Thursday, May 24, 2007
[URL] passive-aggressive notes
passive-aggressive notes from roommates, neighbors, coworkers and strangers
for the purposes of this project, we're using a pretty broad (and to some extent, arbitrary) definition of "passive-aggressive" that roughly correlates with how the term is popularly used. (most people don't go diving for the dsm IV when someone describes his or her roommate as "so passive-aggressive" — or "so antisocial" or "so sadistic" or "so schizo," for that matter.)
some of the notes here are really more aggressive in tone, and some of them are more passive — polite, even — but they all share a common sense of frustration that"s been channeled into a written note rather than a direct confrontation. while it may be more accurate, "asshole-ish notes from roommates, neighbors, coworkers and strangers" (or "well-deserved notes from roommates…") just doesn't roll off the tongue quite as easily, you know?
Read 'em. Send in your own.
A companion blog to wrongkmiller.
[Thanks, cygnoir!]
posted by Sal Towse at 8:25 AM|
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for the purposes of this project, we're using a pretty broad (and to some extent, arbitrary) definition of "passive-aggressive" that roughly correlates with how the term is popularly used. (most people don't go diving for the dsm IV when someone describes his or her roommate as "so passive-aggressive" — or "so antisocial" or "so sadistic" or "so schizo," for that matter.)
some of the notes here are really more aggressive in tone, and some of them are more passive — polite, even — but they all share a common sense of frustration that"s been channeled into a written note rather than a direct confrontation. while it may be more accurate, "asshole-ish notes from roommates, neighbors, coworkers and strangers" (or "well-deserved notes from roommates…") just doesn't roll off the tongue quite as easily, you know?
Read 'em. Send in your own.
A companion blog to wrongkmiller.
[Thanks, cygnoir!]
posted by Sal Towse at 8:25 AM|
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: views from the Hill
Bertold Brecht:
Everything changes. You can make
A fresh start with your final breath.
But what has happened has happened. And the water
You once poured into the wine cannot be
Drained off again.
Everything changes. You can make
A fresh start with your final breath.
But what has happened has happened. And the water
You once poured into the wine cannot be
Drained off again.
