Crutches and Cliches
Thoughts on our personal language tics
I laughed the first time I heard someone say, “In the history of calming down, no one has ever calmed down after being told to calm down.”
It’s funny because it’s true. If anyone ever tells you to calm down, we all know it will have the exact opposite effect.
In fact, “Hey, calm down” might be the most useless phrase ever. Maybe second only to “I’ll call …
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