Disrespect. My dad was a toolmaker and worked in a factory all his life, and he felt looked down on, and it really affected him. And so all my life I’ve loathed disrespect and valued respect.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Manipulative greed and hate.
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The need to put other people down.
Self-importance.
When they ruin my story because they think theirs is better, so butt in before I’ve finished mine.
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I’ve pooed myself a couple of times.
When my kids ask, “What happens when we die?” I say, “Do you remember the place you were in before you were born? I think we go back there.”
As a nice human being who gave a shit.
I am a massive people-pleaser and it brings me nothing but trouble.
Big dick energy.
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