>>16905215
beast mode for destroying enemies.
unfortunately elites long ago learned how to trigger it in others.

>>16905218
Beast mode is just the chemicals. You ignored what I was asking. I'm asking why the experience of it so distracting and hard to control. Why would that be an aspect of it if the entire thing can be manufactured out of chemicals? Why not just have chemicals that balance out the negative side effects?

Is it due to some limitation of the physical universe? Is there no possible chemical or biological combination of forces or effects or whatever that could just produce the same exact thing without the distracting properties that make you temporarily retarded?

>>16905215
Carryover artifact from mindless, beastly ancestors. Anger is the most pointless emotion, it only gets in the way of actually fixing the problem.

>>16905226
>why the experience of it so distracting and hard to control
That's the point. If it were easy to control you'd have too many fags like >>16905231 cucking themselves out of key survival behaviors with "muh heckin rationality".

Are you going to ask why pain hurts next? Do you think the painfulness of pain is an "inefficiency" and not the entire fucking point?

>>16905226
>distracting and hard to control
that comes with the territory. unga bunga just smashed your brothers head in with a club. you get angry and focus completely on raping unga bunga with a tree stump. the cuck who doesnt get mad and chimps out gets raped next.

>>16905278
>>16905283
I should really read all the posts before I type something some other anon already said verbatim

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>>16905226
So that when a long-nosed monkey tries to steal your banana you're actually motivated to smash it with an ape fist until it stops moving so it cannot steal any more of your bananas or make loud noises that draw the attention of predators to eat you.

>>16905226
>why the experience of it [sic] so distracting and hard to control
speak for yourself jamal

>>16905226
What you your emotions make you feel is secondary to the effect. Ow, that hurts. Evolution doesn't give a fuck if it hurts, it gives a fuck if it makes you not do that again.

>>16905278
>>16905283
Impulsive aggression is not better for survival at all. Restraint and patience always win in the long run. Go ask any general if he prefers an impulsive soldier or one who keeps his cool even under heavy artillery fire. We're a species defined by its ability to perform long term planning and careful execution.

>>16905215
If you break down the experience of anger you will find that every part of it is integral to the aggressive actions it motivates. At the most basic level, the feeling of anger is a feeling of tension that demands a particular kind of release. Without that tension, you wouldn't feel compelled to react. So you might ask "why does tension need to feel like anything", but then you might as well ask: why does anything feel like anything? Why aren't I just an aggressive roomba? Well, good question.

>>16905628
Two things to consider:
>hesitation can be fatal
In the time it takes to calmly weigh your options, who/whatever placed you in the survival situation could already be gnawing at your throat. Not necessarily the case if you just started bashing the thing's head in.
>most people, and especially not animals, anre not well trained and are not following orders.
Your soldier analogy only works because calm soldiers can more effectively execute orders and recall their training, resulting in a higher likelihood of success. Man's natural environment is not a battlefield. Man's natural upbringing is not a boot camp. The best course of action, for most animals, including humans, when faced with a sentient threat to their life, limb, or status, is to just start bashing the offender's head in.
Even in a modern street fight, unless you're a trained martial artist, being calm and strategizing is going to get you knocked the fuck out. Getting mad and whaling on them gives you the best chance of success. You're not an anime protagonist.

Bomus point:
>evolution is very bad at optimization
Any argument you could make that takes the form of "this seems better than that so why are we like that and not this?" can be answered with "that was not sufficiently detrimental to be weeded out of the gene pool."

>>16905628
>Impulsive aggression is not better for survival at all. Restraint and patience always win in the long run
>We're a species defined by its ability to perform long term planning and careful execution.
99% of this species is actually going to get culled soon because it keeps showing "restraint and patience", "long-term planning" and other weak-chinned euphemisms for "fear" instead of violently chimping out against the ruling class.

>>16905673
>In the time it takes to calmly weigh your options, who/whatever placed you in the survival situation could already be gnawing at your throat
Anger is completely unnecessary to have a fast reaction. Someone who has patience and restraint will have taken preventive measures in the first place, which could very well include proper defensive training. It also opens the door to a myriad of other options such as retreating to fight again later from a better position.
>The best course of action, for most animals, including humans, when faced with a sentient threat to their life, limb, or status, is to just start bashing the offender's head in.
Most people simply do not live in places where they are at immediate risk anywhere near enough to justify the massive overhead costs of anger. There's a handful of African and Asian shitholes in civil war left in a world where most people can easily get by with no drive for aggression. Observably, the average bout of anger in modern society is completely pointless and only makes the problem worse. Hitting your desk out of frustration doesn't fix anything, addressing the problem directly does. That's why I'm calling it a leftover artifact that's useless in the present.
>Even in a modern street fight, unless you're a trained martial artist, being calm and strategizing is going to get you knocked the fuck out.
Correct, and modern street fights are extremely rare for anyone who is vaguely civilized. Even if you live in a high murder rate shithole, it's mostly gangs of retards killing each other in the designated stabbing street. It's a lifestyle choice that's easily avoidable.
>evolution is very bad at optimization
Agreed, but that doesn't mean I can't be critical of it from a practical standpoint.
>>16905675
You don't believe in this. Revealed preferences trump states preferences. Put up by chimping out or shut up.

>>16905687
>You don't believe in this
It doesn't matter what I believe. What I wrote is objectively true. The bottom line is that fear can paralyze but anger can offset fear. Basic stuff.

>>16905687
>That's why I'm calling it a leftover artifact that's useless in the present.
That is NOT what you were saying or implying earlier.
The OP was asking why it exists at all as if ignorant of its utility in our evolutionary history.

Now that that's been cleared up, there's nothing to argue about and the question in the OP has been answered: We feel anger because it was vital to our survival since the development of predatory/territorial behavior.