The question
How would you sum yourself up in three words?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's weekly The Q&A repeatedly uses this exact standing prompt.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Content, assured, indecisive.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 September 2023 source ↗
Quiet, sharp, clumsy.
Male, average height.
Natural, caring, thoughtful.
Speedy, bossy, loving.
Apathy, either from an audience, the people around me or myself.
Other people get sad.
Sitting on the fence – I will do anything to avoid confrontation.
Exactly what my parents left me: the knowledge of the difference between good and bad and right and wrong. Everything else is entirely up to them.
Those mad thoughts. Did you turn off the air fryer? Have I booked my plane for tomorrow?
I stopped drinking 18 or 19 years ago, and in an argument someone who will remain nameless said: “Oh just go and have a drink.” It was nasty.
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