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npr: Ooooooooo! — Tanya theweekmagazine: While stress is an unfortunate and unhealthy part of modern life, going on a destructive rampage isn’t usually a socially acceptable way of dealing with it. Enter the Anger Room, an inconspicuous storefront in a Dallas strip mall where fed-up Americans can act out. Inside, proprietor and founder Donna Alexander and her staff offer up rooms of stuff — TVs, office furniture, glassware — for patrons to smash.  “Stuff that you can’t do to other people, you can do here,” one customer says. “I can’t afford going to the psychiatrist, but I can afford this.”  The ‘Anger Room’: The new way to blow off steam after work I NEED THIS IN MY LIFE.

npr:

Ooooooooo! — Tanya

theweekmagazine:

While stress is an unfortunate and unhealthy part of modern life, going on a destructive rampage isn’t usually a socially acceptable way of dealing with it. Enter the Anger Room, an inconspicuous storefront in a Dallas strip mall where fed-up Americans can act out.

Inside, proprietor and founder Donna Alexander and her staff offer up rooms of stuff — TVs, office furniture, glassware — for patrons to smash. 

“Stuff that you can’t do to other people, you can do here,” one customer says. “I can’t afford going to the psychiatrist, but I can afford this.” 

The ‘Anger Room’: The new way to blow off steam after work

I NEED THIS IN MY LIFE.

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  5. gamingtimeladyfromgallifrey reblogged this from nerdymouse and added:
    California seriously needs one of these. I’d be in there weekly if not daily
  6. 1one1 reblogged this from npr
  7. skatingwithscissors reblogged this from npr and added:
    Reminds me of the plate-smashing parties that a few friends used to have. A case of beer and some cheap dishes from...
  8. sleepydragon26 reblogged this from npr and added:
    I NEED THIS IN MY LIFE.
  9. tambourine-rainfall reblogged this from dyblog
  10. ollin-atl reblogged this from friendofhagrid and added:
    I need this
  11. friendofhagrid reblogged this from npr
  12. buzzkillscg reblogged this from nyquilontherocks and added:
    Heh. Fair enough. Not that I couldn’t use a little aggression in my day-to-day doings.
  13. thelumynosity reblogged this from npr
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  15. thepostitnotejunkie reblogged this from npr and added:
    Greatest idea
  16. nyquilontherocks reblogged this from buzzkillscg and added:
    Yeah, except that so-called “catharsis” has been repeatedly shown to increase aggression over time. Lovely little...
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  19. hotlikeapotfullofvegetables reblogged this from lethargicthinking
  20. lavidaloco reblogged this from npr and added:
    Is this healthy? It sure looks like fun! Reminds me of Office Space & the copier.
  21. mightymaura reblogged this from npr
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  26. sarbartartar reblogged this from npr and added:
    dallas!
  27. collegegrrrl reblogged this from truth-has-a-liberal-bias and added:
    Can I mail order one of these omg Or can someone build one in MA
  28. lethargicthinking reblogged this from truth-has-a-liberal-bias
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  31. gendervilleusa reblogged this from npr and added:
    WHAAAAAT? That sounds crazy awesome. There has got to be nothing more fun than just demolishing stuff that you normally...
  32. vivienmurray reblogged this from nerdymouse
  33. hayslettmba reblogged this from npr and added:
    This is one of the dumbest things I have ever heard of; just meditate, instead of encouraging hostility and violence....
  34. maplegirls reblogged this from npr and added:
    Brilliant!