Olmai

@Olmai@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Despite having heard the phrase 'passive aggressive' several times, I still don't know what it means.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re right in that (in)effective would work here, but I did intend to also apply judgment. It often is not the most effective technique, but I also believe it is often unnecessarily hurtful and used as petty vengeance. I see it as an immature reaction from people who don’t care about the receiver, or haven’t developed other ways to communicate.

  Take your shitty boss example : You’re angry at them, and you want to express it. Anger is used to signal your desire to change a situation. If you’re leaving, the only thing left to change is their behavior to future employees. If you use passive aggressive methods, you’re either hurting them back for simple vengeance, in which case you just don’t care about them as a human being because this hurting serves no purpose, or you’re trying to change their future behavior. In that case, you will probably just paint yourself as an asshole, which will invalidate your position in their mind. It might sometimes work, but I would not consider it effective compared to being direct for example.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Production can't keep up with demand (corporate greed)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Exponential pricing

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Despite having heard the phrase 'passive aggressive' several times, I still don't know what it means.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s all kind of behaviour that aims to harm, hurt, or anger someone without being upfront about the intent.

  If I hit you or insult you, that’s not passive. If I say “some of us actually do the dishes around here” within earshot of someone that I believe doesn’t do them often enough, that’s passive aggressive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ok, boomer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Boomer is no longer only referring to a generation, it’s also about the stereotypical mindset that now applies to younger people as well

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Void⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Shaw !

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨the seven shits everyone meets⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Also known as the Bristool scale in the field

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Outer Wilds. Should my first time be in VR?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know about VR, but please note it is not really replayable. A second playthrough is possible, but will amount to a trip down memory lane at best.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lil silly⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  scrolling through a few comments, looks like the crane, the death, and the laughing were all part of acting