It’s a toss-up between mean and petty.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2016 source ↗
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What trait do you most dislike in other people?Originally asked
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Lack of empathy.
Trolling, meanness and male violence.
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Spanish professional tennis player, 2001–2024
Selfishness and no respect for the others.
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The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
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I’m disorganized.
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