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		AnimalMuppet 64 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The three year myth That's not a polite no. That's more a passive-aggressive no. ("Passive aggressive" may not be quite right, but it's something in the neighborhood, and I'm not coming up with better words.) It's "no, but we don't have the honesty to just tell you no".

jimbokun 61 days ago [–]

Well nothing is more passive aggressive than telling someone to go fuck themselves in very polite language.

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