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The Gingers are angry

post #1 of 103
12/16/09 at 2:03pm
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because of this



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British retailer Tesco has apologized after one of its Christmas cards, which reads "SANTA loves all kids. Even GINGER ones," unsurprisingly provoked fury in people with red hair, who tend to be the quickest to fly off the handle in explosive rage. "It is never our intention to offend any customer and we are sorry if this card caused any upset," said a spokeswoman for the company, which has withdrawn the card.
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post #2 of 103
12/16/09 at 2:07pm
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who tend to be the quickest to fly off the handle in explosive rage
hehehe Ohh...ginger kids...

I kid, redheaded girls are the best.
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post #3 of 103
12/16/09 at 2:14pm
I love Cathrine Tate's take on this.

"Gingers are the last minority group you can't get a grant for"
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post #4 of 103
12/16/09 at 2:15pm
I like how that joke can be used against any group. SANTA loves all kids. Even COLORED ones., etc.
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post #5 of 103
12/16/09 at 2:42pm
As a father to a ginger girl (and no, Luca, I will not send you pictures) I can agree with part of this. They do tend to be the quickest to fly off the handle in explosive rage when provoked.

They could have said especially gingers rather than even gingers. Same punch without the offense. But who could have seen offense coming from that anyway?
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post #6 of 103
12/16/09 at 2:43pm
Is that why they call them Ginger snaps?
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post #7 of 103
12/16/09 at 3:00pm
Ginger Lynn and Ginger Lee are nasty when they're angry.
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post #8 of 103
12/16/09 at 3:26pm
I'm a ginger and I think that's fucking hilarious... unless there's some sort of class action suit brewing, in which case I'm appalled.
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post #9 of 103
12/16/09 at 3:29pm
I'll bet that kid punched Santa right in the sack seconds after that picture was taken. Never piss off a ginger kid. Ever.
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post #10 of 103
12/16/09 at 3:30pm
I'm a red bearded bastard, and yea, this is hilarious. I wish someone would send me a Christmas card that funny.
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post #11 of 103
12/16/09 at 3:37pm
I can't wait to hear what Conan O'Brian has to say about this....
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post #12 of 103
12/16/09 at 3:45pm
Let them get angry, I say. It's nothing a few slaps can't fix.
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post #13 of 103
12/16/09 at 3:47pm
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Originally Posted by Sammy Jankis View Post
They do tend to be the quickest to fly off the handle in explosive rage when provoked.
Luckily they also tend to be the sickliest and weakest, as well.
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post #14 of 103
12/16/09 at 3:49pm
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post #15 of 103
12/16/09 at 5:26pm
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Originally Posted by Ken Savage View Post
I love Cathrine Tate's take on this.

"Gingers are the last minority group you can't get a grant for"
God, I LOVE Catherine Tate!

(Nothing else to add - not a ginger, think the card is funny, don't send me hate mail.)
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post #16 of 103
12/16/09 at 5:35pm
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Originally Posted by stelios View Post
Let them get angry, I say. It's nothing a few slaps can't fix.
Wouldn't try saying that 'round here...

In all seriousness, as a ginger, I'm 100% amused. Not even slightly offended.
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post #17 of 103
12/16/09 at 5:50pm
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I was a ginger as a kid and as I grew older, my hair changed color. Now its brown with tinges of red. Always found ginger jokes funny.

However, some kids unfortunately get a raw deal. I'll have to look it up, but a few weeks ago there was a news article about middle school kids who got beat up in school. Allegedly the bullies were inspired by the South Park episode.

ETA: http://laist.com/2009/11/24/kick_a_g...d_at_least.php

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Kids at A.E. Wright Middle School in Calabasas hopped on the bandwagon fueled by a Facebook group posting that declared last Friday "Kick a Ginger Day."

Inspired by TV's irreverent Comedy Central show South Park, of which a 2005 episode "focused on prejudice against 'gingers,' a label given to people with red hair, fair skin, and freckles," school-age kids participated in beatings of redheaded classmates, according to KTLA.

Last year a Facebook group sprung up, and on Friday, "at least five attacks on red-haired students" took place at A.E. Wright, including a 7th grader who was "kicked and beaten by 14 classmates in two separate incidents," and three other kids who have come forward. Authorities "are pursuing the investigation as a possible assault with a deadly weapon," though no one required hospitalization.

A search of Facebook reveals that the only groups referencing "Kick a Ginger" remaining on the site are those opposed to the action.

Anyone with information about "Kick a Ginger Day" incidents at the school should call the Calabasas sheriff's station at (818) 878-1808.
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post #18 of 103
12/16/09 at 5:58pm
I'm half ginger. but it's the beard that's half and half. But I'm all rage though.
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post #19 of 103
12/16/09 at 5:59pm
Santa only likes gingers because he used to be one.
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post #20 of 103
12/16/09 at 5:59pm
This thread is making Tina Louise cry.
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post #21 of 103
12/16/09 at 6:01pm
Remember my story about how my wife inadvertently made an ex-girlfriend of mine cry when she flashed her engagement ring? The ex was a redhead.

Now, don't get me wrong - I've always had a thing for redheads (my crush on Shirley Manson knows no bounds), but the above incident was definitely a 2 point conversion and triple word score for the blondes.

And not to leave 'em out, my first serious girlfriend - the one who basically punched her fist through my heart when she dumped me, was a brunette.
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post #22 of 103
12/16/09 at 6:10pm
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Originally Posted by Ratty View Post
This thread is making Tina Louise cry.
I SAW Tina Louise walking down the street about a year and a half ago! She looks freaking FABULOUS! I mean, I'm sure it's a combo of great genes, a genius plastic surgeon and clean living - but she looks a good 25 years younger than she actually is.

Topic! I just don't see why anyone would make fun of gingers. I mean, blonde jokes, sure - that I get. But gingers? Why? Let me tell you, we had ONE girl in my grade school class who was a ginger, and jesus, she had more friends than she could handle. She was looked upon as this rare, exotic creature - we were little, and NONE of us had ever seen hair that color! Getting her to come to your birthday party, or getting her to come to yours, was like scoring an invite to the Oscars or the White House. I mean, you'd think being the only kid in our class who was so different would have given the other kids cause to make fun, but nope. When Monday morning rolled around and the teacher asked, "And how was everyone's weekend?", if you were able to answer, "Oh, I went to JILL'S house on Saturday!" - BOOM! Instant popularity.
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post #23 of 103
12/16/09 at 6:11pm
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White lady disappointed in Tiger and Barack

Wrong thread.
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post #24 of 103
12/16/09 at 6:44pm
My wife, who is a redhead, told me a little while ago that scientists predict in a hundred years' time, the red hair gene will be pretty much bred out of humanity. I am saddened by this, as I, too have a thing for redheads.

The card is pretty funny, though.
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post #25 of 103
12/16/09 at 6:47pm
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Originally Posted by IggytheBorg View Post
scientists predict in a hundred years' time, the red hair gene will be pretty much bred out of humanity
But we can make it 50 years with your help...
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post #26 of 103
12/16/09 at 7:12pm
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Originally Posted by IggytheBorg View Post
My wife, who is a redhead, told me a little while ago that scientists predict in a hundred years' time, the red hair gene will be pretty much bred out of humanity.
Incredibly old myth, that is rejected all the time. That myth has been around literally centuries.
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post #27 of 103
12/16/09 at 7:31pm
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Originally Posted by BillyG View Post
Incredibly old myth, that is rejected all the time. That myth has been around literally centuries.
*Loosens rope, climbs down from chair*

Whew!
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post #28 of 103
12/17/09 at 8:37am
So, the some folks in the states SERIOUSLY have a thing against red haired people? 'cos I thought this was all some sort of joke.
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post #29 of 103
12/17/09 at 11:05am
it's a joke. There's no anti-red mafia or anything.
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post #30 of 103
12/17/09 at 11:28am
So, this anti ginger stuff basically got started because idiots decided it would be a waste to let all those perfectly good racist jokes die just because they're supposed to like darker people now, right?
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post #31 of 103
12/17/09 at 11:32am
Right. Because the discrimination against blacks is similar to the one against gingers. I'm bald, should I be offended at bald jokes? Maybe people are making bald jokes because they can no longer joke about the Jews.
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post #32 of 103
12/17/09 at 11:36am
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Originally Posted by Astromarine View Post
So, this anti ginger stuff basically got started because idiots decided it would be a waste to let all those perfectly good racist jokes die just because they're supposed to like darker people now, right?
Gingerism has actually been around since the Egyptians. Their unpopular god Seth was a redhead. From the Ptolemaic Hellenization of Egypt, it passed to the Greeks, where it passed to the Romans. When Romans became Italians, the painters of the renaissance transferred the unlikable depiction of red hair and ruddy skin to depictions of the Jews and Judas Iscariot's association with "the Jews" in Luke and Acts made ginger qualities the heredity of the Christkiller through his depiction, which continues to inform anti-Semitism. Gingerism is quite real.
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post #33 of 103
12/17/09 at 11:38am
When Cain slew Abel, God turned his hair red.
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post #34 of 103
12/17/09 at 11:38am
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Originally Posted by Astromarine View Post
So, this anti ginger stuff basically got started because idiots decided it would be a waste to let all those perfectly good racist jokes die just because they're supposed to like darker people now, right?
Because they don't have souls.


Gingers don't have souls.
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post #35 of 103
12/17/09 at 11:40am
When did stop just calling them redheads?
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post #36 of 103
12/17/09 at 11:46am
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Originally Posted by Astromarine View Post
So, this anti ginger stuff basically got started because idiots decided it would be a waste to let all those perfectly good racist jokes die just because they're supposed to like darker people now, right?
Wow, you should really consider switching to decaf.
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post #37 of 103
12/17/09 at 11:53am
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Originally Posted by Richard Dickson View Post
When did stop just calling them redheads?
Redheads is reserved for hot women. The exception to the misery of the ginger tribe.
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post #38 of 103
12/17/09 at 12:04pm
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Originally Posted by Cuchulain View Post
Gingerism has actually been around since the Egyptians. Their unpopular god Seth was a redhead. From the Ptolemaic Hellenization of Egypt, it passed to the Greeks, where it passed to the Romans. When Romans became Italians, the painters of the renaissance transferred the unlikable depiction of red hair and ruddy skin to depictions of the Jews and Judas Iscariot's association with "the Jews" in Luke and Acts made ginger qualities the heredity of the Christkiller through his depiction, which continues to inform anti-Semitism. Gingerism is quite real.
How oddly--and pleasantly--informative in what is, essentially, a joke thread, Cuch.*

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Originally Posted by BillyG View Post
Incredibly old myth, that is rejected all the time. That myth has been around literally centuries.
Myth? Or secret wish of billions?







*I hope you don't mind me calling you "Cuch" 'cuz I'm just going to do it anyways.
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post #39 of 103
12/17/09 at 12:14pm
Is it OK to give people who dye their hair red a pass? I kinda sorta like Christina Hendricks, and she's a blonde who dyes her hair red. I'd hate to see her wind up on "the list".

Of course, if the persecution of gingers continues, I'd have to get all Harriet Tubman here and offer my services to provide safe passage to our scarlet topped friends via my Underground Railroad (OK, my Saturn SC2. We'll tie a couple to the hood of my car when we run out of room). Hope they all like living in Seaside during the off season.
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post #40 of 103
12/17/09 at 12:21pm
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Originally Posted by Timothy225 View Post
Is it OK to give people who dye their hair red a pass? I kinda sorta like Christina Hendricks, and she's a blonde who dyes her hair red. I'd hate to see her wind up on "the list".

Of course, if the persecution of gingers continues, I'd have to get all Harriet Tubman here and offer my services to provide safe passage to our scarlet topped friends via my Underground Railroad (OK, my Saturn SC2. We'll tie a couple to the hood of my car when we run out of room). Hope they all like living in Seaside during the off season.
Girls who actually consciously adopt the redhead look are nothing but trouble, man. I learned that the hard way.

First, she was a natural brunette who went blond. I didn't think anything of it. Then she went red. Still didn't think anything of it. Then, she laughed maniacally while ordering shots of "Redheaded Slut." That association kind of worried me. Then she made out with and left with another dude at the bar. Yeah, red is a statement for some people. A statement laced with cruelty and strife for others.
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post #41 of 103
12/17/09 at 12:23pm
The statement being that you're a chump who doesn't measure up as a man?
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post #42 of 103
12/17/09 at 12:26pm
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Originally Posted by Brad Millette View Post
The statement being that you're a chump who doesn't measure up as a man?
Yeah, few of us can be as manly and bold as the kind of guy who trolls internet forums, Brad. I stand in rapt awe of your virility.
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post #43 of 103
12/17/09 at 1:00pm
Hey man, you're the one that got dumped by the town tramp here. Don't try to make this about me.
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post #44 of 103
12/17/09 at 1:08pm
Brad. Cuch.

NOT ON CHRISTMAS!!!
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post #45 of 103
12/17/09 at 1:12pm
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Originally Posted by Cuchulain View Post
First, she was a natural brunette who went blond. I didn't think anything of it. Then she went red. Still didn't think anything of it. Then, she laughed maniacally while ordering shots of "Redheaded Slut." That association kind of worried me. Then she made out with and left with another dude at the bar. Yeah, red is a statement for some people. A statement laced with cruelty and strife for others.
Man, that's the worst first date ever.
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post #46 of 103
12/17/09 at 1:19pm
Moral of the story : Mystique is a cunt.
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post #47 of 103
12/17/09 at 1:32pm
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Originally Posted by Cuchulain View Post
Girls who actually consciously adopt the redhead look are nothing but trouble, man. I learned that the hard way.
Hey, thanks for that sweeping generalization about women, pal. I'll have to tell my best friend - although she's a fake redhead, it's clearly the haircolor she should have been born with - that even though she's been nothing but sweet, kind and loyal for the whole 20 years we've been friends that she's actually nothing but a bitch.
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post #48 of 103
12/17/09 at 1:35pm
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Originally Posted by LisaNY
Hey, thanks for that sweeping generalization about women, pal. I'll have to tell my best friend - although she's a fake redhead, it's clearly the haircolor she should have been born with - that even though she's been nothing but sweet, kind and loyal for the whole 20 years we've been friends that she's actually nothing but a bitch.
Harlot!
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post #49 of 103
12/17/09 at 1:38pm
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Originally Posted by LisaNY View Post
Hey, thanks for that sweeping generalization about women, pal. I'll have to tell my best friend - although she's a fake redhead, it's clearly the haircolor she should have been born with - that even though she's been nothing but sweet, kind and loyal for the whole 20 years we've been friends that she's actually nothing but a bitch.
It's a joke. In a joke thread. Responding to a question of whether or not we can keep Christina Hendricks off "the list."
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post #50 of 103
12/17/09 at 2:36pm
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Originally Posted by Cuchulain View Post
It's a joke. In a joke thread. Responding to a question of whether or not we can keep Christina Hendricks off "the list."
Well, you are NOT FUNNY, mister!!
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