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Have you ever been in an argument with a spouse/significant other and told them to "calm down"? Did saying that ever make them calm down? Telling someone to "ca
by btmorex 16y ago
Have you ever been in an argument with a spouse/significant other and told them to "calm down"? Did saying that ever make them calm down? Telling someone to "calm down" is pretty much guaranteed to make them even more upset/frustrated. I don't know if Jobs said that on purpose to annoy that guy, but the outcome wasn't exactly surprising.
- phreanix 16y agoI don't think you can compare an argument with a significant other to this. I have no doubt that Jobs was being perfectly transparent when he said that and meant exactly what he wrote. However, you're right that it's not exactly the best way to diffuse the situation, so he did say: "You may be working from bad data. Not your fault. Stay tuned. We are working on it." reasonable, yes? "