The inability to appreciate true talent.
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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 two-faced.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 August 2024 source ↗
Others on this question
View all 207 →Ingratitude. Taking advantage of others.
When people talk over others.
Greed, lack of empathy. Same thing.
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View profile →To my daughters and my partner, Tracey, for what I put them through with my transition.
A black Russian terrier – I paid almost £4,000 for him.
At the birth of my children; when Lennox Lewis was crowned undisputed world heavyweight champion; and the day I had my final gender reassignment operation.
Not being truthful to everyone from an earlier age.
Choose your friends wisely.
The pope. I was brought up in the Catholic religion, and I think he is trying to make the church more accepting of all. He’s got a very hard job because the church is very stuck in its rightwing conservative ways.
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