Their goddamned fucking honesty.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
People having really loud conversations on their phones in public places.
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When they ruin my story because they think theirs is better, so butt in before I’ve finished mine.
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I wanted to be in the circus.
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