TODAY IS:
National Skyscraper Day
- How many of these office buildings will be full again after COVID-19?
- Do you think remote working will be a way of life from now on?
- If you are working from home now, are you anxious to get back into the office?
- Do you miss your co-workers?
- Do you never want to get into a crowded elevator again?
TODAY’S TOPICS:
Not music to your ears …How important is music in a relationship? A new survey found that two-thirds of respondents said that having bad taste in music is a relationship dealbreaker. (Best Life)
What’s in a name?Apparently, more money. A new study found that men and women with the names Andrew and Anna earned more money than people with other names. The second best names for financial success were Sam and Maria, followed by Alex and Laura in third, Christopher and Helen in fourth, and Darren and Sarah in fifth.
The worst names when it came to investment success? For men: Ali, Rob, Dan, Chris, and Dominic. For women: Karen, Claire, Lisa, Jennifer, and Rachel. (Best Life)
Voting is sexy …According to a new OKCupid survey of singles, more than 50% of respondents would not be interested in dating someone who wasn’t registered to vote. The survey found that 85% of users who are registered to vote are more likely to get a message than those who are not registered. And registered voters are 63% more likely to get a match. And who they are voting for is just as important … 76% of OkCupid respondents say a person’s political beliefs are very important.
Of OKCupid users …
- 83% of Gen Z are registered to vote
- 90% of Millennials are registered to vote
- 93% of Gen X are registered to vote
- 95% of Baby Boomers are registered to vote
- 91% of women are registered to vote
- 89% of men are registered to vote (Mashable)
Speaking of dating and politics …Seems Republicans are more willing to cross party lines when it comes to dating. A recent YouGov poll found that 48% of Republicans said they would be willing to date someone with different political views than theirs, compared to 40% of Democrats who said they would date someone on the opposite side of the political spectrum.
Remember singing songs, toasting marshmallows and telling ghost stories around the campfire? Well, things have changed. Seems those staples of camping have been replaced with streaming movies and scrolling through social media. A new survey found that 83% of campers and RV-ers take their gadgets and devices away with them. 41% said they couldn’t imagine being in the great outdoors without their phones. Even toasting marshmallows is a thing of the past. 60% of adults polled said they had cooked marshmallows over a fire, with just 40% of kids saying they have done so. Two-thirds of parents said they have built a fire compared to one-third of kids. And 37% of the parents surveyed said their kids find camping traditions like putting up a tent and sitting around a campfire to be boring. (SWNS)