What is the trait you most deplore in others?

Freeloaders with a sense of entitlement.

No sense of humor.

Guys who use the word “snot.”

Self-importance, arrogance.

That they don’t give way quickly.

Amid so much blatant cruelty in our political situation, such shocking indifference to the lives & welfare of those living at the margins of an affluent society, I think it must be this institutionalized cruelty, & the hypocrisy that surrounds it. “Making America great again”—for whom? Wealthy white people? The word “deplore” is particularly relevant here.

A lack of generosity. It can take so many forms—it doesn’t just have to do with money—so I’m always shocked when people can’t muster any at all.

Wow! Like, the way people mess up language. I mean, it makes me crazy, y’know?

Talking in cliches. We have the most economic, resonant and versatile language in the world, yet so many people use it in a dull and boring way.

Arrogance and entitlement.

Bullying, whether face to face or online.

Mental cruelty.

Arrogance combined with egotism and selfishness.

Trolling, meanness and male violence.

I guess lack of patience as well.

Not listening to me.

People not remembering who I am.

People who think they’re always right.

People who aren’t kind enough.

I’m irritated by critics and academics who dismiss poetry that is popular, comprehensible or humorous.