When people are rude to their waiter.
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A verbatim standing question in The Guardian's rotating Q&A questionnaire, documented across respondents and years.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
People who pretend to have perfect marriages. Perfect marriages are like orgasms – many of them are faked.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2024 source ↗
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The inability to negotiate peace and truly forgive.
The inability to appreciate true talent.
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Arrogance and entitlement.
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View profile →Worrying about the faux pas I made earlier that evening. I tend to suffer from foot-in-mouth disease.
Raising two children. If you can get your kids to adulthood and they’re not voting Tory, doing drugs or collecting Nazi memorabilia, then you deserve a medal.
When the book of my enemy was discounted.
My own books being discounted. Oh, and sharks. The reason we Aussies swim so fast is because something much bigger is always trying to eat us.
Bumping into my male boss at a nudist beach.
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