<story><title>How to Talk to Human Beings</title><url>http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/06/how-to-talk-to-human-beings.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>biot</author><text>Read the comic of the kid in the high chair as the panels being oriented like:&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  1 2 3 4
  5 6 7 8
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
rather than:&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  1 2  1 2
  3 4  3 4
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
It&apos;s much more surreal that way.</text></comment>
<story><title>How to Talk to Human Beings</title><url>http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/06/how-to-talk-to-human-beings.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>shashashasha</author><text>I get hit by this all the time. Many times when I&apos;m talking with my girlfriend I realize that what she wants is not for me to leap into &quot;problem-solving&quot; mode which I naturally tend towards, but understanding/empathy mode (similar to the &quot;That&apos;s frustrating&quot; example in the post). Realizing that during a conversation dramatically changes the flow for the better :)</text></comment>