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Honey
HONEY
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"I really like spicy food and I really like honey. And I do not think that those two things should mix, especially when it's late at night and you're trying to put it on toast and you grab spicy honey instead of normal honey."

9mo

Does HONEY matter to you?

MARKET VALUE
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Elvin thinks market value is "really, really sensitive to opinion" and not a true measure of strength, saying "even a billion dollar companies can fail."

7mo

Does MARKET VALUE matter to you?

Travel
TRAVEL
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Alex Ranahan says travel "enriches you... gives you that sense of wonderment... reconnecting with the fact that we are a global community as opposed to just feeling isolated."

4mo

Does TRAVEL matter to you?

Music
MUSIC
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Doug Cardell says music matters: "Music is one of the things that bring us joy... Paul McCartney has made more people happy than any US President."

6mo

Does MUSIC matter to you?

Juvenile justice system
JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM
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Greg says Juvenile justice system "definitely matters." It's not about ignoring crimes, but ensuring "a fair approach to life when life probably hasn't been that fair to them so far."

2mo

Does JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM matter to you?

Pet
PET
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Renas Raza says pets matter: "They make you feel so good and they're adorable and you just wanna save them all."

9mo

Does PET matter to you?

Harvard University
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
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"Harvard has really stepped up and been really a champion of free speech and independent thought, which is what universities should be all about."

1y

Does HARVARD UNIVERSITY matter to you?

Grant McCracken
Grant McCracken
Mental Health
MENTAL HEALTH
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Grant insists mental health "absolutely matters. If your mental health isn't in line, nothing else is in line... everything follows from that."

11mo

Does MENTAL HEALTH matter to you?

CELEBRITY GOSSIP
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Maria is not interested in celebrity gossip: "doesn't matter."

11mo

Does CELEBRITY GOSSIP matter to you?

Religion
RELIGION
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Matthew says "faith matters to me. I don't subscribe to a specific religion...but faith matters."

9mo

Does RELIGION matter to you?

Artificial Intelligence
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
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Cathy says Artificial intelligence "absolutely matters because it's gonna help move us forward as society," but stresses "we do need to have boundaries around AI just like we do with our screen time."

3mo

Does ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE matter to you?

Music
MUSIC
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Jennifer says music matters: "Music is one of those things that cultural anthropologists say came up really early on in how we organized ourselves as groups and communicated possibly before language."

9mo

Does MUSIC matter to you?

INTERNET MEMES
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Ella admits memes matter: "I'm always doom scrolling on TikTok. Laughing at memes."

5mo

Does INTERNET MEMES matter to you?

Midwestern cuisine
MIDWESTERN CUISINE
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Heather Johnson says Midwest cuisine matters, especially with her love for Casey's breakfast pizza.

9mo

Does MIDWESTERN CUISINE matter to you?

Travel
TRAVEL
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Renas Raza says travel matters: "It's amazing for everyone and you just get a new set of eyes for each country you visit."

9mo

Does TRAVEL matter to you?

Pantomime
PANTOMIME
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Alex Ranahan says pantomime is "massive in the UK... a great way of getting the kids involved in theater from a young age. Check out a pantomime, you will not be disappointed."

4mo

Does PANTOMIME matter to you?

United States
UNITED STATES
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Alex Ranahan has "big love for the United States... we are all interlinked and paying attention can enlighten us or help us not repeat the mistakes of the past."

4mo

Does UNITED STATES matter to you?

Telehealth
TELEHEALTH
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Amanda loves Telehealth for its immediacy and flexibility: "somebody's in a crisis... we can jump on and I can help them... it's so immediate, so flexible." She says when done right, it's amazing.

23d

Does TELEHEALTH matter to you?

Air guitar
AIR GUITAR
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Shoshana says air guitar matters to her because she loved it in her punk rocker days and even has photos playing on a broomstick.

11mo

Does AIR GUITAR matter to you?

Artificial Intelligence
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
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Avelyn says artificial intelligence matters if used properly: "If you use it as a tool and you use it properly... I think it's good."

10mo

Does ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE matter to you?

Travel
TRAVEL
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Cathy says travel is "important because it helps us to get out of our little bubble" and made her "independent, confident, innovative."

3mo

Does TRAVEL matter to you?

Virtual reality
VIRTUAL REALITY
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Marc Foreman says virtual reality matters: "The nature of reality itself is all about perception...I just see the whole world as almost a virtual canvas...you can interact with it and change it however you want."

8mo

Does VIRTUAL REALITY matter to you?

Freedom Of Speech
FREEDOM OF SPEECH
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Allen Spence says freedom of speech "matters a lot" and insists "people get to say what they want...even if it's the most hateful things or things you don't agree with."

9mo

Does FREEDOM OF SPEECH matter to you?

Matcha
MATCHA
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Matthew says matcha "doesn't matter to me."

9mo

Does MATCHA matter to you?