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08/07/09

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Being asian means that much like Neo, not only can I dodge this bullet of paleness- I don't have to.
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UnderLoK
08/07/09

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I would have to assume that the majority of audience here are geeks rather than nerds, but maybe I’m delusional...

Technically speaking I am a geek, but I try not to act the part outside of work. While at work you have to play the part for street cred, but outside of work I try to get my hands dirty, drink beer, skip the shirt while working around the house, and play stupid when it comes to computers and technology while talking to the neighbors (I don’t want them asking me to fix their damn computers anyways).

My skin is naturally darker as I’m one of them there Back Irish (yes I know it’s slang) folk. If I had my choice it would be 80+ year round and never rain, I love the heat, and the one thing I actually miss from living in Lauderdale (live back in Detroit now) was walking to my car at 6:30am and sweating because it was already 84 out.
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ID Ron Burgundy
08/07/09

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I'm a nerd who has always had trouble with tanning/sun/heat. I get sun poisoning quite easily. I had it last summer while bricking a house and ended up passing out while 30 feet off the ground on scaffold. I was only out for about 10 seconds, but the only thing holding me to the scaffold was my feet being wrapped around the outer bar. When I came to I was hanging upside down. I tend to stay away from the sun now-a-days.
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AlexSea
08/07/09

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Florida gizmodo readers WHATUP? You can't help but look awesome down here.
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UnderLoK
08/07/09

@AlexSea: I used to live in Lauderdale, but be honest, there were plenty of albinos around ;)
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whiteflea
08/06/09

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Man, only 16% of that are naturally non-White...hmm...
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UnderLoK
08/07/09

@whiteflea: ehh I'm white... Spanish, Italians, Arabs, etc. are white too you know, just "darker".
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Kraken
08/06/09

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Nerds = comic books and sci-fi shit
Geeks = technology enthusiasts
Big difference.
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UnderLoK
08/07/09

@Kraken: Actually... Nerds are socially inept which is the main difference. ;)
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HAZman27
08/07/09

@Kraken: Really? So what about sports geeks? Techno-geeks are just wannabes that can't hack it as a real nerd ;)
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OMG! Ponies!
08/06/09

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Sunlight makes me sneeze. I have defective wiring.
My trigeminal nerve - which controls the sneeze reflex - gets some of the signals that should be coming from the optic nerve. Overstimulation of the optic nerve triggers the trigeminal nerve, and this causes the photic sneeze reflex.
That's right - when I go out into sunlight, I sneeze. It's like I'm actually allergic to sunshine.
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ChaosCon
08/06/09

@OMG! Ponies!: I too am an Autosomal dominant Compelling Helio-Ophthalmic Outburst syndrome sufferer! I like to think of it as an evolutionary defense mechanism to hazardously high levels of radiation. I don't know what you're talking about with this 'defect' nonsense....
;)
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Lasarett
08/07/09

@OMG! Ponies!: You do know there's an actual (rather deadly) allergy to sun, right?
I also have photic sneeze reflex, makes me sneeze once or twice and that's it.
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ID Ron Burgundy
08/07/09

@Lasarett: I was thought to have an allergy to sun. One of my friend's relatives has it, and it gets pretty intense.
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UnderLoK
08/07/09

@OMG! Ponies!: Get some blue blockers.
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snitch
08/06/09

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LMAO
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UnderLoK
08/07/09

@snitch: lmfao!
Is that from hotchickswithdouchebags?
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FredicvsMaximvs
08/06/09

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I'm a nerd who can tan, if that makes any difference.
[/pet peeve]
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North Star
08/06/09

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I'm black, so, not too noticeably
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UnderLoK
08/07/09

@North Star: Black is not politically correct, get with the program Pittstain! I would talk trash about your avatar, but um… Being from Detroit doesn’t give me much room to talk when it comes to football. At least we’ve still got the Tigs, Wings, and Pistons…
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D0rk
08/06/09

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I am 50% greek, so i have naturally darker than normal skin and tan very easily. I
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EBone
08/06/09

@D0rk: Wherever there isn't a thick coat of fur that is.
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D0rk
08/06/09

@EBone: Maybe it's because i'm only 23, but my chest hair is pathetic in volume compared to my father's. Otherwise my appendages have average male hair. I'm certainly far from yeti status, which isn't surprising to me, the greek side of my family doesn't really carry that trait.
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Invisible-Echidna
08/06/09

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Being half Native, my skin naturally stays this slight tan color. So, I'm good.
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N00d13s
08/06/09

@Invisible-Echidna:
Same here, i've never gotten sun burn either, even after being in the sun for over 5 hours w/out sun block.
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Invisible-Echidna
08/06/09

@N00d13s:
Yeah, I'm mostly the same way, but my nose is the only place that really gets affected.
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Shawn Pero
08/06/09

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I'm Irish, so no. I can drink you under the table, though!
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UnderLoK
08/07/09

@Shawn Pero: Moores, Spanish Iquisition, or whatever rumors you choose to believe in still resulted in a fair amount of non-ginger Irish my good man.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
08/06/09

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I can tan if I take it really slowly and carefully. As in, months of exposure a bit at a time.
My father, who is far less nerdy than I am, and we're both outdoorsmen in our own rights... Well, he's about one step removed from being an albino, and I'm one step removed from him in that respect.
Even on overcast days in Seattle I wear my sunglasses because it is too bright out.
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nutbastard
08/06/09

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more like gold farmers tan.
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DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his stapler.
08/06/09

@nutbastard; you're so sexy.: *rimshot*
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Invisible-Echidna
08/06/09

@nutbastard; you're so sexy.:
*knee slap*
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nutbastard
08/06/09

@DeusExMach will still be strong after the boys...:
damn they fixed the bug where the ; killed the link, making it look like you said i was sexy.
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Invisible-Echidna
08/06/09

@nutbastard:
With the rimshot at the end it would've sounded sarcastic anyways. lol
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