Finally: The Smash Shack
posted at 5:00 pm on October 24, 2008 by Allahpundit
Via Breitbart, if ever there was a palate cleanser to suit the mood right now, this is it. What do you get when you cross Fight Club with the Pottery Barn? A dandy metaphor for the stock market, as assets are purchased and then instantly rendered worthless before your very eyes.
I say we book it for election night and let the bad times roll.
Blowback
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You know how to build up savings?
Buy stuff.
Then break it.
Makes sense to me.
lorien1973 on October 24, 2008 at 5:02 PM
Come for the smashing, stay for the cleavage.
Anywho, this is a stupid business idea. People should just smash their own things when they feeling like it (like when Allah posts Terry Tate videos).
CanadianGuy on October 24, 2008 at 5:04 PM
Good concept.
Needs alcohol.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on October 24, 2008 at 5:04 PM
This is why I take my guns out to the range.
It does help relieve stress.
dc84123 on October 24, 2008 at 5:05 PM
Does this mean I can throw my old computers now?
upinak on October 24, 2008 at 5:05 PM
Which mood is that?
Jim Treacher on October 24, 2008 at 5:05 PM
That reminds me of the carnivals where they have a beat up old car you can pound on for a dollar or two.
That’s fun until all the windows get bashed out.
Esthier on October 24, 2008 at 5:06 PM
Paintball’s much better (heck, they’ve already got the masks).
crazy_legs on October 24, 2008 at 5:07 PM
I wonder what Allah’s living room looks like right now…
JetBoy on October 24, 2008 at 5:07 PM
This is old news in Japan, though their version sounds much cooler. Basically, you rent out a room (often in the back of karaoke bars) that’s filled with breakables and you can destroy anything you want.
They said that the breakables came mostly from hotels and restaurants that were getting rid of old stock, so they were able to buy the stock for cheap.
This seems to be way too tame of a version for my tastes. You have to don protective coveralls and a huge mask and then hurl things at the wall across the room? Give me a baseball bat and a room full of breakables, or give me nothing at all.
JadeNYU on October 24, 2008 at 5:08 PM
I would write “LIBERAL MEDIA” on the doomed plate.
jgapinoy on October 24, 2008 at 5:08 PM
dc8…that’s another good reason why I/we need to buy one, before Obama takes it away.
From San Diego huh? It could be that this woman is suffering from anti-Obama frustration.
Christine on October 24, 2008 at 5:08 PM
This is sooo West Wing White House circa 1998. Hillary should sue for copyright infringement.
Fletch54 on October 24, 2008 at 5:11 PM
I prefer this therapy for stress:
http://www.ptm.org/04PT/MarApr/pilgrim.htm
jgapinoy on October 24, 2008 at 5:11 PM
Suckers actually pay for this?
*scans the paper for available retail space*
Bishop on October 24, 2008 at 5:12 PM
crazy_legs on October 24, 2008 at 5:07 PM
I like how probably for insurance reasons they have to get suited up paintball style to throw things at a wall over 20 feet away.
lorien1973 on October 24, 2008 at 5:02 PM
That is the first thing I thought too.
cobrakai99 on October 24, 2008 at 5:13 PM
You bought it, you break it?
Kini on October 24, 2008 at 5:13 PM
Shooting computers is the BEST! Turns out those LCD monitors can really take a bullet. Assuming its a .22 :)
dc84123 on October 24, 2008 at 5:13 PM
P.T. Barnum
BL@KBIRD on October 24, 2008 at 5:13 PM
Yeah, I like the Obama ad that pops up at the bottom.
amerpundit on October 24, 2008 at 5:14 PM
Meh.
Dumb to pay for it. When you’ve got frustrations to vent, get creative! I get a shovel and head out to this really thorny native bush that keeps growing up near my compost pile. I keep it nice and pruned; only takes once or twice a year.
RushBaby on October 24, 2008 at 5:15 PM
Agreed…. The range is much more satisfying.
jerrytbg on October 24, 2008 at 5:16 PM
Sick f&^%s. No wonder this country is falling apart.
Gregor on October 24, 2008 at 5:17 PM
“…Seen her profits double.”
Riiiiiiiight.
nickj116 on October 24, 2008 at 5:20 PM
If she made $1 last year and $2 this year; that is doubling.
Doubling is easy when dealing with very low dollar amounts.
lorien1973 on October 24, 2008 at 5:22 PM
Anger management is not in my skill set. One time, after loosing control completely, and destroying some ‘thing’ (don’t remember what it was), I remember standing there looking at the debris and the thought came to me; ” that was smart. now you have to go buy another one”
Since then, I no longer destroy stuff, but anger management is still not in my skill set.
rockhauler on October 24, 2008 at 5:28 PM
Good to see some potential Obama supporters take out their aggression on things other than people.
Grafted on October 24, 2008 at 5:33 PM
Ayers goes in and burns the flag and stomps on it. Oh, by the way, he’ll be running our country soon. VOTE
marklmail on October 24, 2008 at 5:38 PM
two words ANGER MANAGMENT!
#1 Sarah needs to get a job.
#2 These idiots could just buY a speed bag from sports
authority and beat the crap out of it they would get
a cardio benefit as well
#3 Throwing stuff or hitting stuff isn’t an effective
way to deal with anger, it is just acting out on your
anger which is really taking up to the next level.
sonnyspats1 on October 24, 2008 at 5:42 PM
Only if you outrun the moose
ManlyRash on October 24, 2008 at 5:43 PM
Smashing!
hillbillyjim on October 24, 2008 at 5:47 PM
Wouldn’t it make more sense to break recyclables, seconds, and chipped and used wares? Paying $10 to destroy three perfectly good pieces seems like kind of a waste, especially when the frustrations you’re venting are about not having money. Perhaps it’s more psychologically satisfying to be wasteful. Or perhaps it’s just more profitable.
calbear on October 24, 2008 at 5:52 PM
A Freaking Obama AD popped up on the video before it played. geez, how much more money does that guy have?
hawkdriver on October 24, 2008 at 5:55 PM
That looked entirely unsatisfying. Over too soon.
As noted above, what it really needs is gunfire. And slow motion replay.
And explosions.
TexasDan on October 24, 2008 at 6:42 PM
For this, people pay money? Maybe the fundamentals of our economy really are strong?
Laura in Maryland on October 24, 2008 at 6:55 PM
What kind of BS is this? I have been a regular at the shooting range lately – when I am too steamed up for that to the driving range I go with a face on every ball. Plus, I am never alone at either stop.
InTheBellyoftheBeast on October 24, 2008 at 7:06 PM
Yeah…I’d bet good money each and every one of them are Messiah backers…
Wonder what they’re gonna break if their ‘dream’ comes true?
May be time to invest in some of those booths like they have on Futurama…
BigWyo on October 24, 2008 at 7:12 PM
Haha.
Wasn’t there a post on HA last year sometime about a place in Japan that did this, except you could take a sledge hammer to furniture also?
BadgerHawk on October 24, 2008 at 7:15 PM
Besides that, go to like odd lots or something and get like 10 plates for ten bucks.
- The Cat
P.S. They’re missing a bigger stress reliever with that paintball gear they’re wearing.
MirCat on October 24, 2008 at 7:16 PM
What a bunch of narcissistic self-indulgent overgrown children.
Stephen Macklin on October 24, 2008 at 7:35 PM
This is an allegory of the democrat congress right?
Mojave Mark on October 24, 2008 at 8:10 PM
This depression is so bad that people are forced to buy perfectly good items and break them.
Clark1 on October 24, 2008 at 8:54 PM
Huh. When I saw this in the news, I pictured more like “WTF is PC Load Letter?!” Sledgehammer, fun. Throwing? Meh.
The $10 in your pocket isn’t going to save your 401k. But spending it on stress-relieving breakables might keep you from drinking your liver into oblivion.
Tanya on October 24, 2008 at 8:54 PM
Idiotic and extravagant. (Sorry to be the black fly in your chardonnay.)
InDubly on October 24, 2008 at 9:00 PM
I don’t get it. Couldn’t you get the same feeling from hitting a punching bag or something?
If you really want to “smash” it out, the items should be things like old stereos, computer minotors, TVs, etc. and you should get a bat or sledgehammer.
RightWinged on October 24, 2008 at 9:03 PM
Ugh… great if you’re a left tard beta male or mall princess. Jeez… why don’t they just have a friggin’ slap fight. Felt like I was losing testosterone just watching that crap.
If you can’t shoot it or blow it up, what’t the point?
Drunken Angry Clown on October 24, 2008 at 10:44 PM
Fixed it, and made it sooo much better…
Frozen Tex on October 25, 2008 at 8:41 AM
marklmail writes “Ayers goes in and burns the flag and stomps on it. Oh, by the way, he’ll be running our country soon. VOTE”
Would it be fair to engage in a game of dodge ball while Ayers is stomping on the flag? In my house that would be fair. But in today’s social structure, No. Because, liberal educators ban dodge ball or any such form of exercise or stress relief with someone being named the winner.
MSGTAS on October 25, 2008 at 10:30 AM