[indiecore]

> That day in the Family Restroom I threw a fit. Hurled my water bottle at the wall and screamed, "This is not OK!"

What? I can understand being frustrated but that reaction doesn't seem constructive at all.

[simonh]

It was constructive because she then to do something constructive about it.

Compare and contrast to the story about John Orwant throwing his mug at a wall at a Perl conference - and single handedly inspiring the start of the Perl 6 project.

But then that's ok. He's a guy.

[indiecore]

>But then that's ok. He's a guy.

Yeah that was obviously the implication. A guy tossing a fit in the bathroom would be just as randomly nonconstructive.