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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.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Doomscrolling on my phone.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2025 source ↗
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Cowardice. There are so many issues that I would like to express opinions about but I’m too scared to stick my head above the parapet because of the social media pile-on.
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Proportional representation.
Forest Green Rovers, my football team, getting relegated.
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