Poll: Yelling at inaminate objects?

[Hellion25]

I do this allllll the time. I shouted at my couch yesterday because I moonwalked into it. Bastard thing shouldn't have been in the way during my own personal MJ tribute.

 

[Connor Lonske]

I killed 2 controllers, and threw a Game Cube out a window.

 

[MrSnugglesworth]

I yell at "The Game" Doesn't matter which game. Just "The Game".

 

[Connor Lonske]

Yes. My Dad deserves it though.

Hahahah, that cold.

 

[x434343]

I once threw down my XBox controller.

My PC loves me, but wishes I don't yell when I play Left 4 Dead.

 

[Zephirius]

If my monitor was a living being and people knew what it had gone through, they would shun me as an outcast and send the thing to a psychiatrist for extensive therapy, probably lasting at least a decade or two, if not for the rest of its life.

 

[ThrobbingEgo]

I say that if you don't yell at inaminate objects you are not human, my opinion at least. But if you do, what is the oddest one you've shouted at, and why?

Intentional stance, my friend. "Our people detectors" are a little overzealous, so we think inanimate objects around us have intent. If you're interested in the phenomenon, check out Breaking The Spell by Daniel Dennett.

 

[thebestaround21]

All the time at my TV (when playing Madden)

 

[BakaSmurf]

My socks, for not getting on my feet.

 

[VitalSigns]

I can't think of something I don't yell at.

 

[chefassassin2]

I yell at my grill almost every day, my freezer and walkin-cooler doors are scared of me, and I can get my ovens working again practically just by staring hard at them. And on a regular basis, I yell at food that's taking too long to cook. And I yell at my prep cook hourly, as he has a habit of becoming inanimate if he has nothing to do.

 

[MusicalFreedom]

nope. I don't yell at all, ever. come to think of it, I don't make that much noise at all any more, I don't even know

 

[DarkFenix]

I work in a grocery store part time (meat section) and I am constantly yelling at the meat when customers ask for stuff not present on the shelf and I have to go to the back to try and find some.

Also when a stack of product falls over I am forever cursing it to no end even though the stack of deli meats clearly didn't just decide to fall over of their own free will....The roasts clearly coaxed them to do it...damn roasts.

 

[Grahwo]

I yell at my computer, my TV, call my Xbox names. Swear and curse machines and stuff that breaks down at work. Also thingies that "hurts me" gets its round with the angry yells.

It helps!

 

[chefassassin2]

Also when a stack of product falls over I am forever cursing it to no end even though the stack of deli meats clearly didn't just decide to fall over of their own free will....The roasts clearly coaxed them to do it...damn roasts.

I cannot stress this enough... Never, ever, under any circumstances, trust the roasts. They'll sell your grandmother if they got the chance. Sneaky little bastards are probably watching me now, deciding when they'll topple the tower of zucchini in my cooler.

 

[Zayren]

Yes, all the time. Mainly when it doesn't work how I want or I'm playing a game really bad. I've probably got high blood pressure or something, but have never gotten it checked out. I need to get my anger in control...

 

[ActionDan]

I make threats to my PC, My phone, My kettle for not boiling fast enough, and also whenever there is a bunch of electronic equipment that makes that GODDAMN high pitched noise that only teenagers can hear, or only people below 25 or something

Edit: Plus I talk to myself ALOT. I mean Deep conversations and arguments. Slightly unrelated.

 

[Gaias]

When it comes to durability, nothing will be NES controller in my eyes. Back in the day that sucker got more punishment than Jesus from the Romans.

 

[jane_says]

Yell? I have deep and meaningful discussions with inanimate objects!!

Got into a screaming match with my toaster this morning because I got a crumpet wedged up in it...

 

[IxionIndustries]

Currently, my mouse is getting a lot of anger directed towards it. (The computer part, not the animal!)
I keep yelling at it because for some reason, on Overlord 2, it fucks up the controls.

I always yell at my computer, at some point. One time, I even got it cured of viruses, just by cussing it out so hard that I popped a blood vessel and passed out.