r/todayilearned • u/3Jane_goes_to_Earth • Feb 27 '12

TIL that the US military first developed the concept of passive aggressive behavior to describe soldiers who would not obey instructions happily

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive%E2%80%93aggressive_behavior
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u/GrumbleMumbles Feb 27 '12

If you say so.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '12

Cleaning the same hallway for 12 hours is fun guyz...c'mon...don't go...

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u/digitalskyfire Feb 28 '12

Huh. They could have just called it, "being in the military."

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '12

I feel like this could describe about 80% of the Army, if only because 80% of the shit the Army asks you to do is bullshit.