Tantastic.

[SD_Film Artists]

WTF???? Since when is a tan orange?

Quite often, actually.

..which is just another reason why it isn't attractive to me.

[Sane Outcasts]

It's this whole obsession with looks, if she was addicted to washing dishes or cleaning doorknobs people would generally be 'she has a problem' but because it's related to looks she's 'ugly' and 'stupid'.

..and, sure, it's not exactly the same as OCD behaviour but in many ways it's worse, it's an issue of poor self-esteem and self-worth taken into overdrive. Some people eat, some people get ridiculous plastic surgery, all are criticised for their response which is a result of the issue of looks in the first place.

In almost no area other than looks do we feel so free to criticise when, so very often, it's beyond the control of anyone - and when they do try to control it and that leads to extreme..

Yeah. You're right and I regret joking about her. If she was torturing herself with cigarette butts we wouldn't joke about her, um, habit.

Or ... would we?

This is NSG, we joke about everything regardless of appropriateness.

Addiction of any kind is regrettable and a bit sad, but ignoring the sheer goofiness of her chosen hue would be a disservice to many senses of humor. Granted, she's taking an obsession with just one aspect of her physical appearance to horrible extremes that could easily result in long term damage and she's endangering her child by involving her in unhealthy amounts of tanning, but I can't just ignore the eerie resemblance her skin has to the old leather chair my grandfather practically lived in.

[Samuraikoku]

Unfortunately there will always be people taking their obsession to the extreme.

[AiliailiA]

Yeah. You're right and I regret joking about her. If she was torturing herself with cigarette butts we wouldn't joke about her, um, habit.

Or ... would we?

This is NSG, we joke about everything regardless of appropriateness.

Addiction of any kind is regrettable and a bit sad, but ignoring the sheer goofiness of her chosen hue would be a disservice to many senses of humor. Granted, she's taking an obsession with just one aspect of her physical appearance to horrible extremes that could easily result in long term damage and she's endangering her child by involving her in unhealthy amounts of tanning, but I can't just ignore the eerie resemblance her skin has to the old leather chair my grandfather practically lived in.

I never had a grandpa. On my father's side I had his adoptive father, but I was so young when he died that I barely remember him. On my mother's side I had my grandma's third husband, who preferred to be called "uncle" and definitely would have molested me if I'd been a girl. No grandpa for me but I'm not complaining. I got a good roll on my character.

Still, I think I know what you mean. I don't have leather furniture but I have a nice leather hat and two pairs of leather shoes. Leather is mighty comfortable when its worn in and properly maintained.

[AiliailiA]

Unfortunately there will always be people taking their obsession to the extreme.

"Obsession" is already extreme isn't it?

[The Serbian Empire]

WTF???? Since when is a tan orange?

Ever since the JERSEY SHORE! Fist Pumping, orange tans, and turnpiking... all those horrors have been exposed by those drunkards on the Shore.

[SD_Film Artists]

WTF???? Since when is a tan orange?

Ever since the JERSEY SHORE! Fist Pumping, orange tans, and turnpiking... all those horrors have been exposed by those drunkards on the Shore.

Pfff...they've got nothing on Essex..

[L Ron Cupboard]

Ever since the JERSEY SHORE! Fist Pumping, orange tans, and turnpiking... all those horrors have been exposed by those drunkards on the Shore.

Pfff...they've got nothing on Essex..

Don't plant ideas in TV executives' heads.

[Nazis in Space]

Exactly the colour I like my chicken legs to be when I eat them.

[Samuraikoku]

Unfortunately there will always be people taking their obsession to the extreme.

"Obsession" is already extreme isn't it?

Perhaps so, but not everyone would go to lengths like this woman.

[Volhynia (Ancient)]

Unfortunately there will always be people taking their obsession to the extreme.

Pretty much this; But, on top of it, she thinks she's drop dead sexy.

Which is funny in every sense.

[Kaleer]

She's "tanorexic", people actually get addicted to tanning. Also, about her taking her daughter into the actual bed I highly doubt, that girl is a pale little red head, she would have had more than a rash on her arm. She probably just stuck her hand in the opening trying to get her mothers attention.

Sources; http://abcnews.go.com/Health/SkinCare/t ... 6PPxsWjt8w

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=ca ... RQulwbfXRw

[Nazis in Space]

We should give this woman props, really. Realising the sad state of affairs concerning interracial relations in the United States, she took it upon herself to bridge this gap, sacrificing her skin in the process of becoming the one to serve as the link between America's major ethnicities.

Little white, black woman, we salute you for your tireless work in trying to turn America into a truly united nation o/

[Volhynia (Ancient)]

We should give this woman props, really. Realising the sad state of affairs concerning interracial relations in the United States, she took it upon herself to bridge this gap, sacrificing her skin in the process of becoming the one to serve as the link between America's major ethnicities.

Little white, black woman, we salute you for your tireless work in trying to turn America into a truly united nation o/

No, you're doing it wrong. Supposed to support discrimination of the orange peoples!

[Nazis in Space]

Looks brown to me. Not orange.

[Ifreann]

WTF???? Since when is a tan orange?

Since it came out of a bottle, I believe.

[Kaiserlichen Deutschland]

Looks brown to me. Not orange.

Burnt orange, obviously.

[AiliailiA]

Looks brown to me. Not orange.

Burnt orange, obviously.

That would be her other daughter. Cointreau.

She's "tanorexic", people actually get addicted to tanning. Also, about her taking her daughter into the actual bed I highly doubt, that girl is a pale little red head, she would have had more than a rash on her arm. She probably just stuck her hand in the opening trying to get her mothers attention.

Sources; http://abcnews.go.com/Health/SkinCare/t ... 6PPxsWjt8w

Yah, so maybe she gets some kind of biochemical buzz from tanning.

She should smoke pot if that's what she wants. More fun and less likely to kill her. And probably cheaper!

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:RQN-fHxM8zgJ:healthcare.utah.edu/dermatology/news_events/tanning_behavioral_addiction.pdf+texas+university+tanning+addictive&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESizKtO5JY_tXIqAHf-tpuc9dgdBYdPU5O-BxaG7A2YR3ZKUnpxH4nbStklPvskN_bT5zvt-RvKhYDdAmhTjIGgBwU8MENtOTTUNz6bqsscyMjBYGisWXY-tvfnYdudv7JRNZwDA&sig=AHIEtbQ6WK5w1ezhcD-OR-d7RQulwbfXRw

Before I read that, please tell me: did YOU read it?

[Kaleer]

Burnt orange, obviously.

That would be her other daughter. Cointreau.

She's "tanorexic", people actually get addicted to tanning. Also, about her taking her daughter into the actual bed I highly doubt, that girl is a pale little red head, she would have had more than a rash on her arm. She probably just stuck her hand in the opening trying to get her mothers attention.

Sources; http://abcnews.go.com/Health/SkinCare/t ... 6PPxsWjt8w

Yah, so maybe she gets some kind of biochemical buzz from tanning.

She should smoke pot if that's what she wants. More fun and less likely to kill her. And probably cheaper!

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:RQN-fHxM8zgJ:healthcare.utah.edu/dermatology/news_events/tanning_behavioral_addiction.pdf+texas+university+tanning+addictive&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESizKtO5JY_tXIqAHf-tpuc9dgdBYdPU5O-BxaG7A2YR3ZKUnpxH4nbStklPvskN_bT5zvt-RvKhYDdAmhTjIGgBwU8MENtOTTUNz6bqsscyMjBYGisWXY-tvfnYdudv7JRNZwDA&sig=AHIEtbQ6WK5w1ezhcD-OR-d7RQulwbfXRw

Before I read that, please tell me: did YOU read it?

Yes.

[Industrial Republics]

That would be her other daughter. Cointreau.



Yah, so maybe she gets some kind of biochemical buzz from tanning.

She should smoke pot if that's what she wants. More fun and less likely to kill her. And probably cheaper!



Before I read that, please tell me: did YOU read it?

Yes.

And? What does it say?

[Kaleer]

Yes.

And? What does it say?

It's comparing CAGE questions used for alcohol addiction to how they can be used for tanning addiction, outlining the criteria in the DSM for addiction and how it applies to tanning, and talking about possible treatments such as medication that increases serotonin and norepinephrine. To sum it up.

[Vahvanti]

I just think it's a bad case of denial. Sure, she obviously broke some law by bringing her girl to a tanning salon, and she's a walking laughing stock covered in leather bronze, but I don't think she'd go as far as to actually dump a 5-year-old into a tanning bed and expect her to come out brown and crispy.

Besides, the kid's not crying hard enough to get her mum villified. That can't make her a horrible mother, can it?