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Hi, my name is Ariel, and I'm making this video because one of my oldest friends, Brandy Roseenine is missing.

Hello and welcome to Sword and Scale, Season 6, episode 138, a show that reveals that the worst monsters are real. A real. Most good parents tend to be concerned about who their children befriend in their early years

and who they date later in their teen years.

You may have heard a certain quote by the famous Booker T. Washington.

Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company.

This idea is commonly spouted by parents who are trying to dissuade their children from hanging out

with the wrong crowd.

The reason for this is simple.

While we certainly cannot directly control another human being,

we are able to heavily influence them.

And for some people, having that kind of power can be intoxicating.

Unlike children, mature adults are more easily able to see how one simple

friend choice can shift the course of a person's entire life. We become like the people we

surround ourselves with, for better or worse. Incidentally, yet another great reason to stay off of Twitter.

So what happens when a couple of codependent, insecure people become close

and start to negatively influence each other?

Disaster can follow.

There is no telling what a combination like this can produce.

Music Boardman, Ohio, is a suburb of Youngstown, with not much to do besides shop.

Boardman is one of those retail hubs in Mahoning County, which means there are a lot of stores

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