Why is it usually the person who tells you to calm down the same person who annoyed you?

[kibcol1049@mstdn.social]

Why is it usually the person who tells you to calm down the same person who annoyed you?

[deepmud@mas.to]

@kibcol1049 my usual response to this is to offer to knock their head into next week

[bluebabbler@mastodon.social]

@kibcol1049 And why is telling someone to ‘calm down’ the quickest way to make them furious?

[khleedril@cyberplace.social]

@kibcol1049 The same reason it is always the person who tells you that you are stressed is the person that causes the stress in the first place.

Or it is that workplace poster which says, 'If you are feeling stressed, speak to your line manager,' when the thought of that alone stresses you out.

[kibcol1049@mstdn.social]

@bluebabbler

[thedailyburble@mastodon.social]

@kibcol1049
Immortal toot.

[draeath@infosec.exchange]

@kibcol1049 fun little story.

I was learning my wife's first language and one of the first things Duo was trying to teach me was "calm down" - and later it evolved that to "I am calm, you are not calm!"

Little shitbird was trying to get me into trouble!

(I later bailed on Duo when they went AI-crazy)