Arrogance and a lack of respect for others.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I can’t bear people who lie.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 September 2024 source ↗
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View all 197 →People who speak with heavy American accents. I can barely understand them. No, seriously, dishonesty.
Serially telling endless boring jokes and sexism and racism and homophobia (they often go together).
Comparing themselves to other people.
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My mum. I was horrendous growing up – I was always arguing with her.
Fear of flying.
Years ago in a safari park in South Africa, and getting all dressed up for dinner. Walking across the lawn, I didn’t realise there was a swimming pool that hadn’t been lit and walked straight into the shallow end fully clothed. It still haunts me. I remember trying to get out as if no one would notice.
All of them. I’m not someone who can sit down and read – I wish I could.
I don’t know and I don’t really care, because I’ll be dead, so it won’t really matter.
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