Entries Tagged as 'tangent time'

passive-aggressive fanmail action!

June 17th, 2007 · 12 Comments

it’s been an exciting weekend here at passiveaggressivenotes.com. first, we got some love from the nine’s maria sansone. then, via our webform, we got this note from laura in chicago:
From: laura<redacted>
Date: June 16, 2007 9:35:15 PM EDT
Dear Passiveaggressivenotes.com:
You clearly don’t know what passive aggressive means. This is my overtly aggressive action to make fun of [...]

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Tags: memo · tangent time

in praise of passive-aggression

June 17th, 2007 · 19 Comments

those of you that side consistently with team passive-aggressive might enjoy this excerpt from ian urbina’s book, life’s little annoyances.
urbina’s thesis: “criticizing something for being passive-aggressive is like faulting a tactic for being discreet. just as there are times when subtlety is the worst approach, there are also times when passive aggression is the best.”
as [...]

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Tags: food · rebuttals · roommates · stealing · tangent time

passive-aggressive linkage

May 30th, 2007 · 6 Comments

if you liked “paul gauguin, passive-aggressive artist,” you might enjoy “passive-aggressive vegan grocery cashier: a day in the life,” from the mcsweeney’s archives…or any of the “open letters to people or entities who are unlikely to respond.”
or you might not. perhaps you’re a member of the millennial generation! in that case, you [...]

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Tags: "helpful" advice · fiction · tangent time