You've probably heard of the “friend zone” before. If you’re a woman, chances are you may have even been accused of it. Popularized in TV and media, the friend zone refers to a situation in which one member of a friendship, most often male, wishes to enter into a romantic or sexual relationship, while the other one doesn’t. Most importantly, though, it doesn’t make any sense.

The idea of a friend zone is a flawed one because it suggests that one person owes a relationship which entails more than a friendship to the other one. Worst of all, there are a whole bunch of myths surfing around this concept, like sexual entitlement, assuming heterosexuality, and believing that platonic relationships are somehow lesser than romantic ones.

Whilst many people are already aware that such assumptions have no place in 2020, others are still struggling to see what’s wrong about it. Luckily, some people on social media have armed themselves with a sense of humor and taken it to the joke level to make their point. The result is a hilarious compilation of funny tweets and jokes about the FZ that should make anyone reevaluate the logic behind it.