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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Verbatim recurring item in The Guardian Q&A; two fully readable publisher-hosted respondent pages establish institutional recurrence.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
That it’s impossible to persuade other people of the value of the lessons that life has taught you.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 July 2023 source ↗
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