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[Wind's Howling]

I have been sitting with this question over the last couple of months.

I too am the person who lays on the beach when the days are warm and the sun is abundant but it also makes me wonder why just staying natural (white) has become that socially unacceptable.

I catch myself and other people staring at the one's who almost looks like they have never gone out of their apartment, and it is not with a stare that says ''Good for you!'' but more with a stare of ''Where the fuck have you been hiding?''

The world has become so harsh on the persons who stand out amongst the crowd.

 

[Stet]

But sun damage is falling out of favour?

 

[Aguirre]

when i think of tanning, i think of bread getting toasted. then it puts me off, because we are basically toasting ourselves under the sun.

 

[ElectricBlue187]

Yeah especially if you live on the coast. It makes you look like a recluse when you're the only person with blinding pale skin

 

[Patryn]

Nevermind.

 

[Lamel]

While white people want to get tanned, Indian people want to get whiter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kqd9zaI698

 

[Half and half]

I personally like the pale look on some people. Not overly pale. But normal pale is really sexy on some women.

 

[Alligatorjandro]

I was born tan.

 

[Audioboxer]

Picture of me and my buddy

 

[Milchjon]

I have been sitting with this question over the last couple of months.

I too am the person who lays on the beach when the days are warm and the sun is abundant but it also makes me wonder why just staying natural (white) has become that socially unacceptable.

I catch myself and other people staring at the one's who almost looks like they have never gone out of their apartment, and it is not with a stare that says ''Good for you!'' but more with a stare of ''Where the fuck have you been hiding?''

You kinda answered your own question there. I think it has also become a bit of a status symbol for people who can afford more time in the sun that those spending their day in a cubicle.

The world has become so harsh on the persons who stand out amongst the crowd.

Nah, it has always been that way ;-)

 

[jerry1594]

I've always found white people and tans a bit amusing.

 

[LuffyZoro]

While white people want to get tanned, Indian people want to get whiter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kqd9zaI698

We should start a melanin trading program.

 

[industrian]

While white people want to get tanned, Indian people want to get whiter.

This is a cultural thing throughout Asia. People there in general want to have lighter skin due to it making them look more prosperous.

Tanned skin = you work outside doing manual labour, work on a farm, etc.

Light skin = you work in an office, inside, higher-quality job, etc.

 

[Dany]

Because fake tans look fake

 

[TheMan]

I catch myself and other people staring at the one's who almost looks like they have never gone out of their apartment, and it is not with a stare that says ''Good for you!'' but more with a stare of ''Where the fuck have you been hiding?''

The world has become so harsh on the persons who stand out amongst the crowd.

some pale people (like my wife) don't even tan that well cause they burn so easily. as for the world being harsh on those who stand out, you sound like you are part of the problem

 

[Hindle]

Natural tan is fine, but ugh fake tan is plain disgusting.

 

[Drazgul]

Nah, it has always been that way ;-)

It was worse before. Now you just get ugly stares, but earlier they burnt you alive.

 

[web01]

Why is is socially acceptable to make threads this bad?

Seriously your natural skin colour looks better and skin cancer sucks.
The sun can also have bad aging effects.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/06/03/sunny-side-old-pic-reveals-suns-aging-effects/
pretty sure someone posted that here before.

 

[Diprosalic]

used to be the other way around. no tan = rich, doesn't need to work on the field = awesome.


i tan very quickly but i wouldn't mind not having one, i never go out of my way to get one.

 

[SquiddyCracker]

I have been sitting with this question over the last couple of months.

I too am the person who lays on the beach when the days are warm and the sun is abundant but it also makes me wonder why just staying natural (white) has become that socially unacceptable.

I catch myself and other people staring at the one's who almost looks like they have never gone out of their apartment, and it is not with a stare that says ''Good for you!'' but more with a stare of ''Where the fuck have you been hiding?''

The world has become so harsh on the persons who stand out amongst the crowd.

Haters gonna hate.

I'm a fan of paleness, it's a lot more attractive than tanned skin.

 

[Wind's Howling]

some pale people (like my wife) don't even tan that well cause they burn so easily. as for being harsh on those who stand out, you sound like you are part of the problem

I agree that I am part of the problem as well. I never neglected that and it pains me that I caught myself doing the exact same thing that I hate others do, but I feel that it is best to go with the flow in terms of that instead of constantly having to proof yourself and answering questions like "why are you so white?"

 

[fuzzyreactor]

Seems that way. I'm a weirdo and like pale chicks and chubby girls

 

[daviyoung]

Nerd culture

 

[Alucrid]

/shrug I just a tan just by walking outside

 

[Dennis]

I am cracking up here.

This is hilarious.

"Why are you so white?" lmao

I have never encountered this phenomenon of pale skin being "socially unacceptable"

 

[Wind's Howling]

I am cracking up here.

This is hilarious.

"Why are you so white?" lmao

I have never encountered this phenomenon of pale skin being "socially unacceptable"

Just because you never encountered it does not mean it does not exist. Trust me when I said that I had those kind of questions thrown at my head when I was in school.

 

[Stet]

Yeah I think that's the point. The last time I had questions like that I was in high school. High school kids be high schoolin'.

 

[Milchjon]

I am cracking up here.

This is hilarious.

"Why are you so white?" lmao

I have never encountered this phenomenon of pale skin being "socially unacceptable"

Obviously you should go outside more

 

[sky]

Pale women = hot!
pale men = reclusive otaku

 

[Pickles the Firecat]

Just because you never encountered it does not mean it does not exist. Trust me when I said that I had those kind of questions thrown at my head when I was in school.

You know what else is socially unacceptable in high school? Everything.

 

[AlexMeloche]

Seems that way. I'm a weirdo and like pale chicks and chubby girls

You're not alone, I also think pale chicks are cuter.

 

[Wind's Howling]

Yeah I think that's the point. The last time I had questions like that I was in high school. High school kids be high schoolin'.

It still exists after high school

 

[gutter_trash]

present day`s reasoning

1: staying pale during sunny months = you are a hermit who stays home in your basement,
you are not physically active,
and anti-social

 

[dralla]

I kinda like pale skin, but only with dark hair, mmmm.

I'm part cuban and greek too, ironically I have a nice tan!

 

[EdibleExplosives]

You really care how tanned other people are? This is up there with worrying about what's in fashion at the moment.

Okay, I read this as 'acceptable', not 'unacceptable'. Derp.

 

[POWERSPHERE]

You're back to front.

 

[Funky Papa]

I'm not albino, but if I were any more pale I would blind people during the sunnier months of the year. It kind of sucks, because it basically forbids me from dressing in anything black or white, lest not look like the nerdiest doofus.

 

[Half and half]

Pic time:

Christina Hendricks is pale and socially acceptable.

 

[Wind's Howling]

I find it funny that I simply stated the obvious of what I encounter during my daily routine of traversing the subway and train and yet I am the one being attacked by GAF persona's who simply seem to have never noticed such things. I do not know where some of you live but this problem is here in Amsterdam and it is getting progressively worse over the years.

 

[Admiral Bone to Pick]

I'm not albino, but if I were any more pale I would blind people during the sunnier months of the year. It kind of sucks, because it basically forbids me from dressing in anything black or white, lest not look like the nerdiest doofus.

I've always pictured you as looking exactly like your avatar.

 

[Alucrid]

I find it funny that I simply stated the obvious of what I encounter during my daily routine of traversing the subway and train and yet I am the one being attacked by GAF persona's who simply seem to have never noticed such things. I do not know where some of you live but this problem is here in Amsterdam and it is getting progressively worse over the years.

I've only had people comment on a person's skin if they're at the extreme ends of the spectrum.

 

[alr1ght]

red heads will never be socially acceptable then.

 

[LuchaShaq]

some pale people (like my wife) don't even tan that well cause they burn so easily. as for the world being harsh on those who stand out, you sound like you are part of the problem

This.

I'm a bit of a mutt but mostly Greek so in the summer I get as dark if not darker than my friend who is half black half russian, I look middle eastern by the end of the summer. Yet in the winter I'm very white.

My girlfriend is very pale and will burn at the drop of a hat but doesn't get tan, we go to the beach pretty often but she needs hardcore sunscreen to avoid a painful night.

I'd rather have her pale and without pain and without a disgusting orange fake tan.

 

[Holy Wars]

Intentionally tanning yourself is one of the most stupid things you can do.

 

[Alligatorjandro]

I saw a white dude who was brown the other day.It looked weird.

 

[Milchjon]

Pic time:



Christina Hendricks is pale and socially acceptable.

Female redheads are maybe the only group exempted from that rule. Also, Hendricks' boobs could cancel out pretty much any negative attribute.

 

[Slo]

Fake tanning is stupid, but being gleaming white makes you look like a hermit who spends all his time asking weird social questions on GAF from his mother's dark basement.

 

[SteveWinwood]

Intentionally tanning yourself is one of the most stupid things you can do.

As opposed to... accidentally doing it?

 

[Funky Papa]

Female redheads are maybe the only group exempted from that rule. Also, Hendricks' boobs could cancel out pretty much any negative attribute.

Females in general.

Should I start spamming my Stoya folder?

 

[shira]

I have been sitting with this question over the last couple of months.

I too am the person who lays on the beach when the days are warm and the sun is abundant but it also makes me wonder why just staying natural (white) has become that socially unacceptable.

I catch myself and other people staring at the one's who almost looks like they have never gone out of their apartment, and it is not with a stare that says ''Good for you!'' but more with a stare of ''Where the fuck have you been hiding?''

The world has become so harsh on the persons who stand out amongst the crowd.

Just had this thread
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=484818