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.
Careless cruelty.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 May 2026 source ↗
I’m irritated by critics and academics who dismiss poetry that is popular, comprehensible or humorous.
Arrogance, bullying, meanness – just try to be kind, it’s not difficult.
Lack of self-criticism.
Arrogance and entitlement.
As someone with integrity.
Not playing Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire. I am a huge Brando fan and a big Tennessee Williams fan and it’s a part I would love to have a go at. It’s possible I still could but I’m too old, really.
On one of my first jobs, Cold Mountain, I got a wasp in my ear in front of Jude Law. He couldn’t see the wasp so just saw me freak out.
My brother Joe, he’s nine years older than me.
To keep trying to listen to yourself.
Being accepted for who you are but also being encouraged to continue to grow.
Fran Healy, Chaka Khan, Ed Harris, Jack Whitehall, Bryan Adams, Julian Lennon
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