Bonnie Raitt
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Arrogance and entitlement.
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Originally asked
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A verbatim standing question in The Guardian's rotating Q&A questionnaire, documented across respondents and years.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Complaining about the weather, because there’s nothing you can do about it. There’s no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 June 2026 source ↗
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View all 197 →Lack of empathy and compassion.
Selfishness—people who don’t care about others or their feelings and will do or say anything as long as they get what they want.
Greed, lack of empathy. Same thing.
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View profile →Not to be able to do the things that you take for granted, like running up the tube steps or going somewhere under your own steam.
I cry a lot at films; my mother and I were champion criers at Meet Me in St Louis.
I don’t think I’ve ever done a job that I hate. I worked as a temp briefly when I was out of work and it was fun.
I’m trying to write my will and I keep changing my mind.
I’m very impatient – next question.
Anything, because I’m a worrier. Also, if I’m working on a really exciting project, I can be awake like an excited child looking forward to going on holiday.
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