Hamlet is angry.
So many times, I think we are afraid of anger. It makes us uncomfortable, even scared, to see someone angry. It makes us feel vulnerable, sometimes shameful, to be angry. But in life anger can be a good thing, don't you think?
Share something that makes you angry.
Something that makes me angry are reckless drivers, especially if they intentionally tailgate, brake check, drive while drunk, or etc. I have had multiple incidents where I nearly ended up in an accident, four of them which have damaged the car and one that could have ended my life. What's even more frustrating is that during a confrontation, the driver will most likely get extremely defensive and angry, pinning the blame on you and attempting to force you to pay for the damage. It just makes me really upset that a person could literally disregard the fact that a life or two could have been lost over lying to get some money.
ReplyDeleteSomething that makes me angry is when people take out their anger that’s been caused by a different event or different person out on people that have nothing to do with what has angered them. This is not fair to the people who the person is taking their anger out on is a unhealthy habit to have. It’s not good to let bad events that have happened to you be justifiable in your own eyes to take out anger on people that had nothing to do with why one is upset.
ReplyDeleteAlex Dessin
I get angry when people refuse to listen to others perspectives and think that they are always right in any situation. I also get angry when people make promises and don't live up to them. I understand if it was a promise that was far fetched but it just makes me sad when they don't go through with the promise and don't try at all to.
ReplyDeleteShannon L. Pd.2
People make me angry when they don't understand that they are wrong. It's okay if they genuinely don't know that they are wrong. However, it is not okay when they intentionally do not listen to the other side and continue going on with their life being ignorant. I also feel very angry when people go out of their way to be rude when it's totally uncalled for, specifically to teachers or people that work in the food industry, because they really can't do anything back.
ReplyDeleteThere are actually a couple of things that anger me. I hate it when people are rude, inconsiderate, closed-minded, or stubborn, especially when someone doesn’t realize how there’s almost always someone in the room that knows more than you. As everyone does, I also tend to get mad at myself too whether it’s because I almost circled the right answer in one of our AP Lit multiple-choice tests or for not being the type of person I want myself to be.
ReplyDeleteSomething that makes me angry is when people take advantage of others, especially when they are aware of their weaknesses.They purposefully attack them or manipulate others when they are vulnerable and at their weakest, and they do this to carry out their own motives or simply to harm other people. This isn't fair to those who are vulnerable and weak, especially when their weakness is low self-esteem, because they are at a disadvantage and cannot stand up for themselves, yet they are being used and manipulated and are hurt even more so because of that.
ReplyDeleteJoyce Koo, pd. 2
I get angry when people try to attcak the people I love, verbally/emotionally, through harsh words and ignorance. Like when people don't take my dad seriously when he speaks because he has a strong accent, or when people talk badly about my little brother because of his behavioral issues. I feel like I have a responsibility to protect my family even when they're not being attacked physically. So I tend to get really defensive and mad. But overall I do know how to control my anger in most situations, I would'nt want to stoop to a low level.
ReplyDeleteSomething that really bothers me is ingenuity. Especially when someone one moment is acknowledged but then completely ignored the next time but then acknowledged again another time. I feel like it's normal to have connection with some people and not others, and if that's the case a companionship should not be forced or faked. It gets annoying and troubling. I don't like watching this happen to anyone that I care about. Especially when the relationship, whatever it may be, appears to be one sided and I know one will end up getting hurt more than the other.
ReplyDeleteAmera Mohamed 5: I get angry when people are purposefully ignorant about topics and refuse to listen to others so that they can actually be educated. When people talk about things that they aren’t even open to learning I always question why. Why must they make everyone else suffer listening to their ignorance and deny learning? Education is what makes this country great. We are so diverse and have so many different perspectives, I can’t imagine not being open enough to consider what other people are going through. Everytime you try to tell them they are wrong they simply shut you down or make you out to be the bully. Which leaves a cycle of uneducated people only learning from other uneducated people. In life anger can be a good thing because it makes you realize that your human and understand what frustrates you. You can get to know more about yourself when you see what makes you angry. Anger can be quite useful now that I think about it.
ReplyDeleteSomething that really makes me mad is favoritism. Personally, everyone should be treated equally no matter what. For example, an older sibling gets more respect because they are older and gives more affection compared to the young sibling. But in life, anger can be a good thing because as a human being, there is chance for growth from the situation and how to change how to fix the situation. Sometimes, being angry can help but also could not help that you can be at fault in the situation.
ReplyDeleteI believe there is both a positive and shameful aspect to anger. On the shameful, fearful side, anger can be a weapon of hurt and pain since many times others can feel attacked or uncomfortable when anger is directed towards them. But, there’s a positive side. Anger can be the by-product of someone finally expressing the feelings that they may have been holding on to for far too long. Hastily expressed anger can be argued to be a good thing since it shows that someone refuses to hold on to their feelings; they refuse to be a victim.
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DeleteWhat makes me angry is when people don't speak their whole truth. They say things to please others instead of saying what they feel or what is true. I especially hate when people talk about controversial issues and support them on social media but wont act or fight in reality for those causes.
I think anger can be beneficial, but also scary at times when directed at someone. I get very angry when I see people being hateful towards others because of race, gender, age, sexuality, or anything that defines a human. I find it very frustrating because it can be so simple to either ignore or just co-exist with others without involving hateful words, yet many people lack that ability. I think my anger could be beneficial because I'm addressing bullying which isn't okay in general. I've been in situations where anger has scared me too because I feel like when anger is directed solely to you regardless of what's done, it makes you feel very vulnerable especially when the anger is coming from an authority figure.
ReplyDeleteI think that anger can be beneficial in some ways. It gets people to act of the things that they are passionate about, starting movements to fix the issue. It's true that anger can be hurtful and violent, but I think that without the ability to feel angry we would also lose the ability to feel other necessary strong emotions.
ReplyDeleteSomething that really frustrates me and gets me angry is consistent and intentional close-mindedness. This seems to usually happen when someone is so stuck in their ways that they can't even hear a differing perspective on the world, especially when they know their own position is problematic. It's important to have conversations with people about difficult topics. But when someone lashes out because they don't want to question their own ethics or look through someone else's eyes, it bugs me. The lack of compassion angers me sometimes. I think that open-mindedness and the ability to question everything is a really good virtue to have. It can be a difficult one to have though, which is why I'm ashamed that it gets me angry sometimes, as I know it can be difficult to help it. And it makes me frustrated because I'm sure that I can be guilty of it as well on other issues.
Katie Brockmeyer
I suppose anger can be a good thing and, like all other emotions, should be let out in a constructive manner. However, I have also noticed that sometimes people get angry instead of facing true sadness or grief. I think it is often easier to be angry than it is to be sad.
ReplyDeleteSomething that makes me angry is when people assume the worst in others. I think it is easy to tell when someone is thinking that you will be difficult to work with, or stupid, or whatever it may be. It comes out in body language and the way a person speaks. It frustrates me when I catch myself assuming the worst in others as well.
Ella Gatlin
I think anger can drive actions that are positive but anger is never good for a persons soul. It creates an intensive feeling within someone that makes them unpleasant many times and can cause them to be inflammable. However many people use their anger to improve themselves, cause change in the world, or fix something they have needed to. It depends on how the person handles it.
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ReplyDeleteWhat makes me angry is when someone tries to pick a fight with a person they know won't fight back or is able to defend themselves. To me it's a pussy move when people do that because many times when they pick a fight with a person they know will not defend themselves to make themselves seem superior. Maybe it's because I have been picked on in the past and I can sympathize for that person's pain. Also sometimes people just aren't confrontational people so they don't have that drive in them to fight back and the aggressor will see that and continue to pick a fight with them. People will see situations like this from the outside and view the other person as a "punk" when it's not the case. Situations like these will honestly boil my blood.
Something that makes me angry is when my parents try to control my life too much. I understand its their job to look after me and worry but there are many times where I just want to hang out with friends and have a nice time and they don't let me because they say I go out too much. That's not a valid reason in my opinion for not letting me go out.
ReplyDeleteKinda because when someone is angry it means you’ve either made a mistake or they’re just annoyed with you. Typically it’s the former so it’s more of a learning experience.
ReplyDeleteWhen I first read the prompt for this post, I had no idea what I would write because I don't frequently find myself angry. It takes a lot for me to genuinely get angry, at anything at all. But after thinking about it for the day, I was able to come up with something that will consistently piss me off: incels.
ReplyDeleteIf you're unfamiliar, the term "incel" comes from the phrase "involuntary celibate". This term is applied to members of an online community who base their identity around their lack of sexual partners. But incels are not only characterized by that, but also by their blatantly racist, antisemitic, narcissistic and mainly misogynistic ideology. This group of people has such a misconstrued view of the world, and blames a variety of ridiculous things on their inability to get a partner besides themselves.
Just from the most recent posts, I was able to get a few quotes (w/o graphic description of sex, which was hard to find) that can give a better representation as to who these types of people are:
- "I would only date a single mother if she killed her own kids first."
- "I just hate woman. They are stupid creatures that I will never respect or not look with total contempt."
- "Literally every woman is a slut today."
- "A non-virgin non married foid getting raped is literally nothing."
- "Society is getting worse because Jews caused this."
These people base their entire personality around their own close-mindedness, unawareness and intolerance. Just these characteristics on their own make me upset, and to see them in a combination like this, in this community like this is indescribable. I could never begin to understand how there are multiple people out there that think in ways like this. There is nothing good in the slightest that can come from such a perspective.
Something that makes me angry is ignorance. People who refuse to acknowledge the whole truth and both sides of an argument. Some who only see their side and believe they are the only ones who matter or are right. For example, people who do not believe in climate change when it's literally in front of their faces. In a way, at least the anger that this causes makes us see how much people really do care about certain subjects, like climate change. They go to rallies because they're angry at ignorant people for overlooking a huge problem.
ReplyDeleteVickie Tu
Period 2
Something that really angers me is ignorance. Many people have absolutely no interest in caring about the lives of other people. It makes me so angry to think about how history just seems to be repeating cause no one is willing to learn from their mistakes. People are just so ignorant and don't understand the reprocusons of their actions and words and it really grinds my gears.
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ReplyDeleteAnger, if channeled properly, can be used to fuel beneficial movements, and other things. If the anger is taken out on people and things that have no business being targeted, then it's dangerous. If someone's anger controls them, instead of them controlling it, then that's where the problem is.
ReplyDeleteSomething that angers me is when people can't take no for answer, or can't read body language and facial expressions. Like, if someone tells you no and you can't respect that, and are insistent, that's angering. Also, body language and facial expressions are huge tells of someone's interest or disinterest in you or whatever is happening. When someone can't pick up on obvious signs of discomfort from another person, and continues to bother them even after a verbal 'no,' that's really angering/frustrating.
Carissa Cordero
ReplyDeleteIt is important to know what to be angry about. I believe anger that brings change is very beneficial. I am honestly not an angry person. I am always very understanding of other people, so when others are quick to judge or repeatedly act or speak negatively about someone else, I speak my mind and share my frustration that they can't get out of their own point of view and look at the situation from the other person's perspective. I know when I was younger I became extremely self conscious not because people spoke hurtful things about me, but because I heard my peers speaking hurtful things about other people and I feared that one day they would talk behind my back. S now whenever people are judgmental or mean towards someone I channel my frustration at them being inconsiderate to call them out in hopes of them changing their ways.
Kat Camara (5)
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, I don't get angry often. However, something that annoys me is when people make me out to be a liar and ingenuine. Someone could think I did something, but the moment I tell them I didn’t because it's the truth, no matter what I say or what proof I have they don’t believe me and think I'm lying. Like no Karen I didn’t take your favorite pair of glasses..they’re on your head. Another thing that bothers me is when people don’t give me a choice and think they have the final say because whatever they want or choose goes then don’t admit it when they’re in the wrong. People is my parents.
Something that makes me angry is when people suffocate me. Whether it is physically or emotionally, when I can’t be given space I get mad. Although I’m an ambivert, I think I associate with being introverted more. I need time to be alone and when that can’t be respected I start to go into a bad headspace. I have to recuperate my thoughts and feelings alone so I can process any other bits of information faster. I feel the least suffocated when I travel because I don’t have to deal with other dilemmas from school or anything else. I can just focus on being relaxed and isolating my headspace to feel the most intact.
ReplyDeleteAnger is the fuel for change. As humans, we are content to feel content; the only things we ever want to change are those that we are the most unhappy with. Therefore, I think anger is a positive-- although be it in sparsity for everything is good only in moderation-- for change and progression.
ReplyDeleteSomething that upsets me is general human ignorance. I can deal with intentional stupidity and the occasional dumb prank, but when people act irrationally and irresponsibly in complete ignorance and bliss with no regard for others around them, it irks me quite a bit. Now I'm not saying I don't fall victim to that stereotype myself sometimes and I will get upset at myself when I do. However, I wish that people could look at the bigger picture more often.
One thing that makes me very angry is when I get ignored. Or more specifically when people act like they can't hear me talking to them. When people do this, it's like what i'm saying or doing isn't important enough or worth their time. It just makes me feel uncomfortable and worthless and that I don't matter. Like am I worth your time? Am i worth your attention? I really question it. Honestly it really makes my blood boil and sometimes I want to punch out my car window but stuff happens I guess :/
ReplyDeleteJasmine Dauphine pd. 5
ReplyDeleteSomething that makes me angry are people that refuse to understand someone. They continue to ignore and belittle them just because they don’t agree with them and aren’t willing to see from their perspective and where they are coming from, and that they are always right and anything you say is automatically wrong. Another thing that gets me angry is actually myself, I do a lot of things that I do regret and it does make me angry and disappointed in myself that I do these things and can’t better myself. The things I do in the moment make me so angry with myself because I do know better and I know I am not like that so I just get so upset with myself.
Injustice of any kind makes me extremely angry, particularly in the justice system here in America, as well as how black and brown people are treated by police. Seeing how ex-convicts can be denied a mortgage, a bank account, the right to vote, and a job just doesn’t make sense to me. How can they be able to reestablish themselves back in society if they can’t even do the basic things that come with being an American citizen? And depending on the conditions of their probation, even the smallest slip up can land them back in jail, and continues the cycle. And I don’t even think I need to explain myself when it comes to police brutality.
ReplyDeleteSomething that makes me angry is when people tell me something I already know like a lecture. It makes me feel like an idiot or a child that has to be told right from wrong over and over again.
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DeleteI am so sorry that this is incredibly late.
ReplyDeletesomething that makes me angry is when people who are in no place to direct me or tell me what to do, decide they can all of a sudden tell me what to do. this does not include authority figures, teachers, my parents, or anything of the sort. I just hate when random people who I don't even know, decide they can suddenly dictate me in a condescending tone. it's a major pet peeve of mine. I also hate when people lie to me. I think lying is just completely just wrong. I'd rather be told the horrible truth than just a lie because just because your words change, reality doesn't. whatever happens, happens. so I prefer to know what's going on.
There isn't a lot of things that can legitimately make me angry. But something that does make me angry is people telling me that I wasted my time or my efforts are meaningless. How I spend my time, for the most part, doesn't involve anyone outside myself. So people going out of their way just to get under my skin by saying things like that pisses me off like nothing else. (Also, apologies that this thing is late.)
ReplyDeleteI get angry when i make a comment and people make fun of it, and when someone talks over me. I also get mad when someone thinks they are better than others, trying to make other feel dumb.
ReplyDeleteI don't really get very angry at much, but something that really ticks me off is bad driving. When I'm stuck behind someone who has no idea what they're doing, is going below the speed limit, or is being indecisive and it takes me forever to got somewhere I could be in 10 minutes, I get really irritated.
ReplyDeleteSomething that makes me angry is when people hurt animals. Lately those sad infomercials about dogs that are cold and abused during the wintertime and it makes me very angry. It's upsetting knowing that people go after defend less animals that depend on us and only want a family. If you don't want to take care of animal anymore, you do not have to result it in hitting or leaving the animal. People just don't know how to handle situations properly and their animals pay the consequences.
ReplyDeleteSomething that makes me angry is when people hurt animals. Lately those sad infomercials about dogs that are cold and abused during the wintertime and it makes me very upset. It's upsetting knowing that people go after defend less animals that depend on us and only want a family. If you don't want to take care of animal anymore, it doesn't have to result in hitting or leaving the animal. People just don't know how to handle situations properly and their animals pay the consequences.
ReplyDelete-Andrea A. (late)
I think it always just depends on how it is used. Usually people get angry when they are offended by something. Maybe they were jumped or their loved ones have been wronged and this could drive them to do something out of anger, like kill or say something offensive that they can’t take back. But sometimes it can be used for something good. Like “I am so angry at the government for not doing enough to help the poor so I am going to start my own organization to help them!”. So it can lead to good things, but it's not always the case.
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