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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Having fun with my sisters back in the day. I miss playing cards and fighting over crabs with them every weekend.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2020 source ↗
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When I was little kid, before I knew what worrying was about.
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