India is angry at a new Chinese map which it says lays claim to its territory in the Himalayas.
  • NotAnArdvark
    331·
    1 year ago

    If there’s one lesson my wife has taught me it’s that telling someone to “calm down” is a sure fire way to not have them calm down.

    • anytimesoon@lemmy.ml
      2·
      1 year ago

      I’ve come to accept this as true from making that mistake a few times. I just don’t understand it, though. People really seem to hate it.

    • bobman@unilem.org
      2·
      1 year ago

      Calm down is something you tell someone you don’t care about.

      If you just listen to someone who is upset, they’ll usually calm down on their own once they realize how out of line they’re behaving and that you’re not chastising them for it.