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Shropshire Slasher10/06/2023 5:03:30 am PDT

the horror.

Why has the story of the budding romance between superstar singer Taylor Swift and NFL player Travis Kelce so overtaken social media?

It feels familiar when so much of the world has gone insane.
But why is their liaison so front and center? Why is social media wall-to-wall with this couple? Why are there so many spin-off memes (“Taylor put Travis Kelce on the map” and “Seemingly Ranch” are two of the bigger ones) and an insane amount of hoopla?

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It’s less about their political leanings than about the fact Taylor is a blue-state girl and Travis is a red-state boy and they’re into each other.

They don’t make mustaches like that in the blue states. She should put that in a song.

The truth is that after years of division and tumult, it’s fun to watch the girl who looks like a homecoming queen get together with the star football player and have their romance right out in the open.

It feels familiar when so much of the world has gone insane.

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