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.
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Lack of humility, the absence of goodness.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 November 2024 source ↗
Bad personal hygiene.
The inability to listen. Inauthentic vocal registers. Calling anything other than food “delicious” or “yummy.”
An inability to see the other side.
Judgmental without investigation.
The many nuns and priests who often work in the shadows, dedicating their lives to the service of others.
Earthly life is merely the infancy of our soul. What comes after physical death is, I imagine, like returning home.
I fear the arrogance we are all at risk of, the pride that pushes us to put “I” in place of “God”. More prosaically, I fear physical pain because it risks stripping us of our dignity.
As a young man I had a car accident on a foggy night that left the vehicle looking like a squashed box, even though, by some miracle, I walked away unscathed.
My father, with whom I had a complex relationship: often, when I was young, his desire to protect me clashed with the stubbornness of my choices.
A singer. I wanted to live off music ever since I was a child – a wish that came true when I was over 35 years old.
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