Oh no. It wasn’t just you. This was part of my geology class freshman year. Geography consisted of where certain countries and continents were.

Being “the weird friend” is one of the most important things a person can be. You’re the friend that doesn’t judge. You’re the friend that makes everyone feel just a tad bit awkward, but in a good way. You’re the friend that brings up batshit crazy ideas and takes everyone out for a wild time on a Wednesday night. Most importantly though, you’re the friend that makes everyone else feel fine with being THEIR OWN weird ass self, and that’s one of the best things anyone can do for another person.

I got Tina Fey my life is complete

Parks and Rec is my escape right now. Especially the episodes where Ron Swanson gets all giddy and excited over riddles and scavenger hunts. If someone’s usually stern expression and serious mood can can change to sudden glee over the simplest things, then why can’t I do the same?

3 years after this article was written, almost every single one of those things has returned.

Tina Fey is everything and 30 Rock is my life source.

Braids have been a part of every culture in history, but what do I know? It’s not like I’ve taken countless race, equality, and diversity classes.

They just changed the picture for #17! They’re reading the comments! I wonder how long before the whole entire name of the article is changed.

If a black person is born with blonde or red hair, they have white genes on both sides of their family. If a white person is born with natural hair, they have black ancestry on one or both sides of their family. Even one of their birth parents can be black and they can still be white as snow and have natural hair. So in essence what you’re saying is you have to be a certain skin color to not culturally appropriate a hairstyle that’s original intended use is to keep hair clean and out of a person’s face? There are braids in almost every culture, and many cultures blended in hairstyles from others they were associated with. Europeans, Native Americans, Africans, Indians, Mongolians, and many other cultures all have variations on braids. Everyone’s hair was a greasy knotted mess hundreds of years ago. They used braids to tame their manes. So please explain to me what the difference is if my one friend decides to straighten her natural hair because she likes how it looks on herself and I decide to cornrow mine because it I like how it looks on me?

O?M?G? ALL OF THIS YES

Their point is that we’ve appropriated cultures in other ways, such as food, but have received no racial backlash from it. Not a completely sound argument, but I get what they mean.