That they think they know it all.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2015 source ↗
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View all 196 →The need to put other people down.
Passive aggression.
Greed, lack of empathy. Same thing.
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View profile →I don’t have any left. I’ve already lost a son. I guess, maybe, that my wife would leave me, but she wouldn’t dare.
Self-absorption.
Nineteen thirty-nine. Grand Rapids, Michigan. Station WOOD, 20 bucks a week.
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