Tuesday, July 17, 2012

SOUND-OFF #1

Granted, this blog is for rants. Sometimes, things pop up that I have nothing constructive for. Some shit just tweaks my nose the wrong way and incites the rage. Sound-Offs are going to be my soap boxes for going off on shit, without any kind of helpful addenda.


FUCKERS WITH WHITE HAIR

What is the goddamn point? I've recently started playing "The Secret World," a MMORPG based in the modern age with some Lovecraftian twists. It's an alternate universe, but still thoroughly modern as much as 2012 can be.

I have spotted over 25 characters with white hair. I used to have a Post-It™ note on my desk with a fucking tally of every goddamn white-haired character I spotted.

These are not old people. In fact, the lone exception to the hair-color-rage was a noticeably older gent. He escaped the tally because he was old. Every other fucker who got marked down was a fucking youngster with fucking white hair.

I don't fucking get it. The genetic frequency of naturally-occurring white hair is rare as hell. Albinism is not as frequent as people might think, and I doubt a one of those dicey calf-mongers would own up to their character being albino. Being albino isn't sexy, you know.

African-American, and albino, models Shaun Ross and Diandra Forrest

Shit, go cruise over to this Wikipedia article to see what pop culture thinks about albinism. 

No, they picked fucking white hair to be "unique". And would likely argue that white hair is naturally-occurring. Sure. If you have premature aging, a melanin disorder, or you see a fucking stylist every goddamn week. But the thing of it is, even if you find a legit way to make white hair, it's not really white. Bleaching your hair every fucking week to get your roots is also very unhealthy for your hair, and you may as well just cut all that crap off before it becomes straw jutting out of your head.

So unless your character is an albino, had a genetic disorder, is an alien or other non-human without certain colorations, get off your unique little chair and change that fucking hair color. You look like a tool. Top it off with a scene kid hair cut, some pseudo-punk attire, and throw it off a fucking bridge. You are an irritating pest. I don't care how you role-play, if you don't have a good goddamn reason for your character to have white hair aside from "I thought it was cool/looks neat/awesome", fuck you.

I will continue to sit here in my angry chair and glare at every bastard I see with stupid hair. No, you can't change my mind, I am old and opinionated. 

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