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Game development companies now include more graphics in their characters than ever before. While most people admire their efforts to strive for realism, some will never be satisfied with how it turns out. And when a female character does not look like she stepped out of a magazine cover, certain gamers won’t be happy about it.

If you’ve never heard of Horizon Forbidden West, it’s a beautiful game where imaginary beings and environments are revealed with the utmost clarity. Recently, the main protagonist of the series, Aloy, attracted quite the attention when one gamer questioned her appearance on Twitter. "Can you explain to me why the hell Aloy has a beard?" they asked.

Well, what they called a "beard" is actually light peach fuzz, something that most women have on their faces. Their post received many reactions from other Twitter users, with some saying that the gamer has probably never seen a woman up close. Continue scrolling and share your thoughts in the comments below!

Twitter users shared their reactions after one gamer asked why Aloy, a female video game character, has a "beard"

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tw 72
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And women everywhere want to keep it that way...

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    V V
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hell, all it took for me was a global pandemic

    Who Panda 420
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All it took for me was winter and laziness

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    Jo Choto
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's one of my peeves. All these women after the end of the world are always perfectly shaved with their roots done, locks curled, and their makeup perfect. It's so irritating. Meanwhile, the guys have their clothes hanging of and waist-length hair and beards.

    Roxy Eastland
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, they at least all get stubble, but heaven forbid that women should dare to look anything less than the the Hollywood idea of the heterosexual man's ideal

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    Ivana
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have friends that will show off their smooth freaking skin with their baby hair and proclaim "Haven't shaved in a month, it has gotten so bad." Woman, I can't see nothing unless I have a magnifying glass so hush. Then they will look at my legs and be like "Dang how many months have you gone without shaving?" Two days, two days is how long it has been for me, thanks for pointing it out.

    Who Panda 420
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Right? There's always someone "nice" enough to point out your "flaws" for you.

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    October
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am very blonde so my facial hair doesn't show unless I get some sun. Then my skin gets a tan, and my hair bleaches to white. Let's just say hubbie calls me Santaclaus on romantic summer days.

    Martha Meyer
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    *looks at armpit and leg hair* Who needs an apocalypse for that?

    Autumn
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ha. I have plenty of leg hair. Someone complains they’ll get an earful.

    Jody Whitmarsh
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I gave up shaving years ago. Women's razors are 3x the price of men's..I think because they're pink. I don't give a rip what society thinks my bits should look like anyway

    Roxy Eastland
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I bet you've rarely, if ever, had anyone notice or care. It's such a scam on women

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    La Kalypso
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Would be fun to switch for a while between men and women: no shaving for women, while men would have to shave all that beautiful fur with overpriced razors, etc. Could be an interesting study.

    Sky Render
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's happened before, actually! In the 1700s in Europe it was considered unsightly for a man to go about unshaven; to do so would immediately get you labeled as eccentric at best, insane at worst. Women, on the other hand, weren't expected to do much of anything since the formal dresses of the era covered every square inch of the body. Even in recent history, just 20 years ago it was considered unprofessional in the US for a man to have facial hair at most workplaces.

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    itzybitsy 1111
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because no one wanted to spend more time making hair on their armpits

    Persephone
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Was thrilled watching "1883", and the main female character has armpit hair!!! Waaay more realistic. They expect us to shave with a hatchet or what???

    Darkest Argentum
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I acctually have a theory about this though since all the humans in horizon are from a gene bank or decended from those who were its possible the team who built the bank did some editing to the genome would also exlain why 90% of the population are hot

    Rench
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My wife would shave her pits no matter what. She told me that she hates having any hair there. It's not to please other people. Now leg hair is a completely different story....

    Naesil
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    3 years ago

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    Games and other media is entertainment and unless it is meant to be super realistic then having people look appealing and beautiful is probably more profitable.

    Loki’s Lil Butter Knife
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have no idea why you are getting down-voted. I hate to admit the obvious but beauty sells. My mom and I still laugh to this day at how Kate Winslet's makeup still looks wonderful in Titanic despite her trying to flee a sinking ship.

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    AngelWingsYT
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They never seen a girl in winter either.

    naturespocket
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i stopped shaving long before the pandemic. no apocalypse necessary

    Jonny Man
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Plot twist: the abundant radiation resulted in EVERYONE losing ALL of their hair. When it finally subsided, the survivors were mutated to the point of no longer possessing pubic hair.

    Analyn Lahr
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know, right. Quick, the zombies are getting closer! Well, let me just shave my legs first.

    Robyn Bowns
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lol I guess I'm just waaay ahead of the curve there

    Legacy Goth
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No tells us to do it now, legit no one cares if shave or not. No one is going past you in the store thinking 'omg she doesn't shave gross'. Its purely our decision if we want to shave or not.

    Sanae Früstinde
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Play Conan Exiles ! So happy they have armpit hair there :3

    featherytoad
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't shave when it starts getting cold down here (FL) and I know I will be wearing jeans or sweats for awhile.

    Patrick James
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Station Eleven and YellowJackets both acknowledged that there'd be bo pit shaving in an apocalypse scenario

    Nizumi
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Honey - I haven't shaved since September 2020. Just plain gave up. Summer 2021? Whatevs. Not like I was seeing anyone I know anyway. ;)

    Norah Reilly
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    FYI, those particular "standards" are not endemic to the rest of the world. The U.S. seems to have an especially difficult with those two.

    François Carré
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And I guess all these bikini armors fantasized by male graphic designers won't even come to true existence.

    Henry Shane
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean, my wife care way more then I do..let's stop pretending it's for men...we literally don't care. You can't say men are horny and want everything, then say they have a standard in the same breath....they don't. Woman since forever have been primping and preening, and always says it's for men while men forever yell hurry the f up already we don't care you look fine. One guys doesn't know someone that is not realistically visible in daily life, and you jump on it to validate the stupid lengths you go to to validate yourself in general. Either do it or don't, literally no one cares but you and how it effects you, simply because all people are different and not all will like you.og boohoo one pig man doesn't like you...doesn't mean you need to do s**t...especially since it was your mom and friends you taught you to be that way...no man ever cared what you were or if you share as long as your feet are over his shoulders. Give up then lies

    EverythingsEventual
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    3 years ago (edited)

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    Aloy fights robot dinosaurs, we're tossing that BS realism to the side. The director also said they wanted to make her masculine so that she wouldn't look like she would "break a nail" while fighting. It's only weirdo progressives who actually want ugly broads in their fantasy games.

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    Horizon Forbidden West is an open-world fantasy game that takes place in post-apocalyptic western America. The main protagonist is a huntress named Aloy, a young red-haired woman with freckles on her cheeks and nose. While she's often described as a fierce, smart, and likable hero, it seems that it’s not the first time that male gamers have attacked her appearance online. 

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    Several months ago, one Twitter user criticized the studio behind the game, Guerilla Games. It is one of Europe's leading game development companies that’s a part of PlayStation Studios. The person wrote that the female characters they create are becoming too masculine, so they decided to share their own fan art. In the image, Aloy had glowing skin, white teeth, and full-on makeup. 

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    NsG
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm just stunned at the realism tha can now be reached in a video game. I don't think I look this HD and I'm 99% certain I'm real...

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    Needless to say, many people felt frustrated to see such sexist complaints about the video game character. Tweets like this receive lots of attention from the gaming community since they highlight the ignorant, narrow-minded, and sometimes childish views certain male gamers have. And some people, especially women, are sick and tired of hearing criticisms aimed at the female characters, saying that it's all part of a bigger problem.

    "Male gamers push their standards and expectations on these female characters," Beth, who goes by the handle @GentleBara, told Bored Panda. She shared her thoughts on the matter by tweeting that "every single real-life woman has peach fuzz like Aloy." So if someone could even ask why she has a "beard", it probably means that they have never seen a woman up close. "If there's anything [men] are not used to in a female character's design, they'll complain about it," she added. 

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Somehow I don't think that is going to happen.

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    When asked why that male gamer seemed to think that the hair on Aloy’s face was a masculine feature, Beth said they're "ignorant and immature". Otherwise known as vellus hair, peach fuzz is usually short, softer in texture, and lighter in color compared to other types of hair on a person’s body. A survey of 1,000 women conducted in the UK showed that 98 percent of those who had facial hair had negative thoughts about their looks. 

    Around a third of these women revealed they felt anxious if they could not immediately remove them. This only shows the lack of acceptance by our society regarding facial hair, making many women feel uncomfortable about their appearance and preventing them from discussing it out in the open. 

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    tw 72
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Exactly - in what universe is THAT a beard.

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    That’s why so many people celebrate the new technologies that allow gaming companies to include more graphics. After all, making the characters look more realistic is a step in the right direction. Bastien Ramisse, the lead character artist at Guerrilla, said in a blog post that the development of the PlayStation 5 console allowed them to aim for high quality and bring more detail and authenticity to the game.

    "Each generation of consoles brings extra power that lets us add even denser polygons to our character models, so we can create finer details such as peach fuzz, smooth contouring, or finer texture details and accurate materials expression, to name a few," Ramisse explained, saying that it’s a dream come true for both players and developers.

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    Claire Stanfield
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Women...actually look like this. Full stop. It's a fact. I'm stunned that this needs to be said.

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why are the comments specifically on this one so awfull

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    He continued: "The most noticeable differences and improvements for Aloy in terms of technology is the push of facial and body capture accuracy, allowing more realistic shapes and surface details on characters as well as the careful increase of polygon density to capture handmade and used outfits."

    So even when the artists can make their heroes more exciting than ever before, some gamers still do not seem satisfied with some of their human traits. "People will always complain about a character's design and its features," Beth told us. "It's happened before with other games and will continue to happen in the future." If she would have to guess the reason behind having such a mindset, "it could be a projection or they might have standards that are ridiculous."

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have to wonder if at least part of this is a near-vision problem on his part. I mean he should be able to see his own forehead and earlobe fuzz in the mirror.

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just a tip. I had peach fuzz like that when I was younger. Even though I'm dark haired it was blond. I was embarrassed so I used some hair removal cream. It worked but burned my skin bright red and the hair grew back black and seemingly thicker. Now it's a pain to keep up with. Lesson here is love and appreciate your peach fuzz!

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And now too many people think science is a dirty word. Or fictional.

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Makes me wonder if this artist lost sleep thinking did I get the fine hairs just right.

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    IrrelevantNonsense
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah yes, the fashionable and totally not eye-brow looking mustache.

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That’s exactly what I took away from that post, I’d never have known that wasn’t a real person!! Amazing!

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    doglovercomedianlibra
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep, he wants it realistic but not realistic enough that a woman looks normal for once.

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was hoping someone would come out with this fact. Our bodies are covered in hair, male or female, accept.

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    Rachel Peterson
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    W.T.F.? posted by, "Anonymous" - so he knows he's wrong.

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    IrrelevantNonsense
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Right?! She don’t have time to take a nice hot shower and shave her skin off. Men need to learn how natural (and cool!) it is. I for one love peach fuzz. It’s so soft

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wait till he sees an all"natural" girl, in the um, natural. Wait.. He won't. No worries. Carry on.

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hate Aloy.........I hate that she's currently only in two games.

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My facial and body hair doesn't help me with that ☹️

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    Naesil
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Damn its the whole gang, first its Jesse calling the dude out and now dodger reply is also here, might need to re-watch TGS / Co-optional podcasts again :D

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mom had to get a small trimmer for her whiskers.

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've been out of the world of gaming for a very long time now, and It blows my mind that game consoles are now built with so much processing power that it's no big deal to render something so complex.

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was thinking the same, it's getting really hard to tell the CGI apart from the photos now.

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    doglovercomedianlibra
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, they’re like, she looks too masculine and other s**t like that

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    SMH, why are people feeling the need to remove perfectly normal, unnoticeable body hair?

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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Peach fuzz is fine women don’t have to have clean, shaved hair all the time.

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    doglovercomedianlibra
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In an apocalypse, no one’s got time for that. Truth hurts, doesn’t it?

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    Justine
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Haha, exactly! The dude only has vellus-peach fuzz himself - this is the only way to get it mistaken for a beard

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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Peach fuzz is normal, but he’s so used to 2d cause he’s so surprised that a woman looks real.

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