People who abuse their power to subjugate others.
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Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A verbatim standing question in The Guardian's rotating Q&A questionnaire, documented across respondents and years.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Too many times I had people try and make decisions for me. The assumption that I needed that was a big mistake!
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 April 2023 source ↗
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Unfriendliness.
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I never want to go back; I fought so much through my life, that I have to keep going forward.
Like a dryer going off in your stomach.
I don’t deplore anything about myself, but I am a perfectionist.
As the Queen of Rock’n’Roll. As a woman who showed other women that it is OK to strive for success on their own terms.
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