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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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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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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