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High performance people have been saying this for generations.

Surround yourself with positive, talented people to keep your mind clean.

Hell even vogue and trash mags call out 'energy vampires' (lol) but it's all the same thing.

I legit decided to not listen to gangster rap in the 90s because a dude said to me 'that shit will warp your mind ' but I realized all music and influences do that.

So books it was...god I was a nerd!

I cut the cord on much of it early on, mostly because the value was terrible (aka music industry in the 90s was just bad value).

Now it's the odd anime that had a deep story that pulls me in...and lectures..Holy fug I love watching smart people talk :)

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I still listen to "gangster rap" and I'm doing well enough. It's entirely possible to listen to Trap and not drink lean. There are plenty of dorks (I use the word affectionately) watching anime whose fandom has subsumed their ability to be successful. I do think that a person's life trajectory is affected by their closest friends, especially in high school.

Can you honestly say that your lived experience hasn't changed you? It's clear "gangster rap" doesn't ruin anyone's lives like the parents of the 90's thought it might. That doesn't absolve it from affecting you in more subtle ways (good and bad).

Maybe I don't understand the question but of course a persons lived experience affects them. It seems like you've moved the goal posts.

What I'm pointing out is that OPs moralizing on good media "Anime, Books" vs bad media "Rap, Trash Magazines" is likely focusing on the wrong things. A person's friends are ultimately what matter in prioritizing values (as far as values can be shaped by environment).

But the claim about "gangster rap" (a term I don't like) was "that shit will warp your mind." is false. Moreover, Anime has tons of content that's way darker than anything you'll find in rap. But again, I don't think it really matters.

Lol I'm not moralizing at all, I stated it applies to all information regardless and so I cut the cord.

24 hour news is worse for this than gangster rap and turned off both so the same reason, I didn't like the messaging coming from it. NWO and Ghetto boys pushed me out of the genre, that doesn't the music is bad just something I choose to not engage with based off their content.

You got super defensive over what should be obvious, the content and people you engage with will define your character.

Amen. In 2011 I watched a really good anime, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, and it helped me realize I'm transgender, and now that I've transitioned I love my body and myself more.

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