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Having been on the receiving end of it from two people professionally, wracking my brains over what their problem was, until I learned how they were actually meaning it:
The trailing ellipses feels like it's 'politely' avoiding saying the "obvious" conclusion out loud. And if someones avoiding saying it, it's probably negative. That's why it's seen as passive-aggressive.
To my generation it sounds like, I dunno, saying "Where there's smoke...".
Are you in the younger than normal or older than normal generation?
I think im getting older than normal lately.
Ok good to know! I tend to avoid ... in work emails because I know it can be taken in different ways, I should probably avoid it in other online posts too...