childhood
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Before The Glow Up: The Root Staff Reveal Their Younger Selves in a #FlashbackFriday Series of Embarrassing Photos
It’s never all work and no play here at The Root, y’all. Though we work hard, we always make time for fun—including making fun of one another—because we’re one big ol’ happy, dysfunctional family. And because our family is spread out across the country, most of these hijinks take place on our messaging system, Slack.…
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How Disney Movies (and the Like) Have Ruined Reality for Me
My car was stolen last week. That sucketh greatly. After getting over the initial (minimal) shock, my first thought was that I hope whoever stole the car burns it to a crisp so badly that it can never be recovered and my insurance carrier has to send me a check for the value of the…
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The "When Was The Last Time Your Parents Beat Your Ass" Roundtable
Today is Halloween. Which means many of us are going to go to ridiculous lengths to be as quasi scary as possible today. Because we’re all adults, and we’re not scared of shit. (Well, we’re not scared of shit except for this.) But there was a time when belts and switches and rulers and Hot…