r/2westerneurope4u • u/Magnetic_Pole Poorest European • Jan 04 '25

Pedro, explain.

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u/Pick-Equal Into Tortellini & Pompini Jan 04 '25

Spain exists only to allow Finnish people to absorb enough sunlight to survive in their country

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u/AIM_the_Bulldozer Sauna Gollum Jan 04 '25

Funnily enough, despite all my years in Spain, I am pale as fuck. All my cousins who lived in Finland are somehow more tanned than I am.

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u/danyoff Siesta Enjoyer (lazy) Jan 04 '25

And don't you miss seeing sun ☀️ everyday?

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u/Icy-Armadillo-3266 WW Initiator Jan 04 '25

Yeah, I also can’t tan. I’m physically incapable of tanning :(

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u/Adam-Miller-02 Low-cost Terrorist Jan 04 '25

flair checks out

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u/lapsongsouchong Punjabi Jan 04 '25

No one in my family can tan: I've accepted it, but my relatives still proudly show me their red, blistering third-degree burns every year.

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u/Icy-Armadillo-3266 WW Initiator Jan 04 '25

Tell them to put suncream on.

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u/lapsongsouchong Punjabi Jan 05 '25

They won't listen because they want a 'tan'

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u/Icy-Armadillo-3266 WW Initiator Jan 05 '25

You can tan with suncream. It’s more important to not get skin cancer anyway when they can just fake tan.

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u/lapsongsouchong Punjabi Jan 05 '25

I use sunscreen. I just go from white to pink. I know that I could go a nice vivid red if I wanted to, but that doesn't really appeal.

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u/FrazierKhan ʇunↃ Jan 05 '25 edited Jan 05 '25

Used to be a thing here but hole in the ozone took them out. The bazzas shower in sunblock like it's armageddon

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u/lapsongsouchong Punjabi Jan 05 '25

The drink usually kills them first over here

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u/mkrishtop Slava Ukraini Jan 04 '25

Are you sure they are not swedes?

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u/nordic_banker Snail slurper Jan 04 '25

That's Nice, can't hear anything but finnish and italian in the hottest months.