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Till Hair Do Us Part
What side are you on?
I only noticed this recently and now I can’t unsee it. It’s everywhere.
The super boring middle part is back.
But if you observe this very closely you will realize that the war on side parts is being fought by one group only. You guessed right — Gen Z.
I thought that this couldn’t be a coincidence and did what probably any Millenial would do — I googled this phenomenon and — guess what! This really is a thing! I found the Internet to be littered with this:
#middlepartchallenge
Goodness gracious, another challenge? And how is this even a challenge — as in what effort will it require to just part my hear differently than I normally do?
Now, where could a Gen Z trend possibly begin? Right. Where all nonsense begins: TikTok. The declaration of war officially read:
“Prove me wrong, but I don’t think there is a single person who looks better with a side part than they do with a middle part.” (posted by user @Lady-Gleep)
Um, what if have better things to do than to prove you wrong, dear Lady-Gleep? Do we really need another artificially created and uselessly hyped generational conflict here?
