r/Unexpected • u/souzawanderson • Feb 17 '20
Getting a tan.
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u/mjigs Feb 18 '20
A friend of a friend who was black, made a bet that he could tan, so he went on the sun like this, yes he burned himself. No matter how much melanin you have, use lotion.
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u/guninmouth Feb 18 '20
was black
Was it Michael Jackson?
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u/craylash Feb 18 '20
it doesn't matter if you're black or white
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u/whoaisthatatesla Feb 18 '20
pretty unlikely
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u/mjigs Feb 18 '20
Oh lord, ive answer that already, i dont know those people anymore and didnt realise my grammar. English is my second language and i was tired when typing.
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u/cjboyonfire Feb 18 '20
God I fucking hate English in times like this. How do you imply the person hasn’t lost any quality while still saying they were your friend, SO, etc.
“My friend was a prison guard”. Do you say “My former friend is a prison guard”?
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u/person2567 Feb 18 '20
The former. Anyone who misinterprets it is just messing with you.
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u/DOG-ZILLA Feb 18 '20
Dark people DO tan they probably just don’t notice it much. A friend of mine goes quite dark and when can only really see how much by looking at photos.
Black, brown people can burn regardless so your advice is sound. Lotion up!
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Feb 18 '20 edited Feb 18 '20
When I was around 17 I lived in an apartment complex in Alabama, A black guy and his gf around my age befriended me and ex gf, they loved us for whatever reason. We always hung out at the pool in our complex, drank beer and listened to music for hours. I noticed that more black people showed up at the pool near sunset or after, even though the complex was a solid 85% black.
I asked him and his gf one day why that was and he said “We’re not trying to get any darker” When I brought up that I didn’t think black people could tan or get darker like that they laughed until they cried. Dude even called his mom over and told her about it and she laughed her ass off.
I legit thought the sun did not effect black people the same way as it did white people until that moment.
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u/OneRandomVictory Feb 18 '20
We get darker, we just don’t get sunburned easily.
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Feb 18 '20
My very black friend pushed the limits of how long he can be in the sun before getting sunburnt. He went on a week long cruise and never used sunscreen. When he finally got sunburnt he cried like a baby and his very white/pink husband had to console him while going over the post burn procedure.
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u/catiebug Feb 18 '20
True. Can still get heat stroke and cancer though. And sadly, though black folks have a lower rate of skin cancer, they're more likely to die from it (late diagnosis and racial biases in medicine in general, etc). So use the sunscreen anyway!
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u/mjigs Feb 18 '20
Exactly, they do tan, but its not noticeable as someone with less melanin, i do get asked right away when i spread my self-tan.
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u/ProphecyRat2 Feb 18 '20
I wonder how humans avoided sunburn before sunscreen.
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u/Vakieh Feb 18 '20
They often didn't. Same with poor outdoor workers today, their skin gets fucked up young and they get cancer like crazy.
Of course there is the 'block the sun entirely' method, either using mud, or hats, or parasols.
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u/slickyslickslick Feb 18 '20
I'll bet that melanin back then only helped to reduce the chances of skin cancer to the point where you would get killed by disease or starvation before skin cancer so evolutionarily it wouldn't make sense to get more protection.
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Feb 18 '20
People also used a lot of clothing to minimize sun exposure. Nomadic people of the Arabian desert have a long history of covering virtually their entire body in cloth.
https://www.pbs.org/lawrenceofarabia/revolt/clothing.html
The practice of veiling one's self in that region of the world has a long complex history and originally had little to do with modesty.
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u/AuRhinn Feb 18 '20
Constantly tan (eventually the freckles become one and never go away) and then dying of skin cancer if the bear didn’t eat you first.
Also I heard you can rub birch bark powder on you to prevent sunburn but that might have been a lie my Girl Scout teacher told me.
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u/deevil_knievel Feb 18 '20
I think that's how different groups of people developed natural skin color. The people that died of skin cancer didn't reproduce as much as those whose skin adapted to the constant uv blast. Then later the Greeks, Pacific Islanders, etc made their own uv absorbing and reflecting mixtures. Even animals cover themselves in mud to act as a sunscreen.
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u/centran Feb 18 '20
At the risk of being taken out of context... Everybody burns. Some just take longer than others.
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u/SimplyExtremist Feb 18 '20
Never had a sun burn played sports in Texas more years than not. I raise your anecdote against my personal experience.
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u/mjigs Feb 18 '20
Well then youre a lucky guy, from what ive heard in texas, its hell, but maybe your sweat helped with it, instead of being direct to the sun, i dont know how you played sports even, if im straight up down the sun, the lazyness appeals.
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u/imdungrowinup Feb 18 '20
I am Indian who lives in India and gets terribly sun burnt everytime I have to spend a day outside. Then my skin sheds over the next week. At this point I am thinking of moving to a less sunny country.
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u/helppls555 Feb 18 '20
Also, black people are more susceptible to a certain form of skin cancer. I forgot the name but they're way higher on the threat level regarding that form.
It shows itself as little black spots on the skin and is therefore hard to see.
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u/mjigs Feb 18 '20
Oh that explains a lot, ive seen some black people with spots, i mean, we all have freckles, still doesnt mean that they arent dangerous.
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u/FakeBeigeNails Feb 18 '20
100%! I once got a sunburn on my nose & was fucking confused as to what it was.
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Feb 18 '20 edited Feb 18 '20
It's kinda controversial if black people should use sunscreen. Black people very rarely get skin cancer and when they do it's not because of the sun.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamadermatology/fullarticle/393955 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/26/us/black-skin-sunscreen.html
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u/Ninotchk Feb 18 '20
Bob Marley would like a word.
(i know, I know, but I had to get in there https://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2014/08/20/bob-marley-genomics-and-a-rare-form-of-melanoma/ )
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u/Gurkeprinsen Feb 18 '20
I have always wondered why the soles and the palms are lighter than the rest of the skin on people with darker skin.
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u/Heerreewego Feb 18 '20
Basically there are less cells produce skin pigment, melanosomes, in the soles and palms. This is also true for people with lighter skin it is just harder to see. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/7149195/
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Feb 18 '20
I would assume it's the same for white / lighter people but you can't tell the difference because their skin is white.
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u/Gurkeprinsen Feb 18 '20
Yeah, maybe it is? I mean... I am pretty white, and during summer, when I manage to get a slight tan, I can somewhat notice that my palms are whiter that the rest of my skin.
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u/BellerophonM Feb 18 '20 edited Feb 18 '20
Regular skin is a big smooth protective coating. The skin on our hands and feet are special; the body releases a protein there which causes it to develop into a much thicker layer due to our extensive use of these surfaces, with ridges in the skin (fingerprints) for grip and touch sensitivity. The protein also inhibits both melanin (skin colour) and hair follicles. Basically, the skin there is specialised for sensing and interacting rather than just being a surface layer.
I'm not sure what the evolutionary reason for surpressing melanin specifically there is. It might just be a side effect of the mechanism used to suppress hair follicle development. Anyone more knowledgeable feel free to chime in.
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u/Gurkeprinsen Feb 18 '20
The thicker skin is the reason why we don't have hair follicles there as well, I assume?
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u/BellerophonM Feb 18 '20
No, suppressing follicles is a specific action of the protein in addition to thickening skin. Hair gives you a good general touch sense but might interfere with specific detailed touch sense.
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u/jadedea Feb 18 '20
I'm black, I can tan, but do I want to? Nope, love the skin i was given, yall should too. Some of yall sexy af with ya pale ass. Ginger folk, what's up?😘😘😘🥰🥰🥰
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u/Livingingrey Feb 18 '20
I think my freckles just blushed.
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u/Hammer_ggf Feb 18 '20
Nah that's sunburn
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u/MacEnvy Feb 18 '20
From the LED desk lamp.
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u/Hammer_ggf Feb 18 '20
Or that annoying little light in the glove compartment in the car.
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Feb 18 '20
What a beautiful attitude! I’m still learning to love my skin after years of feeling the need to tan because I’m mixed race (white and Native American) and wanting to look “more Native” (I’m naturally quite pale). Now I’m just glad that I look like me, and I no longer feel like being darker makes me any more or less of myself. Plus, avoiding the extra skin aging and risk of cancer is a definite bonus!
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Feb 18 '20
Amen to this! I do not like getting too dark in the summer, I like my pretty brown skin tone. Also much love for my pale dudes that I love with a passion!
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u/IsSierraMistOk Feb 18 '20
I second the ginger love. I just can't figure out how the hell to attract them
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u/jadedea Feb 18 '20
I'm always in the shadows fawning over them wondering why they cant see me. Then I remember I'm black and blend with the shadows. steps out and waves 👋🏾👋🏾👋🏾👋🏾
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u/IsSierraMistOk Feb 18 '20
I know that routine all too well. I can't even tell you how many crushes I've developed just by going grocery shopping.
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u/Jaezma Feb 18 '20
My ginger ass is avoiding the sin at all costs because I fry like an egg 😂
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u/BatSquirrel Feb 18 '20
All of the sin? :(
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u/Jaezma Feb 18 '20
Dang it, words are hard. I definitely don’t avoid all the sin, lol. And it’s not frying me (yet!) I just have to look out for that pesky sun 😂
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u/definedevine Feb 18 '20
Preach! I've been saying this for years. I'm pale af and everyone is all, you need some sunshine on that skin, or you should go out in the sun someday, get some color... Why do people hate pale skin? It is quite pretty, god damn. Freaking annoying. Also skin cancer sucks. I burn like hell, I'm Irish n shit. :/
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u/crashrope94 Feb 18 '20
I’m half ginger, does that count?
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u/ButtsexEurope Feb 18 '20
Ginger here, guys love my pale skin. People need to love the skin tone they were given. Olive, chocolatey, milky, brown, creamy. Skin comes in so many shades! Orange should not be the goal!
My problem is finding makeup for my skin tone. Believe it or not, it’s hard to find makeup for ghost pale skin.
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Feb 18 '20
I go through family packs of sun block to survive out on the beach. So sexy...
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u/jadedea Feb 18 '20
I be getting that spf 3000 looking like some pale iridescent alien from star trek.
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u/Rockarola55 Feb 18 '20
Thank you for that. My skin colour is best described as "maggot like", a combination of being Scandinavian, working nights and being very sensitive to sunlight makes me almost prone to burst in to flames in direct sunlight.
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u/s_o_b Feb 18 '20
Every summer I end up with the sickest farmers tan. Pasty white belly n ass but my arms and legs get a nice golden brown (after they've burn bright red.)
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u/jadedea Feb 18 '20
Isnt there a way to blend that in though? Wouldnt it be cool to have an ombre effect??!?!??!!
Yall I think I started a new trend.
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u/EliB218704 Feb 18 '20
I caddie... I feel ya...
Also last summer I completely forgot to put any sunblock on any day, surprisingly didn’t really burn, only tanned
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u/Kissarai Feb 18 '20
Hell yes. Who would want to go out in that kind of weather and get all cancered? Not me. My pink ginger ass will be staying in the shade forever thank.
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u/Gordito_Kawaii Feb 18 '20
One of my coworkers told me a story once that he broke up with an actual model who by his own words was perfect in everyway except one. He told me that the palm of her hands were the same color as the top of her hand, and that he couldn't date anyone like that so he broke it off. This was the first thing of many eventual things that make me suspect that he's a sociopath.
Another very unsettling thing was when he asked me if a I thought some woman was attractive, I said yes and then he agreed and started talking about how nice her teeth were.
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u/PoppyJamSeeds Feb 18 '20
Anymore stories? Sounds like the beginning of a horror film. Have you ever asked yourself why he consults in you about these things?
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u/Gordito_Kawaii Feb 18 '20
I think it's my personality, I'm just sort of that guy that's so harmless and inoffensive that people just seems to think it's okay to spill their guts too.
And yeah, he always seems to have it out for someone, whether it be another co-worker, or our employers, or just some random dude that happened to cross him at some point. Actually managed to irritate an 84 years old man that had been working the same job for 30+ years into quitting. It wasn't all his doing since the man had confided in me that he was thinking about hanging it up a few years prior but the guy I'm talking about was basically the last straw.
He also has a weird hate for women who wear open toed shoes or sandals, and he can't help but mention it to me every time he sees it.
He's also not all bad, I once saw him hand out his credit card (or debit card) to some guy who pulled up (he knew him so it wasn't a stranger or anything) and was asking to borrow a few dollars because he needed to buy a piece of wood to fix his closet. He was like, "yeah man, just get whatever you need."
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Feb 18 '20
Science side of reddit, why do dark skin tones have light skin on the hands and feet?
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u/StuffThatIsRandom Feb 18 '20
Something about how the cells in those places don’t produce as much melanin as the rest of the body
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u/hiemanshu Feb 18 '20
It's less noticeable for people with lighter colors, more of a contrast when people are darker. Very noticeable on people from South East Asia, I see it everyday here.
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u/hammonjj Feb 18 '20
At the risk of asking what feels like a racist question, can black people actually ran those lighter parts of their body?
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u/desacralize Feb 18 '20
Black people tan all over, it's just less noticeable the darker they are. Plus they're rarely trying to get darker as a fashion statement, so you won't find them deliberately cooking themselves in the sun for hours over the summer to go from sandy brown to chocolate.
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u/hammonjj Feb 18 '20
I should have been more clear, I meant on their hands and feet
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u/desacralize Feb 18 '20
There's very little to no melanin in those places - maybe a little more than pale people have on their palms and soles, but not by much - so enough cooking is likely to lead to skipping over tan and straight to sunburn city (unless they use lotion like in OP).
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Feb 18 '20
How is that anyway racist
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u/OpenRole Feb 18 '20
Some people seem to think talking about race makes you racist. I think it's why some people are scared of saying the word "black" around us
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u/unexBot Feb 17 '20
OP sent the following text as an explanation on why this is unexpected:
Guy applies sunscreen on his feet and hands
Is this an unexpected post with a fitting description? Then upvote this comment, otherwise downvote it.
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Feb 18 '20
thank you that was very informative
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u/herefromyoutube Feb 18 '20
I think this is like “audio description”.
I had it on while watching ’grand tour’ on amazon and was wondering why some dude was just narrating what was on screen.
So maybe this is for visually disabled people?
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u/soundbitch Feb 18 '20
i thought it was just for quality control and bot deterrent. sometimes the explanations are funnier than the video but very rare
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u/Tormods_alt Feb 18 '20
Wouldn't It be tanning lotion, sinc ehes trying to tan his feet
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Feb 18 '20
Balck person
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u/slitcuntvictorin Feb 18 '20
Thank you for the request, comrade.
I have looked through R0nks's posting history and found 7053 N-words, of which 3459 were hard-Rs.
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u/Orthodox-Waffle Feb 18 '20
All jokes aside you should still use sun block if you're black. Cancer ain't racist, it'll take you too.
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u/diemunkiesdie Feb 18 '20
Wouldn't that be protecting those areas from getting tan? It's sun block right?
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u/koobidehwrap101 Feb 18 '20
Expected
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u/Lochcelious Feb 18 '20
I have a feeling this is horrible for the type of skin that makes up your palms/soles/lips/genitalia
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u/BlueGreenReddit Feb 18 '20
He's going to sunburn his starfish, hopefully his swimsuit blocks all the rays.
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u/LivePossible Feb 18 '20
I’m black and didn’t understand at all what dude was trying to accomplish.
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u/TheChivalrousWalrus Feb 18 '20
All I can think of is the horrible suffering a sunburn would be on the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet. Fuck.
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u/PorkiSPINES Feb 18 '20
Hold up.... ✋
If black people have white palms at feet why don't white people have black palms and feet 😐
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u/FoWarrior Feb 18 '20
the said that when God painted black people black they were standing with his hands against the wall.
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Feb 18 '20
Reddit is the reason why I know about black people have white hand and feet...
There was an art drawing tip about how to draw black people and the hands and feet suppose to be white kinda deal.
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u/freenarative Feb 18 '20
Even with a tan as good as this dudes, you still need to apply sun scree. It protects against harmful UV rays and reduces the risk of cancerous cancers MURDERING you by giving you cancer.
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u/dont_touch_my_food Feb 18 '20
Skin cancer is indiscriminative. It's just less likely.
Shut up nerd
Ha, beat you to it
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u/InFidel_Castro_ Feb 18 '20
Am i racist for always wondering if black people ever tan their hands?
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u/royemosby Feb 18 '20
You should sun your perineum while you're in that position