Character traits in people that are an instant turn-off?

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Character traits in people that are an instant turn-off?

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In your opinion, what character traits make a person un-attractive to you?

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People that curse fluently. Do people realize how much more intelligent they sound when they're not dropping the F-bomb in every sentence?
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steve-in-kville wrote: Fri Sep 15, 2023 6:40 am People that curse fluently. Do people realize how much more intelligent they sound when they're not dropping the F-bomb in every sentence?

I agree. It makes them appear like they aren't intelligent enough to figure out descriptive words for something without cursing.

People who talk down at you, as if you are a peon and they know it all, is a turn off. I guess that would come under an arrogant attitude.
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There are some long-time turn-offs. Like people who constantly complain about their life, but answer to each advice with a declaration why it's impossible for them to make the least changes. Wears me out.
But an instant turn-off? I suppose: overrpowering people. People who are completely convinced that they are right and only look for consent I need my time to sort things out and develop an opinion of my own.
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Incuriousosity. Incuriousness? What is the adjective form of incurious?
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"Dropping the F-bomb" would have its German equivalent by deeply discontent people who use the word "shit" in every sentence. I've met some such guys - but I still think they make me nervous mostly because they are overpowering and basically only expect that I agree with them.
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Ladies that intentionally dress grotesquely immodest. Keep those headlights tucked away, please :o
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Discontent, negativity. I feel relief when such people go somewhere else.
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Long-term effect: Those who ALWAYS correct something in what you say, either grammar, word choice, or pronunciation. (A guy in college said the correct word is 'enunciation'. I was attempting to explain a dialectical difference in the way I said a word, in comparison to the way he thought I should say it. He had already interrupted me as I was talking about something else, just to make the 'correction'. I finally just avoided talking with him much, because it was a consistent behavior.)
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People who know everything about everybody... but rarely have it right.
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