So i was just listening to Geto Boys in the shower and thinking about how, as a kid, my parents, who believed everything they read in the newspaper, didn't want me listening to rap music because gang violence, or something. Keep in mind that i grew up in a farming community with less than 3000 people, 99% of whom were white. So that train of thought led me to remembering that, as a tween in the mid-90s, one of my parents definitely once said that i wasn't allowed to play Magic: The Gathering because street gangs used the game to plan their hits. And with 20 years of hindsight, i realize now that that's probably legitimately the most insane thing a person has ever said to me.
