Intolerance, which is never far from stupidity.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Greed, lack of empathy. Same thing.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 November 2025 source ↗
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People’s need to feel superior to others. All it does is cause judgment and hate.
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Being judgmental – how dare they!
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I’m not thrilled with my lack of commitment to feminism in my 20s.
I cried last week after talking about marriage equality with my daughters. My oldest let slip that she believed that if the supreme court overturned Obergefell, she wouldn’t have parents any more. I felt angry with my country and ashamed that I didn’t consider the possibility that she might think that.
I’m the happiest right now. I can see that I’m in a kind of sweet spot: my parents are alive, my kids are little, my wife is hot and my body doesn’t hurt.
A lifelong sleepover.
Earnest, driven, Gemini.
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