What is the trait you most deplore in others?

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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

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Their frankness and honesty.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 1999 source ↗

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Certainty. I also can’t stand it when someone calls you and then says, “Wait, I need to put my headphones in.”
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 January 2026 source ↗

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