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What trait do you most dislike in other people?Originally asked
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Cruelty to animals or children.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 December 2023 source ↗
Being untruthful.
Failure to be on time.
Lack of humility, the absence of goodness.
Bigotry. Narcissism.
It happened when I was younger, somewhere outside London. We were on bikes, and this older girl pulled up and said something racist that I won’t repeat. I will never forget that, because it was the first time, and I was like, “Oh, I am feeling different from everyone around me right now”.
Nothing’s guaranteed and things change in an instant, and to get used to that and stay in the moment.
Sensitive, kind, silly.
Probably all of them because I am not big into English literature. I read a lot of self-improvement books.
I quite enjoyed all my retail jobs (I worked in H&M and Gap), but the worst times were the sale periods. The summer sales – awful.
Selfless and open, freeing.
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