Earnest, driven, Gemini.
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
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What would you like to be remembered for?
Death & what remains
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What is the worst thing anyone has said to you?
Failure & regret
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What happens when we die?
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What single thing would improve the quality of your life?
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Which book are you ashamed not to have read?
Taste & recommendation
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's weekly The Q&A repeatedly uses this exact standing prompt.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Nearly good enough.
Rosanna Greenstreet, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 October 2021 source ↗
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As good enough.
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Better hearing.
Ulysses (I’ve only read the good bits).
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