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.
An inability to be authentic.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 April 2026 source ↗
Coldness, selfishness.
Discrimination, for any reason.
Bad personal hygiene.
Selfishness and cruelty.
A blood clot in my artery when I was 23.
Your lowest moment is temporary.
In my 20s I was in a show called The Unauthorised Autobiography of Samantha Brown. The actor who played my dad messed up his lines and it made me laugh so hard that I ended up peeing my pants.
Being alive on Earth is challenging and I like to believe that whatever happens after is filled with peace and ease.
When I realised that I could get myself through anything that came my way.
Crashing in an aeroplane into an ocean at night.
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