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People Break Down Whether A Potential Partner's Politics Are A Dealbreaker

Reddit user duckmysick100 asked: 'How important are your partner’s political views to you? Is it a dealbreaker if they don’t align with your own?'

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Twenty years ago, a question about politics and dating might have elicited very different answers.

But a large part of the United States seems to be getting more radicalized and more polarized.

While two decades ago most liberal versus conservative differences in the United States were about government size or spending, now it's about who has a right to exist or have body autonomy.

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As many wonderful destinations there are to visit around the globe, there are plenty to be avoided.

Top of my list is anywhere with too much nature.

I'm not camping or white water rafting.

And you can keep that zipline madness for crazy people.

Also, why swim in shark-infested waters?

This is my list, but Reddit had a lot of other ideas to throw into the mix to nix.

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Anti-Trump Sign
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When Donald Trump was elected President of the United States in 2016, many felt that it was the beginning of the end of the Republican party.

As Trump's fear-mongering and rhetoric were a far cry from the policies of what the Republican party stood for in the days of Abraham Lincoln.

For many long-standing Republicans and conservatives, it marked the end of their time registered in the party, swiftly shifting to becoming a democrat or independent.

There were also many who remained loyal to their party but their support for the 45th president gradually vanished by the time he left office, in relative disgrace, in January of 2021.

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Things That Started As A Joke That Are Now Taken Way Too Seriously
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It always amazes to see what catches on culturally.

Do you remember your first Snuggie commercial?

It was a hilariously stupid idea.

5 years later everybody had one.

I think people walked a few runways in them.

That is just the tip of the iceburg.

Somethings that were meant to be silly have become way too real.

It's like gossip, it can all catch on fire and destroy society.

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People Divulge Which World Events They Believe Were Staged
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I've lost count of the number of theories floating about that say almost all of our world is rigged.

Do I believe in darker forces behind the curtain?

Yes. Absolutely. But some of these ideas seem impossible.

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