I'm not saying that it is specific and I can't speak for anyone else but what I have experienced... as a pale white girl in her early 20's that is nicknamed "Home Hermit" by her parents and a "recluse" by her sisters. Anyway, these are a compiled list of 15 thought I had before and after I tried to tan and ended up looking like a burnt chicken nugget!
"Is the sun hotter on me because I look like a deformed marshmallow?"
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"I swear I think my legs could blind someone if they looked directly at them in the light."
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"Oh no! What if I look like Snooki after I get a tan? No!!!!!!!"
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"Why do I do this to myself when I know all I get out of it is pain?"
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"Ok, I thought I got a tan... but now is my tan peeling off and the skin underneath is still white?"
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"I really want to pick at my peeling but it hurts! I'll just suffer through it and do it anyways!"
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"I'm never leaving my house again! Air conditioning is my friend!"
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