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If you hang out with a friend for a long time do you pick up their habits without noticing? It's been happening to me for awhile. I find myself wondering what happened to the original me, but then I realize that is a foolish thought. All my life my thoughts, actions, ect. have been influenced by others. The same applies to everyone. It reminds of a story I read in a psychology book. It was about a pharaoh who thought if humans were isolated from others they would be able to speak egyptian because it was the first language. He picked two babies and left them in a house. Servants would feed them and such, but they were not allowed to speak to the babies. Once they grew up, the teens were brought to the pharaoh and they made a noise that sounded like an egyptian word so he thought his hypothesis was true. It wasn't though. The point I'm trying to make is that by yourself you wouldn't be who you are know because there would be no one to influence you. It's an important part of our lives, so the original me will always be the present me. Even if I act similar to someone else it won't change my personality and who I am. Whether someone picks up good or bad habits from another individual it's fine because it's just another part of life.

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