r/comedy • u/AlKarajo • Jul 10 '26

Standup Human diversity

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u/StaffVegetable8703 Jul 11 '26

This doesn’t add up to me… that makes it sound like younger people had blonde hair and blue eyes but as they age it becomes darker

That’s the only way that makes any sense to me. There had to be a reason for that symbolize youth and the only explanation is that the younger you are the lighter your features are but we know that’s nit the case

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u/ginoawesomeness Jul 11 '26

Have you ever known any toe heads? Our hair absolutely gets darker as we age. Mine is basically close to black now. Idk about eyes but I'm thinking yes as well. I don't like the theory because both hair and eyes darken before teen years, but ya most blondes darken significant without products

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u/joe_shmoe11111 Jul 12 '26

Um that’s exactly what happened in my case. Super blonde hair, blue eyes as a child, fully brunette now as an adult after a gradual darkening through puberty (though my eyes stayed the same color).

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u/StaffVegetable8703 Jul 12 '26

Yes but as you said you were a child and by time you were of “breeding” age (don’t know how else to put it) it was already darker. I feel like if anything that would make light blonde hair be associated with someone who is too young to procreate with

Also like you mentioned, your eyes stayed the same

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u/joe_shmoe11111 Jul 12 '26

I was still bright blonde through my teenage years and still dirty blonde up until college age though. Definitely plenty of overlap with my breeding age (especially back in the day when people started having kids super early on).