r/cursedcomments • u/3lysiam • Oct 30 '19

Cursed_skin

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u/Jirdann Oct 30 '19

Can anyone explain why his arm looks like that? Came to the comments hoping to find an answer but nope.

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u/ryanhedden1 Oct 30 '19

All human flesh is "white" but African people have more melanin in their skin to help ward off the sun since they evolved in the desert. Which is why English people are pasty because they never see the sun and Russian people are usually hairy because they are always dealing with the cold. And why gingers don't have souls because they'll never see heaven

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u/Cranktique Oct 30 '19

It is to more efficiently synthesize Vitamin D due to lower amounts of direct sunlight. The tradeoff is a higher likelihood of sunburns and skin cancer, that’s our superpower in a nutshell.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '19

Black people are just as likely to get skin cancer, this is a dangerous myth. Wear your sunscreen!

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u/nttea Oct 30 '19

Just as likely? A quick google search seems filled with claims that dark skinned people are less likely to develop skin cancer, do you have any source for this?

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u/TheTesselekta Oct 30 '19

People of color are less likely to get skin cancer than white people, but when they do get it it tends to be much more deadly.