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This site is a little project that lets me make fun of some things and sense of others. I use it to think a little more relationally without resorting to doing actual math.
Jessica — I’m sure you get this more often than you like but its the first time I’m writing in — so here goes :
I LOVE YOUR WORK — WILL YOU MARRY ME ??
True that, which is why I live alone…
But umm, not to be a stickler, but dishes should probably be on the x axis as that is the independent variable…passive aggression doesn’t lead to dishes “mouldering”, but the other way around…unless there’s a joke here I fail to get
Reminds me of my college housemates back in the 80′s. My solution was what I called “Supply Side Dishwashing”. This was during the Reagan era, after all.
I was as guilty as the others for leaving dishes in the sink, and to deal with that problem we had a lot of dishes in the house. Unlike my housemates, I wanted to do my part. So before washing dishes, I would go through the cabinets and drawers and find out what was still available clean. Then I would wash all of the dirties of only those items. E.g., if there were still clean bowls, I would wash all the dirty bowls. If there were no clean glasses, i would NOT wash glasses.
My rationale was that it would force my housemates to wash something so that they could then use it.
Looking back, yeah, I guess it was passive-aggressive.
Sooo true…and the passive aggression should definitely by the X-Axis. Passive aggressive roommates (I’m guilty on occasion) will leave dishes in the sink to “wait the other one out” and as a result they become moldy. I.e. a former roommate of mine left a huge set of dishes he used for a party in the sink and took off for christmas break…I packed them up and put them in his bedroom…
That is the most original FIRST post I have ever seen…
Terry – Stop automatically stereotyping dependent axes. I don’t tolerate axisism, and I hope one day that the rest of the world can learn to appreciate unique dependent axes for what they are.
Fits all of my previous 3 roommate experiences to a T.
Ha ha. I had a roommate that once left a pot of mac’n'cheese on the counter for three days. It was getting moldy. I put the pot on her pillow while she was out. When I came back after class she’d cleaned the entire kitchen spotless. I guess I’m pretty passive-aggressive.
I’ve been on both sides of this.
Amen, I say. Amen.
I thought it was quite clever putting ‘passive aggression’ on the x-axis. And on the flip-side, you could put “tolerance” (or “apathy”) on the x-axis as well. That would described my house.
Not true. Our dishes are generally washed up every evening.
So that’s what my wife is up to, eh? Well, I’m on to her little scheme now. TWO can play at that game.
The exchnge between Terry and DannyDeranged might be the best comment exchange ever. Just to let you know the geeks who read you Jessica. On a side note, if I weren’t married I might be proposing to DannyDeranged.
Wonderful graph, as always!
Wow, that brings back memories of the Great Dirty Dish Wars of 1998.
How about “you put the toaster back the wrong way. The handle is supposed to be on the left side”.
But I live alone, and I have a sink full of dirty dishes… guess I’m being passively aggressive to myself.
AND it’s probably also why I’m alone.
Lol. This is exactly what’s going on in my apartment, as we speak!
passive aggression has a limit. it is not a continous function.
Terry, Pat etc: I beg to differ – passive aggression and unwashed dishes are surely co-dependent (people are less considerate of surly housemates), although non-washing-up *is* probably causally dominant.
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This doesn’t typically happen with spouses because we can use sex as a weapon.
HAH! Sexlessness and dirty dishes is a good combo. Apparently the above commenter has a better than average spouse.
And Maximo–tell that to my husband!
Definitely don’t exclude the “housemates” who have a marriage certificate!
If I post this up next to the sink will I take the passive-aggressiveness to a new level?
“passive aggression has a limit.”
You obviously don’t know my mom!
I’ve long said that a dishwasher is essential to harmonious roommate relations.
Oh wow, I’ve been there before. Why are your friends so much less likely to complain to your face when you live together..?
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Maldito Ésquilo!