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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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Willful ignorance.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2018 source ↗
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