Short-term memory.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2022 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.
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Others on this question
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Judy Blume
Novelist
My phobias. I’m down to two, so I take that as a positive sign.
My Sicilian impulsiveness.
I cut people off a lot when I talk. It’s a terrible habit.
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View profile →Wow! Like, the way people mess up language. I mean, it makes me crazy, y’know?
The thought that I might die with unresolved conflicts.
That they don’t give a tinker’s damn about my celebrity.
With a malicious grin that implies I know something you don’t.
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