I’m not watching Search WWW but one of @cloggie‘s posts reminded me of an idea I’ve had for a while that apparently relates to said show so I thought I’d share it on the fanwall as well.

The idea came about because coming up to and during one’s Time of The Month one typically feels like committing several first degree murders and or breaking every plate in the house. Or at least… I do.
Honestly though, then I thought, it’s not just then. Sometimes I wish I had a sword and a training post that I could hack at when annoyed. And sometimes I just want to break something for the heck of it and see what happens. But that’s like… frowned upon in most societies.

And I thought how useful and how much fun it would be if there was a place where I could do that and not get in trouble for breaking Grandma’s precious materialistic vase. *Says the person who collects antique bottles. Anyway moving on*

So then this idea of a kind of game room developed, where you go in, you pay like ten quid or something, you’re kitted out with protective wear, you pick a weapon of choice and a “room” of choice, and then you just destroy the shit out of that room.

Whether it’s cardboard or dummies or old crockery or crystal or wood or whatever you just get to break stuff.
You could have a fruit ninja room just for kicks.
It would be a waste but people waste pumpkins at Halloween anyway how would this be any different.
Weapons would range from broadsword to double headed axe to baseball bat.
Rooms could be themed, but some could be random or just everything.
You’d probably have to have safety managers on guard tbh.
And maybe some kind of medical form on sign up because I’m not sure giving someone suicidal or with actual legit counts of violence a broadsword is a great idea by then maybe it’d be therapy for some you know!
*Probably would be for me*
It wouldn’t be harming anything. Just some plates.
Also it’d be a really good work out??

Girls on their period would get discounts because WHY NOT period pain is a bitch feels like you’ve been stabbed a bajillion times and this idea was made for this in the first place.

Ofc my need for this room would probably be quenched if I was able to learn medieval marital arts but NZ is sadly lacking on that front and I am not planning on moving to Slovakia anytime soon.

Oh yeah and Cloggie recommended a recycling donation centre for destroyable stuff that nobody needs any more out front. Thank you Cloggie.

Anyway, I would like a broadsword now.

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    I choose a baseball bat. Metal please.

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    I’d go there regularly if I don’t end up learning martial arts. But yeah precautions are necessary so that people don’t beat themselves up.

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    Id love this. But knowing myself all i would be able to handle would be a room full of pillows to rage on. But id feel bad destroying the pillows.

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    if i had something like that nearby i would be there most if not every night and then volunteer my free time both as medic and hype girl (“–but first, safety goggles on! yeahhh!! smash that plates!!! flip and destroy that fancy table thing!”) when im feeling better.

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    Oh wouldn’t that be great? I remember the days when I would be in a rage or crying all day and wonder what in the world is wrong with me? Then I’d look at the calendar – oooooohhh that’s right!
    Every month. EVERY month it was somehow a surprise. But I’m long past that time. Now when I find myself in a rage I KNOW why..
    Hang in there Sic – this will pass thank goodness – without you killing anyone okay?

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      Haha. I broke up with my then-boyfriend 3 months in a row because of this before I caught on.

      This is why I support gun-control laws. Because if I had a gun during these times, I would have killed someone.

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      Every month: “why am I SO SENSITIVE”
      Next day: “oh”
      Lololol

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        I remember telling other women at the time and they all said “oh me too!”
        you’d think we would know after a few years….

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          Right!!! hahahahaha I guess not

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            At one point I had a card – don’t know where it is in my stuff – with a woman sitting at a table with her boobs hanging down, tears steaming down her face, horns out of her head and daggers coming out of her eyes.
            The inside of the card said something like ‘beware’.
            It was taped on my front door when I was a stay-at-home-mom and I remember a delivery person commenting on it.
            believe me – it was ALL true!

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    I heard that a shopping centre in Japan has one of those rooms where they store old equipment like computers and printers. They hire the room out for disgruntled employees for 10 mins for them to break whatever it is that they want. Heard that news about 10 years ago and I still dream about being there!

    Please have boxing gloves in your ‘breakout’ room. I like to punch things but also care about my manicure.

    PS: not manicure. Nails. I mean nails. I never got a manicure in my entire life. I need my nails to scratch thank you.

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      Japan! Of course Japan has this! Amazing. Go Japan.

      Boxing gloves are going on the list!

      Nails to scratch and rip stockings and sheets and accidentally make myself bleed yes thanks super sharp super long nails lmao.
      Yeah I have great nails but can’t keep a manicure on to save myself. Even those UV ones. They come off within a day. They’re not supposed to I’m told but…

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        A friend playfully gave me those acrylic nails once. I lost my mind in about 2 hours when I couldnt get the ‘satisfaction’ of scratching my back. I literally tore it out.

        Ps: I don’t have a skin condition. I just want my nails to be present for a scratch here and there.

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    not . . . watching???

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    I’m pretty sure this is why I go to boxing at least once a week. There is nothing more cathartic than hitting a bag without consequence. And it’s even more cathartic after dealing with irritating opposing counsel all day.

    Though I would love to mess some sh-t up with a baseball bat if given the opportunity. Or maybe tear down some walls with a sledgehammer. I have a lot of rage.

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      This is why I like to weed and prune in the garden – I can push and pull and chop as much as I want. Well as long as I don’t kill the tree or bush…

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      Yeah … I should definitely start some kind of fighting class lol

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        18 months ago my sons stopped talking to me – to this day I have NO idea why – but I cut down (pruned) every bush and tree in my yard to keep from falling apart from the pain.
        Maybe I should have tried boxing…
        To this day they still won’t tell my why they are mad at me, and it breaks my heart – so I weed – EVERYTHING…

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          WHAT why no why would they do that that’s so sad and mean!!! waeyooo~
          *asdfghjkl they need a good talking to* *humph*
          at least you found a healthy coping mechanism? heh… D:

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            thank you @sicarius – I’ve struggled with sharing this as the pain is so intense, but then i wonder if i was a good mom.
            Ultimately I rip things out and tear things up because I can’t do anything else. They live on the other side of the country and I can’t go to their door and ask “what the hell?’
            Last summer I told neighbors “if I don’t hear from my sons I may cut down every tree in the neighborhood” but the trees are still there.
            I watch dramas, dig in my garden and feel sorry for myself and try to support other beanies.

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            Whine away @sicarius – sometimes we just need to whine. It helps us get over ourselves.
            Or look for cheese and crackers to go with the whine. 🙂

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            I once had a friend (no longer a friend) who stopped talking to me for what seemed to be no apparent reason. I just blamed it on life.
            Found out over a year later it was because she thought I’d said something I hadn’t and she’d never bothered to talk it out with me. So we’re no longer friends because of a strange miscommunication.

            I hope you can talk to them one day soon and figure it all out. *Biggest of hugs cos I don’t know what else to say*

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          Oh my goodness, I’m so sorry. I can’t imagine how that feels but I hope that you find a way to reconcile.

          I started boxing not long after I started my new job (the studio was across the street) and I took my cousin with me. I didn’t know at the time that her marriage was falling apart (though I had an inkling). She got divorced three months after we started and I think the boxing helped her immensely, if only because it was a way for her to channel her feelings and to get out of her head.

          I often think boxing is like meditation because the repetition and focus on your body takes you out of your head. It’s helped me immensely with my anxiety and depression too. I hate exercise, but I love going to my boxing classes. I think gardening is much the same. It lets you destroy things while also letting your thoughts settle instead of go crazy. The physical labor of helping things grow while also killing things is also weirdly cathartic. My mom spent my childhood gardening too, and with the knowledge I have now of what she dealt with back then, I understand why she needed it so much. We all have our coping mechanisms. I wish you the best, and I hope things get better soon.

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            “I often think boxing is like meditation because the repetition and focus on your body takes you out of your head.”
            I find swimming does something similar for me… The only thing I can think about when swimming is my strokes and my breathing. Trying to think about other stuff doesn’t really work. Which is a really good thing.
            I don’t get to attack anything but I always feel better afterwards.
            I need to get back into it but it’s so hard in the winter, when I can’t drive and am unemployed aiiie. Whoops I’ll stop whining now.

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            Thanks @snarkyjellyfish – I don’t know when this pain will end. There are days when I am just incapable of anything but crying – and other days when I weed and plant like crazy.
            Maybe I should look up a boxing place – I’m kind of out of trees and bushes to prune. haha.
            so I cry watching dramas. there really is no way to describe the sadness. the show Mother last year about what it means to be a mother was very hard to watch.

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            @sicarius I do exactly 2 things a week for exercise: yoga and boxing. I’m not a super crunchy person, but these kinds of meditative activities are the only exercise I can enjoy doing regularly. (Though I suspect if I lived in a more outdoorsy place I’d be hiking a lot as well.)

            I like anything that allows me to focus on my breath. It’s a really great way to stop and listen to what your body is telling you. My first yoga teacher used to tell us that when we were breathing out to imagine we were breathing out all the old stale breath and filling ourselves with fresh new breath. She had us focus on different body parts and imagine getting rid of the bad and starting clean again. It’s been sixteen years and that’s still a technique I use when I feel bleh. Just focusing on breath makes such a difference. I’m not a swimmer, but I can see how it would be the same.

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            @stpauligurl I wish there was something I could do or say to make you feel better. I can’t begin to fathom how you feel, but I think you are doing the best you can in this situation. I know that dramas were a real coping mechanism for me when my depression was at its worst, and sometimes they were the only reason I managed to get out of bed some days. I hope we can distract you from your pain even a little bit here. Sending all the good vibes your way.

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            Thank you @snarkyjellyfish and @sicarius – the last couple of days were really hard for some reason and I appreciate so much your kindness and understanding. Someone else told me about that breathing technique and I forgot about it. So maybe I’ll try that.
            Also I get busy at work and get totally lost editing or playing in photoshop and the time goes by and i forget about everything but that. It is really helpful to do that.
            When I am in the garden I have to listen to an audiobook otherwise I start thinking about things.
            All in all, I do fine for about 90% of the time, then have days now and then that throw me – but I dust myself off and go back to what I was doing or watching.
            So here is to another day of breathing, moving around freely, watching dramas and chatting with beanies like you!
            *finger hearts*

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    Is the US the only country that already has these? Figures! Well, and Korea, apparently. Sic, you are onto something here for NZ!

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    Some people hang an old tire from a rope in their garage. Really.

    In the absence of broadsword, a baseball bat would work.

    Just watch out for the car on the backswing 🙂

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    come to Tallinn, it exists right next to my street.

    I feel you with time of the month except in my case I want to lie down on train tracks and be run over and it is a serious wish I might actually get some day cause it is not under my control. so anger room won´t help since I am not aware of needing to just “let it out” it feels like I really want to die. Im scared shit of my hormones.

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      Apparently more places in the world have this than I thought. Guess nothing IS original. That or great minds think alike.

      Hormones are so annoying.
      One week you want to die.
      One week you want to kill someone.
      One week you’re ovulating so your body is like MAKE A BABY
      The entire time you’re an emotional wreck
      And like
      How to know when it’s hormones or something more serious?!! You can’t!
      You barely get one week of respite!
      Argh!
      I feel you.
      Please don’t lie on the train to tracks tho.

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    There’s a place where you can throw axes while drinking alcohol in the US which (I hear) is very therapeutic. I kid you not.

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