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[Corran Horn]

What one to use gaf

 

[Takao]

What's wrong with dark skin? It's beautiful. Some people are so stupid.

I've always been told it's a fear that if your skin is dark you've been doing manual labour and are not well off (as those well off would stay inside).

 

[Emitan]

I wish I was darker. I was always the most Hispanic-looking of my siblings but now I'm the palest thanks to my health. I don't think I've ever met someone who correctly guessed my race lol. Having 3 red-haired sisters doesn't help me look any less Caucasian.

Yeah, I hate Caucasians.

Spoiler

;_;

 

[ShockingAlberto]

What's wrong with dark skin? It's beautiful. Some people are so stupid.

It's a cultural thing.

People in south asia tend view lighter skin (basically, the whiter the better) as fairer and more attractive. This is pretty much pushed on you from birth, so if you have darker skin, you tend to feel inferior.

I used to hear stories from my aunts about how women with dark skin hated my mom because the viewed her trying to make friends as being condescending because she had lighter skin.

 

[cbox]

Man this thread moves fast.

 

[Mineshaft_Gap]

Considering changing firefighter Whiskers to live performer Whiskers but I feel as though this pic isn't wide enough to be a visible avatar when resized. What do you guys think?

Guitars woo!

Here are mine. GIANT IMAGE INCOMING

h

 

[ZeroRay]

My cousin was getting set up by his family to marry a girl and she said no right off the bat because he was too dark. I felt bad for him. He's on the other side of the family, so he didn't get the persian genes I sort of lucked in to.

Except now he's making six figures, so I guess that woman was pretty stupid.

Heh, her loss. I have a cousin who's making mad money too. He's getting married this summer and it looks to be the biggest event in that side of the family's history.

Edit: Yo ducky! Mind sending me one?

 

[Kyon]

I'm down for this! Infinite LAN party!



Kyon...

;_____;

HOLY SHIT DID NOT RECOGNIZE BILLYCHU!! <3

Spoiler

omg you're a guy? This is a great day

 

[Broder Salsa]

What one to use gaf

Your current one, obviously.

 

[ClassyPenguin]

Yeah, I hate Caucasians.

Spoiler

;_;

One of my biggest pet peeves is the use of Caucasian to mean Western European.
fucking Victorian era.

 

[Clairvoyance]

Yeah, I hate Caucasians.

Spoiler

;_;

I'm actually 25% Caucasian. I'm just pale even if I was 100%. I'm the only one of my siblings who remotely looked Puerto Rican. Now I'm the whitest

 

[Emitan]

What one to use gaf

 

[ShockingAlberto]

Speaking of, brown GAF

Do you get the "arranged" marriage talks, too?

Like, the subtle "You're __(age)___ now! It's time to start thinking about getting married! Your aunt in Texas knows this one family with a girl your age, do you want us to tell them you're interested?"

 

[ClassyPenguin]

oh yeeeeaaah! had forgotten about that pic! still packs the same punch. it has 3 of my favorite things all rolled into one: mastodon, moby dick, and heartbreak!

sweet! Mastodon is amazing.

 

[Corran Horn]

One day for halloween...one day...

 

[Acheron]

I can't believe ducky is that beautiful.

 

[Teknoman]

Fuck. I'm actually having a hard time justifying keeping my picture as my avatar.

It's been nearly 5 years of Parappa. I don't know if I can keep this up, GAF. I'm having a legit crisis here.

Man you gotta believe!

 

[Takao]

Fuck. I'm actually having a hard time justifying keeping my picture as my avatar.

It's been nearly 5 years of Parappa. I don't know if I can keep this up, GAF. I'm having a legit crisis here.

It's only a month Soultron, you gotta believe you can get through this!

 

[Mineshaft_Gap]

what about duckface

What does waifu have to do with this image?

 

[Emitan]

HOLY SHIT DID NOT RECOGNIZE BILLYCHU!! <3

Spoiler

omg you're a guy? This is a great day

Why did you think I was a girl?

Spoiler

I thought Gravijah was a girl until I saw his Mii

 

[Alucrid]

What does waifu have to do with this image?

it would be a ploy that it's not you in the avatar but a random girl you consider your 'waifu'

 

[PigSpeakers]

massive collection of guitars [img]

I usually don't make creepy posts or hit on girls on the internet, but...

Ducky, you're turning me on. Like, hardcore right now.

 

[Pancakes]

Speaking of, brown GAF

Do you get the "arranged" marriage talks, too?

Like, the subtle "You're __(age)___ now! It's time to start thinking about getting married! Your aunt in Texas knows this one family with a girl your age, do you want us to tell them you're interested?"

Hah, I'm only 21 so my parents haven't started pushing it on me just yet.

But my sister, who is 24, is just getting bombarded with pictures of prospective guys, and subtle hints that she should learn how to cook and clean better from my mom.

Relevant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaNHO1mvCiE

 

[Mineshaft_Gap]

I don't have photoshop. Any text I impose over an image will look blocky and awful

 

[ZeroRay]

Speaking of, brown GAF

Do you get the "arranged" marriage talks, too?

Like, the subtle "You're __(age)___ now! It's time to start thinking about getting married! Your aunt in Texas knows this one family with a girl your age, do you want us to tell them you're interested?"

I told my parents to fuck off with that shit. In a nicer way of course. My mom is understanding, my dad got super religious in the past few years, but his old self still dominates his attitude; if I bagged me a hot/rich one, he won't mind. XD

 

[soultron]

I don't have photoshop. Any text I impose over an image will look blocky and awful

SOMEONE, QUICK!

 

[iirate]

Fuck. I'm actually having a hard time justifying keeping my picture as my avatar.

It's been nearly 5 years of Parappa. I don't know if I can keep this up, GAF. I'm having a legit crisis here.

Dude, you've already crossed that line. Might as well embrace it.

It's a cultural thing.

People in south asia tend view lighter skin (basically, the whiter the better) as fairer and more attractive. This is pretty much pushed on you from birth, so if you have darker skin, you tend to feel inferior.

I used to hear stories from my aunts about how women with dark skin hated my mom because the viewed her trying to make friends as being condescending because she had lighter skin.

This sucks. I don't think I have a preference between lighter or darker skin tones, personally. For example, I'm normally one of the palest people you could meet, but I was actually rocking a pretty awesome tan this summer. While I had it, I missed my paleness, and as soon as it began to fade, I began to miss the tan. What relevance does this have to anything? Nothing at all.

 

[Jzero]

I usually don't make creepy posts or hit on girls on the internet, but...

Ducky, you're turning me on. Like, hardcore right now.

Not creepy at all.

 

[Alucrid]

I told my parents to fuck off with that shit. In a nicer way of course. My mom is understanding, my dad got super religious in the past few years, but his old self still dominates his attitude; if I bagged me a hot/rich one, he won't mind. XD

No, no, no. Hot AND rich.

 

[Emitan]

Speaking of, brown GAF

Do you get the "arranged" marriage talks, too?

Like, the subtle "You're __(age)___ now! It's time to start thinking about getting married! Your aunt in Texas knows this one family with a girl your age, do you want us to tell them you're interested?"

One of my friends in high school was Iranian and her grandmother was always trying to set her up with... her cousins. It was bizarre. Apparently her dad was a psuedo outcast for marrying outside of the family (and to a white girl).

 

[jasonng]

Oddly enough, this happened in the first real conversation I had with the girl I almost married.

GUESS WHAT I'M GOING TO PESTER YOU ABOUT COME GAF NIGHT. You got game. Not talking about your Terran play of course.

 

[cbox]

I don't have photoshop. Any text I impose over an image will look blocky and awful

did someone say photoshop?

 

[iirate]

I don't have photoshop. Any text I impose over an image will look blocky and awful

GIMP?

 

[Alucrid]

GUESS WHAT I'M GOING TO PESTER YOU ABOUT COME GAF NIGHT. You got game. Not talking about your Terran play of course.

As a south korean i feel that i'm able to say that starcraft sucks

 

[Uchip]

joined the cause
looking as douchey as possible

 

[Cruzader]

I wish I was darker. I was always the most Hispanic-looking of my siblings but now I'm the palest thanks to my health. I don't think I've ever met someone who correctly guessed my race lol. Having 3 red-haired sisters doesn't help me look any less Caucasian.

You look like my cousin...only white. Lol

Anyways don't know why it matters. Alot of PRs are white so not sure why it's a big issue. Guess getting a tan is a no no for you?

 

[Professor Beef]

Speaking of, brown GAF

Do you get the "arranged" marriage talks, too?

Like, the subtle "You're __(age)___ now! It's time to start thinking about getting married! Your aunt in Texas knows this one family with a girl your age, do you want us to tell them you're interested?"

I've gotten similar talks, but not marriage-related (Mexican/Native-AmericanGAF here). I used to get pestered by my grandmother on my father's side and by that whole half of the family because they thought I would never lose my virginity. It's hard to put into words how satisfyingly embarrassing it was when they found out the truth.

The other was in my senior year of high school. I didn't go to the prom during junior year, so my mom threatened to find me a date for the senior ball. Luckily one of my friends said she wasn't doing anything and we agreed to go together.

We didn't really have a good time, and in retrospect I didn't catch on to how she felt. While I do feel glad about going, I feel even worse about not being able to show her a good time.

 

[PigSpeakers]

Not creepy at all.

You don't find guitars attractive?

 

[Pau]

It's a cultural thing.

People in south asia tend view lighter skin (basically, the whiter the better) as fairer and more attractive. This is pretty much pushed on you from birth, so if you have darker skin, you tend to feel inferior.

I used to hear stories from my aunts about how women with dark skin hated my mom because the viewed her trying to make friends as being condescending because she had lighter skin.

Yeah, it's pretty ridiculous how much the idea is instilled. My aunt is the most "Hispanic looking" of her three sisters and looking more white in anyway is held to such a pedestal that she'd squeeze lemon into her dark brown eyes every day to try to make them lighter.

Do you get the "arranged" marriage talks, too?

Not arranged marriage, but I used to be told that I wouldn't be allowed to move out of the home until I married - however long that took. Thank god I managed to convince them out of that one.

 

[ana]

I wish that I had darker skin/pigment because I'm a redhead so in the summer/sun I usually burn my skin if I'm not careful...

When I was about ten I burned my shoulders when swimming so badly that I had second degree burns on my shoulders and upper back... It was quite painful for some time...

This thread moves fast..

 

[Kyon]

Why did you think I was a girl?

Spoiler

I thought Gravijah was a girl until I saw his Mii

Idk just randomly assumed lol which isn't a good thing of course. Gravijah is a guy too? damn lol

 

[Corran Horn]

GUESS WHAT I'M GOING TO PESTER YOU ABOUT COME GAF NIGHT. You got game. Not talking about your Terran play of course.

Is that why you always try to get me drunk?

 

[Zekes!]

decided to go back to my old pic

 

[freenudemacusers]

Idk just randomly assumed lol which isn't a good thing of course.

I just assume you are Britney Spears.

 

[Pancakes]

As a south korean i feel that i'm able to say that starcraft sucks

Aww hell naw son.

 

[ClassyPenguin]

You don't find guitars attractive?

well, they are phallic...
I have an English degree, everything is about phallic symbols and Feminism.

 

[PigSpeakers]

Idk just randomly assumed lol which isn't a good thing of course. Gravijah is a guy too? damn lol

Is boney a girl? Sometimes I can't be certain.

 

[ZeroRay]

No, no, no. Hot AND rich.

That's the dream. Oh...and our personalities should be a match of course!

 

[Emitan]

Idk just randomly assumed lol which isn't a good thing of course. Gravijah is a guy too? damn lol

Spoiler

You can creep on me a bit if you want

I promise you NOTHING in return

 

[soundahfekz]

It's associated with being of a "lesser" class. Whatever the hell that means.

And yea, some cultures are really dumb like that.

There's really some ignorant people out there unfortunately. It's amazing the stark differences youl'll experience in life based on skin tone.

Random, but I always laugh when someone uses "tall dark and handsome" knowing full and well they don't mean people of a darker skin tone.