Post #1438074
2026-04-09 08:07 UTC
@dancingtreefrog @chestas
Love the smell of passive-aggressiveness in the morning. Reminds me of a Ray Bradbury story in which a man goes out and does many acts of random kindness during the day. Returning home in the evening, he asks his wife how her day went. She replies with an equally long list of petty spitefulnesses. Then they agree to swap roles as usual the next day.
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@dancingtreefrog@mastodon.social 2026-04-09 11:58
@riggbeck I've read that story. 👍 The original proverb it's based on doesn't include the bit about heaping coals on their heads. Sounds to me like the later letter writer maybe had a bit of an axe to grind. 🙂 @chestas