People who are proud of their ignorance.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2011 source ↗
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
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What is the worst thing anyone has said to you?
Failure & regret
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
Failure & regret
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What does love feel like?
Relationships
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
Identity & self
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
Failure & regret
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.
People who barge into a lift instead of standing aside for anyone exiting should be dipped in kerosene and fired into the sun.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 June 2023 source ↗
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Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 September 2024 source ↗
Pettiness, arrogance, boorishness.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2013 source ↗
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Being mean online.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 June 2024 source ↗
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View profile →A reviewer once called me “artistically bankrupt”, and it doesn’t feel like reviews can get much worse than that.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 June 2023 source ↗
In the one photo I’ve seen where my smile looks convincing – I’m four years old, so I’m guessing then. But I just won a Bafta and that felt amazing, too. So, roughly every 40 years.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 June 2023 source ↗
I’ve never been upgraded on a plane.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 June 2023 source ↗
When my cold toes drain the heat from his warm ones, but he doesn’t mind at all and is happy for our tarsal temperatures to meet in the middle.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 June 2023 source ↗
Self-destruction.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 June 2023 source ↗
I could have done without being sexually assaulted, or having an eating disorder, or pushing myself to breaking point, but every chapter of my life brought me here.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 June 2023 source ↗
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