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Ya for real. This is like 2008-2009 meme aesthetic.
The Irish girl in the picture is old enough to have melanoma now
you can have melanoma at any age so that does not help narraow it down
I remember seeing it on 9gag around 2011/2012
When you're so pale that the reflection of the sun off your body is somehow brighter than just looking directly at the sun.
Albedo above 100%
you can technically have that with convergent reflectors (for a local spot it may have higher than 100, for the rest it would be much lower)
Natural camouflage
she's gotta have industrial strength sun cream or be out there for like 5m max
How to look 60 before 30
that's why I don't leave the basement
Ah where I’m from we call that English White
My sisters used to say "Eeek a ghost!" when I went to the beach.
Last time I wore shorts I had some teenager come up to me, gesture at my legs, shout "the beacons are lit," and then run off laughing with his friends.
Lad I know whose nickname is milk bottle.
Haven't seen this one in a long time.
I don't get it.
There's a girl laying flat on her back on the sand in the left half of the picture
Yeah I know but what does it have to do with her being Irish?
Irish are known for their naturally dark skin and inability to sunburn.
I hadn't heard that before. So the Irish are superhuman? Badass!
Yeah, she really really pale, or coated in sunscreen.
Why not both
Ha, true! I burn easy, I hate missing a spot when applying sunscreen. For her sake, I hope it's both.