The question
What trait do you most dislike in other people?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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Self-importance.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2025 source ↗
Insensitivity. Indifference about what is right or wrong. Indifference about justice.
People who aren’t kind enough.
People who speak with heavy American accents. I can barely understand them. No, seriously, dishonesty.
It’s a toss-up between mean and petty.
Probably as a small child in a pool in my mother’s arms.
Filippo Grandi, United Nations Refugee Agency high commissioner.
Losing my mind.
Being in process on a creative project I love.
Fran Healy, Ed Harris, Chaka Khan, Jack Whitehall, Bryan Adams, Frank Bowling
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