When I was studying in the UK, a lot of my western friends said I look 10 years younger than my real age. So I’m aware of that myth. But I don’t know people take it seriously. I thought it’s just a fun observation
should people stop exaggeration of the whole Asians look younger than their age?
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I think it has sumth to do with the western air.
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It's probably just nicer to say that east asians and black people look younger (which is likely to be perceived as a compliment) than it is to acknowledge that white people often look much older than they are due to excessive tanning and ruining their skin.
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I dunno mate but precovid I was still getting carded at the casino lol
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I dunno mate but precovid I was still getting carded at the casino lol
I still get carded...
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I still get carded...
hey hey hey it ain't a competition!!!! lol
jokes aside though I guess you also have that youthful asian cute look?
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hey hey hey it ain't a competition!!!! lol
jokes aside though I guess you also have that youthful asian cute look?
You laugh, but I've only recently stopped being asked if I'm old enough to sit in the exit row... Yay, now I look old enough to rent a car.
And yes, I look about a decade younger than I actually am if i go by how old people tell me I look.
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You laugh, but I've only recently stopped being asked if I'm old enough to sit in the exit row... Yay, now I look old enough to rent a car.
And yes, I look about a decade younger than I actually am if i go by how old people tell me I look.
and do you find that a good thing or a bad thing?
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and do you find that a good thing or a bad thing?
I've always found it to be overall a good thing, LOL and even more so as I age.
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I'm not Asian but a recipient of the "black don't crack genes" and people want to argue with me about my mom not being my mom and that clearly she's my sister or I'm messing with their heads to know it's definitely a real thing (an upsetting comparison as a teenager, an exciting comparison in my 20s as I age and think about future me). I agree with the comment upthread about tanning playing a really big role in this. I see white women my mom's age who look much older than she does and my father, who is slightly older than her, seems much more so because he's pale and didn't protect his skin..
When I was a teenager, people thought I was older than I was, but now that I'm pushing 25, they keep thinking I'm in college.
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people should stop the exaggeration, yes.
personally it does apply to me and my family though. i still look 13 (19), my mom still looks 30 (55), etc.
This reminds me...how my mom is 47 (about 44? at the time) but literally got mistaken as a junior high school student when she came to pick me up
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I'm not Asian but a recipient of the "black don't crack genes" and people want to argue with me about my mom not being my mom and that clearly she's my sister or I'm messing with their heads to know it's definitely a real thing (an upsetting comparison as a teenager, an exciting comparison in my 20s as I age and think about future me). I agree with the comment upthread about tanning playing a really big role in this. I see white women my mom's age who look much older than she does and my father, who is slightly older than her, seems much more so because he's pale and didn't protect his skin..
When I was a teenager, people thought I was older than I was, but now that I'm pushing 25, they keep thinking I'm in college.
My family deals with the same problem...I hear people say how dark skin is less prone to skin damage from the sun but I'm not sure. Both my parents have been told they look much younger than they actually are.
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My family deals with the same problem...I hear people say how dark skin is less prone to skin damage from the sun but I'm not sure. Both my parents have been told they look much younger than they actually are.
I don't think it's necessarily less prone to skin damage, but I think of how my mom was never laying out by the pool trying to get a tan, but I can think of my friend's moms who were.
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It's probably just nicer to say that east asians and black people look younger (which is likely to be perceived as a compliment) than it is to acknowledge that white people often look much older than they are due to excessive tanning and ruining their skin.
yup
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Totally agree with your statement there too much pressure put on south east Asians to keep that youthful and especially on women
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idk, it just depends on the preferred beauty standard imo, west seem to prefer Kardashians style of beauty, tanned skin, exotic look with curvy body, while Asian seem to prefer plain white skin with pretty youthful look which results Asians look younger but not all Asians imo, in my country countryside people look very old tho
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I don't think it's that Asians look younger than their age, it's just that Western beauty standards and what we consider youthful vs mature is different than Asian beauty standards, also I think Asians probably have better skin than white people so they do look "younger" at middle age/elderly
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