[ SECRET POST #2937 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2937 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

asians look so young, they never tan because they know since centuries that tanning makes the skin age faster.
Likewise, black people also look younger than their age because they have more melanin and sun doesn't damage their skin like it does on white looking people.
There is one pigment in the human race that colors humans' skin and it's the melanin and you can have more or less depending on your genes (or race) but everyone has it unless you're affected by albinism.
I think fantasy characters like elves or vampires are probably always 'pale skin' to exagerate the fact that they are not human and thus have no melanin. Both elves and vampire are also immortals in most stories.

[(Anonymous)]

"asians look so young, they never tan because they know since centuries that tanning makes the skin age faster.
Likewise, black people also look younger than their age because they have more melanin and sun doesn't damage their skin like it does on white looking people."

Be careful with those generalizations, though. It's really a case-by-case basis. I know quite a few Asians that look WAY older than their age. Same with black people.

[(Anonymous)]

Yes.

Aging has a lot more to do with the environment and family genetics, not race.

[(Anonymous)]

No one said that white ppl look all older and bad so no need to get defensive just because someone mentioned that a lot of asian and black ppl look younger than their age.

[(Anonymous)]

They're not getting defensive. They're disagreeing and providing a counterpoint. The person getting defensive here is you.

[othellia]

asians look so young, they never tan because they know since centuries that tanning makes the skin age faster.

lol okay making huge generalization across an entire race of people

[(Anonymous)]

Where is the bad generalization though?
It's true that asians don't tan and many look younger than their age. No one said ALL, duh.

[othellia]

It's true that asians don't tan

Umm... yeah. They do.

[(Anonymous)]

Ayrt

just nitpicking about semantics and watheva you assume a 'some' 'many' or 'all' in a generic statement that uses none of them.
Yes, some many do tan but not the point. It's a well known part of their culture that they generally don't and for a good reason.
No one is judging those who tan or saying that they shouldn't. Calm yo tits

[othellia]

But there's no one, monolithic, "Asian" culture. And tanning's only a recent Western fad, and it's more prevalent in America than it is in Europe.

You could easily say British people look younger or Swedish people look younger, IDK if we're making generic statements.

Not to mention the whole "they don't tan because they've know the ~hidden~ secrets of damaging UV light for centuries" thing. Pale skin was/is valued in both the Western and Eastern worlds because it signified wealth and not having to work outside day after day after day. Just like how tanning now signifies the ability to hand over great gobs of cash and the leisure to sit underneath a UV lamp for hours at a time.

[(Anonymous)]

I thought anon meant "they don't go tanning" not "their skin doesn't tan in the sun". Because tanning salons are a very white thing.

[(Anonymous)]

Asians do tan though...

[(Anonymous)]

Both statements are valid and not mutually exclusive though

[(Anonymous)]

Elves have been classically light and fair because they have been traditionally associated with death and from beyond the veil, as in fey, not because they are white.

I've seen stories where they have been described as even nearing translucent.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm Asian and I tan, though not on purpose. It's just that I can't avoid sunlight 100% of the time and even short exposures (where I don't put on sunscreen) add up over time.