish I hadn't done that.

christi · Postby **christi** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 9:14

So, me going to do that downtown today kind of failed. Didn't sleep much last night and went to bed as soon as I got home and just woke up haha.

speedjunkie · Postby **speedjunkie** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 9:14

erod550 wrote:I have a dent like that in my Miata's fender because when I was changing the front suspension I couldn't get it all to line up and it was pissing me off and I punched the fender, lol. Really wish I hadn't done that.

Hey I've done that LOL. Punched the FD behind the driver's window because it still wouldn't start one last try before I deployed back in 07 haha. That dent stayed there until I got the paint done back in 09. I couldn't believe it dented so easy. You could see the main dent and then each little knuckle dent inside that. Of course once I did that I wanted to punch it again but turned around and decided not to punch the wall either; didn't want to put a hole in the sheetrock OR hit a beam LOL.

christi · Postby **christi** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 9:14

Remind me to never piss you two off lol.

chickenwafer · Postby **chickenwafer** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 9:14

They don't hit people, just inanimate objects

speedjunkie · Postby **speedjunkie** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 9:14

^That's right! I've never hit a person, just things that don't operate the way they were designed. LOL

chickenwafer · Postby **chickenwafer** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 9:14

Like cars, computers, walls, doors, phones, anything electronic, etc etc

christi · Postby **christi** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 9:14

Oh I know

So here's a better view of the dent:

erod550 · Postby **erod550** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 9:14

chickenwafer wrote:Like cars, computers, walls, doors, phones, anything electronic, etc etc

I suppose anything electronic would include video game controllers, which have been the target of my rage a few times.

But yea, never people or my pets.

speedjunkie · Postby **speedjunkie** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 9:14

chickenwafer wrote:Like cars, computers, walls, doors, phones, anything electronic, etc etc

YEP! All of the above LOL.

christi wrote:Oh I know

So here's a better view of the dent:

With that corner in the metal there it just seems like it would have done a bit of damage to their hand as well...we can only hope lol.

erod550 wrote:I suppose anything electronic would include video game controllers, which have been the target of my rage a few times.

But yea, never people or my pets.

Oh yeah, I've destroyed quite a few controllers, mostly because some of my rage is directly because of the game I'm playing at the time lol. I don't smash them so much as I twist them. On the PS3 controllers, the little red lights are the first to go, they don't light up anymore. You can also shake it and hear stuff rattling inside LOL. I've thrown them a couple times too. Just not at the TV. That's a little too expensive to write off. LOL

GR-8 · Postby **GR-8** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 9:14

On the topic of throwing controllers I'm guilty of that. I once chucked my ps2 controller at the tv. The controller shattered, tv survived. Since then the only game to get me that angry is FIFA. I slam the controller down on the couch. Nearly destroyed my phone screen a few days back.

erod550 · Postby **erod550** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 9:14

Yea, I have broken a couple by throwing them, a couple by twisting. Broke the little wooden cross bar in the footrest part of our reclining couch once by slamming the controller down on the couch. I was really bad about it when I was younger, but I've gotten a lot better, especially since controllers are $50 a pop now.

I did break one recently playing Forza 4. Racing games can be extremely frustrating when you're right near the finish line and one of the computer cars runs you off the road. Or when you've been trying to hit a certain lap time for a half hour and you're so close but then you make a mistake right at the end. I threw it at the couch next to my recliner but there was a clothes basket on the couch and it hit that and broke a piece of plastic off. The controller still works fine but it's not comfortable to hold anymore because that piece of plastic is right where your fingers wrap around the controller. Plus the little weights that spin for vibration are right there and I can just imagine your finger getting caught in there one day. So it doesn't get used anymore, heh.

I've never thrown one at the TV. Way too expensive.

chickenwafer · Postby **chickenwafer** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 9:14

Oh man when I was younger I used to beat the hell out of my PlayStation controllers. I would slam them into the ground repeatedly or chuck them across the room. I used to be pretty bad. Now when I get that frustrated playing a video game I just turn it off haha.

GR-8 · Postby **GR-8** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 9:14

Yup. Thrown it at the ground on obliterated a controller once before to. All the ones that shattered were aftermarket Pelican controllers or some other brand. The TV was an old Tube. Surprisingly strong glass. Not like todays TVs. I have not broken a controller since the PS2 days.

Losing at FIFA is just so frustrating.

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