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magical thyme

(14,881 posts)
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 02:36 PM Jun 2014

How Passive-Aggressive Are You?

http://www.buzzfeed.com/lukebailey/how-passive-aggressive-are-you

You got: You’re really passive-aggressive.


There’s no need to be direct when small hints will do the trick. You are a master of finding minor ways to dig at people. You’re very happy to express any hostility you have through some very indirect methods. It might not be the healthiest way to be.

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How Passive-Aggressive Are You? (Original Post) magical thyme Jun 2014 OP
You got: You’re not passive-aggressive. Leme Jun 2014 #1
Si did I, but I think it's wrong csziggy Jun 2014 #2
ok, next time I see him i will ask .. : ) Leme Jun 2014 #3
from wiki: Leme Jun 2014 #4
I do this Leme Jun 2014 #5
Me too. Le Taz Hot Jun 2014 #11
I protest! In_The_Wind Jun 2014 #6
I don't have to take the test NV Whino Jun 2014 #7
Me too! I'm aggressive-aggressive . pink-o Jun 2014 #27
My mother was passive aggressive NV Whino Jun 2014 #29
I'm a decent human being! shenmue Jun 2014 #8
I'm passive aggressive but funny with it Generic Brad Jun 2014 #9
If you don't know... pipi_k Jun 2014 #10
You got: You’re not passive-aggressive. Rhiannon12866 Jun 2014 #12
"Well done. You are a well-balanced human being ...." Kaleva Jun 2014 #13
I got the same as you. sakabatou Jun 2014 #14
I got: You’re not passive-aggressive. frogmarch Jun 2014 #15
Very. femmocrat Jun 2014 #16
not Kali Jun 2014 #17
IKR Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2014 #20
I retook it and changed the one about the person rocking in their seat to "kick them in the head" Kali Jun 2014 #21
oh Yeah ... That is Awesome! no inheld hostilities at all. let it all hang out! Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2014 #23
I got really passive aggresive a la izquierda Jun 2014 #18
You got: You’re not passive-aggressive. Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2014 #19
I'm not passive-aggressive ailsagirl Jun 2014 #22
Says I'm not libodem Jun 2014 #24
You got: You’re not passive-aggressive. MrScorpio Jun 2014 #25
This thread sucks! Initech Jun 2014 #26
I'm wonderful - lol 840high Jun 2014 #28
You got: You’re just aggressive. ohnoyoudidnt Jun 2014 #30

csziggy

(34,131 posts)
2. Si did I, but I think it's wrong
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 03:39 PM
Jun 2014

Too many of the questions involve roommates (haven't had one since 1971), work (been self employed from 1977 until I retired), or other situations I do not encounter.

I'd say ask my husband about me being passive-aggressive, but he's the king of passiveness and never notices what I attempt to do to get back at him.

 

Leme

(1,092 posts)
4. from wiki:
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 04:15 PM
Jun 2014
"Passive-aggressive behavior is the indirect expression of hostility, such as through procrastination, sarcasm, hostile jokes, stubbornness, resentment, sullenness, or deliberate or repeated failure to accomplish requested tasks for which one is (often explicitly) responsible.

For research purposes, the DSM-IV describes passive-aggressive personality disorder as a "pervasive pattern of negativistic attitudes and passive resistance to demands for adequate performance in social and occupational situations"."
 

Leme

(1,092 posts)
5. I do this
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 04:19 PM
Jun 2014

stubbornness - The Free Dictionary

www.thefreedictionary.com/stubbornness

TheFreeDictionary.com

adj. stub·born·er, stub·born·est. 1. a. Unreasonably, often perversely unyielding; bullheaded. b. Firmly resolved or determined; resolute
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I prefer MY behavior be called resolute... lol

pink-o

(4,056 posts)
27. Me too! I'm aggressive-aggressive .
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 10:30 PM
Jun 2014

My mother was blunt and direct, so I guess she just passed it down to her daughter.

pipi_k

(21,020 posts)
10. If you don't know...
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 05:54 PM
Jun 2014

I'm not going to tell you!






Hah. Only kidding!


But I am pretty passive aggressive, I guess:



You got: You’re really passive-aggressive.

There’s no need to be direct when small hints will do the trick. You are a master of finding minor ways to dig at people. You’re very happy to express any hostility you have through some very indirect methods. It might not be the healthiest way to be.



Rhiannon12866

(204,762 posts)
12. You got: You’re not passive-aggressive.
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 06:19 PM
Jun 2014

Well done. You are a well-balanced human being who functions in polite society. Wonderful.

frogmarch

(12,153 posts)
15. I got: You’re not passive-aggressive.
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 07:33 PM
Jun 2014

Well done. You are a well-balanced human being who functions in polite society. Wonderful.

I had trouble with a couple of the questions because none of the answers were really me. But I chose the answers I thought were the closest and went on with my life, because that's how I roll.

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
16. Very.
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 08:00 PM
Jun 2014

You got: You’re very passive-aggressive.
You are a master of finding subtle ways to dig at people. There’s no need to be direct when tiny hints will do the job. You’re very happy to express any hostility through other methods. It might not be the healthiest way to be.

Kali

(55,003 posts)
17. not
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 08:05 PM
Jun 2014

You got: You’re not passive-aggressive.
Well done. You are a well-balanced human being who functions in polite society. Wonderful.



wow never been called well-balanced before

Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)
20. IKR
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 08:56 PM
Jun 2014

me too.

I have always thought I was lacking in the verbal, language skills department.

I don't think I am passive so much as just down right aggressive

me and you = well balanced? whoda thunk it, Kali

Kali

(55,003 posts)
21. I retook it and changed the one about the person rocking in their seat to "kick them in the head"
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 09:01 PM
Jun 2014

and that changed it to plain old "You’re just aggressive.
There’s nothing passive about it. You don’t know the meaning of the word subtlety, so you just vent on the world. All things considered, it’s probably a better way to be."

Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)
19. You got: You’re not passive-aggressive.
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 08:54 PM
Jun 2014

Well done. You are a well-balanced human being who functions in polite society. Wonderful.

I have to admit that some of the options were hilariously brilliant but, in the end I settled for boring old honest me.

MrScorpio

(73,630 posts)
25. You got: You’re not passive-aggressive.
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 09:54 PM
Jun 2014

Well done. You are a well-balanced human being who functions in polite society. Wonderful.

Which is the best thing about not giving a fuck about what anyone thinks.

 

840high

(17,196 posts)
28. I'm wonderful - lol
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 10:42 PM
Jun 2014

You got: You’re not passive-aggressive.
Well done. You are a well-balanced human being who functions in polite society. Wonderful.

ohnoyoudidnt

(1,858 posts)
30. You got: You’re just aggressive.
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 09:46 PM
Jun 2014

How Passive-Aggressive Are You?

You got: You’re just aggressive.
There’s nothing passive about it. You don’t know the meaning of the word subtlety, so you just vent on the world. All things considered, it’s probably a better way to be.


But I did pick the opposite answers of what I would do because F that test.

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