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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 55 points 10 hours ago (43 children)

Anyone holding this view can get in the sea

Equally moronic as saying the letter "e" is passive aggressive

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 14 points 10 hours ago (40 children)

It’s not that EVERY full stop is passive aggressive, it’s about interpreting tone.

So for example, when I text my parents and say, “Thank you for the invite, we’d be happy to come over for dinner next Monday!” and my dad replies, “Great.” That looks passive aggressive.

He doesn’t mean it that way, tone interpretation from short texts just isn’t something he’s fluent in like those of us who’ve been texting (or IMing back before texts) most of our lives.

If he had said “Great” that would be fine, as would “Great!” But “Great.” is interpreted as sarcastic and/or passive aggressive.

[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 hours ago

It’s not that EVERY full stop is passive aggressive, it’s about interpreting tone.

If he had said “Great” that would be fine, as would “Great!” But “Great.” is interpreted as sarcastic and/or passive aggressive.

Ok, zoomer.

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