Passive Aggressive Anger Release Machine smashes fine china, doesn't give your quarter back
By Nilay Patel 
posted Jun 10th 2008 2:01PM
posted Jun 10th 2008 2:01PM
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Hmm, eat more Canadian...
HAHA, didn't know what you were talking about at first. Is there any difference between canadian food and american food?
I have a squishy America-shaped stress reliever. Every time I need it I laugh not because crushing it makes me feel better, but because the first time I used it Florida broke off.
That should happen for real.
You bet there is.
Hey, my Magellan Roadmate has "Canadian" as an option under the "restaurant" finder -- I guess this is that elusive Canadian restaurant!
so what do you do if it steals your money :)P
mmmm. I'm in the mood for some hot Canadian.
um, wait a second, that came out wrong
Bring on the Poutine!
What the fuck is 'Canadian Food'??? As a Canadian, I'd like to know because I'm pretty certain that we don't really have a cuisine of our own.
Any chance these things will be popping up in the office?
Yesss....
I don't think the resulting ticket for littering would help someone with their anger management issues.
rtfa - it falls to the bottom of the vending machine and smashes inside.
brilliant. I envisage a popular phone there that shall remain nameless, ready for my $2.
....razr?
iPhone 1.0?
*sees clak and iEye coming*
I... re-re-retract that statement.
*runs*
dude, Aguiluz, you deserve the first, newly-coveted, highest ranking.
@teej (spelling?)
There WAS a "Highest Rank." Never knew what happened to it...
I don't think the resulting ticket for littering would help someone with their anger management issues.
stupid posting delays.
No, see, when it vends the china, it falls and violently breaks in the dispensing area. No littering ticket.
Jesus Christ, they really need to put art/music back in public schools!
wouldn't they break when they're being dispensed?
Love the idea of this machine, but I think I love your comment even more.
wait... is that what it's suppose to do? smash it on the inside? either way it's strong work...
*misses art school* / *sigh*
Hahahaha, at least there's some fun in the fact that you can't delete your own comments.
That's embarrassing...
Well, it was a poorly written article, anyone could have gotten confused.
Instead of destroying the kitten can the machine just destroy the essay thats due Friday?
I was hoping this would be more engadget ipod news :(
I mean, iphone....lol
I know, right? I want iPhone news all the time!
Can I have permission to kill this "helloUser" dude?
Dude, I want one over here in INDY
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rank HIGHER, damn you! higher!
dude...
Wow Mile, I honestly thought there was a gas leak in my house the first few times I read your post.
@Mile: How the HECK did you do that?!
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ɐɥ ɐɥ ɐɥ ɐɥɐɥɐɥɐɥɐɥɐɥɐɥɐɥɐɥ
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I don't see how this works. I'm not going to relieve any stress or anger by watching a porcelain figure get smashed, I'm going to relieve it by DOING the smashing.
I guess that's why it's a "passive aggressive" machine instead of direct... although the wording is still vague and doesn't make total sense. Such are most "functional" art projects though (a great way to waste college money).
I hope they developed it so the the vending machine never works, creating an instant increased market for the product.
This is all well and fine -- but wouldn't this only intensify your anger if you put in your money and the unit fails to dispense the selected item? I suppose pushing the unit over face-first is the only true satisfaction you could get out of breaking something then, right?
Ha, that's just outside the Drake Hotel on Queen West in Toronto. Part of the Luminato Arts Festival going on this week.
So this isn't one of the new app on the iphone 3G
Video or its not real
The piece of china should by design get stuck and then the user could then violently shake the machine until the piece of china falls and breaks. That would probably be a more effective way of releasing anger.
You don't know why it's called "passive," no?
Maybe "active" machines could do that.
I live across the street from that! It's in front of the Drake Hotel in Toronto.