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What is the harshest thing anyone has said to you?Originally asked
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The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 June 2026 source ↗
I was called the N-word in Romford, by someone stepping off a train as I was getting on.
A headmaster said I was a complete washout and I would never be any good for anything.
“You look like a fat Jack Whitehall.”
I’m not interested.
I cry a lot at films; my mother and I were champion criers at Meet Me in St Louis.
I don’t think I’ve ever done a job that I hate. I worked as a temp briefly when I was out of work and it was fun.
Impatient, funny, worrier.
Not to be able to do the things that you take for granted, like running up the tube steps or going somewhere under your own steam.
Complaining about the weather, because there’s nothing you can do about it. There’s no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.
I’m trying to write my will and I keep changing my mind.
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