Redheads going extinct hoax

Posted by on August 26, 2007; This entry is filed under Uncategorized.
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Just wanted put a note here that I have two posts, here and here about a new incarnation of the “redheads are going to go extinct” meme. The current culprit is National Geographic Magazine. The only reason that I know about this is that there was a spike of traffic from message boards on my other blog attempting to debunk the story using some stuff I’d posted earlier.

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  1. JM August 27th, 2007 at 9:28 am

    I never dye my hair blond.. what for? to advertise that Im ditzy and probably stupid?

  2. razib August 27th, 2007 at 10:09 am

    there are many blonds who aren’t ditzy or stupid!

  3. Luke August 27th, 2007 at 11:39 am

    http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070827/japan_shampoo_wars.html?.v=1

  4. JayM August 27th, 2007 at 12:03 pm

    I was just kidding Razib, just offering another point of view on the “scarcity’ of blondes.  
    I know they are out there somewhere but probably dyed their hair darker… :) ( again, just kidding)  
     
    Also, just want to share this with you, its just so funny to me… 
    Miss Teen USA 2007 – Ms. South Carolina answers a question. 
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww

  5. razib August 27th, 2007 at 12:29 pm

    yeah, i saw that on ross douthat’s blog. hilarious shit.

  6. triticale September 4th, 2007 at 3:24 pm

    Dolly Parton on being a dumb blonde: 
     
    “I know I’m not dumb, and I know I’m not blonde.”

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