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What trait do you most dislike in other people?Originally asked
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Manipulative greed and hate.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 January 2025 source ↗
Ingratitude. Taking advantage of others.
Ignorance and unwillingness to learn.
Arrogance combined with egotism and selfishness.
Their inability to deal with my disorganisation.
Now. Five years ago, I started looking after myself a bit more, emotionally and spiritually, and it’s paid dividends.
The Mona Lisa – I preferred the frame.
As a nice human being who gave a shit.
Big dick energy.
It would be my mum. She was a terrible alcoholic and I spent a lot of my time kind of hating her but, in the past five years, I realised why she did what she did and I could forgive.
When my kids ask, “What happens when we die?” I say, “Do you remember the place you were in before you were born? I think we go back there.”
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