The Dane Behind Snooki

Last Friday's post about steroid use among Bangladeshi prostitutes elicited this great comment from a longtime Friend 'o Microkhan:

It seems like there might be an interesting parallel between perceptions of fatness and tanning. In both cases, there seems to be a general trend that as cultures move away from subsistence living. Lower body mass and tanning have become attractive in first-world cultures, whereas being skinny and tan are usually seen as low-class in subsistence cultures.

Okay...