The question
Which trait in yourself do you like least?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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.
Comparing myself to other people.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 September 2023 source ↗
Short-term memory.
Narcissism, solipsism.
Impatience and anger.
My driving skills.
Comparing themselves to other people.
Losing my mind.
I cry all the time. Films can tip me over. Especially Pixar ones. I alarmed my kids when we went to see Coco – I was a mess. I cried at the Elton John gig at Glastonbury.
Curious, suggestible, silly.
In the sea, somewhere hot. Looking back at people I love on the beach.
This country’s enchantment with privately educated, self-serving liars.
Barack Obama, Michael Cunningham, Fran Healy, Chris Rock, Adam Lambert, Jon Snow
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