So is there room to add “if button fails”?

They’d have much more success if they wrote “DO NOT PUSH THIS BUTTON” on the actual button.

Now there’s a job to hand over to AI if ever there was one

I super believe in you, Tad Cooper!

The physical inequality, just like OP’s example, always makes it more egregious.

It is. You’re absolutely right. But right now nobody’s seeing anything but the 50-Foot Tall Woman, so they can’t think about your logic. Maybe see if swinging one more of those Marines into the fence will be enough to help you get control of your rage. No actually better use the Mayor, he’s an insufferable prick.

Personally I would still prefer to hear chill, maybe you stumbled on that person’s trigger. Or perhaps it’s an age thing. I associate it with peers, but maybe for them it’s parents.

That’s a good one!

Edit: Maybe the Avengers could have gotten Big Hulk going for them if they’d told Banner to calm down!

You are getting sleeeeepy…

So use any one of the multitudinous other phrases available in English to actually HELP them become calmer or less agitated. Respond to the facts of the individual situation instead. “He’s not worth it.” “You’re better than this/you have been doing so much better, don’t let this set you back.” “You’re in a bad trip man, gonna have to ride it out as easy as you can.” “Chill, dude.” “Take a deep breath.” (This may be followed by one loud long scream, but that’s cathartic and may be followed by rational behavior)

Nobody, no matter how much they need to get control over their emotions and behavior, needs to “calm down”.

The most incendiary 2-word phrase in the English language. Said by anyone to anyone.

It’s belittling and aggressive and dismissive and infuriating all at once.

Even saying something as similar as “get a grip!” has a much better chance of success.

Guess you’ll have to bring fresh-baked cookies to work then, for cover. And also sharing. Pro tip: make them large, then break a few in half, depending on the gender splits in your workplace. Women who would like a cookie but feel guilty because of norms about dieting will happily take a half. Or maybe break off a quarter. But they won’t break one if none are already broken. Most men will enjoy taking a whole one because diet norms don’t apply to them. A few people will enjoy virtuously refusing them because vegan or keto or something. Nobody will notice you smell like vanilla.

If you’re not a baker, or you have a friend with celiac, Rice Krispy Bars also have vanilla and are gluten free.

Original? You smell like my dad. I’m 65. Still a great scent though. As a little girl I’d dab it behind my ears for perfume.

You guys don’t get it. Those products smell like that to appeal to women. If anyone even notices you smell like a woman, the obvious inference is that you have a girlfriend. Or at least spent the night with a woman. If it’s dilute enough to not really be noticeable, women will just find it appealing. Vanilla in particular is non-gendered, what you smelled like was a cookie!

Don’t be in such a hurry to meet Jesus, Senator, because He’s going to cast you into the flaming pit you’ve been digging your whole life with every act of greed and heartlessness.

She’s frantically busy saving/trying to save lives as a doctor in the same hospital, one of very few still running.

Iirc, it’s the same hospital his mom, who is also a doctor, works at. So they have each other at least.

Thanks for editing not deleting because TIL!

Keep it up.

Modern fish are often dark on top and light underneath to fool prey/predators but also often colorful. Why do they assume one evolutionary step over the other? That beautiful blimpie belly calls out for decoration!