The question
What trait do you most dislike in other people?Originally asked
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Bad personal hygiene.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 December 2024 source ↗
Unbending opinions.
The inability to listen. Inauthentic vocal registers. Calling anything other than food “delicious” or “yummy.”
It’s a toss-up between mean and petty.
Being mean online.
An extra day in the week when no one can contact you.
Dying: I’m too iconic to go.
Falling flat on my face in Billy Elliot on Boxing Day when I was 14. I fell smack bang at the end of my number. I was mortified.
Patience is not my forte.
Racial and homophobic slurs – the F- and N-words. When I moved to London, people screamed the F-word from their cars, and that stings.
A Vivienne Westwood & Burberry two-piece suit I bought for a press night. At the time I was: “Yeah, of course I’m going to be a 30-inch waist for the rest of my life.” Now the trousers don’t fit.
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