Having recently befriended another Ginger for selfish reasons. (Which I may or may not share with you at the end.) I decided to compile a list of facts that may or may not be true. Yet much like everything else if it's on the Net it must be true!
They're super rare!
Yes much like finding an educated voter in any nation, natural Redheads only make up 2% of the world's population.
They're Mutants!
Just like the Blob, Toad and some of other weird looking people in the MCU, the recessive gene MC1R responsible for their freakishness is a genetic mutation.
Redheads are not as hairy as the rest of us.
On average Gingers have about 90,000 strands of head hair. Blondes have about 110,000 hairs and Brunettes average 140,000 hairs. (Don't ask me who counted though.)
They feel no pain.
Or maybe not. The MC1R gene releases a chemical called pheomelanin, which blocks the brains receptivity to pain. (No wonder my taunts have little effect on them.) Which means Gingers have a higher pain tolerance than normal mortals.
Gingers scared the crap out of the Nazis.
Nazis actually considered Redheads to be Demons. Which is why they banned marriage between two fiery haired people. Just in case they might give birth to a Super Demon!
Bees are at front line in the War on Gingers.
According to several studies Bees go after Redheads faster than the rest of us. As if trying to sting them in to submission. Just remember to hide behind a Ginger next time you forget to apply the bee repellent.
Red hair is a sign of the Witch!
During the European Witch Hunts of the 16th and 17th centuries many women were put to the flames for having ginger colored hair.
It's a recessive trait.
Which means a ginger kid has to inherit one red hair gene from each parent before they hatch. But the gene itself has only been around for the last 20,000-40,000 years.
They might actually be Vampires.
You may have noticed that Redheads do have a tendency to burn fast in natural sunlight. Some scientists believe that higher levels of phaeomelanin in your system may produce more mutations and dangerous effects when exposed to UV radiation. Still with pale skin, fiery hair and a survival instinct to remain indoors it's no wonder we think of them as Soulless Vampire Witchy Demons!
Of course you could make the argument that I'm suffering from "gingerphobia." (A weird legitimate condition) Maybe I'm part of the secret Blonde agenda to shift global focus away from Blondes. I could even be a carrier of the MC1R gene trying to sow fear in you so my children can take over that much easier! But no matter how you look at it I befriended a ginger to ensure my arrival in heaven...if it exists... if not I guess I took one for the team... someone has to right?
You're Welcome!
Know thy enemy well or A study of Gingers. (Could go either way.)
While we have a higher tolerance for pain we have a lower threshold for feeling it. My mother told me that before her knee replacement surgery, the anesthesiologist said "Oh you're a redhead! That changes things..."
My wife is ginger and I swear she is the devil sometimes fortunately none of our kids have be struck by "gingervitus" yet. Red hair and blue eyed people are the rarest minority on the planet.
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