# I have destructive impulses! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 13, 2012, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-destructive-impulses/634559 "2012-09-13T00:44:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Diamonds02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-destructive-impulses/634559/1 "2012-09-13T00:44:37Z")
Oh doper hive mind, what should I do to channel my impulse to destroy, burn, make really loud noises, steal, and fornicate? I wanna stay out of jail and out of hail! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-destructive-impulses/634559/2 "2012-09-13T00:48:02Z")
Staying on your meds would probably be a good start, keeping up with the appropriate doctor(s) and adjusting as needed. A regular paintball group lets you run around outside, let off steam, and shoot people. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-destructive-impulses/634559/3 "2012-09-13T00:58:07Z")
Make really loud noises while fornicating. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-destructive-impulses/634559/4 "2012-09-13T01:00:40Z")
Exert some self-control as most _ **adults** _ would. ---
**Author:** ![getitrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@getitrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/getitrite)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-destructive-impulses/634559/5 "2012-09-13T01:46:35Z")
I learned to run amuck with an apprentice program, I would suggest that you find one. It took several years to learn what amuck was and how to run one correctly. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-destructive-impulses/634559/6 "2012-09-13T02:07:12Z")
Oh, you. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-destructive-impulses/634559/7 "2012-09-13T14:12:02Z")
Exercise! ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-destructive-impulses/634559/8 "2012-09-13T14:13:54Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > Exercise! I was gonna say: RUN! Then fornicate. No harm, there. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-destructive-impulses/634559/9 "2012-09-13T18:30:26Z")
Move indoors when it starts to hail. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-destructive-impulses/634559/10 "2012-09-13T18:33:09Z")
Start a band. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-destructive-impulses/634559/11 "2012-09-13T18:40:35Z")
Get “Poor Impulse Control” tattooed on your forehead. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-destructive-impulses/634559/12 "2012-09-13T19:01:45Z")
I did the first four items as a delinquent, up to about age 12. A few years later I started doing item #5, and never did the first four again. I’d just stick with #5 for a while and see if that takes care of it. Please see the receptionist at the desk to take care of your co-pay. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-destructive-impulses/634559/13 "2012-09-13T19:03:23Z")
Do the desructive impulses shoot out of the tips of your fingers? Because that would be super cool. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-destructive-impulses/634559/14 "2012-09-13T19:25:52Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > Get “Poor Impulse Control” tattooed on your forehead. I’m going to be snickering over that off and on for the rest of the day. Classic. ---
**Author:** ![Crab\_Rangoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Crab\_Rangoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crab_Rangoon)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-destructive-impulses/634559/15 "2012-09-13T19:35:19Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > Get “Poor Impulse Control” tattooed on your forehead. Oh - he’ll regret that when he gets older! ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-destructive-impulses/634559/16 "2012-09-13T21:34:28Z")
> [@Crab\_Rangoon](#): > > Oh - he’ll regret that when he gets older! It is a she which will make the future made-for-TV movie even better. I suggest that Diamonds become a demolition expert to channel the impulses into something useful. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-destructive-impulses/634559/17 "2012-09-14T02:44:08Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > Get “Poor Impulse Control” tattooed on your forehead. You think you’re funny but you’re not. How are you going to feel when you start passing people on the street with tattooed foreheads? Pretty damn smart? Eh? ---
**Author:** ![Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emtar_KronJonDerSohn)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-destructive-impulses/634559/18 "2012-09-14T04:25:53Z")
Become a firefighter. Watch a house burn, then put out the fire, destroy the fuck out of what’s left with an axe (which makes a loud noise). Stealing you can do on your own time, and chicks love firefighters. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-destructive-impulses/634559/19 "2012-09-14T05:04:54Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > Get “Poor Impulse Control” tattooed on your forehead. Backwards. That way you can remind yourself every time you look in a mirror. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-destructive-impulses/634559/20 "2012-09-14T06:04:37Z")
Learn to channel your hate and murderous rage inward like a normal adult, slowly kill yourself over a decade with unsafe drug injection and alcoholism. Get with the program! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-destructive-impulses/634559.md?page=2)