Unnecessary judgment.
What trait do you most dislike in other people?
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Picking their nose and eating it.
People who judge other people's actions on their own thought process.
Weakness – not to be confused with sensitivity, which is a superpower.
I don’t like it when people manipulate your words, which sometimes happens in the tabloids.
The need to put other people down.
I dislike dawdlers. When I walk, I do so with purpose. I have no time for people shuffling along.
Probably the same thing.
Not being honest.
Cruelty to animals or children.
Self-importance.
Narcissism. And people coughing on me in public.
Being mean online.
Bad personal hygiene.
When people are rude to their waiter.
Unbending opinions.
Mistaking shyness for not having anything to say.
People who can’t wait to argue.
Lack of empathy and compassion.
An inability to be authentic.
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