RidePalmer
Aug. 30, 2007. 08:33 PM
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Gingers extinct in 100 years, say scientists
REDHEADS are becoming rarer and could be extinct in 100 years, according to genetic scientists
The current National Geographic magazine reports that less than two per cent of the world's population has natural red hair, created by a mutation in northern Europe thousands of years ago.
Global intermingling, which broadens the availability of possible partners, has reduced the chances of redheads meeting and producing little redheads of their own.
It takes only one red-haired parent to produce ginger-headed babies, but two redheads obviously create a much stronger possibility.
If the gingers really want to save themselves they should move to Scotland.
An estimated 40 per cent of Scots carry the red gene and 13 per cent actually have red hair.
Some experts say that redheads could be gone as early as 2060, but others say the gene can be dormant for generations before returning.
National Geographic says the gene at first had the beneficial effect of increasing the body's ability to make vitamin D from sunlight.
However, today's carriers are more prone to skin cancer and have a higher sensitivity to heat and cold-related pain.
SourceNow i'm upset that my hair is turning brown
toreen
Aug. 30, 2007. 08:42 PM
What are we going to do about it?
DespisedIcon
Aug. 30, 2007. 08:43 PM
Have a shitload of sex with redheads I guess.
A-Dizzle
Aug. 30, 2007. 08:45 PM
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Have a shitload of sex with redheads I guess.
That's the next law coming in affect soon.
Kristandex
Aug. 30, 2007. 08:48 PM
Poor gingers

Hair dye!
bkg
Aug. 30, 2007. 08:48 PM
Haha I thought gingers was just a word to make fun of them is that what they seriously called them in the article?
MEAD
Aug. 30, 2007. 09:37 PM
matthew905
Aug. 30, 2007. 09:41 PM
Good. Read hair bugs me.
smosh-action
Aug. 30, 2007. 09:42 PM
QUOTE(DespisedIcon @ Aug. 30, 2007. 08:42 PM) [snapback]557353[/snapback]
Have a shitload of sex with redheads I guess.
Too bad only like 1/50 ginger girls are hot
-N-
Aug. 30, 2007. 09:52 PM
I wonder what a ginger less world would look like, I would like to live in a world like that.
Ashuku
Aug. 30, 2007. 10:41 PM
QUOTE(smosh-action @ Aug. 30, 2007. 10:41 PM) [snapback]557433[/snapback]
QUOTE(DespisedIcon @ Aug. 30, 2007. 08:42 PM) [snapback]557353[/snapback]
Have a shitload of sex with redheads I guess.
Too bad only like 1/50 ginger girls are hot

More like 49/50! Here, every red headed girl is hot, and then theres like, 1 fat ugly one.
fluer
Aug. 30, 2007. 10:47 PM
QUOTE(Ashuku @ Aug. 31, 2007. 07:40 AM) [snapback]557449[/snapback]
QUOTE(smosh-action @ Aug. 30, 2007. 10:41 PM) [snapback]557433[/snapback]
QUOTE(DespisedIcon @ Aug. 30, 2007. 08:42 PM) [snapback]557353[/snapback]
Have a shitload of sex with redheads I guess.
Too bad only like 1/50 ginger girls are hot

More like 49/50! Here, every red headed girl is hot, and then theres like, 1 fat ugly one.
Dude, like you said, you live in a different world; one where ugly womenz are hawt.
PolkyxDots
Aug. 30, 2007. 10:51 PM
yeaaa ok.. gingers arent going exstinct. cause its peoples genes. everyone probably carries them too. so no. gingers arent going to be exstinct. not untill everyone is at least.
A-Dizzle
Aug. 30, 2007. 10:52 PM
QUOTE(Ashuku @ Aug. 30, 2007. 11:40 PM) [snapback]557449[/snapback]
QUOTE(smosh-action @ Aug. 30, 2007. 10:41 PM) [snapback]557433[/snapback]
QUOTE(DespisedIcon @ Aug. 30, 2007. 08:42 PM) [snapback]557353[/snapback]
Have a shitload of sex with redheads I guess.
Too bad only like 1/50 ginger girls are hot

More like 49/50! Here, every red headed girl is hot, and then theres like, 1 fat ugly one.
Meet anyone named Tony Robbins while stuck in an elevator lately? [/
shallow hal]
OzRocks
Aug. 30, 2007. 10:53 PM
QUOTE(fluer @ Aug. 31, 2007. 04:47 PM) [snapback]557450[/snapback]
QUOTE(Ashuku @ Aug. 31, 2007. 07:40 AM) [snapback]557449[/snapback]
QUOTE(smosh-action @ Aug. 30, 2007. 10:41 PM) [snapback]557433[/snapback]
QUOTE(DespisedIcon @ Aug. 30, 2007. 08:42 PM) [snapback]557353[/snapback]
Have a shitload of sex with redheads I guess.
Too bad only like 1/50 ginger girls are hot

More like 49/50! Here, every red headed girl is hot, and then theres like, 1 fat ugly one.
Dude, like you said, you live in a different world; one where ugly womenz are hawt.

No more ginger ninjaz hey...meh no loss.
-N-
Aug. 30, 2007. 10:54 PM
QUOTE(PolkyxDots @ Aug. 31, 2007. 09:50 AM) [snapback]557453[/snapback]
yeaaa ok.. gingers arent going exstinct. cause its peoples genes. everyone probably carries them too. so no. gingers arent going to be exstinct. not untill everyone is at least.
what? did you even read the article? gingers are becoming extinct!
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Global intermingling, which broadens the availability of possible partners, has reduced the chances of redheads meeting and producing little redheads of their own.
Maysiie
Aug. 31, 2007. 01:48 AM
Ginger? We prefer the term Redhead >.>
Good ol' Scotland. ^^
What_in_tarnation?
Aug. 31, 2007. 01:51 AM
If this is true...
HARRY POTTER SPOILER!!!1
[spoiler]This pretty much fucks up the harry potter ending[/spoiler]
RON NOOO!!!
OzRocks
Aug. 31, 2007. 02:04 AM
QUOTE(What_in_tarnation? @ Aug. 31, 2007. 07:50 PM) [snapback]557545[/snapback]
If this is true...
HARRY POTTER SPOILER!!!1
[spoiler]This pretty much fucks up the harry potter ending[/spoiler]
RON NOOO!!!
LMAO!!! Oh noze!!
pitypitypity
Aug. 31, 2007. 02:06 AM
SLICE UP SOME GINGER AND CLOONE!
Toast
Aug. 31, 2007. 03:00 AM
Rofl im with the hairdye idea
flaming-ace
Aug. 31, 2007. 03:02 AM
lol thats stupid
Swing that Smosh
Aug. 31, 2007. 03:14 AM
Runts of the world, lol
EXCEPT MEAD BECAUSE WE LOVE YOU MEAD, AMONG OTHERS
dustybabe
Aug. 31, 2007. 03:19 AM
QUOTE(RidePalmer @ Aug. 30, 2007. 09:32 PM) [snapback]557342[/snapback]
QUOTE
Gingers extinct in 100 years, say scientists
REDHEADS are becoming rarer and could be extinct in 100 years, according to genetic scientists
The current National Geographic magazine reports that less than two per cent of the world's population has natural red hair, created by a mutation in northern Europe thousands of years ago.
Global intermingling, which broadens the availability of possible partners, has reduced the chances of redheads meeting and producing little redheads of their own.
It takes only one red-haired parent to produce ginger-headed babies, but two redheads obviously create a much stronger possibility.
If the gingers really want to save themselves they should move to Scotland.
An estimated 40 per cent of Scots carry the red gene and 13 per cent actually have red hair.
Some experts say that redheads could be gone as early as 2060, but others say the gene can be dormant for generations before returning.
National Geographic says the gene at first had the beneficial effect of increasing the body's ability to make vitamin D from sunlight.
However, today's carriers are more prone to skin cancer and have a higher sensitivity to heat and cold-related pain.
SourceNow i'm upset that my hair is turning brown

ahaha, this topic made me laugh.
"Global intermingling, which broadens the availability of possible partners, has reduced the chances of redheads meeting and producing little redheads of their own."
-...the hell.
As a redhead, I'm not worried about this. By the time it actually occurs, I'll be dead/close to dead. I'm not exactly attracted to other redhead men, so I'm not going to go out of my way just to make more "gingers".
DOLLS_FOSHO
Aug. 31, 2007. 03:33 AM
Haha wow. Well, there's hair dye, I guess.
So all their hair turns to brown?
cosmicflop
Aug. 31, 2007. 03:34 AM
noooooo more fire crotch =]
nba185
Aug. 31, 2007. 03:42 AM
oh yeah. heard about that.
they have a higher chance of getting cancer though
pep$ & kat
Aug. 31, 2007. 03:51 AM
OH NOES!
No more Rupert Grints?
nba185
Aug. 31, 2007. 04:18 AM
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OH NOES!
No more Rupert Grints?
no more.. in 10 years time
Rei
Aug. 31, 2007. 04:21 AM
The same is eventually going to happen with blondes. The brown haired gene is more dominate then both of them, but like someone said there is still hair dye.
nba185
Aug. 31, 2007. 04:23 AM
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The same is eventually going to happen with blondes. The brown haired gene is more dominate then both of them, but like someone said there is still hair dye.
blondes are ok.. i still see them everywhere
brunette?
JaGuAr3529
Aug. 31, 2007. 04:28 AM
When I blew out the candles on my birthday cake I wished they'd be extinct immediately, but whatever, 100 years, that works too.
kingofcolorado97
Aug. 31, 2007. 04:30 AM
im a redhead!!
pep$ & kat
Aug. 31, 2007. 04:31 AM
QUOTE(nba185 @ Aug. 31, 2007. 02:17 PM) [snapback]557654[/snapback]
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OH NOES!
No more Rupert Grints?
no more.. in 10 years time
But... but...
Noooo!
JaGuAr3529
Aug. 31, 2007. 04:32 AM
QUOTE(kingofcolorado97 @ Aug. 31, 2007. 02:29 PM) [snapback]557672[/snapback]
im a redhead!!

Mi dispiace.
andyrew93
Aug. 31, 2007. 04:41 AM
QUOTE(smosh-action @ Aug. 30, 2007. 09:41 PM) [snapback]557433[/snapback]
QUOTE(DespisedIcon @ Aug. 30, 2007. 08:42 PM) [snapback]557353[/snapback]
Have a shitload of sex with redheads I guess.
Too bad only like 1/50 ginger girls are hot

True...
pep$ & kat
Aug. 31, 2007. 04:45 AM
QUOTE(JaGuAr3529 @ Aug. 31, 2007. 02:31 PM) [snapback]557678[/snapback]
QUOTE(kingofcolorado97 @ Aug. 31, 2007. 02:29 PM) [snapback]557672[/snapback]
im a redhead!!

Mi dispiace.
OoO
Italian. [:
andyrew93
Aug. 31, 2007. 04:45 AM
QUOTE(pep$ & kat @ Aug. 31, 2007. 04:44 AM) [snapback]557699[/snapback]
QUOTE(JaGuAr3529 @ Aug. 31, 2007. 02:31 PM) [snapback]557678[/snapback]
QUOTE(kingofcolorado97 @ Aug. 31, 2007. 02:29 PM) [snapback]557672[/snapback]
im a redhead!!

Mi dispiace.
OoO
Italian. [:
What he say?
IamVegan
Aug. 31, 2007. 04:54 AM
who is ginger, or do u mean the spice.
pitypitypity
Aug. 31, 2007. 04:55 AM
redheads rueleee!!! lets preserve them!
ziggypup
Aug. 31, 2007. 04:59 AM
my mom has red hair, and so does my aunt, and my grandma, my grandpa had red hair too i think, my hair and my sisters hair is brown though
kingofcolorado97
Aug. 31, 2007. 05:01 AM
QUOTE(IamVegan @ Aug. 31, 2007. 08:53 AM) [snapback]557704[/snapback]
who is ginger, or do u mean the spice.
gingers are redheads. n00b.
pep$ & kat
Aug. 31, 2007. 05:03 AM
QUOTE(andyrew93 @ Aug. 31, 2007. 02:45 PM) [snapback]557700[/snapback]
QUOTE(pep$ & kat @ Aug. 31, 2007. 04:44 AM) [snapback]557699[/snapback]
QUOTE(JaGuAr3529 @ Aug. 31, 2007. 02:31 PM) [snapback]557678[/snapback]
QUOTE(kingofcolorado97 @ Aug. 31, 2007. 02:29 PM) [snapback]557672[/snapback]
im a redhead!!

Mi dispiace.
OoO
Italian. [:
What he say?
I'm sorry. He said that he's sorry.
[[.Ami.Rose.]]
Aug. 31, 2007. 06:00 AM
Gingers get certain types of cancer easier and everyone takes the piss out of them anyway. We're doing our kids a favour by eliminating them. >=]
SOADafi
Aug. 31, 2007. 07:24 AM
the reason why this is happening is because Ginger Kids have a disease called Ginger Vitus, jk, wow, i always see gingers, i did not know they mite die out
SaveARockBand
Aug. 31, 2007. 07:26 AM
Bye Ron
Gerian
Aug. 31, 2007. 07:40 AM
QUOTE(.Ami.Rose. @ Aug. 31, 2007. 01:59 PM) [snapback]557743[/snapback]
Gingers get certain types of cancer easier and everyone takes the piss out of them anyway. We're doing our kids a favour by eliminating them. >=]
They do?

Why do american people take the piss out of them?
Dutch people don't..
MEAD
Aug. 31, 2007. 07:40 AM
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RidePalmer
Aug. 31, 2007. 09:57 AM
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QUOTE(DespisedIcon @ Aug. 30, 2007. 08:42 PM) [snapback]557353[/snapback]
Have a shitload of sex with redheads I guess.
Too bad only like 1/50 ginger girls are hot

Ouch

But my mom said that most redheads are unattractive, which is kind of a weird thing to say to her redheaded daughter...
Diana
Aug. 31, 2007. 09:58 AM
I will now start making babies with Rupert Grint. I only have to find him.
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