The question
What trait do you most dislike in other people?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A verbatim standing question in The Guardian's rotating Q&A questionnaire, documented across respondents and years.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
People taking themselves seriously.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2015 source ↗
The inability to listen. Inauthentic vocal registers. Calling anything other than food “delicious” or “yummy.”
Dishonesty and insincerity.
I’m irritated by critics and academics who dismiss poetry that is popular, comprehensible or humorous.
Using knowledge as a weapon.
They want to leave the party the same time I do.
Falling asleep watching a movie on a sofa because I drank too much wine at dinner, my head resting on the thigh of a loved one, who will later explain what happened.
Sunday mornings with my parents when I visited from college.
Generally? Hurting someone’s feelings. Specifically? Being kidnapped while on vacation.
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