Passive Aggressive Anger Release Machine smashes fine china, doesn't give your quarter back

Proving that money can indeed buy happiness, artist Yarisa Kublitz's Passive Aggressive Anger Release Machine vends various fine china into a fine powder. We're confident there's a reason destroying a porcelain kitty costs $.25 more than a plain white vase, but we'll leave speculation on the deeper meanings of smashy time as an exercise for the reader. Essays are due Friday at noon in the main department box.

[Via MAKE]

[Bad Beaver @ Jun 10th 2008 2:05PM]

Hmm, eat more Canadian...

[ddub @ Jun 10th 2008 2:39PM]

HAHA, didn't know what you were talking about at first. Is there any difference between canadian food and american food?

[Ray @ Jun 10th 2008 2:49PM]

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.

[Bad Beaver @ Jun 10th 2008 2:52PM]

You bet there is.

[Drew @ Jun 10th 2008 8:32PM]

Hey, my Magellan Roadmate has "Canadian" as an option under the "restaurant" finder -- I guess this is that elusive Canadian restaurant!

[OneLove @ Jun 10th 2008 4:14PM]

so what do you do if it steals your money :)P

[senyl @ Jun 10th 2008 4:28PM]

mmmm. I'm in the mood for some hot Canadian.

um, wait a second, that came out wrong

[computer.dude.28 @ Jun 10th 2008 6:54PM]

Bring on the Poutine!

[Asha @ Jun 10th 2008 10:19PM]

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.

[jacres @ Jun 10th 2008 2:08PM]

Any chance these things will be popping up in the office?
Yesss....

[System48 @ Jun 10th 2008 2:11PM]

I don't think the resulting ticket for littering would help someone with their anger management issues.

[teej @ Jun 10th 2008 6:37PM]

rtfa - it falls to the bottom of the vending machine and smashes inside.

[tekdroid @ Jun 10th 2008 2:12PM]

brilliant. I envisage a popular phone there that shall remain nameless, ready for my $2.

[rTwelve [xbl:chilblane] @ Jun 10th 2008 2:47PM]

....razr?

[Aguiluz @ Jun 10th 2008 3:56PM]

iPhone 1.0?

*sees clak and iEye coming*

I... re-re-retract that statement.

*runs*

[teej @ Jun 10th 2008 6:38PM]

dude, Aguiluz, you deserve the first, newly-coveted, highest ranking.

[Aguiluz @ Jun 10th 2008 10:13PM]

@teej (spelling?)

There WAS a "Highest Rank." Never knew what happened to it...

[System48 @ Jun 10th 2008 2:12PM]

I don't think the resulting ticket for littering would help someone with their anger management issues.

[System48 @ Jun 10th 2008 2:13PM]

stupid posting delays.

[John @ Jun 10th 2008 2:19PM]

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!

[Darkroom @ Jun 10th 2008 2:14PM]

wouldn't they break when they're being dispensed?

[Wolfticket @ Jun 10th 2008 2:16PM]

Love the idea of this machine, but I think I love your comment even more.

[Darkroom @ Jun 10th 2008 2:17PM]

wait... is that what it's suppose to do? smash it on the inside? either way it's strong work...

*misses art school* / *sigh*

[John @ Jun 10th 2008 2:21PM]

Hahahaha, at least there's some fun in the fact that you can't delete your own comments.

[Reader @ Jun 10th 2008 2:53PM]

That's embarrassing...

[TJ @ Jun 10th 2008 2:57PM]

Well, it was a poorly written article, anyone could have gotten confused.

[Eric M. @ Jun 10th 2008 2:19PM]

Instead of destroying the kitten can the machine just destroy the essay thats due Friday?

[helloUser @ Jun 10th 2008 2:21PM]

I was hoping this would be more engadget ipod news :(

[helloUser @ Jun 10th 2008 2:21PM]

I mean, iphone....lol

[Stiv @ Jun 10th 2008 2:26PM]

I know, right? I want iPhone news all the time!

[Technex @ Jun 11th 2008 6:24AM]

Can I have permission to kill this "helloUser" dude?

[Bunson @ Jun 10th 2008 2:33PM]

Dude, I want one over here in INDY

[Mile @ Jun 10th 2008 2:36PM]

.uʍop ǝpısdn sı ɔıd ɹnoʎ 'ǝpnp

[WarMouse @ Jun 10th 2008 3:14PM]

rank HIGHER, damn you! higher!

[DB @ Jun 10th 2008 3:16PM]

dude...

[Tony Rayo @ Jun 10th 2008 4:31PM]

Wow Mile, I honestly thought there was a gas leak in my house the first few times I read your post.

[Samo @ Jun 10th 2008 5:02PM]

@Mile: How the HECK did you do that?!

[Low Ranked @ Jun 10th 2008 6:20PM]

·əlεıssod sı бuıμנʎuα 'əɔuəıנαd μбnouə μנıʍ

[hello @ Jun 10th 2008 10:36PM]

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iiiiiiunɟ os sı uʍop ǝpısdn bu!dʎʇ iiiibɯO

[Anthony H. @ Jun 10th 2008 11:17PM]

@Samo: http://www.fliptext.org/

[Grey Acumen @ Jun 10th 2008 2:37PM]

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.

[Tony Rayo @ Jun 10th 2008 4:35PM]

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).

[Eric @ Jun 10th 2008 2:51PM]

I hope they developed it so the the vending machine never works, creating an instant increased market for the product.

[blurry @ Jun 10th 2008 2:52PM]

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?

[bigmac @ Jun 10th 2008 2:52PM]

Ha, that's just outside the Drake Hotel on Queen West in Toronto. Part of the Luminato Arts Festival going on this week.

[nanobis @ Jun 10th 2008 3:00PM]

So this isn't one of the new app on the iphone 3G

[Jesse @ Jun 10th 2008 3:52PM]

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.

[Aguiluz @ Jun 10th 2008 4:08PM]

You don't know why it's called "passive," no?

Maybe "active" machines could do that.

[Ryan @ Jun 10th 2008 3:59PM]

I live across the street from that! It's in front of the Drake Hotel in Toronto.

[Aguiluz @ Jun 10th 2008 4:09PM]

Cool! Maybe give us a YT video of the machine "in action!"

:D