Looking down at other people. I was brought up to treat people as you treat yourself, with respect. The people you meet on the way up are the people you meet on the way down.
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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.
Being mean online.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 June 2024 source ↗
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Yogi Berra
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Talking too much.
When people talk over others.
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The need to put other people down.
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When I was 11, I went down a water slide and my bottoms didn’t go with me. Everyone saw my bare white butt.
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