Being judgmental.
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Which moment embarrassed you most?
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What is the trait you most deplore in others?
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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
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Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
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Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
My self-criticism.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 June 2024 source ↗
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Doomscrolling on my phone.
Bonnie Raitt
Singer and guitarist
When I’m self-involved or insensitive to others.
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Whenever I’m with my kids.
When I was 11, I went down a water slide and my bottoms didn’t go with me. Everyone saw my bare white butt.
Being mean online.
At the beginning of 2019, I brought my entire family with me on my honeymoon to Bora Bora.
My younger self for not believing in her.
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