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The article examines how everyday social exclusion can trigger passive-aggressive responses in individuals with high narcissistic traits, with grandiose narcissism showing a particular sensitivity to ostracism. It reports that feelings of being ignored amplify indirect acts like inducing criticism and sabotaging others, especially for those with grandiose narcissism. The piece also discusses methodological limitations and practical implications for workplace dynamics and therapy.

This topic is of interest to psychology readers because it links social processes like ostracism with covert aggression and highlights how personality traits shape everyday interpersonal dynamics. It also clarifies distinctions between narcissism subtypes and their behavioral consequences in real-world settings.

Article Title: Psychologists reveal a key trigger behind narcissists’ passive-aggressive behavior

Link to PsyPost Article: https://www.psypost dot org/psychologists-reveal-a-key-trigger-behind-narcissists-passive-aggressive-behavior/

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#Narcissism #PassiveAggression #Ostracism #GrandioseNarcissism #InterpersonalRelationships

WIST Quotations Mar 3

A quotation from The Bible

If your enemies are starving, feed them some bread;
if they are thirsty, give them water to drink.
By doing this, you will heap burning coals on their heads,
and the Lord will reward you.

The Bible (The Old Testament) (14th - 2nd C BC) Judeo-Christian sacred scripture [Tanakh, Hebrew Bible], incl. the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonicals)
Book 20. Proverbs 25:21ff (Prov 25:21-22) [CEB (2011)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/bible-ot/82472/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bible #oldtestament #proverbs #charity #discomfort #embarrassment #giving #hunger #loveyourenemy #passiveaggression #philanthropy #shame #thirst

Bible, vol. 1, Old Testament - Book 20. Proverbs 25:21ff (Prov 25:21-22) [CEB (2011)] | WIST Quotations

If your enemies are starving, feed them some bread; if they are thirsty, give them water to drink. By doing this, you will heap burning coals on their heads, and the Lord will reward you. See Romans 12:19-21. Alternate translations: If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat;…

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C.Dec 4

LWN is apparently feeling a little passive-aggressive after the holiday break.

#LWN #LinuxWeeklyNews #PassiveAggressive #PassiveAggression #snark #sneer

fatemah Oct 14

11 Reasons of Resurfacing Passive Aggressive Behaviours Under Emotional Strain

When a person has previously managed an emotional habit, but it begins resurfacing passive aggressive behaviours again at a particular hardship, it can feel frustrating for them and for those around them. If you once thought you had left behind sulking, silent treatment, or indirect jabs, seeing those same behaviours return under stress can feel like slipping backwards.

https://innermasteryhub.com/resurfacing-passive-aggressive-behaviours/

#passiveaggressivebehaviour #passiveaggression #emotionalstrain #emotionalregress #copingmechanisms

Idiot Business Aug 8, 2025

Introducing DeCrew! We'll send a certified crow to deliver your passive-aggressive notes. Guaranteed wing delivery and maximum awkwardness. 🐦✉️ #DeCrew #CrowPost #PassiveAggression
#BusinessIdea #Business #Ai #Llm #LlaMA2

Is this genius?

Absolutely bonkers!

Just...why?

Poll ended at Aug 9, 2025 at 10:50am.

Idiot Business Jul 20, 2025

Just launched: ARSY Delivery! We'll deliver your arguments directly to their door... in a tiny scroll. Because yelling online clearly isn't working, folks! 📜 #business #innovation #passiveaggression
#BusinessIdea #Business #Ai #Llm #LlaMA2

Tiny scroll delivery?

Is this even legal?

Worth it for peace?

Poll ended at Jul 21, 2025 at 10:51am.

N-gated Hacker News Apr 4, 2025

🚫Oh, the horror! Anduril Industries, purveyors of digital warfare, dared to recruit on the sacred #NixOS forums! 🛡️ NixOS users, valiantly defending their turf, strike a blow against corporate overlords with the power of passive-aggressive forum posts. 🚀
https://discourse.nixos.org/t/anduril-industries-electromagnetic-warfare-team-is-hiring/62569 #AndurilIndustries #DigitalWarfare #ForumWarriors #CorporateOverlords #PassiveAggression #HackerNews #ngated

Anduril Industries' Electromagnetic Warfare Team is Hiring

The moderation team brought this thread to our attention as the latest example in an ongoing controversy in the community and they escalated the decision to us so that we can provide them clearer guidance for how to proceed going forward. Our moderation team has done an admirable job, but this controversy has escalated beyond the point where moderation actions alone can resolve this. To that end, the Steering Committee is banning Anduril from recruiting on Discourse. We will leave this specific...

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Roonie the Rabbit Jan 28, 2024

To everything there is a season. #comics #comicstrip #arguing #passiveaggression #relationships #weather #bunnies #squirrel #sun GET THESE BY EMAIL: https://rooniecomics.com/comics/the-earth-and-the-sun-in-winter/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=post&utm_content=rooniecomics

Comic: "The Earth and The Sun in Winter" from ROONIE THE RABBIT

SQUIRREL: It's colder in the winter because the Earth is angled away from the Sun. THE SUN: Yes. YES. Remember that. She gives ME the cold shoulder. Every year! And why?! THE EARTH: You know what you did. THE SUN: I actually DON'T!! THE EARTH: Well... you SHOULD. And the face that you DON'T is EXACTLY the POINT.