We asked the BuzzFeed Community to tell us the most ridiculous questions they get asked about their natural hair. Here are their responses:
1. Can I stick a pencil in your hair and see if it will hold?
2. Do you have to do your braids every morning?
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3. Did you know they make a chemical straightener for curly hair?
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4. Can you actually get a comb through it?
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—sym2
5. Is that your real hair?
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—Candace Burton, Facebook
7. OMG your hair is short now, did you get a haircut?!
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8. How do you wash your hair?
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SURPRISE.
—Petula Angelique Auguste-Du Bois, Facebook
9. Or wait ...CAN you wash your hair?
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10. Wouldn't it be easier if you just straightened it?
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11. Do you wish you just had straight hair?
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#nope
12. Is that a weave?
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13. Well, why don't you just get a weave?
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—Willa Erikson, Facebook
14. Are you actually leaving the house like that?
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15. How does your hair keep changing?
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16. Wow, how did your hair grow so fast?
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~Sorcery~
19. Why is it called natural hair? Isn’t all hair natural?
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20. Is it a wig?
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—Seidata Sey Sundqvist, Facebook
21. It's so fluffy, do you even need a pillow at night?
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23. Why doesn't it move?
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24. CAN. I. TOUCH. IT?!
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—Literally everyone
