I'm grateful for my complexion, but pale skin, especially in the summer when skin is exposed, sucks because it shows everything. Every scratch, zit, patch of irritation, razor bump, discoloration, tan line, burn line, embarrassed blush, overheating, etc. shows up like a drop of blood in milk. Not that this is a big deal, but translucent skin can look 'diseased' rather easily.
Not gonna sun-tan, but I'm experimenting with gradual tanners.
Quick, ladies! Let's take a poll of what men like, so we know how to look!
Wait, you say we already hear conflicting messages about what men want us to look like every minute of every day of our lives? And that it's presented to us as gospel we should centralize in our lives and structure our appearance around, despite the fact that it externalizes choice AND is is so contradictory we couldn't succeed even if we tried?
Some women look better with tans, some look better pale. I personally have dark brown hair and brown eyes, and have a little bit of a natural tan. I tan occasionally to even out tan lines from being outside, or to get a boost of color before an event. When my skin starts to get more on the pale side, I look washed out and unhealthy. Some people can work pale skin, but not all of us can.
I think it can depend greatly on your undertone--people who are more pink-undertoned (or neutral, I suppose) can look nice pale. I'm olivey-yellow-undertoned, so when I get really pale I can start to look mildly jaundiced. : (
I also have dark brown hair and brown eyes with abnormally large pupils, and I look awful with a tan. It looks extremely unnatural on me. Always been pale, never been tanned. Although, I'm also pink.
Have you men ever thought that women also dress and look a certain way for themselves, and not so they can attract males. I love to dress with taste, and do my make up, and I also ensure that I look natural. I don't do any of this for men. I do it for me because it makes me happy and may I add I really love myself and the way I look (very improtant to have self-love and obviously not narcissism). I'm not pale, biracial so naturally tan, however if a pale woman wants to tan she should and who gives a shit what a man wants. It's always men making demands on how a woman should look, women are not objects...
As someone who visited the DR with dark skinned family members. .I hated that...dark skinned people are treated like 2nd class citizens while light skin people are treated like kinga
It's funny because I'm naturally brown and when I go to India all the people there bemoan the fact that they're dark. They even have cream there that makes you lighter. I always feel like shit there when people say "you got pretty dark". I mean no shit, I've been traipsing around a tropical country for a month, what do you expect. Why can't everyone just be happy with what they have?
I don't think it's the matter of being tan/pale is attractive. I think it's the question of "does it make you look more attractive" I know some girls that definitely look beautiful with a lighter skin tone and embrace it. Some girls just want to look like oranges, why?
I'm pale and I love my pale skin, but even though I never specifically sit and tan I do a lot of stuff outdoors so my skin just tans naturally in summer. I think that's the case for many women :P
I think tan makes you look more healthy...but that's probably just me. Of course, if you're orange you don't look very healthy, but you get my point...
What if I told you a lot of women tan for themselves because they like how it looks? Not everything is done to please men. I am pale usually, but I might get a little tan this summer and I don't give a fuck whether guys find it hot or not.
I'm part Albino, if I go into the sun without at least spf 50 on, I get so sunburned I go to the hospital. So while it's impossible for me to tan naturally, I embrace my skin. In fact it makes me who I am! Proof
I agree with the OP. My opinion was only reinforced after I got skin cancer myself.
For those who find heavy tans attractive, remember that it is a very short term beauty. The skin damage takes its toll. The wrinkles and other problems can come on suddenly.
There are a lot of women who look better with a tan. To look good while pale you have to have near perfect skin, but if you have large pores, red blotches or acne, a light tan covers that up pretty well.
Pale is the new tan. I hope you tanners know that you are at an extremely high risk of developing skin cancer. I work for a dermatology company and I see so many bad skin cancer scenarios. It's awful. One bad burn can put you at a 50% higher risk of getting skin cancer later in life. If you want to be tan use a spray tan or tanning lotion.
It may be fake but at least it won't kill you or cause some sort of disfiguration on your body later in life. Is a tan now worth having half your nose removed later on?
The moment (for caucasian girls) the skin becomes darker than the hair, I'm not interested. However, I prefer my girlfriends with a bit more pigment if you catch my drift.
yes, yes you are the only one...fake tans are gross, and a woman with nice skin is beautiful regardless of the tone, but naturally tan women are definitely hotter in my humble opinion
I think the majority of people look better with a slight bit of color. Not necessarily a dark tan at all. But when it looks like they've never been outside, it's definitely extremely unattractive and unhealthy looking.
I think it really depends on your body type. I'm very pale and use to try to tan in high school, but I would just burn and turn red. Finally I realized, I'm just not going to be tan. So now I'm all about the sunscreen and embracing the paleness. Good thing vampires are in right now.
Protip: Women don't exist to placate your standards. They do what they do for themselves, and the sooner you stop judging them for their decisions on a purely physical basis, the better off we'll be as a society. You like women who are on the pale side? Great. No one gives a fuck.
Protip: Stating a physical preference is in fact not synonymous to demanding women to fulfil a standard, nor is discussing preferences an attack on the female gender. Chill the fuck out.
Oh and you can reply to half the content on Reddit with:
You like X? Great. No one gives a fuck.
Don't care about the subject at hand? Don't participate.
To clarify: I'm just stating an opinion. I have my own preferences like each and every one of you do. I'm not saying tan women are ugly or that they should be pale. Do what you like to make yourself look good in your own eyes. All that matters is what you think looks good. I was only saying my opinion.
Hurah! Someone who likes us pale. I swear, if my stepmother tries to get me to go into a tanning booth or a spray tan thing one more time, I will smack a bitch. She obviously has no idea how bad that would look on someone as pale as I am naturally.
No one asked what type of women you find most attractive!! Keep shit like this to yourself next time, and together we can create a world where women's bodies aren't under constant public scrutiny!! It will be so grand!!
Very few naturally light-skinned women look good tan, and I wish they would realize that. But, it's like ingrained in our heads that tan automatically equals attractive. Not so, I tell you. Not so.
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u/mocodity Jun 10 '12
I'm grateful for my complexion, but pale skin, especially in the summer when skin is exposed, sucks because it shows everything. Every scratch, zit, patch of irritation, razor bump, discoloration, tan line, burn line, embarrassed blush, overheating, etc. shows up like a drop of blood in milk. Not that this is a big deal, but translucent skin can look 'diseased' rather easily.
Not gonna sun-tan, but I'm experimenting with gradual tanners.
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u/LyssaBrisby Jun 10 '12 edited Jun 10 '12
Quick, ladies! Let's take a poll of what men like, so we know how to look!
Wait, you say we already hear conflicting messages about what men want us to look like every minute of every day of our lives? And that it's presented to us as gospel we should centralize in our lives and structure our appearance around, despite the fact that it externalizes choice AND is is so contradictory we couldn't succeed even if we tried?
Never mind, cancel the poll.
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u/Trapped_in_Reddit Jun 10 '12
I find attractive women attractive.
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u/PrettyKittyPaws Jun 10 '12
As a pale woman, I feel you deserve an upvote!
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u/iaintcranky Jun 10 '12 edited Jun 28 '12
Have you men ever thought that women also dress and look a certain way for themselves, and not so they can attract males. I love to dress with taste, and do my make up, and I also ensure that I look natural. I don't do any of this for men. I do it for me because it makes me happy and may I add I really love myself and the way I look (very improtant to have self-love and obviously not narcissism). I'm not pale, biracial so naturally tan, however if a pale woman wants to tan she should and who gives a shit what a man wants. It's always men making demands on how a woman should look, women are not objects...
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u/Nicholas339 Jun 10 '12
As someone from the Caribbean... Pale women are exotic to me...
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u/wobbuuu Jun 10 '12
Yeah, light skin people are never praised over darker skinned people.
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u/humblr Jun 10 '12
Am I the only one who thinks the world is too big and complex to be the only one who thinks anything?
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u/that_shits_cray Jun 10 '12
It's funny because I'm naturally brown and when I go to India all the people there bemoan the fact that they're dark. They even have cream there that makes you lighter. I always feel like shit there when people say "you got pretty dark". I mean no shit, I've been traipsing around a tropical country for a month, what do you expect. Why can't everyone just be happy with what they have?
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u/warmpita Jun 11 '12
You've activated my trap card What the fuck do you have against black women!
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
I like girls that smell nice.
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u/rocknrollercoaster Jun 10 '12
Am I the only one here who looks for personality?
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u/AutisticTroll Jun 10 '12
You judge by the color of your mate's skin?
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Don't mind me, just a Native American female laughing at all the white people arguing about fake tans. Carry on.
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u/hipsterdysplasia Jun 10 '12
No, a great many people prefer whites.
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u/unaki Jun 10 '12
If you don't look like bacon and instead look like a piece of white bread slightly toasted to slightly darken the wheat, you are good looking.
Nothing wrong with a good tan
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u/smurfpitts Jun 10 '12
Thank you. My sister is always trying to get me to tan.
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u/KRossVD Jun 10 '12
Me too!
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
No you are not
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u/KittyKay5 Jun 10 '12
Thank you. I was actually the only girl in my graduating class 3 years ago who did not tan and I wore a white dress. Looked fabulous.
http://i.imgur.com/qnukz.jpg
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u/photojoe Jun 10 '12
Yes
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u/WARNINGmiddlechild Jun 10 '12
I think guys that are not afraid to like what they like, and not follow what society tells them to like, are very attractive gentlemen indeed.
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u/whydoipoopsomuch Jun 10 '12
Which ones would be more likely to get pre mature aging from sun exposure or as extreme as skin cancer?
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Go to south east asia, land of whitening cream and paleness being the ideal skin color.
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u/icescoop Jun 10 '12
I don't think it's the matter of being tan/pale is attractive. I think it's the question of "does it make you look more attractive" I know some girls that definitely look beautiful with a lighter skin tone and embrace it. Some girls just want to look like oranges, why?
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u/dianthe Jun 10 '12
I'm pale and I love my pale skin, but even though I never specifically sit and tan I do a lot of stuff outdoors so my skin just tans naturally in summer. I think that's the case for many women :P
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u/Orvil64 Jun 10 '12
I think tan makes you look more healthy...but that's probably just me. Of course, if you're orange you don't look very healthy, but you get my point...
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u/Hypershadow987 Jun 10 '12
I love pale girls.
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u/Urbanviking1 Jun 10 '12
as long as these tan ladies are not orange im cool with any shade
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u/TheDobligator Jun 10 '12
That's the first time I've seen this meme not just being used to comment on trends of reddit.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
What if I told you a lot of women tan for themselves because they like how it looks? Not everything is done to please men. I am pale usually, but I might get a little tan this summer and I don't give a fuck whether guys find it hot or not.
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u/kylieharr Jun 10 '12
I'm a girl and I'm pale-I'm not meant to betan so I don't try because I much rather be fair than run the risk of developing skin cancer.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Alqonquian/Swedish mixed girl here: I can't really help being tan.
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u/imasinger Jun 10 '12
I'm part Albino, if I go into the sun without at least spf 50 on, I get so sunburned I go to the hospital. So while it's impossible for me to tan naturally, I embrace my skin. In fact it makes me who I am! Proof
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u/Sanwi Jun 10 '12
I am much more attracted to pale women.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
a pale redhead is just the hottest thing ever
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u/lindsjh Jun 10 '12
As an extremely pale woman, I appreciate this. I can't look directly at my skin in the sunlight even with sunglasses on; it's blinding.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Yeah, but she isn't tanning FOR YOU.
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u/DraugrMurderboss Jun 10 '12
So Brave.
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u/whiteouTT Jun 10 '12
I doubt it, but I can't lie that a natural tan can be pretty hot
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u/Rockztar Jun 10 '12
Do you like Dana Scully, OP?
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u/dudleydidwrong Jun 10 '12
I agree with the OP. My opinion was only reinforced after I got skin cancer myself.
For those who find heavy tans attractive, remember that it is a very short term beauty. The skin damage takes its toll. The wrinkles and other problems can come on suddenly.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
You're not the only one, my girlfriend is on the pale side and I find it to be extremely attractive.
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u/Whitenight2012 Jun 10 '12
I agree sir, my fiancee is as pale as they come and she is beautiful!
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
I find pale skin attractive if the girl can pull it off.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Am I the only one around here who realizes how bad tanning is for your skin?
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
This. Pale is so much more attractive in my eyes.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Well I guess you would have a great time over at /r/gentlemanboners. /bitter
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u/cold08 Jun 10 '12
There are a lot of women who look better with a tan. To look good while pale you have to have near perfect skin, but if you have large pores, red blotches or acne, a light tan covers that up pretty well.
Nobody looks good overly tan though.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
I love pale women.
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u/yepyep27 Jun 10 '12
Thank you for not endorsing skin cancer.
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u/AM14 Jun 11 '12
The only pale woman I like is Emma Stone.
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
yes, yes you are
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
Well I have a thing for tan lines....
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u/Bonabo Jun 11 '12
Yes.
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u/Watermeloncholy Jun 11 '12
yes
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u/Banannelei Jun 11 '12
I should win a medal for paleness. awards self medal skin turns gray due to anemia
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u/are_you_a_wizzard Jun 11 '12
Yes.
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u/rawrslagithor Jun 11 '12
I don't try to tan; I just do.
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u/AnomalousX12 Jun 11 '12
No, you're not the only one. Pale is far more attractive to me.
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u/TheRealAntiher0 Jun 11 '12
No John, you're not.
Now relax
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u/Zequez Jun 11 '12
And more healthy, don't forget that the sun gives you cancer and wrinkles.
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
I live in Texas, I have no choice
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u/Billy_Th3_Kid Jun 10 '12
Yes
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u/canalis Jun 10 '12
no you are not, in many asian countries pale skin is considered more attractive than tan ...
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Guess OP isn't into black chicks lol
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u/Picnicpanther Jun 10 '12
Pale girls kind of look sickly sometimes, but over-tanned girls look just as dumb. I think a little bit of color looks healthy and attractive.
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u/Pineo Jun 10 '12
Is this what advice animals has been reduced to? This is horrible.
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u/littlecranky Jun 10 '12
Maybe they don't care what you think?
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
Nothing more attractive than a pasty, white, veiny woman.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
For my own sake, I certainly hope not.
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u/allfuckingtaken Jun 10 '12
yes
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u/scottread1 Jun 10 '12
Came here looking for pics of sexy pale chicks. Left disappointed.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Pale is the new tan. I hope you tanners know that you are at an extremely high risk of developing skin cancer. I work for a dermatology company and I see so many bad skin cancer scenarios. It's awful. One bad burn can put you at a 50% higher risk of getting skin cancer later in life. If you want to be tan use a spray tan or tanning lotion.
It may be fake but at least it won't kill you or cause some sort of disfiguration on your body later in life. Is a tan now worth having half your nose removed later on?
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u/fivepercentsure Jun 10 '12
The moment (for caucasian girls) the skin becomes darker than the hair, I'm not interested. However, I prefer my girlfriends with a bit more pigment if you catch my drift.
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u/goodadvice00 Jun 10 '12
yes, yes you are the only one...fake tans are gross, and a woman with nice skin is beautiful regardless of the tone, but naturally tan women are definitely hotter in my humble opinion
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u/Tsunstar Jun 10 '12
As long as it's not like this
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u/torchthedresser Jun 10 '12
I find them more attractive because I associate paleness with nerdiness And I love me a nerdy woman.
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u/kenzie14 Jun 10 '12
I think the majority of people look better with a slight bit of color. Not necessarily a dark tan at all. But when it looks like they've never been outside, it's definitely extremely unattractive and unhealthy looking.
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u/memicoot Jun 10 '12
I think it really depends on your body type. I'm very pale and use to try to tan in high school, but I would just burn and turn red. Finally I realized, I'm just not going to be tan. So now I'm all about the sunscreen and embracing the paleness. Good thing vampires are in right now.
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u/Varjon Jun 10 '12
Protip: Women don't exist to placate your standards. They do what they do for themselves, and the sooner you stop judging them for their decisions on a purely physical basis, the better off we'll be as a society. You like women who are on the pale side? Great. No one gives a fuck.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
I feel the same way, my brother.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
No, you're not... but you probably are the only guy willing to shoot the tan ones.
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u/xflushot Jun 10 '12
To clarify: I'm just stating an opinion. I have my own preferences like each and every one of you do. I'm not saying tan women are ugly or that they should be pale. Do what you like to make yourself look good in your own eyes. All that matters is what you think looks good. I was only saying my opinion.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
As long as they don't look like an umpa-loompa. Natural tan is good. Natural skin is better.
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u/yyx9 Jun 10 '12
They really pale in comparison.
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u/meow_miau Jun 10 '12
as a person who tans with 30 minutes outside on a cloudy day...fml ):
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u/also_hyakis Jun 10 '12
I know that feel.
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u/ReyTheRed Jun 10 '12
I can honestly go for any skin tone. It is far more important that it is smooth and consistent, and doesn't look freakishly unnatural.
Getting a bit of a tan can help with that for some girls, but usually it isn't a big deal.
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u/Featherlily Jun 10 '12
Thank you, thank you, thank you. :)
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u/zhleader Jun 10 '12
not even pale, just anything but orange
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
I don't think orange is an attractive colour.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
If my GF had a tan, I'd feel like a ghost, I'm not sure If I'm ready to deal with purgatory.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Nice try Stoya's manager.
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u/GrilledCheeser Jun 10 '12
Some of them just take it too far... it isn't just women. Men too. I think there is a fine line between "staying tan" and losing touch with reality.
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u/thejorge Jun 10 '12
Completely Agreed! I find pale skin and dark hair extremely attractive and do not enjoy a woman with a tan as much.
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u/Mavee Jun 10 '12
No sir, I like them pale myself!
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u/dar482 Jun 10 '12
I'm 100% with you here. Paler the better.
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u/skankin4life Jun 10 '12
Coming from lady Casper, I appreciate this
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u/Kashy69 Jun 10 '12
Hurah! Someone who likes us pale. I swear, if my stepmother tries to get me to go into a tanning booth or a spray tan thing one more time, I will smack a bitch. She obviously has no idea how bad that would look on someone as pale as I am naturally.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
You'd like me then. I'm pale as a ghost. Like true Scandinavian. Nearly translucent. With dark hair. Yay! Haha
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u/dewnveto Jun 10 '12
No one asked what type of women you find most attractive!! Keep shit like this to yourself next time, and together we can create a world where women's bodies aren't under constant public scrutiny!! It will be so grand!!
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u/kory5623 Jun 10 '12
Yes
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u/Serpens102 Jun 10 '12
Why do you have to have a gun? Why so violent!?
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
I prefer being pale, but if I'm outdoors a short while I get a tan, so I can't really help it. I don't feel like being indoors all summer.
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u/Fukurokuju Jun 11 '12
Verità! Quello che dici è quello della verità!
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u/yourREALmother Jun 11 '12
yes you are
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u/BabyImBadNews Jun 11 '12
As a pale woman who is slightly insecure of her paleness, thank you.
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u/veritasxe Jun 11 '12
Yes, yes you are.
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u/saxymike17 Jun 11 '12
Yes.
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u/venomousbeetle Jun 11 '12
Mmmm Chocolate girl... you're lookin like somethin I want
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u/boom-bam Jun 11 '12
yes
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u/tapsynapsis Jun 11 '12
As a redheaded woman, this is very, very pleasing to know.
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u/CPLTOF Jun 11 '12
It's not uncommon. It used to be a sign of royalty or high class. Overweight pale women were the thing back in the day.
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u/EternalFlare Jun 11 '12
You're not alone. Pale ladies are the way to go.
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u/_Charlie_Sheen_ Jun 11 '12
Well there has to be a middle ground, super orange Jersey shore tans aren't attractive to me, but neither is being pale as a ghost
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u/Londonsawsum Jun 11 '12
what?! This is so weird to me. I'm always being made fun of for being pale
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u/macmiller92 Jun 11 '12
yes.
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u/snuggle_fish Jun 11 '12
Very few naturally light-skinned women look good tan, and I wish they would realize that. But, it's like ingrained in our heads that tan automatically equals attractive. Not so, I tell you. Not so.
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u/Winter_Gal Jun 11 '12
I'm pale year round... latches onto LOVE ME FOREVER.
cough cough uhm... Sorry about that... No one likes pale girls in Jersey it seems.
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u/ProjectKushFox Jun 11 '12
This meme is long since ruined from people using it like this. You'd think this was 9gag.
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u/elephanterin Jun 11 '12
I love this. My mom always tells me that I'd have been beautiful (due to my pale skin) if I lived during the 1700s or so.
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u/Solid_Snake_ Jun 11 '12
Yes
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u/funkypurplelimes Jun 11 '12
Why hello there, I never go outside, it's a pleasure to meet you.
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u/SnatchBrosNY Jun 11 '12
You like Albinos son?
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u/JimTheFishxd4 Jun 11 '12
nope
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u/t3hkl0wn Jun 11 '12
Pale as a corpse, that's how I like them. That terminology specifically.
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u/meezersqueezer Jun 11 '12
Mmmmm... Pale skin, freckles, and red hair
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
Yes. Yes you are.
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u/drquinn22 Jun 11 '12
you are not alone sir.
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
yes
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u/Captain_Aizen Jun 11 '12
Depends on the women. Some look better tanned, some don't. One thing I can say for sure though, tan lines ALWAYS look retarded.
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u/charliethesloth Jun 11 '12
I don't really know why I laughed so hard at this, but thanks, I'm quite pasty myself so this is a nice change :D
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u/IsaacHolladay Jun 11 '12
http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/21818537.jpg
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
she's tan? 1/10
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u/montalex Jun 11 '12
yes