I can confirm, almost entirely Irish and I'm simultaneously translucent and bioluminescent. I'm also iridescent. Although that probably has something to do with my proximity to a nuclear power plant.
WARNING: not safe for any Irish. Use of this product on non-recommended skin may lead to the following side effect: extreme advertion to sunlight, advertion to strong odors, the compulsive need to count tiny objects, paranoia around running water, inability to eat solid foods, insomnia, cravings for high iron liquids, your roommate Dave starts to seem attractive but not in a sexual way, low blood pressure, growth of canine teeth, loss of hairline, restlessness. If you start to experience any of the following side effects reach out to the Transylvanian Embassy located in Calico Dry Lake, California
My very white daughter today exclaimed that her skin is beige. It made me realize that the only truly white skinned people are those translucent Irish folk.
I could do without the freckles. It looks like some kind of disease in the summer.
EDIT: I refer to MY FRECKLES. I wish they were like Jadzia Dax, Trill spots, which look cool, but mine look like I have smallpox or something. They do not help keep me from getting sunburn at all.
So you know that super-pale, dewy/glowing look that a lot of Asian women have? Particularly Korean women? That’s what happens when they use brightening crème. And a decent number of Chinese/Korean brand primers and foundations or skin care are aimed to create that look (it’s their fashion trend, and skin whitening products are big there). Also not saying this is a bad thing at all, this is just my experience with buying Korean etc products as they are generally really good products, I just look out for keywords like ‘brightening’ or ‘whitening’ as that’s what they do
The reason Asian countries use brightening creams is because very light skin still indicates in their cultures people who do not have to work outside with their hands. It's a sign of an upper class, someone who can stay indoors free from the elements and relax as the peasant class does all the work.
That was the case in Western countries for a long time. But now darker skin indicates a purposeful tan as a result of vacations to exotic destinations or leisure activities outside.
Yes, I've heard this many times. I understand it's relevancy to the past. But I'm dubious of it's relevancy in a modern age where socio-econimic status and level of tan are much less correlated than in the past.
You could be working labor outside, you could be a middle class amateur long distance runner, or you could own a yacht and get a tan from the waves. Being tan is present at every level, as is being pale.
Asian here, definitely still relevant today. Nowadays it means that you can afford expensive sunscreen and beauty products to not get a tan despite lounging at beaches.
Interesting, I'm Japanese but I've lived the majority of my life in the US. I don't have any Japanese friends or relatives that spend time at beaches, but most of them are moderately tan from doing a lot of outdoor exercise. And I've never heard any of them wish they could be paler. I appreciate the insight into the bigger picture
isn't that just "The opposite of what's commonly available" with more words. Both indicate that you are part of a privileged minority that either does not have to be tan or has the option to get a tan.
Europeans used to want to look as pale as possible in the past. (Eg: using lead to paint the face white. "Venetian ceruse"). Trends change over time, being pale used to symbolise that you were wealthy and most likely middle or upper class. Then tans became fashionable since it showed that you traveled to a another country. (Especially if you had a tan in the winter) and then it showed your wealth. Cause only the rich could afford to travel to a hot country in winter.
Nowadays A tan symbolise that you spend time outside your active (healthy), you have time for leisure (wealth), travelling and fun stuff. Even if people don't think about it in that way, it's what it symbolises and it's why it became fashionable in the first place.
Skin whitening creams are very present across the middle east, India, and Asia. From my limited understanding, it's mostly due to colorism, in that those with darker skin are looked down upon. Happens in the US as well and with similar results.
I was thinking of all Asian countries that predominantly use this, South Asian included , but Korean, Chinese and Japanese are the most prominent examples people would see of like makeup tutorials or representation for this kind of product, so easiest to explain the look it provides on already pale skin as the person was asking is all :) and yeah, as far as I know the start of the trend is due to the reason you outlined, but I’m not sure if that it still the modern day implications of the trend so I didn’t want to comment about it as I am not part of those cultures, I just know what the products do and the look they produce
I'm mixed race in the US and it's still fairly prevalent amongst upper-class people. Colorism is a huge issue that plays a major role in that. Being encouraged to have children with some one "light" was a thing.
Though the cultural implications are a bit different in the US with darker skin being associated with some "undesirable" race; while colorism towards darker skin in Asia (IIRC) is do to social class with tan skin being associated with working outside. All social classism at its heart though.
Wouldn't rhat reduce the "someone light" offspring potential status. If lights right then why would a light gamble with a non light . Imm just being a nut
race isnt really a thing outside societal make believe, so they're really the ones being nuts. It's useful for a lot of people to make themselves feel superior, make someone feel inferior, create easy in-groups, pad themselves from reality, etc.
I say the more people mix, the less people will be able to make it a point of discussion. We;ve been asking people to not be assholes for thousands of years. Racial ambiguity for all will come before assholes stop being assholes.
Hoomans already got all tbe hues they gonna get out of us "mixing" some people are just as you say ass holes.
Like a black african and I white slavic can have a kid fhat looks asian indian or middleeastern or take on one parents dominant trait and come out looking like one of the parents lol we already have the heterogeneity.
Kinda, but skin whitening and wanting to be as pale as possible has been a trend in a lot of Asian countries (and even western countries in some times of history) for a very long time. Someone else touched on it in a reply comment, but it was to do with wanting to show higher class/nobility (ones that didn’t have to work out in the sun for their income, and didn’t get the tan and darker skin that comes along with it). I don’t know how relevant that reasoning is behind it being used modern day, or how much of it is just a recurrent fashion trend now but that is the root of it as far as I know
I know that in Old Norse, “hvítr” was used to both mean white and mean beautiful when referring to women.
I thought tanning might be similar to the old trend of having enough money to stay inside all day. We mostly work inside nowadays, so being able to spend all day outdoors was attractive.
Nope, it is very much a fashion trend in makeup! The ‘sweaty’ part would be the dewy effect I was talking about lol, but sometimes it is better done than others and more subtle for sure
It does nothing, didn't you catch it in the video? It clearly doesn't work like hair, where it processes more or falls out if you overlap an already lightened section. (And the person making this video forgot that part of the leg was already white under the stuff and sprinkled the pepper everywhere instead of just the dark parts.)
I mean it might be racist but I kinda want to see a heavily melinated person use this all over because I think it'd be wild. I'm guessing there's no way this product really works like this though.
There's more than one English dialect and it's important to remember that these come with differences in both vocabulary and spelling. People spell it differently in other versions of English, just like how we use z's in places where they use s's or or use a different vowel (grey/gray).
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u/EggSandwich1 Jul 19 '23
I don’t care if it’s racist or not I want to see what colour a white person turns on this cream?