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1. Drinking during the day.
2. Multiple cars in front of your house.
3. Having more than two children (and giving them distinctive names).
4. Women wearing revealing clothes (skank or Bravo reality TV star?).
5. Hunting - pig on your back or the fox hunt?
6. Not voting because you know it won't change anything or because the system is corrupt.
7. Unvaccinated children.
8. Not paying your taxes.
9. Op-shopping for stuff you need as opposed to looking for "vintage".
10. Combat sports.
11. Uniforms.
12. Shopping as a major leisure activity.
13. Karaoke.
14. Stay-at-home mothering.
15. Slow cooking.
18. Keeping kids out of school for family events.
19. Taking your dog everywhere.
20. Never having any cash on you.
21. Speaking te reo Maori.
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