Selfishness—people who don’t care about others or their feelings and will do or say anything as long as they get what they want.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Greed and stupidity.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 August 2007 source ↗
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Taking fucking forever. Can’t you see I’m waiting?
Unwillingness to change.
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Other than being a decent father, Pollock.
My father. He has treated every person he has met with kindness and respect.
Near head-on collision driving from Oklahoma to California back in the 70s.
Couple of days ago, reading a thank-you note my parents had left after we celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in Wyoming.
Dick Cheney for hating him for being one of the most destructive people on Earth.
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