Has this craze reached Vietnam yet?
|Probably just a matter of time
.I love the conclusion:
"But the skin-whitening craze looks set to continue. The male market is yet to be fully tapped..."
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|This is a well-researched, well-tested product with demonstrable, tangible benefits (punt intended
), not like the junk you intend to peddle in Burma.
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?|saigonmonkey wrote:They all look the same when the lights are off.
Saigonmonkey
No, no, no, no... You could not be more wrong. This thing, when used correctly, shines like a 100w bulb, sth the ad alludes to: "skin in that area become "bright and translucent""
|There are so many more things I would like to say about this, but I think it would be better to discuss the next time we're in the bar, having a few.
||saigonmonkey wrote:Anatta,
There are so many more things I would like to say about this,..
A slight typo in your previous post. There, I have corrected it for you : There are so many more things I would like to see about this....
laidbackfreak
The article I quoted also mentioned the product causing international disdain in India.
|There are so many more things I would like to say about this, but I think it would be better to discuss the next time we're in the bar
I think Saigonmonkey already had the junks here. Watch. He is going to try and sell them to us. I am all good with my skin color, man. You might want to try some, yeah???
|I was referring to keeping our conversation clean on this forum, so we won't be moderated.
On the other hand, we can say whatever we want over a few beers! Always more fun that way, anyway. ||I am good with my snake oil, Amigo.
|Wild_1 wrote:No, no, Budman! Those are Anatta's things. Quite a kinky guy, is he not?
I am good with my snake oil, Amigo.
Howie
You are among friends. No points of denying categorically. It is OK. It happens to the best of us (or may be not ).
||I will be your friend if you come and check the headlight on my bike, for me?
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||The whiter, the better.
For your reference, the following is the gold standard
. Pic of a rather famous Vietnamese underwear model.||Ashard Deen wrote:...the pictures were helpful ;-)
May be not in the way I intended, ...?
|Personally I don't care what colour they are variety is the spice of life after all
|This odd preference has deep cultural root, as you probably know. Traditionally, only people rich enough could stay at home instead of laboring all day in the field thus not having a suntan. Thus, white skin has been associated with higher class.
In the West, the connotation is totally different: association with health (and enough cash to travel to somewhere with enough sun to get a tan
)|Anatta wrote:This odd preference has deep cultural root, as you probably know. Traditionally, only people rich enough could stay at home instead of laboring all day in the field
Absolutely agreed, yes I'm well aware of the reasons behind it culturally, but still the irony of it all makes me smile 
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