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Tanning does NOT make you more attractive.

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Tanning does make some people more attractive. But only because a little sun is good for you. It's proven to reduce acne... But yes, those who insist on living in a tanning bed look gross....especially the overweight ones that do it becuase they're too lazy to make themselves look more attractive by other means, like dropping the twinkie.
 
My wife had cancer at 27, thyroid and not skin, but cancer nonetheless. I discourage her from tanning, she's beautiful without it. If she wants to go I can't stop her, but I ask her not to.

WTF would you do something that gives you cancer, more or less killing yourself, just to please somebody else's media-whore generated version of the "ideal" image created by Hollywood and idiots like Paris Hilton? That's just the most moronic thing ever.


Not to mention in 20 years you're going to look like that Magda chick from There's something about mary.


 
I like getting a light tan. I think pasty people look sickly.
I asked my daughter (15, and at tanning booth almost every day) why she has to get all orange and she said "I like it because like, I like it and I don't care what anyone else thinks."
 
Just a sidenote... Ask any bodybuilder if he'd rather be on stage looking like a blown-out white blob or if he would rather have a tan to help with the definition showing up properly, and you'll have your answer why young males like to go tanning, whether they're built enough for it to make a difference or not. 😉

As for women... Yeah, mostly agree. Some tanning, usually the natural kind from getting a little sun, though, is good.
 
I loves me some bleached haired wimens with pumpkin orange skin, blindingly white teeth and eskimo boots. (About half the women on campus look like this 😀)
 
Why do you care so much? Not everyone turns out orange - just the morons who do it religiously.

Coke vs Pepsi argument... opinions are like buttholes, we all have them and most of them stink (except jessica alba's, it smells like roses 😀 )
 
Originally posted by: Flyback
I loves me some bleached haired wimens with pumpkin orange skin, blindingly white teeth and eskimo boots. (About half the women on campus look like this 😀)

Yeah, WTH is up with the Eskimo boots lately? These moron ho's going mushing soon? Where the heck are the sled dogs?

 
Originally posted by: LegendKiller
Originally posted by: Flyback
I loves me some bleached haired wimens with pumpkin orange skin, blindingly white teeth and eskimo boots. (About half the women on campus look like this 😀)

Yeah, WTH is up with the Eskimo boots lately? These moron ho's going mushing soon? Where the heck are the sled dogs?

They are called Uggs.
 
Originally posted by: jdoggg12
Why do you care so much? Not everyone turns out orange - just the morons who do it religiously.

Coke vs Pepsi argument... opinions are like buttholes, we all have them and most of them stink (except jessica alba's, it smells like roses 😀 )

I thought the only people that turned out orange were the ones that used that cheap self-tanner crap.
 
Originally posted by: shilala
I like getting a light tan. I think pasty people look sickly.
I asked my daughter (15, and at tanning booth almost every day) why she has to get all orange and she said "I like it because like, I like it and I don't care what anyone else thinks."

You let your 15 yo daughter go to the tanning bed almost every day? The only reason 15 yo's go to tanning bed's every day is because they DO care what everyone else thinks. Nice job letting your daughter become a cancer sheep. Why not just throw her a carton of ciggerette's while your at it?

BTW, I agree nearly whole-heartedly with Accippiter (obviously)
 
Originally posted by: shortspanishguy
Originally posted by: LegendKiller
Originally posted by: Flyback
I loves me some bleached haired wimens with pumpkin orange skin, blindingly white teeth and eskimo boots. (About half the women on campus look like this 😀)

Yeah, WTH is up with the Eskimo boots lately? These moron ho's going mushing soon? Where the heck are the sled dogs?

They are called Uggs.

I am guessing that stands for Ugglies?

 
Originally posted by: Ktulu
Originally posted by: jdoggg12
Why do you care so much? Not everyone turns out orange - just the morons who do it religiously.

Coke vs Pepsi argument... opinions are like buttholes, we all have them and most of them stink (except jessica alba's, it smells like roses 😀 )

I thought the only people that turned out orange were the ones that used that cheap self-tanner crap.

Ive tanned a few times to avoid getting burned my first time out each surfing season. The only ones that you see orange (that i've noticed) are the ones you can really tell go like 4days per week
 
You're probably trolling, but not everyone takes it to the extreme. A little color is a good thing for most people, imo. Some women look great when they're pale though...
 
Originally posted by: mugs
Originally posted by: Accipiter22
Originally posted by: HN
the old Chinese women here in SoCal already know this; hence the popularity of the those welding-mask face shade things.
i :laugh: evertime i see one



:camera:s?

I think he's talking about the big boxy sunglasses that you can wear over your regular prescription glasses. Only old people use them, because they don't care what they look like.

I always thought "Fly People" was a better term for those people.
 
Originally posted by: jdoggg12
Originally posted by: Ktulu
Originally posted by: jdoggg12
Why do you care so much? Not everyone turns out orange - just the morons who do it religiously.

Coke vs Pepsi argument... opinions are like buttholes, we all have them and most of them stink (except jessica alba's, it smells like roses 😀 )

I thought the only people that turned out orange were the ones that used that cheap self-tanner crap.

Ive tanned a few times to avoid getting burned my first time out each surfing season. The only ones that you see orange (that i've noticed) are the ones you can really tell go like 4days per week

Yeah, but it doesn't mean everyone that is trying to tan is doing via tanning bed. I'm willing to bet they're using cheap self-tanner from Target. If you use a GOOD lotion and a proper tanning bed, you'll get brown not orange. I'm very pale and when I went last year I was brown by the end of the month not orange.
 
Wife's aunt died 4 years ago at the ripe old age of 45 after tanning heavily since she was a teenager. She didn't die of skin cancer but I'll tell you what in her coffin you wouldn't have guessed she was a day under 72.
 
Originally posted by: AMDZen
Originally posted by: shilala
I like getting a light tan. I think pasty people look sickly.
I asked my daughter (15, and at tanning booth almost every day) why she has to get all orange and she said "I like it because like, I like it and I don't care what anyone else thinks."

You let your 15 yo daughter go to the tanning bed almost every day? The only reason 15 yo's go to tanning bed's every day is because they DO care what everyone else thinks. Nice job letting your daughter become a cancer sheep. Why not just throw her a carton of ciggerette's while your at it?

BTW, I agree nearly whole-heartedly with Accippiter (obviously)


Yeah, no kidding. This is the same guy who got her a PocketPC cell "fone" so she could be all...like..cool...like...dude!

Some parents are idiots. When she gets cancer at 25 they'll be bawling and blaming the whole world, when it was their moronic decision.

Parents are supposed to be parents. They are supposed to look out for their kids and do what is best for them, not let them run around like spoiled valley girls. Her opinion of "I just like...like it" is only set by what the mainstream media has told her. If they said she should color her hair orange she'd probably do it but still say she actually likes it and thats the only reason why she does it.

Kids are impressionable, that's why so many companies target them for trash. Parents should know better but don't, from the above post that is pretty obvious.


 
Originally posted by: mugs
Originally posted by: Accipiter22
Originally posted by: HN
the old Chinese women here in SoCal already know this; hence the popularity of the those welding-mask face shade things.
i :laugh: evertime i see one



:camera:s?

I think he's talking about the big boxy sunglasses that you can wear over your regular prescription glasses. Only old people use them, because they don't care what they look like.
oh no. it's much worse...

http://flickr.com/photos/37792001@N00/473868/

http://flickr.com/photos/pfrancis/132805664/

http://flickr.com/photos/mtbl/128400086/

http://flickr.com/photos/rsebastian/26434276/

http://flickr.com/photos/alexhailong/64159812/

http://flickr.com/photos/kimberlylin/15866103/
 
For the record I agree with OP. I like pale women with dark hair. Tanned women with bleached hair always make me think they're idiots.
 
Originally posted by: Scarpozzi
Tanning does make some people more attractive. But only because a little sun is good for you. It's proven to reduce acne... But yes, those who insist on living in a tanning bed look gross....especially the overweight ones that do it becuase they're too lazy to make themselves look more attractive by other means, like dropping the twinkie.

Are you f'n retarded? That's the kind of stuff they believed over 30 years ago. Do a google search and look at any of the results. At best, tanning can reduce the appearance of acne because it can help hide the redness.
 
Originally posted by: Ktulu
Originally posted by: jdoggg12
Originally posted by: Ktulu
Originally posted by: jdoggg12
Why do you care so much? Not everyone turns out orange - just the morons who do it religiously.

Coke vs Pepsi argument... opinions are like buttholes, we all have them and most of them stink (except jessica alba's, it smells like roses 😀 )

I thought the only people that turned out orange were the ones that used that cheap self-tanner crap.

Ive tanned a few times to avoid getting burned my first time out each surfing season. The only ones that you see orange (that i've noticed) are the ones you can really tell go like 4days per week

Yeah, but it doesn't mean everyone that is trying to tan is doing via tanning bed. I'm willing to bet they're using cheap self-tanner from Target. If you use a GOOD lotion and a proper tanning bed, you'll get brown not orange. I'm very pale and when I went last year I was brown by the end of the month not orange.

Haha... i guess i'm assuming by tanning they mean actually have your body pigment change - not painting yourself :laugh:
 
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