Laughter first and foremost, acceptance, and love.
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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.
Their humor and that they are smarter than I, but not by too much.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 26 January 2018 source ↗
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That they’re kind, trustworthy, smart, and can hear and communicate and aren’t afraid to do so.
Humor, perspective, and selective honesty.
They’re wonderful people who seem to like me!
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The Obamas are impressive.
Weeping with laughter.
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