My phobias. I’m down to two, so I take that as a positive sign.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2023 source ↗
The question
Which trait in yourself do you like least?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.
Others on this question
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Procrastination ... getting overwhelmed ... getting stuck.
John Mellencamp
Singer and songwriter
My quick temper and the chaos that ensues in the hurricane that follows.
My need to be liked.
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View profile →A balmy, moonlit evening in Key West. George and I are enjoying a pasta dinner on the balcony overlooking the ocean. Ella Fitzgerald is singing in the background.
I love that my true friends don’t think of me as that Judy, but as the Judy they’ve known for years, a woman, like them. And I love their senses of humor.
That we’re going down the tubes as a country (make that the whole world).
Really? Okay, if I have enough time I might go to Switzerland and drink the drink. I believe in euthanasia. What we do for our beloved pets, we should be able to do for our beloved humans or ourselves.
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