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I hear a lot of people are getting tans now, mostly chicks. Should I?

Yes, but in a restrained way.

As a general rule, light tanning (or just exposure to sunlight) is beneficial. Ignore the retards who talk about skin cancer obsessively- a reasonable amount of sun, be it from intentional tanning or just being outside, will help you immensely. If I am not mistaken, it also can help prevent acne or at least hide some skin blemishes.

As for the method to approach, it’s up to you. Some guys are entirely fine with using tanning beds, while others prefer to stay outside. No matter what you do, keep the tan light- meaning, no matter what, don’t go overboard. In some respects, you could burn yourself (which hurts), in others, you could look super-brown and nasty. As a general rule, go just dark enough to have a tan line, but the closer to brown you look, the more fake you are going to look (unless you have that skin tone anyway, in which this entire tanning post is pretty much irrelevant).

Still, I can’t stress enough, keep it light and natural. No freaking bronzing solutions or sprays allowed. Leave those for the nasty popped collar guidos.

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