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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
This is a standing question in The Guardian's decades-long The Q&A and also recurs independently in career and life interviews.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
An adult, as quickly as possible. I wasn’t built for the psychological warfare of the playground.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 December 2018 source ↗
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