Selfishness. People who block junctions in their car.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I don’t like it when people manipulate your words, which sometimes happens in the tabloids.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 August 2022 source ↗
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View profile →This sounds so silly, but I cry with happiness all the time. I cry when my flowers open!
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My younger self. I told myself so often that I was not good enough, that I was not smart enough, that I was not interesting enough, that I was boring and ugly. I wasn’t kind to my body, and I did and said things to myself that I would never do or say to a friend.
As someone who had a laugh.
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