Nuclear holocaust.
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Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
The exact prompt is fixed in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire and independently sustained in The Guardian's The Q&A over multiple decades.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I’m terrified of time. The people I love are getting older and time seems to be going faster and faster. It’s scary. I’d like it to slow down, please.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 May 2024 source ↗
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Outliving my kids – and rats.
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A few of my exes.
“You were amazing in Game of Thrones.” I say it’s the worst thing – it’s also the best!
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Narcissism. And people coughing on me in public.
Losing out on a role, any role. I get so invested. I can take rejection, but only when useful feedback is given.
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