What is your preferred style of passive-aggressiveness?

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Communication is very important, be it with loved ones, pets, or colleagues. To help celebrate National Communication Month, I am inaugurating this poll. You're not going to participate? Fine, whatever...

Sources:
Passive Aggressive methods
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive%E2%80%93aggressive_behavior

Poll Results

Option	Votes
the Silent Treatment	19
Ambiguity or speaking cryptically: a means of creating a feeling of insecurity in others or of disguising one's own ins	11
Intentional Inefficiency: Intentionally being late and forgetting things, another way to exert control or to punish.	6
Victimization response: instead of recognizing one's own weaknesses, tendency to blame others for own failures.	3
expressing envy and resentment toward those apparently more fortunate	3
Obstructionism	2
unreasonably criticizing and scorning authority	1
complaining about being misunderstood and unappreciated by others	1
Making excuses for non-performance in work teams.	1
Making chaotic situations	0
voicing exaggerated and persistent complaints of personal misfortune	0
Convenient forgetfulness: To win any argument with a dishonest denial of actual events.	0

― dell (del), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 11:53 (thirteen years ago)

Who, Me?

― Mark G, Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:03 (thirteen years ago)

I have no idea what you're talking about. It may as well be Latin.

― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:04 (thirteen years ago)

It's funny how this particular messsageboard brings out the worst in people.

I guess it's silly of me to expect a bunch of drunks or miserable cubicle dwellers (pick your time zone) to take something seriously.

― dell (del), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:15 (thirteen years ago)

I'd respond, but...

― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:16 (thirteen years ago)

Hey, take your time. I tried to take into account various people's "lifestyles" here

― dell (del), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:18 (thirteen years ago)

.....

― Matt DC, Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:21 (thirteen years ago)

I mean you've made a good effort with this thread, and all, I'm just not sure I'd have done it quite the same way.

― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:23 (thirteen years ago)

I guess the moderators all have the luxury of taking vacations and can't be bothered regulating things here lately. It doesn't bother me, though. I'm just making an observation, if that's okay with you guys

― dell (del), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:24 (thirteen years ago)

You've got my tacit support.

― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:25 (thirteen years ago)

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― Matt DC, Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:28 (thirteen years ago)

Off-topic, but, did you ever notice how some people try to get attention in the oddest ways? One just hopes they have some consolatory circumstances around the fringes of their marginal lives

― dell (del), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:30 (thirteen years ago)

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― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:33 (thirteen years ago)

None of you ~ever~ appreciate a thing I say, you don't understand the simplest of statements I make, so just see if I ever go and vote in one of your stupid polls ever again.

― Fake Ve-EEEE-gan Cheese (White Chocolate Cheesecake), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:34 (thirteen years ago)

It's nice that you all think you can joke about something like this.

― Gurdas Mane (crüt), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:37 (thirteen years ago)

Fine. Be like that.

― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:37 (thirteen years ago)

Who said I was joking? How dare you!

― Fake Ve-EEEE-gan Cheese (White Chocolate Cheesecake), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:38 (thirteen years ago)

Dear fellow posters,

While I'm sure we all love dogs, and pictures of dogs are really nice, I'm sure you appreciate that some of us have jobs and we don't always want pictures of dogs when we are trying to work, especially as there's always one person who has to delete them.

Hugs,

Matt DC :)

― Matt DC, Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:38 (thirteen years ago)

Here I am, brain the size of a planet, and I'm removing dog gifs. From a messageboard. What else would I be doing on ILX? Hmph.

― Fake Ve-EEEE-gan Cheese (White Chocolate Cheesecake), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:39 (thirteen years ago)

what's happening in this thread? I am confused.

― smells like ok (soda) (dayo), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:42 (thirteen years ago)

As a rule I don't take things very seriously here, so if this is what you guys need to do in order to have fun, then more power to you. I'm sure there's always some people who appreciate this sort of thing

― dell (del), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:44 (thirteen years ago)

Well don't mind me.

― gonna win all over your face (snoball), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:46 (thirteen years ago)

Naturally most boards are more strictly moderated, but I guess it all boils down to preference and personal style. Things change, who am I to complain?

― dell (del), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:46 (thirteen years ago)

Just carry on as if I'm not here.

― gonna win all over your face (snoball), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:47 (thirteen years ago)

great thread

― estela, Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:47 (thirteen years ago)

Well maybe not everybody thinks so.

― gonna win all over your face (snoball), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:48 (thirteen years ago)

Have you considered that, mmm?

― gonna win all over your face (snoball), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:48 (thirteen years ago)

Maybe it might do some people good to look at things from others' point of view.

― gonna win all over your face (snoball), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:49 (thirteen years ago)

Can you point out where, exactly, on this thread, I said any such thing?

― Fake Ve-EEEE-gan Cheese (White Chocolate Cheesecake), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:49 (thirteen years ago)

To be honest I just feel honored that a couple of you have bothered to post here, regardless of how seriously you are bothering to take any of this

― dell (del), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:50 (thirteen years ago)

It's not easy living with an injury received from a collapsing message board, but most people don't have to live with that.

― gonna win all over your face (snoball), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:51 (thirteen years ago)

Look, I'm taking this thread very seriously indeed! It's not my fault the rest of the posters here are a bunch of complete chancers.

― Fake Ve-EEEE-gan Cheese (White Chocolate Cheesecake), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:52 (thirteen years ago)

Sorry I missed the beginning of this, not really sure what's going on, but if you will start threads while people are at lunch...

― kmfdotm (ledge), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:52 (thirteen years ago)

Well I would post here more often, but it's not easy with all this other important work that I have to do.

― gonna win all over your face (snoball), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:52 (thirteen years ago)

People just don't understand or appreciate how much effort it is to click on that 'Submit Post' button.

― gonna win all over your face (snoball), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:53 (thirteen years ago)

This thread would have been JUST FINE until some rogue mod stepped in and ruined everything.

― Fake Ve-EEEE-gan Cheese (White Chocolate Cheesecake), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:54 (thirteen years ago)

some people have moe important things to do rather than, you know, sit around and post on a messageboard.

― smells like ok (soda) (dayo), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:55 (thirteen years ago)

I'm sorry for any inadvertant offence I may have caused. But I stand by what I said.

― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:55 (thirteen years ago)

Well I'm sure you do.

― gonna win all over your face (snoball), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 13:01 (thirteen years ago)

^ post flagged

― Ówen P., Wednesday, 8 August 2012 13:02 (thirteen years ago)

Jesus if it bothers you that much, just install Killfile.

― Fake Ve-EEEE-gan Cheese (White Chocolate Cheesecake), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 13:02 (thirteen years ago)

xp Don't bother worrying about it. I'm sure I've already been Flag Posted several times today.

― gonna win all over your face (snoball), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 13:03 (thirteen years ago)

sorry, who are you again?

― (500) Days of Sodom (Merdeyeux), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 13:08 (thirteen years ago)

I just can't deal with all this right now, ok?

― kmfdotm (ledge), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 13:08 (thirteen years ago)

This thread is fun and all, but I have to get back to work. Let me know how it pans out!

― Ówen P., Wednesday, 8 August 2012 13:10 (thirteen years ago)

Who is Ówen P? I can't keep up with the username changes around here.

― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 13:12 (thirteen years ago)

Ówen P has been posting here for some years under the same name.

― spanky hotel frogstrot (how's life), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 13:17 (thirteen years ago)

Oh, I totally didn't read the rest of the thread.

― spanky hotel frogstrot (how's life), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 13:21 (thirteen years ago)

Perhaps it might help you become less confused.

― gonna win all over your face (snoball), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 13:23 (thirteen years ago)

surprise, surprise. xp

― estela, Wednesday, 8 August 2012 13:24 (thirteen years ago)

It's great that you've had the time to do so.

― spanky hotel frogstrot (how's life), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 13:25 (thirteen years ago)

If I hadn't, nobody else would have.

― gonna win all over your face (snoball), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 13:25 (thirteen years ago)

Not sure what this thread is about, but I'm not sure I care that much anyway really.

― Quickly, take hold of my hand, asshole! (dog latin), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 13:32 (thirteen years ago)

I'll get on to this poll the minute I'm a bit less busy with this important stuff.

― Manfred Mann meets Man Parrish (ithappens), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 13:33 (thirteen years ago)

This thread was so much better this morning, before all the North Americans came online.

― Fake Ve-EEEE-gan Cheese (White Chocolate Cheesecake), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 13:35 (thirteen years ago)

This thread was better in the old days when people thought about what they were posting before they hit 'submit'.

― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 13:36 (thirteen years ago)

Well I think you've just proved that.

― gonna win all over your face (snoball), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 13:38 (thirteen years ago)

I don't normally look at threads started by the OP but this one's actually not that bad.

― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 13:42 (thirteen years ago)

I suppose it's alright if you like that kind of thing.

― gonna win all over your face (snoball), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 13:47 (thirteen years ago)

― Mark G, Wednesday, 8 August 2012 13:48 (thirteen years ago)

oh man, fucking hate all of these poll options. i prefer active-aggressiveness (??) aggressive-aggressiveness something like that.

― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 August 2012 13:49 (thirteen years ago)

you don't say.

― estela, Wednesday, 8 August 2012 13:51 (thirteen years ago)

the entire PA voice is like nails on chalkboard to me

― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 August 2012 13:57 (thirteen years ago)

Mordy, I prefer being "polite" aggressive. BUt then don't blame me, blame my mother, she's raised me that way.

― Nathalie (stevienixed), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 14:14 (thirteen years ago)

i don't mind any of the styles, you decide.

― estela, Wednesday, 8 August 2012 14:38 (thirteen years ago)

Typical, I have to do everything again...

― gonna win all over your face (snoball), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 14:39 (thirteen years ago)

My mother always told me "if you can't say a nice thing, don't say anything at all". So.

― kmfdotm (ledge), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 14:40 (thirteen years ago)

Has it calmed down in here yet? Is it safe for people who, you know, enjoy a good conversation to come back to this thread?

― Quickly, take hold of my hand, asshole! (dog latin), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 14:44 (thirteen years ago)

It could have been a good conversation if some people could have kept their yaps shut.

― spanky hotel frogstrot (how's life), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 14:46 (thirteen years ago)

Right, I'm telling Bill Magill you said that.

― Mark G, Wednesday, 8 August 2012 14:49 (thirteen years ago)

I have a disturbingly large number of these

― Will Chave (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 15:06 (thirteen years ago)

This is rapidly turning into Christmas at a certain relative's house.

― gonna win all over your face (snoball), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 15:34 (thirteen years ago)

De quoi je me mêle?

― sive gallus et mulier (Michael White), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 15:49 (thirteen years ago)

my criticism of and scorn for authority is entirely reasonable

― Shrimpface Killah (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 17:02 (thirteen years ago)

If everything in my life wasn't so completely fucked right now, maybe I'd have time to participate in your little conversation but honestly, I've got a lot of shit happening that's taking up a lot of my time, so you know, enjoy your little 'games' or w/e

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 17:39 (thirteen years ago)

Thanks.

― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 17:51 (thirteen years ago)

No really, don't mention it.

― gonna win all over your face (snoball), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 18:27 (thirteen years ago)

Definitely the Silent Treatment. I learned this from my parents at a very young age.

― Virginia Plain, Wednesday, 8 August 2012 19:08 (thirteen years ago)

It's not the only thing you learned.

― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 19:12 (thirteen years ago)

Well at least some people do learn.

― gonna win all over your face (snoball), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 19:13 (thirteen years ago)

god, ILX is so boring lately

― kanye shiwen (dayo), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 19:42 (thirteen years ago)

you would know

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 19:44 (thirteen years ago)

one month passes...

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Sunday, 9 September 2012 00:01 (thirteen years ago)

you know... i'd say something... but... whatever.

― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 9 September 2012 00:27 (thirteen years ago)

i voted the first one too

― the late great, Sunday, 9 September 2012 00:52 (thirteen years ago)

When I'm ready to be polled on this, I'll be the first in line to put my answer into my hat. You can take that to the bank.

― Aimless, Sunday, 9 September 2012 03:52 (thirteen years ago)

Typically, I'm the one who did nearly all of the work here.

― Ich fart auf der Kleineschissehaus (snoball), Sunday, 9 September 2012 07:06 (thirteen years ago)

In all seriousness, I went through all the options and picked the most relevant one. :)

That is what I've been doing when I am asked to respond to these sort of questions. I guess as you continue to ask, I will continue to answer them to the best of my ability. %0

Do you have any other polls for me to respond to at this time? &\ I'm ready. I don't expect I can do any better than I did here, but there you go. =3~~~~

― riding old whitey (Zachary Taylor), Sunday, 9 September 2012 07:35 (thirteen years ago)

I've been hoping this whole time that this thread would eventually turn into an actual discussion about passive-aggressiveness, but since no one is actually stepping up to it, I'm going to let you sit around in this awful thing. Hopefully that'll teach you all a lesson about the lack of value in lolsy threads. When you need bailing out, come and get me.

― centipede burt s (how's life), Sunday, 9 September 2012 09:22 (thirteen years ago)

i'm surprised there's no mention of the:
"i will do this task you want me to do despite the obvious difficulty / harm / inconvenience to myself - see what you made me do?",
or
"OK i will do this for you but slowly & noisily"
i don't notice that i do these until after the screech of panic & the red mist have dissipated.
embarrassed as flip after.
grown adult.
no control !

― iglu ferrignu, Sunday, 9 September 2012 14:22 (thirteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Monday, 10 September 2012 00:01 (thirteen years ago)

i 'forgot' to vote.

― estela, Monday, 10 September 2012 00:09 (thirteen years ago)

oh so now the results come in. Guilty conscience maybe?

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 10 September 2012 00:10 (thirteen years ago)

well of course the Silent Treatment would win.

― dayo, Monday, 10 September 2012 00:14 (thirteen years ago)

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