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ah, a fellow programmer with low resolution eyes
I also can't tan, but I have never ever burned through glass. It triggers my learned flight reflex from the sun, but I'm pretty sure that's because the reflex is tied to IR which I can feel and which can pass through glass, while UV can't be felt directly until it's too late and it reflects off glass.
!rant
Okay, so last Monday I get a message from the fertility clinic that I’ve tested positive for one or more genetic carrier conditions and that I should schedule a consult with a genetic counselor. I go to check my labs to find out what condition(s) I’m a carrier for only to find that the labs are marked as upcoming and aren’t available until late Tuesday night. So I spend Monday through Wednesday morning worrying about what horrific shit I might pass onto kids if we have them.
Finally read the labs Wednesday morning.
Albinism. The horror is albinism. (Oculocutaneous albinism type 2)
Husband looks at me and is like “Are they SURE you’re just a carrier? You being a carrier for albinism explains SO MUCH. I thought you were just British, but *gestures at me vaguely*”
(I have poor vision, light brown hair, green eyes, pale skin, and have never tanned)
Apparently for SIXTEEN YEARS this man has thought I *could* tan but was paranoid about sun exposure and so never did.
This man who has seen me burn on a NUMBER of occasions.
And who has seen me get burned by having the temerity to sit too close to a bay window on a sunny day.
rant
secret albino
genetics are weird