Anil Ganti

How many times has it been when you pop in with a pal, try to initiate a friendly(if not formal) conversation and you end up receiving flak in return?They go on to become those moments in life in which you wish that you had a 100 mega pascal pneumatic hammer and a Cannibal Corpse song in the background.Say for example right now, I’m immensely angry and my only will is to destroy.SO what do I do to release all that rage? Listen to stairway to heaven/decimate people in RPG’s/flame people on the internet/buy a gun and open fire in the middle of the street or just VENT? Thats right people, I’m VENTING(cause you dont go to jail for it ). Now that I’m officially not making sense, the only valid point I want to make here is that venting is perfectly normal and acceptable, but spread that emotional plague around people and you’re in for it. Vent on undead rhings like blogs instead!

Handling people who vent on you is tactful, but not difficult. The most cliched method of listening and going ‘Yeah, whatever you said” isn’t effective at all times. Blowing your head off and effectively creating a battlefield isnt the solution either. Running away and going to sleep work well at times, but these tactics can get a bit risky if you cant distance yourself far enough from the…err..source. I say that the best solution is to bear it all, record it if necessary and show that person that footage the following day. I cant say I’ve tried it, but learning from other peoples mistakes is far less cumbersome than learning from your own XD.

If all of the above doesn’t work, fret not, you can always make awkward faces at that person the next time and make him/her/it feel like shit for the rest of the week. Venting back at them the next day is just as effective. Otherwise, get the fuck outta the room and have a nice and peaceful smoke, that should help you clear your head for the time being(The, “I hate smoking” brigade is gonna kill me for this but what the fuck?).

Watch this space for how to effectively vent at people.

Cheers
Anil Ganti