Wednesday 11/6/24
Celebrate:
Basketball Day
Eat Smart Day
International Stress Awareness Day
Marooned Without a Compass Day
National Nachos Day
National Saxophone Day
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Should Election Day be a federal holiday? A new poll found 70% of Americans think it's a good idea. Only 15% say no, and another 15% aren't sure.
68% would take it a step further and require ALL companies to give people paid time off to go vote.
The counter-argument is do we really need it off now that early voting is a thing? 83% of people say it's not that hard for them to find time to vote in 2024.
Regardless of all that, do you think TUESDAY is good for Election Day? Or would another day be better? The top answer in the poll was . . . keep it on Tuesday.
27% said Tuesday is best . . . another 27% said it doesn't matter . . . and Saturday was next at 17%. Thursday ranked last with just 2% of the vote.
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In a new poll, 8% of people say they will host or attend a "watch party" for the election. Which seems a lot less exciting than a Super Bowl party especially if we're 12 hours in, and there's still no clear winner.
Seriously. 38% of Americans think it's "unlikely" that we'll know who won the presidential election within 24 hours of polls closing.
35% say they will watch the election coverage with friends or family members. And 45% say they will watch it ALONE possibly in the dark, with a generous supply of their favorite comfort food. Or adult beverage.
This year, Democrats are more likely to say they're attending a watch party and Republicans are more likely to say they'll watch it alone.
What did you do last night???
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An online poll asked people if they'd be willing to SELL their vote, and 34% said NO . . . they want to vote themselves, no matter the cost.
But another 34% said they WOULD sell their vote . . . but they'd have to get at least $5,000 for it. 12% said they'd do it for $1,000 to $5,000. And another 21% said they'd sell their vote for ANY amount.
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In a new survey, 39% of Americans say they haven't made a new friend in over a year and a similar percentage haven't gone to a party in at least six months.
37% of people say they feel like they've "been in a rut" socially and 26% say that their social lives feel repetitive.
Not everyone in the survey could even name a "best friend," but among the people who DO have at least one, the most common number of best friends is just TWO.
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It seems like there are constantly new "trends" that are supposedly happening everywhere and they're spreading like wildfire thanks to social media.
But some of those trends seem to disappear just as quickly as they arrived.
AskReddit asked, "What 'trend' died so fast, that you can hardly call it a trend?" Here are some of the best responses:
1. Back in the '90s, when some kids were walking around with pacifiers in their mouths and hanging around their necks.
2. When the poo emoji was on everything . . . clothes, toys, and even treats.
3. (And) when there were mustaches on everything.
4. "Gangnam Style" by Psy. Sure, there will ALWAYS be one-hit wonders . . . but this one seems to have completely disappeared.
5. Flash mobs.
6. Anything from Spencer's . . . selfie sticks, fidget spinners, and salt lamps.
7. Backwards clothes a-la Kris Kross.
8. Planking. Also, "Tebowing."
9. Segways. And "hover" boards.
10. The Flappy Bird game.
11. The '90s had some unexpected music trends . . . there was swing music . . . and the Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos were rock stars for a minute.
12. NFTs.
13. Google Glass. And Google+.
14. LiveStrong bracelets.
15. Whatever that "very mindful, very demure" thing was a few weeks ago.
See the thread here.
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Today’s Useless Fact of the Day - The number of electoral votes is not just randomly 538. It's based on 435 representatives and 100 senators from the fifty states . . . plus three electors from Washington, D.C., which were added with the 23rd Amendment in 1964.
That's why three is the minimum number of electoral votes the six least-populous states get (Alaska, Delaware, both Dakotas, Vermont, and Wyoming). One for each of their TWO senators, and they each have ONE representative. D.C.'s three were just added, they don't have any voting members of Congress.
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