THE PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE MANIFESTO
Lately there seems to be quite a few inspirational typographical posters making the rounds. Not one to ignore a trend, I decided to put my own, fairly cranky perspective on what is quickly becoming a well worn genre.
Unlike some other examples, this one probably won’t make you feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside and that’s ok. It’s not meant to. It’s meant to make you think, even if it’s just for a second. Let’s face it… words, no matter how pretty and sweet they might be, don’t really mean all that much if they don’t make you do anything.
So do me a favor, give this a read (and feel free to share it), but don’t print it, don’t try to find it as a poster or a coffee mug1. Just go do something.
(Hat tip to Patrick Rhone for sharing this and sending me off on this tangent.)
The Passive Aggressive Manifesto by Michael Schechter, unless otherwise expressly stated, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
- Although I really kind of want this poster and mug… [↩]
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Hi, I'm Michael Schechter. I struggle with creativity and productivity (Read: I have ADHD). I tend to write about how we can improve at both pursuits through the use of technology. More often than not, I end up rambling on about how all kinds of Apple geekery are helping me get my life together...
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What if I don’t want to shut up?
Then hopefully there are other takeaways…
This is great! I like its anti-warm-and-fuzzy call to action. I also can’t get the phrase “put down the donut” out of my head…
Thanks Yuvi! Just downloading The Cocktail Napkin as we speak. As for getting it out of your head, I envy you. Can’t get the damn thing out of my hand…
I love people who love “anti-warm-and-fuzzy”
Michael – you Rock!
Yuvi – put down the donut
Frank does that mean you are now into goth and Emo.
This is the perfect manifesto we needed
Genius.
Love it when that happens!
How about ‘just do the right thing’………..epic, huh?
And your line ………..designed by someone who can’t MichaelSchechter me; is that like getting Rick Rolled? I think you might be on to something here…………
I like it! But I prefer Schechtered to Rick Rolled
I’d replace put down the donots with get on the treadmill. Moving counts just as much as calories – significantly more in some people. But I like the graphic and the way it’s designed. I vote T-shirt.
Or if you have 12 of these, calendar. Love the disclaimer at the end too.
Feel free to make substitutions where needed
Although I run plenty and the donuts still friggin kill me. No t-shirts! No calendars! Glad you loved the disclaimer… it’s 100% true.
Why can’t I put this on a calendar and zap all meaning out of it? Boo!
Disappointing people is what I do for a living!
I have to stop and think a lot before I tweet. But what cracked me up this morning is that I found this because it was re-tweeted by one of the most passive aggressive people I know.
Do I really have to put down the donut, though?