Freckles... (What is this I don't even)

[tghawk555]

[TF-Viewer]

omg... ginger transference. :O

[monkat]

On a bit of a side-note, I don't understand why a lot of people seem to not like freckles or redheads. I understand the social joke about gingers, not having souls and whatnot, but I think freckles are really cute, even in large amounts.

[TF-Viewer]

Originally Posted by monkat

On a bit of a side-note, I don't understand why a lot of people seem to not like freckles or redheads. I understand the social joke about gingers, not having souls and whatnot, but I think freckles are really cute, even in large amounts.

Yeah, I've seen a lot of really cute girls with freckles. There's definitely big moe points there.

[vincent_richter]

Originally Posted by monkat

On a bit of a side-note, I don't understand why a lot of people seem to not like freckles or redheads. I understand the social joke about gingers, not having souls and whatnot, but I think freckles are really cute, even in large amounts.

I think it's a really weird application of transference.
Picture this scenario:

A. Person X watches the Harry Potter film franchise.
B. Person X finds the gingers portraying the characters mind-numbingly irritating.
C. Person X transfers the image of mind-numbing annoyances onto ALL gingers.
D. Person Y creates a memetic mutation of the "mind-numbingly irritating ginger" stereotype.
E. Person X uses the meme created my Person Y to reinforce their bias against gingers.

As a result, Person X becomes incapable of distinguishing real gingers from stereotypical gingers, and maybe passes this onto another generation or two as intrinsic fact.
Those future generations perhaps remove some social incentives for gingers, as "they wouldn't use them anyways."
Gingers, now unable to break free of the stereotype by traditional means, create their own moronic subculture.
A few "break the mold" and excel beyond the typical gingers, but this is a rare occurrence and is portrayed as the exception rather than the potential rule.
That creates a disadvantage for gingers as a whole, with non-gingers pretending that they're "doing the gingers a favor."
This is hugely counterproductive, and is exactly why "little things" like racism are such a colossal issue.

[Soccermom]

Red is my favorite hair color for a girl, and IMO freckles are hot in moderation, but I don't have any problem when they're in abundance, it's a neutral thing for me.

[matgao]

This is so hot i need to commission some of these

[AzureChromatic]

I never understood the whole "ginger" thing. I just always found redheads hot. Known a few girls with the redhead/freckles combo and they awesome. One of these girls is contemplating dye-ing her hair which is terrible to me.

On image topic, that comic is lulzy, altho I'm curious as to the girl's reaction now XD

[funfun74]

Red heads are also my favorite and freckles are fine by me as well. There is a cute girl with freckles (not a redhead though) at my grocery store. I will stand in line for check out just to get her. Super cute.

[Ficfactor]

Originally Posted by tghawk555

This is... new.

"Look past your freckles..." I get the impression that it supposed to be like a disfigurement. Guess I'd better tell my mother, sister and a bunch of friends that they're hideous mutants. Now that I think about it, I have freckles on my forearms. No more t-shirts for me.

As for the "I'm free", he could have - you know - just worn sunscreen if he didn't want freckles.

Originally Posted by monkat

On a bit of a side-note, I don't understand why a lot of people seem to not like freckles or redheads. I understand the social joke about gingers, not having souls and whatnot, but I think freckles are really cute, even in large amounts.

My understanding is that it's never been much of an issue in the States until recently. Over here though, "ginger" was almost exclusively used in a pejorative sense, intended to be mocking and dismissive. I made it a point since I was a teenager to only refer to redhaired people as redheads, but now that neutral term seems to be being usurped by "ginger". Whether that represents progress (like gay people "taking" the word gay for themselves) or just that more people are happy to look down upon redheads, I don't know.

[GenYun]

Because Coppercab.




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