The inability to laugh before 11 a.m.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2019 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
View all 239 →My default will always be to go for the worst-case scenario and that is something that I am unlearning.
Cybill Shepherd
American actress and former model
Acting like the good little girl.
Oh, I have a long list. You should ask me what I like about myself—that list is much shorter.
Father John Misty
American musician
I bore myself constantly.
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View profile →Knowing they are there for you.
Devouring an egg salad sandwich with the salt, pepper, and mayo in exactly the right proportion.
Deborah Divine.
In my sleep. In bed. With a half-eaten egg salad sandwich on my chest.
Being on a Broadway stage and forgetting what the play is.
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