I’ve honestly never had anyone say that. I’d probably laugh uncontrollably

Anger management needed

"Wanting to" is fine, as long as you don't.
Evidently, a lot of people don't think it's okay for anyone to be angry.
I want to punch lots of people, for lots of reasons.
I don't because I don't want to go to prison.
Not because I have "anger issues".

I would say that I "dwell in the hall of the mountain king".

They may very well think you are saying the same thing (if they are not musically gifted)

I got in an argument recently on another site with someone who said Humans were "Too low to play with technology" and "Without a connection to spirit we can not grow"

I told them they were being vague and hypocritical, they didn't take the criticism well.

I can't say anyone has made that statement to me, at least not since time out of mind.

What is the context?

And what do racoons have to do with it?

I would be more prone to laugh at such a statement than to get angry.

I'd ask them to explain what that means because I bet it'd be hysterical.

Also, this is officially my 1000th comment.

I personally would rather tie them down and pull out their nose hairs one-by-one with a pair of tweezers.

That phrase or equivalent would not cause any desire for violence, but I might look at the person like he/she is an idiot or walk away unless it's at work, in which case it would be a vague empty expression followed by bringing up a work related matter.

Don't take it personal... most people are in the web of the spiritualists . They believe in the supernatural. We know the truth.

Depends...
Some people say this because they are privileged to the point of not having to bother with practical problems (or have someone that is taking care of those).
But I see being spiritual even outside supernatural stuff by being humane and be able to connect, relate and take care of people more than things.

I don't think I've ever heard anyone say that or anything along those lines. But, no, that wouldn't make me feel hostile or violent toward them. I reserve that sort of animosity for people who put pineapple on pizza.

I’m sure you’re not the only one, but I also don’t feel like punching anyone in the face for anything really.

i am sure you're not alone, but i am not one of those who join you in that feeling. i do often want to laugh in their faces, and sometimes do.

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You are the only species who can have a violent reaction to a metaphor... because you are a spirited species. (please don't punch me!) All humans live in a spiritual realm, metaphorically speaking. It is arguably the main difference between our species and all the others, including raccoons, for example. (I know, I know.)

Only sometimes when they INSIST upon telling me, with monotonous and seemingly endless repetition, exactly how wonderful, etc, etc, this miraculous change in their life has been and keep urging me, relentlessly, to try it for myself.
But, having said that, my self-restraint is so high I ALWAYS resist the urge anyway.

Control your anger, just because people are brainwashed or stupid and ask moronic questions is no reason for violence, let the thinking non believers show them how to behave.

I might say, "I feel sorry for you," but I don't want to punch them in the face.

Why would anyone want to punch anyone in the face for any reason? What does violence against another person accomplish, especially since there was no violence against you?

Thank you guys for all of your input and different views!!!

Confusing. Anybody checking Yes!! Would be saying yes, you are the only one.

Depending on definitions, we do indeed live in a spiritual realm.

Sir Arthur Eddington:

The universe is of the nature of a thought or sensation in a universal Mind... To put the conclusion crudely — the stuff of the world is mind-stuff.

We are no longer tempted to condemn the spiritual aspects of our nature as illusory because of their lack of concreteness.

The scientific answer is relevant so far as concerns the sense-impressions... For the rest the human spirit must turn to the unseen world to which it itself belongs.

well ... maybe I did until I reached my 30's. That's a few years after my pre-frontal cortex actually controlled my thoughts vice the limbic systems' emotionality. Humans have a tendency to place anything unknown in the realms of the mystical or spiritual. So when confronted with the unknown they are merely saying that they tend towards optimism vice pessimism. Having faith in the natural yin and yang of the universe is just an issue of nature built from experience. It's scientific actually. Ask the vedantists and the upanishads.

I have had that experience and it came during a part of my life that I am not too proud of! The gist is I extricated myself from a situation and was told by someone something very similar.

And yes. I did want to punch them in the face, even if metaphorically as they were being both manipulative and condescending.

We all have spirit. I don't think that being told you live in a spiritual realm is such a bad thing. It's better than what ever fairy tale they are living in.