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Grant McCracken
Grant McCracken
Toe wrestling
TOE WRESTLING
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Grant gives toe wrestling a "hard not matters. Not, really into the feet thing."

11mo

Does TOE WRESTLING 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."

8mo

Does MARKET VALUE matter to you?

Perfectionism (psychology)
PERFECTIONISM (PSYCHOLOGY)
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Anne Catherine Bedard says perfectionism matters "with a caveat" and advises, "done is better than perfect."

9mo

Does PERFECTIONISM (PSYCHOLOGY) matter to you?

Francesca Percival
Francesca Percival
Shoes
SHOES
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"Shoes definitely matter. Always been a special interest, right from as long as I can remember... Sometimes I'll just look at them and like to look at them. And shoe shopping is lots of fun. And you never grow out of shoes."

1y

Does SHOES matter to you?

Dogs
DOGS
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Lyndsey says dogs matter: "First of all, they're cute, and then second of all they're woman's best friends."

1y

Does DOGS matter to you?

Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival
COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC AND A...
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Tressa's gut says Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival does not matter — "right now at this time, it does not matter that much," though she acknowledges she struggles to fully explain why.

2mo

Does COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC AND A... 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?

Functional beverage
FUNCTIONAL BEVERAGE
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Brian thinks functional beverages matter, but says it's "important to look at the sources of who's recommending them" and trusts "multiple sources" over just marketing.

4mo

Does FUNCTIONAL BEVERAGE matter to you?

Celebrity gossip
CELEBRITY GOSSIP
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Lyndsey says celebrity gossip does not matter: "People will tell me, I'm like, I don't care. Aaron T. Beck is my celebrity crush."

1y

Does CELEBRITY GOSSIP matter to you?

Authenticity (philosophy)
AUTHENTICITY (PHILOSOPHY)
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Matthew says authenticity matters: "Just showing up and being who you are...if you do that every day...you're gonna have left the world a better place than you found it."

9mo

Does AUTHENTICITY (PHILOSOPHY) matter to you?

Leadership
LEADERSHIP
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Melissa says Leadership "absolutely matters," emphasizing that "everybody is a leader in one way, shape, or form" because "people are watching you" regardless of your role or title.

4mo

Does LEADERSHIP matter to you?

Pet
PET
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John Fuhrman says pets matter: "I've always had animals around... it's the best therapy, 'cause you work out everything and you're taking care of the animals."

9mo

Does PET matter to you?

Amy Safford
Amy Safford
Shoes
SHOES
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Amy admits shoe is her "second weakness," showing a playful fondness for footwear.

5mo

Does SHOES matter to you?

Restaurant review
RESTAURANT REVIEW
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Heather Johnson says restaurant reviews matter, as they inspire her copycat recipes and travel adventures.

10mo

Does RESTAURANT REVIEW matter to you?

Leta's Tap Styles
Leta's Tap Styles Podcast
Dance Therapy
DANCE THERAPY
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Amanda is skeptical of dance therapy's effectiveness. "There's a lot of papers right now showing that dance therapy is not as impressive as we all thought it was. And I am a scientist at heart and I go by what I'll be scientists say."

11mo

Does DANCE THERAPY matter to you?

Artificial Intelligence
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
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Marc Foreman believes artificial intelligence matters: "I've had nothing but positive experiences...it mirrors who you are...large language models like ChatGPT have just opened it out to everybody. It's impressed the hell outta me."

9mo

Does ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE matter to you?

Self-driving car
SELF-DRIVING CAR
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"In practicality, no, doesn't really matter. I think more people should know how to drive. I wish more people knew how to drive a stick. That'd be pretty awesome. So I just kind of wanna go back, to the roots a little bit. Learn to drive, know where you're going, and know what the steering wheel does."

10mo

Does SELF-DRIVING CAR matter to you?

Fatherhood
FATHERHOOD
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Brian says fatherhood "matters so much. It's the hardest job and the greatest job in the world." He believes fathers being there has "such a positive influence on people growing up and becoming healthy adults."

4mo

Does FATHERHOOD matter to you?

Kat
Kat
Holistic Health
HOLISTIC HEALTH
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Kat says holistic health matters: "Health is so important... if you're not healthy, you can't enjoy life... holistic health, it's really important because it's not only about, for example, have a relationship that it's absolutely good, but you have a bad relationship with food, then it's really difficult to have a balance in life."

9mo

Does HOLISTIC HEALTH matter to you?

INTERNET MEMES
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Samantha says memes matter: "They're a form of communication...sending your friend a meme is like a love language...they are culturally significant too."

8mo

Does INTERNET MEMES matter to you?

Leta's Tap Styles
Leta's Tap Styles Podcast
Dogs
DOGS
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Dogs are beloved by Leta and often featured on the podcast. "Leta says they definitely matter. She would like everyone to bring dogs on the podcast... our pity staffing mix shows up a lot."

11mo

Does DOGS matter to you?

Novel
NOVEL
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Misty says novel matters because "novels are such an escape" and "if there wasn't reading or writing, the world would be a very boring place... everybody needs that."

5mo

Does NOVEL matter to you?

Financial Regulation
FINANCIAL REGULATION
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Allen Spence says financial regulation "matters a lot" because "transparency is what a lot of people want in the financial markets" and everyone deserves "a fair shake."

10mo

Does FINANCIAL REGULATION matter to you?

Socialism
SOCIALISM
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Doug Cardell says socialism matters "as a threat... if it should happen here, do we want the country to fail? So, yeah, it matters."

7mo

Does SOCIALISM matter to you?