# Pick one character flaw to be magically free of **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 31, 2006, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-one-character-flaw-to-be-magically-free-of/366663 "2006-07-31T04:33:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-one-character-flaw-to-be-magically-free-of/366663/21 "2006-07-31T13:55:18Z")
Who cares anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-one-character-flaw-to-be-magically-free-of/366663/22 "2006-07-31T14:02:57Z")
Procrastination. And maybe cure the lack of ambition. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-one-character-flaw-to-be-magically-free-of/366663/23 "2006-07-31T14:16:56Z")
[QUOTE=vertizontal] Please get rid of the loop that runs in my head where I dwell on negative events all the time. [/QUOTE] Ditto. Ain’t it a bitch? ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-one-character-flaw-to-be-magically-free-of/366663/24 "2006-07-31T14:25:34Z")
So many to choose from. Procrastination, Fear of Confrontation, Indecisiveness, Over-thinking. Hmmm. Let’s ditch the indecisiveness. I can always work on the procrastination later. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-one-character-flaw-to-be-magically-free-of/366663/25 "2006-07-31T14:28:05Z")
Patience. I need more of it. ---
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-one-character-flaw-to-be-magically-free-of/366663/26 "2006-07-31T14:38:28Z")
I’m a compulsive spender. I’d like to be better with money. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-one-character-flaw-to-be-magically-free-of/366663/27 "2006-07-31T15:29:25Z")
Rage. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-one-character-flaw-to-be-magically-free-of/366663/28 "2006-07-31T15:29:48Z")
Better time management skills. ---
**Author:** ![rhiannon777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@rhiannon777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhiannon777)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-one-character-flaw-to-be-magically-free-of/366663/29 "2006-07-31T15:30:42Z")
Jealousy ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-one-character-flaw-to-be-magically-free-of/366663/30 "2006-07-31T15:44:48Z")
O-erweening ambition. Richard III and the Morningstar have nothing on me. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-one-character-flaw-to-be-magically-free-of/366663/31 "2006-07-31T16:10:37Z")
I’d like to pick up some temperance. Anything from eating, to drinking, drugs or sex, I have a tough time saying “no,” or even “when” to. I have no idea how I’m not fat, drunk, syphilitic and strung out in some alley. Sheer lick. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-one-character-flaw-to-be-magically-free-of/366663/32 "2006-07-31T16:37:32Z")
[QUOTE=Inigo Montoya] Rage. [/QUOTE] I should think so. I mean, geez, how long _did_ you spend looking for that six-fingered man? How’d you _ever_ manage to keep angry all those years? ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-one-character-flaw-to-be-magically-free-of/366663/33 "2006-07-31T16:38:11Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] Sheer lick. [/QUOTE] A guess? or a typo? ---
**Author:** ![pendgwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3da27b/32.png) [@pendgwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pendgwen)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-one-character-flaw-to-be-magically-free-of/366663/34 "2006-07-31T16:49:46Z")
Definitely procrastination. I could make amazing progress on my other personal goals if I didn’t spend so much time putting them off. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-one-character-flaw-to-be-magically-free-of/366663/35 "2006-07-31T17:07:41Z")
I needs me some sticktoitiveness. I never finish things. I might not even finish ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-one-character-flaw-to-be-magically-free-of/366663/36 "2006-07-31T17:13:48Z")
[QUOTE=Inigo Montoya] A guess? or a typo? [/QUOTE] Hehehe…purely unintentional. At least, as far as my conscious mind knows. Could be those engrams acting up again. ---
**Author:** ![Pazu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pazu/32/15522_2.png) [@Pazu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pazu)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-one-character-flaw-to-be-magically-free-of/366663/37 "2006-07-31T17:15:33Z")
I would like to be thicker-skinned. Then I would post more… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-one-character-flaw-to-be-magically-free-of/366663/38 "2006-07-31T17:21:42Z")
I’ll join the chorus and say procrastination. ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-one-character-flaw-to-be-magically-free-of/366663/39 "2006-07-31T17:38:33Z")
I would like to be habitually tidy, please. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-one-character-flaw-to-be-magically-free-of/366663/40 "2006-07-31T18:16:07Z")
I’ll take willpower and focus and sheer stamina. After that genie was done with me, I’d love to work hard, I’d love to work out, and I’d _looove_ to eat nothing but lettuce. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-one-character-flaw-to-be-magically-free-of/366663.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-one-character-flaw-to-be-magically-free-of/366663.md?page=3)