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GenesisCorrupted
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The New Gameboy (Anger therapy) 1
#28464948 - 09/11/23 01:40 AM (4 months, 15 days ago) |
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Disclaimer! I was under the age of 10. I had been abused. I was very angry. I have since mellowed out a lot. Stands to testament. That this is an excellent method of unleashing fury in a healthy and safe manner. This was done in the desert. Far away from anyone.
So I had this.
 A lot of 90 kids did. I was really into Pokémon I still dabble with go
My cousin, seeing how much I enjoyed things would usually try and one up me. Because her family was able to afford it. It’s not that mine wasn’t. It’s just they couldn’t afford to as much.
I remember her bragging about her new game boy. It only needed two AA’s.
I despised how much power this game would need to operate. I found it to Be a huge waste of money.
Somebody asked me what I wanted for Christmas. I was thinking about it all day. Because I had already had to change the batteries earlier today. Had to change them yesterday too.
I was working on my Gengar.
So when I asked. It wasn’t even that expensive by this point. It had been out for a couple of years. Dad said he would get me a new game boy.
Now this was a huge relief for me. It also meant that I was done having to play on that gameboy.
I was gonna be playing on this soon.

So much did I despise this thing. That throwing in the garbage wasn’t enough. By this point, it had been failing me. It literally had erased hours of work. I had to save meticulously and constantly.
Then I had an incredibly therapeutic idea…
There were golf clubs in the house for no reason. We don’t even know who’s they were. They just showed up…
Nine iron.
Took my game boy cartridge out. Set it down in the bedroom. I would play it again once there was a proper tool to play it on.
Taking the GameBoy outside. I turned it on.
Waiting until the logo dinged.
I laid into it.
There was nothing left.
Completely obliterated.
I unleashed all of my pent-up fury at what a poorly designed prototype that was. Physically. Then I happily waited for the month for me to get my new game boy. I picked up the pieces that I could find. Threw them away. Couldn’t find the screen.
Years later, after that night, I actually did find the screen. Made me laugh my ass off.
It was easily 500 feet away. It must’ve gotten caught on the club during a backswing. 🤣
Edited by GenesisCorrupted (11/29/23 11:45 PM)
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redgreenvines
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another peaceful resolution, at least by now, it might be peaceful, although I think, the memory has anger still. sure you laugh at it, while mentioning it to us - absolute strangers, but the jealousy, and hurt are right there, ready to burst and bash at a hair trigger.
we have seen this.
when you can share it with yourself and not start your heart racing, and mentally looking for something like a nine-iron, you will have healed.
equanimity, detachment, honestly possible.
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9 into 10 iron!
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The Blind Ass
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What in god's (*or lack thereof) good name did that little GameBoi ever do to you that you felt compelled to smash it away with a 9-iron.....OP???!! 
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GenesisCorrupted
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It was literally failing. It could just be anywhere. And it would turn off. Even while it was burning through batteries like a furnace. It was deleting hours of work at a time every time It did that. I had to save meticulously every five minutes.
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redgreenvines
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Most ofy computers were like that. I still save my work religiously
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Re: The New Gameboy (Anger therapy) [Re: redgreenvines] 1
#28468347 - 09/14/23 12:14 AM (4 months, 12 days ago) |
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This was rly satisfying to read, lol.
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