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DISCLAIMER: This article was not intended to personally offend or victimize anyone. The writer is simply listing things brown people experience on a day-to-day basis.

Life as a brown person is filled with interesting experiences. We basically never fail to find a laugh in whatever happens because #justbrownpeoplethings.

College has only made that hashtag more true. Here's a list of just a few things all brown people experience. Aside from the typical elephants on the road, Asian F, etc. ordeal.

1. Being fooled by the yogurt containers only to find curry or another Indian dish in it.

I am not kidding. I hate this. Everyone has pet peeves. Like someone's pet peeve may be wet socks in tennis shoes, but mine is this. But all brown people do this so I guess I won't ever escape this from my life.

This is what happens. Mom buys a yogurt container from the grocery store. Mom uses yogurt to make Indian dish. Mom washes container to store the curry she made using the yogurt. Child looks in fridge and grabs yogurt container in hopes of attaining daily dairy goal. Child gets fooled by curry and goes to study more chemistry.

2. Apparently if you're not pre-med, pre-law, or an accounting/engineering major, you're not going anywhere in your life.

OK, obviously not true. But when you go to the big brown people parties, this is the basic idea. Especially if you're about to graduate. I can't tell you how many times I was asked this senior year, "Are you studying pre-med?" Nope, aunty. I'm actually just a business major. But I do have a science minor, if that helps. But for real, when you ask a fellow brown person what his or her major is, he or she will say biology or chemistry or something to make you feel inadequate. It's fine, we're fine, everything's fine—or is it?

3. The first manner basically all brown parents teach their children is to make sure the kids take their shoes off before entering someone's house or the temple.

Basically the number one rule for all brown people of the world.

4. Eating at Indian restaurants is sad.

Don't get me wrong—we like our spicy cuisine, but eating out should be like Italian food. Mommy, we love you, but I like your food better. Can we just go to Olive Garden or something? Please.

5. One of the first questions a fellow brown person will ask the other brown person: "What part of India are you from?"

There's no denying it. All brown people have done it.

6. Six year old brown people being too pumped to wear saris.

I'm pretty sure all the indian kiddos were too pumped to wear saris to the next indian function. I practically cried of happiness, not gonna lie. The happiness is real, y'all.

7. When your spice level is high.

When you go to a restaurant and they ask how spicy you want your food to be, and you say the most it can be. And they give you that weird look—Dude, I'm brown. I can handle it, OK?

8. You roll your eyes when people question you about the dot on your forehead that you wear to Indian functions.

OMG—it's a dot! What is so fascinating about a dot? What is it? They serve a recreational as well as religious purpose. Recreational being that they are worn at social functions, but they aren't the norm anymore. So it's more of a "you do you, homie" type of thing. As far as religious aspect is concerned, they represent the third inner eye to keep God in thoughts of that individual above all else. But that's another story for another day.

9. When you give up on people pronouncing your name correctly.

Listen, my name isn't even that complicated and people act like it's harder to say than supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. I've given up completely on people saying my name correctly. When the substitute teacher or teacher even got to my name, I knew it because they just took a pause in the roster. Sorry fam, brown people, you know—complicated and all, too busy thinking about curry when coming up with baby names. It's all good, though, right? Here. Here's some curry for you.

10. Calling every elder "aunty" or "uncle."

Parents basically instilled this value into their brown children the very first day they could talk. If you didn't address someone with aunty or uncle, dude, you were done. You would've gotten a lecture on the way home from a party or function about the importance of addressing elders with aunty or uncle. Just use those words, fam. Make life easier one day at a time, OK?

11. When people ask, "Do you speak Indian?" and you roll your eyes.

Hey, do you speak American? Yeah, no. Hey, do you speak British? Yeah, no. Hey, do you speak Mexican? Nope. Exactly. Indian is used to refer to the group of people who originate form a certain area. We speak Hindi, Punjabi, English, etc.

12. When people say you're not from Asia. Girl, please.

Listen, Google world map right now. Tell me what countries make up the continent Asia. India is part of Asia. We are Asians. Astounding, I know. U.S.A. is within North America. U.S. citizens are North Americans. So magical. So fab.

13. "Slumdog Millionaire," "Bend it Like Beckham," and "Bride and Prejudice" are not accurate depictions of India.

Just don't. Please. Please. Pretty please.

Not gonna lie, I had to listen to some Indian music to get in the mode. But for real, this is too true.

Yeesh, I need some curry now.