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How would you describe yourself in three words?
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What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Craft & work
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How close have you come to death?
Death & what remains
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What is the worst thing anyone has said to you?
Failure & regret
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What keeps you awake at night?
Daily life
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What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Values & belief
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Which moment embarrassed you most?
Failure & regret
Originally asked
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.
One handsome dude.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 May 2025 source ↗
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Is that the final mix?
The morality of stealing that red liquorice.
People not remembering who I am.
Signing away the rights to my life story to a major motion-picture company for a sum that I have since been told was way below the market rate.
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