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Being mean online.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 June 2024 source ↗
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What trait do you most dislike in other people?Originally asked
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People who can’t read my mind.
Charlie Munger
Vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, 1978–2023
Generally speaking, envy, resentment, revenge, and self-pity are disastrous modes of thought. Self-pity gets pretty close to paranoia and paranoia is one of the very hardest things to reverse. You do not want to drift into self-pity.
I’m irritated by critics and academics who dismiss poetry that is popular, comprehensible or humorous.
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View profile →Whenever I’m with my kids.
At the beginning of 2019, I brought my entire family with me on my honeymoon to Bora Bora.
She was a fun, silly girl who wrote positive songs that helped others – and she was a good mama.
My younger self for not believing in her.
My self-criticism.
When I was 11, I went down a water slide and my bottoms didn’t go with me. Everyone saw my bare white butt.
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