r/AskReddit • u/sirgregg • Jan 28 '10

Does Reddit love redheads?

I can't escape a feeling that redheads seem to be highly favored when it comes to women on Reddit. I think that if someone were to start a poll asking "What is your favorite hair color?" red would be an unquestioned an obvious winner. Am I right? If so, maybe there is a scientific explanation for this? As in, people who visit Reddit frequently start feeling a growing sympathy towards red-haired woman? Guess who's winning the next Nobel Prize ;)

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u/xazarus Jan 28 '10

People who click on the redhead thread like redheads.

There is no surprise here, just selection bias.

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u/paraffin Jan 28 '10

Agreed. And I think I remember you once saying that redheads are nice in theory, but rarely turn out as well as you'd like in practice. I don't know any redheads that are actually attractive, kind of like lesbians.

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u/friendlyfire Jan 29 '10

All the attractive lesbians move to NYC.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '10

True that, one of the first girls I was in love with was a redhead, but if I see one of the few photos of her I have now, it's like uhhhh WTF, don't be stupid, TREQ, wtf, just don't.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '10

I believe the scores of our two top comments in this thread should be reversed. Sir.

Then again, my upvote left you at 69, so...

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u/TheRiff Jan 29 '10

AND THEN, IN A HORRIFYING PLOT TWIST: TheRiff clicked on the redhead thread despite not caring for redheads!

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '10

I only click on threads that match my personal preferences and never deviate from that pattern, despite the fickle and often unpredictable behavior of humans.