A couple of stories:
Back in, oh - 2001? - I helped set up for BotBash here in Phoenix (a combat-robotics exhibition that I don't know if it still runs or not); it was held at what is known in the art community here as the "Hyster Building"; which is (was?) one of David Therrien's (
**broken link removed**) haunts.
Anyhow, part of BotBash (at the end, at night) was a performance art piece done with these large R/C robotic creations by Christian Ristow (**broken link removed** we set up monitors, TVs, copiers, old computers, printers, etc - for his robots to tear apart and such. At the end, all of us (spectators, etc) "went in" to finish the job - stomping, kicking, punching, bashing this crap apart; taking out our anger towards "the machine" is the way I treated it; a Bauhaus orgy form of electronic mayhem destruction in beautiful apocalyptic south Phoenix. One thing I did note, even with steel toe boots, it is really difficult to bust a CRT face-first (probably a good thing). It was also very cathartic.
Second story: My wife once bought this cheap POS electric weed whacker (something from walmart when they were selling "popular mechanics" branded junk - as opposed to their usual junk) that barely worked. It kept eating the line, or not feeding it out, getting stuck - all the while I was trying to use it to do a bit of edging in our backyard. At some point I just lost it, and bashed that think to bits - full overhead swings into the ground, I was so p--sed off! I then took my sledgehammer to the parts. Not a shred of the crap was left to be usable to anybody. I tossed it in the can, and my wife was kinda dumbfounded when she heard the story, and still ribs me about it every now and again to this day. I suppose we could've gotten our money back ($50 dollars or so?) - but it felt real good to tear that pile of junk apart. The weedeater we bought to replace it is still somewhat a piece of junk, but seriously no where near as bad as that one was.
Yes - sometimes taking your anger out like this can be very soothing; this flash "game" was fun - but try the "real thing" if you ever have the chance and don't mind a few injuries; it can be well worth it!