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Health Care 95% M Peace 94% M The economy 93% M Inflation 92% M Money 92% M Family 92% M Food Safety 91% M Sleep 90% M Free speech 90% M Food 90% M Government spending 88% M United States Constitution 87% M Democracy 87% M Due Process 86% M Local news 86% M
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MrBeast 91% NM Celebrity 88% NM Taylor Swift 87% NM Dating 87% NM Diet Coke 85% NM Tom Hanks 84% NM The Beatles 83% NM Star Wars 82% NM Ultimate Fighting Championship 81% NM Major League Soccer 77% NM Extraterrestrial life 75% NM UFOs 74% NM Starbucks 73% NM Sneakers 73% NM Popular Culture 73% NM
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Palestine 50/50 Birthday 49/51 The arts 51/49 True Crime 51/49 Movies 49/51 Chocolate 48/52 Sports 52/48 Social Media 47/53 Israel 54/46 Ukraine 54/46 Epstein files 54/46 LGBTQ Rights 46/54 Gardening 54/46 Hantavirus 46/54 Comedy 54/46
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Celebrity
CELEBRITY
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David Murrin says celebrities don't matter: "Most...sought recognition without great achievement...their opinions are without substance, without insight...they're actually potentially very destructive."

7mo

Does CELEBRITY matter to you?

Counterculture
COUNTERCULTURE
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Jennifer says counterculture matters: "To have culture, you need counterculture. You need people pushing the edges and breaking things apart and having different ways of looking at whatever it is in culture."

9mo

Does COUNTERCULTURE matter to you?

Travel
TRAVEL
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Avelyn believes travel matters: "I think it's super important to be, culturally aware of what's going on in the world and getting to see places firsthand."

11mo

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?

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.

1mo

Does TELEHEALTH matter to you?

Artificial Intelligence
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
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John Fuhrman says artificial intelligence "doesn't matter" to him: "I'm gonna be 70, it doesn't matter." He finds AI-generated writing "horrible" and prefers his own skills.

9mo

Does ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE matter to you?

Social Media
SOCIAL MEDIA
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Kate Torode says social media "not really matters" and finds it "not my forte right now," but admits it's a useful tool for creators despite its negative influence.

9mo

Does SOCIAL MEDIA matter to you?

Gymnastics
GYMNASTICS
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Angela Fuller says gymnastics matters because "it teaches you grit and resilience" and "gives you so much self-confidence." She calls it "the best sport ever."

5mo

Does GYMNASTICS matter to you?

Social Media
SOCIAL MEDIA
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John Fuhrman is conflicted but leans toward social media not mattering: "It wouldn't hurt my feelings if it went away tomorrow." He calls it a "necessary evil" for business.

9mo

Does SOCIAL MEDIA matter to you?

Hiking
HIKING
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Mary says Hiking matters: "it's important for everyone to have time and experience in nature and get the exercise that we need."

1mo

Does HIKING matter to you?

Dogs
DOGS
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Dogs are "very important" to Kesley, who shares, "Yes. I have two dogs. I have a Husky and a golden doodle."

1y

Does DOGS matter to you?

Dogs
DOGS
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Heather Johnson says dogs matter: "Dogs and cats matter. I have sucker tattooed on my forehead apparently...I gotta feed 'em again."

10mo

Does DOGS matter to you?

Self-confidence
SELF-CONFIDENCE
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Scott believes self-confidence matters: "I know the power of it, and I know how hard it is if you don't have it."

1y

Does SELF-CONFIDENCE matter to you?

Leta's Tap Styles
Leta's Tap Styles Podcast
Tap Dance
TAP DANCE
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Tap dance is central to Leta's identity and the podcast. "It matters to Leta a lot, because she is a semi-professional tap dancer and her shoe company is dropping a shoe for her, so she is like crazy about tap."

11mo

Does TAP DANCE matter to you?

deep-sea mining
DEEP-SEA MINING
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Maria acknowledges deep sea mining matters globally but says, "me personally, I guess it doesn't... it's not on your radar."

1y

Does DEEP-SEA MINING matter to you?

Artificial Intelligence
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
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Ella is "iffy" but says artificial intelligence matters "if you need help... it could guide you... could be used as like a resource... not just like doing it for you."

5mo

Does ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE matter to you?

Entrepreneurship
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
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Jolene says entrepreneurship matters because "it gives you the freedom to believe that there's something inside you."

5mo

Does ENTREPRENEURSHIP matter to you?

Artificial Intelligence
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
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Paul sees artificial intelligence as a pivotal force: "We're at a sort of singularity point, an inflection point with AI. It could take us over, it could be the best thing that ever happened."

1y

Does ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE matter to you?

Dogs
DOGS
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Amanda says dogs are everything.

1y

Does DOGS matter to you?

Cryptocurrency
CRYPTOCURRENCY
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Jolene believes cryptocurrency matters: "I'm young enough to believe that is going to be something that is going to change the way we exchange currency."

5mo

Does CRYPTOCURRENCY matter to you?

Food
FOOD
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DJ is passionate about food: "Good food, that is the creme de la creme. I've traveled to several different countries and I will tell you now if I don't like the food of a country, I can't stay there. I gotta go."

1y

Does FOOD matter to you?

Nutrition
NUTRITION
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"You are what you eat, and food and nutrition can actually be a source of burnout if you're eating the wrong foods."

1y

Does NUTRITION matter to you?

Extreme ironing
EXTREME IRONING
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Maria says extreme ironing does not matter to her: "Not matters. Not at all. Although... I would watch it if it was like on ESPN or something."

1y

Does EXTREME IRONING matter to you?

Motherhood
MOTHERHOOD
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Mary says Motherhood "is the most important thing" as "we are raising the next generation."

1mo

Does MOTHERHOOD matter to you?