My intense self-loathing.
Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
Values & belief
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What keeps you awake at night?
Daily life
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What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Values & belief
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What is the worst job you have done?
Craft & work
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What single thing would improve the quality of your life?
Daily life
Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Fear, anxiety and panic attacks.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 September 2022 source ↗
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Malala Yousafzai
Education campaigner; co-founder of the Malala Fund; United Nations Messenger of Peace
Biting my nails.
Melissa Etheridge
Singer, songwriter and guitarist
Deplore is a heavy word. I don’t deplore it but I constantly feel the pull of my old Midwestern ways of eating. Boy, can I put some pancakes away.
Increasing forgetfulness.
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Anyone who promotes peace.
A bee in my bonnet – whether that’s a song in my head or a person I’m thinking about.
Ghosting, where you are mid-conversation with someone and they disappear off the face of the planet.
I was a waiter with my old friend Justin Clayton; we would sneak in too many drinks and were fired after spilling soup too many times on customers.
A partner – finding her and enjoying the rest of our lives together. Hopefully it will happen one day.
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