Emily Flippen from Survivor 45 calls herself 'a very irritable person'

Pet Peeves. Everyone has them. And when we asked the cast of Survivor 45 to tell us all about their pet peeves, we got some answers you might expect — stuff about slow walkers and a heaping helping of heebie-jeebies due to loud chewing, excessive slurping, and the scraping of teeth on silverware. We also got some unique responses, such as Austin Li Coon's declaration that, "I really hate banana-flavored things. You pick it up and you think it's a lemon-flavored item, and then it's banana. But I can't waste it, so I'll still eat it, but it just sucks." Truth.

And Brando Meyer came to play by announcing that, "My one biggest pet peeve is definitely when you walk up to a urinal, you're going to the bathroom, someone else comes in, the whole row is open, and they take the one right next to you. It's like, 'Bro, give me some space.'" Again, truth.

However, nothing could have prepared us for the greatest answer in the history of answers. Yet that is exactly what we got when we asked Emily Flippen about her pet peeves. The 28-year-old investment analyst from Maryland came hot out of the gate in the game — needlessly taking jabs at Bruce Perreault and then stirring things up on her own Lulu tribe. But that shouldn't necessarily be surprising from someone who only applied to the show because she was so angry at Mike Gabler's Survivor 43 victory.

So when we inquired as to Emily's pet peeves, the floodgates opened… and they opened wide. "I'm actually a really irritable person," says Emily. "I hate that aspect of myself. I really wish I wasn't like this, but I get very irritated very quickly by any number of things. So if somebody is singing? Irritated. Chewing too loudly? Irritated. If you're being too serious, probably irritated at you. If you're making too many jokes, probably irritated. Mildly uncomfortable? Mildly moist? Probably irritated. In fact, I feel like a good way to describe my personality is I am both happy and irritated at the same time — constantly."

First off, they should hang that answer in the Louvre, right next to the Mona Lisa. And while by her own estimation Emily may be the most irritated Survivor contestant ever, she is also one of the most self-aware — fully acknowledging her Negative Nancy persona. It's what makes her so fun and fascinating to watch.

Speaking of which, you should get to watching her right now! To see Emily talk about how irritable she is — and also take in the pet peeves of the entire Survivor 45 cast — watch the video above. If you don't, Emily might get irritated. Then again, if you do, she will also be irritated. So do as you please.

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