Schemes. I hate schemers.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
People who barge into a lift instead of standing aside for anyone exiting should be dipped in kerosene and fired into the sun.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 June 2023 source ↗
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People who do not love. If you are not loving, you are not living. Why wouldn’t you love? What’s the problem?
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Dishonesty and being late for appointments.
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Self-destruction.
A reviewer once called me “artistically bankrupt”, and it doesn’t feel like reviews can get much worse than that.
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