Why are people so big on tanning?

[Yunru]

Its way easier just to get spray tan this days.

And it doesnt cost you money to go on vacation and also less chance of cancer from sun.

[Orlong]

Because tanning is healthy (as long as you don't overdo it). Sun exposure is the main source of vitamin D production in our bodies, which boosts all kinds of bodily functions and makes us healthier.

A tan has also been the beauty standard for decades now, most people find a tanned person more beautiful than a pale person.


2 pretty good reasons there.

You can get plenty of vitamin D from milk

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There are several reasons:

3) It used to be a sign of wealth, at least in northern/ middle european countries. Those with a tan could afford a vacation abroad. Nowadays not so much, but you still get asked where you have been if you have a slight tan (not an obvious solarium tan)

Yeah, because you could never get a tan laying in your own back yard. You have to go to some exotic beach locale to get a tan

[Deleted]

White people get the blame for all the problems in the world, so by looking Mexican or Arabic you are guiltless in the eyes of other people.

[Hawthorne Wipes]

I prefer pale skin. Find it sexier.
Also.. you only need 15 min of sun exposure a day in your face/forearms to get all the vitamin D your body wants.
Tanning is not an excuse for that.

[kail]

I don't like the look of tan lines on women and too much evidence shows that tanning salons are potentially harmful. In other words, they would have to tan outside while naked.

Otherwise I could care less how white or tan someone is.

[Dug]

A good tan is a sign of health, looking like a leather purse is a sign of mental illness.

I enjoy pale or tanned skin so I don't care but being tanned shows that you probably get outdoors a lot and that's really attractive to some people.

[Lyaelan]

Same reason people think six pack abs are attractive. Society tells us it is so, and we believe. I'm way more attractive to a guy with a deep tan and a nicely chiseled body. It's what I've been taught to do.

[Revi]

A tan just looks healthy and gives a nice glow to the skin, and nice skin looks good.

[Malacrass]

You can get plenty of vitamin D from milk

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Yeah, because you could never get a tan laying in your own back yard. You have to go to some exotic beach locale to get a tan

Unless it's summer you will have a hard time getting a tan in countries like Germany/Austria/Poland etc, especially if you are not the type to easily get one.

Hell, I remember summers where it was impossible to keep a tan for more than 2 weeks.

[Pony Soldier]

I really don't know. It's a popular style I guess. Some look good with a decent amount of tanning but others take it way too far and it looks like they burnt themselves or they'll look like a orange alien like Trump with his white skin goggles.

Me, I don't care for that shit. I don't worry about the lightness or darkness of my skin. Keeps me looking natural and realistic instead of some artificial android. For instance someone who has a tan in the middle of winter. I think people care way too much about this stuff. It's a waste of time and money if you ask me.

[Pony Soldier]

White people get the blame for all the problems in the world, so by looking Mexican or Arabic you are guiltless in the eyes of other people.

I like this, lol. Anti-SJW armor.

[cuafpr]

I don't understand tanning either. I prefer girls with pale skin.

+1 to this.. pale is better, i hate tanning and tans are so meh.

[Radaney]

Because they are obsessed with vanity and always worried about what other people will think of them. Otherwise known as a mental illness.

So many aids posts in this thread. But this is MMO-C so not sure what I expected.

[TwistedSkull]

I never really realised how much he looks like a scrotum until now.

Now that you mention it. I can see it now.

[Deleted]

I don't know, I like being pale and I also prefer pale girls, plus tan lines are a complete turn off.

[Molis]

I coach kids soccer and I dont usually tan. My Irish background gives me a nice lobster hue.

[Rudkobing]

I like tan women. I like pale women.

[zenkai]

People are saying you look sick when you are too pale for their liking, people are saying you need to get out in the sun to get a tan. What if you think having a tan is ugly? I like how I look when I am paler. Tanning makes your skin age faster too.

So why is it that people are so big on tanning, to the point where they think people who do not tan are sick?

Tanning is dumb, it destroys your skin, makes you look older when you get old. Id rather be with a woman with milky white skin than someone with the skin of my leather jacket.

[schwank05]

My wife is pretty albino in skin tone, so I love when she gets all tanned she looks much hotter. I work my ass off in the sun all the time and have a sort of natural tan to my skin tone so I look good no matter what.

[Elim Garak]

I'd rather look sick than have skin cancer.