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[–] TAG@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

I do not think I ever threw a tantrum that that destroyed property (I probably tried as a toddler, but I did not have the strength).

This is why therapy is penny foolish and pound wise. Your parents should have been paying for a therapist to teach you not to throw tantrums, not simply paying to fix the house every time you smashed it up.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 1 points 1 hour ago

That’s when you just drink

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 8 points 4 hours ago

Throwing a tantrum as a parent: Just tell your kid you're strict, then scream at them for every little thing.

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 hours ago

I'm almost 40. I'm stuck at 27. I can't afford to break things because I'm poor as all fuck

[–] bbwolf1111@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 hours ago

This hurt my soul, I dated a NARC that used to love throwing my personal phone, not their own. Luckily that was during the years when phones only costing 100-200 dollars. Now these fuckers cost 1000-1500 dollars.

[–] urheber@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 5 hours ago

I'm 16. My tantrums consist of crying in my room.

[–] m3t00@lemmy.world 6 points 8 hours ago

at 30 the kids just broke the door and phone

[–] alltomorrowsregrets@sh.itjust.works 13 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

When I was 16 the phone was wired to the wall.

[–] m3t00@lemmy.world 7 points 8 hours ago

they were damn near indestructible. slam hard, np

[–] Baggie@lemmy.zip 3 points 9 hours ago

Yeah if I threw my Nokia 3210 I think I'd take out a support beam.

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 24 points 12 hours ago

65: Kids are out of the house, you have some money to fix a broken door, but you're just too damn tired to go breaking things or screaming about it. Also, the reason for the tantrum happened 30 years ago. So you tell your family a pointless, rambling, mind-numbingly boring story about it at Thanksgiving, instead.

[–] SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net 33 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

This is privileged tantrum-having.

My tantrums were never property destructive. I grew up poor and I would have been murdered for that. I rage plenty, but never outwardly toward objects.

My tantrums, instead, were and have continued to be personally destructive. I make people hate me, I ruin all the things that matter.

[–] Signtist@bookwyr.me 8 points 12 hours ago

Yeah, if I'd have destroyed something in a tantrum, I just wouldn't have had that thing anymore. It didn't even matter if we could afford a replacement or not - I wouldn't get anything my parents couldn't trust me with.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 70 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

I have a shared apartment and I must scream.

[–] Aneb@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Are you my ex husband or my ex roommate? Or are you my sister? Apparently everyone in my life gets to scream but me 🥹. I only get loud when playing in Halo multiplayer. God I miss kickboxing

[–] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago

I can say with 100% certainly I've never lived next to you, cause the animals that have lived next to me....

[–] Ledivin@lemmy.world 37 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

What the fuck is your door made of? If an angry kick breaks it, I promise it ain't $300

[–] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 43 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

It ain't, but the handyman you pay to install it is.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Interior doors are piss easy to take down/put up unless you fucked up the frame. Why would you pay someone to do that?

[–] Brainsploosh@lemmy.world 13 points 12 hours ago

Cus you're busy dealing with whatever caused the tantrum?

[–] TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zip 3 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)
[–] Codilingus@sh.itjust.works 18 points 16 hours ago

Hi, my names Kyle, I'm 6 white Monster drinks deep, and I'm ready for a crashout if I lose this next CoD match and derank.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 27 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

feeling good about my parenting skills, my kid's tantrums are getting shorter and shorter. she screams, cries, kicks her legs, all on the floor. She only gets anything once she starts to be calm.

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 8 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

She gets things after a tantrum once she is calm again or not at all then?

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 33 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Let's say she wants to play with crayons when it's time to eat. If she starts throwing a tantrum, I lie her down on the ground and don't pay attention to her, except to say "we will hug and go get your fruit when you are calm". When the tantrum is finished, I ask her "are you calm?" and if she says yes, we hug, I clean her up, and give her the fruit.

Until she calms down, I don't pay attention to her, except to re-iterate that she will have more stiumulus once she is calm.

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 3 points 10 hours ago

Do you offer a calming service? That sounds so nice. What kind of fruit?

[–] DrFistington@lemmy.world 19 points 17 hours ago (4 children)

Lol, people can't afford to have kids by 30. What universe is this post from?

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 21 points 16 hours ago

Lol, people can’t afford to have kids by 30.

I can guarantee you

  1. People have kids whether they can afford them or not
  2. Different levels of social integration lead to different support structures for child-rearing which leads to different life stages when people can/do have kids at different financial points.
[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 14 points 17 hours ago (1 children)
[–] bazus1@lemmy.world 8 points 16 hours ago

Yeah. The kid-making process is actually pretty cool.

[–] salacious_coaster@infosec.pub 11 points 17 hours ago

Only like two thousand people can afford anything now. The rest of us can't afford shit, but we do em anyway

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 4 points 17 hours ago

The other 3/4 of world population probably.

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 15 points 17 hours ago

I mean, this is why social media is full of videos of dudes sitting in their trucks complaining about how everyone's crazy now.

[–] TTimo@lemmy.today 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah but at 50 you can go back to screaming and taking a shit on your neighbors driveway.

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 3 points 11 hours ago

Ladies and gentlemen, we got him.

[–] breakingcups@lemmy.world 8 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Ah yes, perfect post for the "funny" community.

[–] lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 16 hours ago

I'm getting 2meirl4meirl vibes

[–] lath@piefed.social 6 points 17 hours ago

Axe + wood reserves

[–] solarvector@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Living a life of quiet desperation.

[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 15 points 17 hours ago (1 children)
[–] otacon239@lemmy.world 9 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

My favorite pic of Ben Afleck. You can feel the air in this picture.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 5 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

I wonder if he hates that this is the picture of him people feel most expression from, instead of one of the films he busted his ass to make

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 hours ago

Hes just a private person. He doesnt like fame and he feels awkward dealing with strangers. He has talked about it a bit on podcasts recently when his second Accountant movie came out.

[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Usually by the age of 27 you're not throwing random tantrums, lol. Keep your emotional breakdowns for the time they actually fit, like a death in the family or whatever. Then, it's fine if you have a moment of sad madness, who wouldn't understand?

[–] TrousersMcPants@lemmy.world 7 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Oh yes, sorry. Really is my fault I didn't schedule my fucking emotional breakdown at the proper time.

It's everyone's responsibility to learn to manage their emotional responses.