Humor. Laughing with my girlfriends is one of my great joys.
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Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
A fixed Vanity Fair Proust Questionnaire item asked across its three-decade archive, with independent variants in friendship and profile interviews.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
They’ll help me dump a body off the turnpike.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 18 July 2023 source ↗
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They can take the piss out of me and it still feels like wisdom and loyalty.
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I don’t care who you are on the planet. You need other people to be able to help get you where you want to go, and help get you to learn the things that you want to learn, and participate in the things you want to participate in.
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View profile →Best to leave things alone. Pull things out, it all comes down. I’m Jenga like that.
Enough with the constant smiling.
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I’m walking down the street angrily muttering to myself and then I run into a neighbor or former coworker and they catch me in this moment of private-public expression. It’s nice to be seen sometimes.
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