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.
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The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 September 2023 source ↗
Caring too much about what others think.
Certainty. I also can’t stand it when someone calls you and then says, “Wait, I need to put my headphones in.”
Cruelty. I don’t see the point.
Intolerance, which is never far from stupidity.
Lack of confidence in speaking to the opposite sex.
That life is tough and unfair; that life is beautiful.
Hurtful, hard, like concrete but also the soft, silky, smooth, cool pillow that you lay your head on. It’s like birds singing in the morning with the aurora going over your head at night. That’s love for me.
Being about nine metres away from a polar bear. In northern Canada, a young polar bear was very intrigued by our food. I was flying the drone at the time and the polar bear looked up and started paying attention, so then we flew the drone further away and he followed it while we got into our vehicles.
Heights, and not getting along with people.
My last dance with Jowita, my dance partner. It’s been an emotional rollercoaster; she’s taught me so much about myself and I grew as a result. I’m more confident, more understanding, more respectful, more attuned with myself and others, more mentally strong.
Timothy Hutton, Charlie Munger, Joseph Fiennes, Helen Mirren, Clive Myrie, Vick Hope
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