Is it normal to think tans are a little gross?

I'm not saying they have to be pale, but summer's coming around and most of the people I know have gotten tans. I personally find it gross looking, and I think people who just let their skin do what it wants and have a light skin tone look way better.

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Based on 94 votes (64 yes)
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Comments ( 35 )
  • Some people tan very easily and it doesn't look gross on them. Although, I do agree it can look bad when a person appears more dark than what looks healthy for their natural colouring.

    I will never forget some of the hides of vacationing women I saw while in Jamaica. Their skin looked like tough leather, which is not a look I find particularly beautiful.

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    • robbieforgotpw

      The tanning mom look.. Remember her? She was proud of that burnt toast look

      The orange look is just as funny, an orange complexion hahaha

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    • gummy_jr

      What da hell you talkin bout? Crocodile skin on a woman is sexy ;)

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  • disthing

    You must hate black people...

    I'm joking.

    I'm not.

    (I am)

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  • I think pale people look the best.

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    • braintrip

      wwell then youll love me!

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      • Woop.

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  • ScooterNyne

    You can tell when someone is too tan and that does look gross. But tans are generally, for me anyway, pretty nice if they are natural and fit your body.

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    • Yeah, I agree with you. There's a difference between a 'tan' and a patina which looks like sun 'damaged' skin.

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  • Fabulous

    I tan my wiener it just looks good

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  • (s)aint

    I agree with you entirely. I´ve tried my best to avoid getting a tan since i was fifteen.
    Pale is beautiful!

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  • noid

    This is weird. Since when did pale skin become "in"? Majority of people I'm around get tans or think tan is better looking."

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    • wistfulmaiden

      Pale skin was always considered aristocratic and chic until the middle of the 1900s. Bikinis had a lot to do with tanning popularity.
      In previous centuries rich people didn't work outdoors and do could stay pale. In the1950s rich people started hanging out at the beach thus, tan became a sign of leisure instead of manual outdoor labor.

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  • Chaosmuffin

    Tans are bad, literally. Even more so for the people who use tanning beds. Sun tans do look better than tanning beds by far.

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  • Justsomejerk

    Fake tan is hilarious and pale girls who tan themselves only make themselves look older and more weathered.

    My farmers tan is awesome though.

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  • Vato

    Some people and cultures don't think tans are appealing. I wanted my Chinese gf to get a tan and she got pist and told me to f-0ff and find another, so I did. Tan mom and snooki are good example of bad tans. Redheads look worse when they get freckled. I'd rater see them in their original milky skin.

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  • Elliemental

    It's fake tan I hate the most! Looks soooooo grubby!

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  • GoraIntoDesiGals

    Tan, no. Naturally brown girls, yes.

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    • disthing

      Did you like Dr. Neela in E.R.?

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      • GoraIntoDesiGals

        Oh yeah

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  • loopoo

    I am pale, and proud, tans look okay if natural, I hate the way tan lines look though. Tacky.

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  • auburnsin

    Pale is Beauty at its best! I totally agree. Im not a fan of any form of color. Im pale myself. SPF 100 please! My fiance,she is milky white aswell. Gorgeous! Stunning! PERFECTION!!

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  • randypete

    people with no tan look ill

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  • zxc

    pales look like ghosts if i see them at night in my country i'll be probably afraid.

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    • Your answer is funny. I'm extremely pale and people used to call me Casper, after the comic book character who's a ghost.

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      • zxc

        lol maybe its because they are very rare to see where i live in.

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        • Oh, where I live, most people are pale. We have long, dark winters.

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  • Albinoism for the win.

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  • RomeoDeMontague

    You know we really can not help it. Not everyone wants to be stuck in a house all day and sometimes people like going out. I tan whenever I go out. I think you are just upset you have bad skin and you cant get one. So while I am looking tan and fine go ahead and watch as I walk around with pretty women at my side you pasty little wimp. You are just upset they never go for you since you probobly have horrible skin.

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    • I happen to like pasty looking men. I like caramel and brown men too. :)

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  • GuessWho

    I'll also leave a comment here to let you know that I agree.
    Dark tans are gross and pale skin does always look better.

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    • zxc

      not at night vampire.

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      • GuessWho

        ???

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  • wistfulmaiden

    Tanning is bad for you, look what Bridget Bardot looks like these days.

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  • MasochistFriddles

    *Le me, derping around Walmart, then sees a woman with a spray tan*
    Hey look, he's finally letting the Oompa Loompas out.

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