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[–]Noveson 234 points235 points ago

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...Is that baby wearing eyeliner?

[–]ObscureSaint 272 points273 points ago

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Yes.

Mothers protect their babies from evil spirits by tracing their babies' eyes in black makeup and adding black decorations to their face. The color black is thought to repel harm from the delicate openings on the face. (source)

[–]herrmister 81 points82 points ago

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It also keeps dust out (and UV rays also, apparently but Im not sure how that works.)

[–]deakster 128 points129 points ago

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Magnets

[–]Timbo15 44 points45 points ago

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Hobbies: magnets

[–]HiPotInUse 33 points34 points ago

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Milk Steak?

[–]SIRjimmypage 24 points25 points ago

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Kitten mittens?

[–]Vcookie 9 points10 points ago

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I'm basically just a full-on rapist.

[–]collectiveofanimals 1 point2 points ago

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you know, little kids, old people

[–]nrfx 3 points4 points ago

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and your finest jelly beans.

[–]3eB 6 points7 points ago

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Raw of course.

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    [–]GimPy2434 12 points13 points ago

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    making magnets? collecting magnets? playing with magnets?

    [–]crashlovex3 15 points16 points ago

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    Just magnets!

    [–]GimPy2434 4 points5 points ago

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    i'm going to put snowboarding...we'll put snowboarding.

    [–]Timbo15 2 points3 points ago

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    Nope, just magnets

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      [–][deleted] 20 points21 points ago

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      The black line will absorb light more readily than the whites of the eyes. Reduces glare and stuff. That's why football players put black streaks of paint under their eyes.

      [–]ci5ic 4 points5 points ago

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      so, the eyes are actually lined with black holes... interesting.

      [–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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      By looking at the child's surreal eyes I would say they are black holes. Anyone who stares into the eyes never comes out.

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        [–]bitcloud 28 points29 points ago

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        dust and UV rays are evil spirits... that's something use science types havn't managed to wrap our heads around... people used words to catch the essence of something, often in a more encompassing manner than the list that analysis would concoct.

        [–]davey_darling 18 points19 points ago

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        Reminds me of the story of the Buddha statue in China that was carved by a monk with the hope that its presence would calm the river making it safer for travelers.

        Turns out that when you dump hundreds of tons of rock in a river, it can alter currents enough to calm the flow.

        [–]LookAtYouNow 15 points16 points ago

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        Isn't it more that people came up with explanations for things that worked rather than a wise 'catching of essence'.

        I mean you could say it's more encompassing, but I would say it's just more general and vague.

        [–]TheBlackestManAlive 4 points5 points ago

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        I think in some cases it is both. One person over simplifies it for the lesser people and the lesser people are the ones who exchange that idea. Ancient Egyptians wore mascara to protect their eyes from the sun so it's not too far off that these people would know of this methodology.

        [–]bitcloud 1 point2 points ago

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        Specificity is a narrow, often incomplete way of conceptualising the real world.

        Let me give you an example: There's an old building up the street.

        "Don't go in that building, the floor isn't secure". So you go into the building, walk carefully and get splinters.

        "Don't go into that building, the floor isn't secure and there are splinter". So you go into the building, walk carefully and wear gloves and you inhale vapours that make you sick.

        "Don't go into that building, the floor isn't secure, there are splinters and there are vapours". So you walk carefully, wear gloves, put a handkerchief over your nose. 30 years later you die of asbestos poisoning. Specificity didn't cover it.

        "Don't go in that old building, it contains evil spirits". Fair enough.

        Specificity is a false sense of security. What the "evil spirits" thing does is CORRECTLY identifies that there's stuff you don't understand about that building, and theres stuff I don't understand either - thus giving you a list is dangerously misleading.

        Now if you want another example, look at climate change. We're trying to write a list to cover 100 billion species and the intricate workings of the single most complex and interconnected phenomenon the universe has ever seen. We keep trying to "swallow the spider to catch the fly", but the real solution is to recognise that we DON'T understand it, and that pollution is infact bad juju... :)

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          [–]sambojomo 1 point2 points ago

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          Evil spirits, dust, tomato, tamahto.

          [–]petrasbut 2 points3 points ago

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          The black line absorbs the excess of light....

          [–]hookeslaw 6 points7 points ago

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          Mythbusted!

          [–]ours 3 points4 points ago

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          They actually did that one. If you where referring to that episode, carry on.

          [–]sideways86 1 point2 points ago

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          if i recall correctly the result was 'it works, if you're wearing a hat.'

          [–]anthony955 1 point2 points ago

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          It works if you use enough of it, it probably wont work for eyeliner though. For example in the military we don't really paint our faces up to camouflage them, we paint them to reduce glare from the oils in on our skin.

          [–]ours 2 points3 points ago

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          I've heard the purpose of camo was not to hide but to make a person/vehicule look less like a person/vehicule. In the particular case of a person, you break the the face from looking like a face by scrambling the features with paint as the human brain is hard-wired to recognise face-like-patterns really damn well.

          [–]anthony955 2 points3 points ago

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          The camo we wore does that, it breaks up our silhouette with the background but it's not like we'd be a bunch of floating heads walking through the woods without face camo. The biggest thing is notice someone's face on a sunny day, I don't care what color skin they have you'll notice the sun reflecting from it. Face camo prevents that.

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                [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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                That's odd because I live in a state where the sun is blinding and my eyeliner doesn't help one damned bit. Must wear sunglasses all the time.

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                  [–][deleted] 15 points16 points ago

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                  Didn't work for him

                  [–]madameDillyDally 4 points5 points ago

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                  I put eyeliner on my cats for that very same reason. Evil spirits...can't be too careful.

                  [–]lily1346 2 points3 points ago

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                  Pretty sure my cats came with the evil spirits pre-installed.

                  [–]sciurus 11 points12 points ago

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                  It's also extremely soothing to irritated eyes.

                  [–]QAOP_Space 9 points10 points ago

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                  what is? using eyeliner?

                  [–]shootinputin 40 points41 points ago

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                  its not an eyeliner, but its called 'kajal' in Hindi dont know what the direct translation is but yes it is soothing. they come in containers like vaseline rather then eyelash type.

                  [–]sphks 27 points28 points ago

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                  Kohl

                  [–]aiowen 10 points11 points ago

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                  Not to be confused with Kohl's.

                  [–]c-r-u-x 6 points7 points ago

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                  Not to be confused with Helmut Kohl.

                  [–]toerrisbadsyntax 1 point2 points ago

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                  Also, not to be confused with Skoal

                  [–]spacecasserole 1 point2 points ago*

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                  Lead sulpide.

                  edit: from wiki, "For decades various conflicting reports in the literature have been published relating to Kohl application to eyes being responsible for causing higher blood lead concentration, which may cause lead poisoning"

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                      [–]ActuallyAnAlpaca 4 points5 points ago

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                      I think they have already gotten to the baby

                      [–]shippfaced 1 point2 points ago

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                      Couldn't this cause eye infections?

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                        [–]walkingconundrum 16 points17 points ago

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                        Yes, its called Surma (also known as kajal or kohl). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohl_(cosmetics)

                        [–][deleted] 4 points5 points ago

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                        Forget the eyeliner. I have never seen eyes like these before in my life.

                        [–]fromITroom 2 points3 points ago

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                        Surma actually

                        [–]jurble 1 point2 points ago

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                        My mother put eyeliner on my eyes when I was a child. (Pakistani)

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                          [–]pickeldudel 184 points185 points ago

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                          Seriously. Afghanistan/Pakistan. What. The. Fuck. Is. Up. With. Your. Eyes?

                          [–]reacher 137 points138 points ago

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                          They all have pronounced limbal rings

                          [–][deleted] 93 points94 points ago

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                          I fucking love how there's a comparison picture in that article but it's too small to see the eyes.

                          [–]Triassic 39 points40 points ago

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                          There was a discussion on reddit about that article a month ago.

                          Here's the larger version of that picture.

                          And here's the article (pdf).

                          [–]Mrs_Pucklehuggins 11 points12 points ago

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                          WHY!? Whoever made that page is a moron.

                          [–]StaticHorizon 158 points159 points ago

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                          DAT LIMBAL RING.

                          [–]skybike 16 points17 points ago

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                          LIMBAL RINGADONKADONK.

                          [–]Anosognosia 18 points19 points ago

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                          Dang. I don't even have them. Forever ugly eyes.

                          [–]Bad_Sex_Advice[!] 5 points6 points ago

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                          You can get contacts with them.

                          [–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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                          You could have your eyes tattooed. I saw it done on Taboo. Freaked me out.

                          [–]crackshot91 5 points6 points ago

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                          eyes tattooed

                          No. Fucking. Way.

                          [–]orange_kevin 3 points4 points ago

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                          Or just get contacts.

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                              [–]diversionmary 39 points40 points ago

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                              My daughter. My wife.

                              Wife's cousin. Her daughter.

                              [–]toorsdenote 8 points9 points ago

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                              Wow, I would have thought the cousin's daughter was either shopped or wearing colored contacts.

                              [–]diversionmary 8 points9 points ago

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                              Nope, she's always been that way. :)

                              The family gives me shit because I take so many photos of all the little cousins. Growing up, I had one cousin by blood, 2 by marriage, so I'm completely enamored with the passel of 'em :)

                              [–]toorsdenote 7 points8 points ago

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                              One needs no excuse to photograph cute babies.

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                                [–]broden 14 points15 points ago

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                                congrats on having a hot wife

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                                  [–]habibe786 34 points35 points ago

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                                  These people are of Aryan descent from the northern parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan, from Kabul area bordering the Gilgit/ Chitral region. I am from there and have plenty of family members with those traits.. I was unfortunately a regular boring looking brown guy.

                                  [–]SpyPlane 1 point2 points ago

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                                  I'm Italian and most of my family has light colored eyes, except me. OH well, brown is beautiful! I bet you're hot anyway.

                                  [–]habibe786 1 point2 points ago

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                                  i really hope you're a lady, and not an overweight 40 year old living in his mom's basement.. your name doesn't help me assume anything.

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                                    [–]Pyrominon 58 points59 points ago

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                                    Blame Alexander.

                                    [–]Sharuko 50 points51 points ago

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                                    The Aryans called that region home way before Alexander (Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Northern India)

                                    [–]habibe786 11 points12 points ago

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                                    Yah I agree. I am from the Northern parts of Pakistan and the people in that area are if aryan decent. I have cousins who are blonde, have blue eyes and some what pale skin. Unfortunately I wasn't blessed with the cool ass eyes.. Regular fucking brown eyes!

                                    [–]habibe786 1 point2 points ago

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                                    Descent**

                                    [–]forlornhope 6 points7 points ago

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                                    My parents participated in the Human Genome Project. My genes, on my mother's side, were traced to the region in Northern India circa 10,000 years ago. Almost a perfect match.

                                    Found that particularly interesting, though, 10,000 years is obviously a very long time. My father's side was almost entirely from Northern Spain (Celt) which was no surprise because most of his family is from France, England and Wales.

                                    [–]doubleUngood 3 points4 points ago

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                                    I think what the parent is trying to say is that the influence of "Alexander" injected some sort of genetics into the population that provided these peculiar eye characteristics.

                                    (Am I being wooshed? cause I didn't get your joke if I am. Unless you're the wooshee?)

                                    [–]with_the_quickness 8 points9 points ago

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                                    a couple roman legions and some british or russian deserters might have had something to do with it, too.

                                    [–]rabblerabble2000 23 points24 points ago

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                                    They've been that way since way before the Brits/Russians. The Pashtun's are seriously ancient from my understanding of it.

                                    [–]Co-finder 2 points3 points ago

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                                    But the question still remains, how do I get one of them to be my girlfriend?

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                                        [–]Anonymo 12 points13 points ago

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                                        I like with

                                        [–]pickeldudel 4 points5 points ago

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                                        Eyes, with his "what the fuck are you doing" look, is definitely the best.

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                                          [–][deleted] 8 points9 points ago

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                                          My Egyptian friend also has the same eyes

                                          [–]indam_chowdhu 1 point2 points ago

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                                          Seriously, what's up with them?

                                          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APZNO_rQXHM

                                          [–]westsan 6 points7 points ago

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                                          You should go to Armenia to see even more of that!

                                          [–]FiredFox 4 points5 points ago

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                                          Or you could go to Glendale and save on airfare.

                                          [–]swingsetninja 7 points8 points ago

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                                          My eyes are super pale green with a very distinctive blue ring and my mum swears I'm Irish/English. Should I be questioning her more closely?

                                          [–]rybones 39 points40 points ago

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                                          Naaa, my eyes are the same way...unless your mom is Sheryl, in which case I probably owe some child support.

                                          [–]VerticalEvent 9 points10 points ago

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                                          Pawpaw?

                                          [–]rybones 4 points5 points ago

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                                          Oh boy....

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                                            [–]Tokugawa 1 point2 points ago

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                                            Does Glendale count?

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                                                [–]uncle_tambour 474 points475 points ago

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                                                The Spice must flow!

                                                [–]hagbard2323[!] 145 points146 points ago

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                                                From Dunepedia:

                                                "Eyes of the Ibad" was a term used on Arrakis to describe the effect that the Spice Melange had on the eyes of an individual whose bloodstream had been saturated with the drug due to years of exposure to it. The pigmentation of these eyes was described as blue-within-blue, and was ordinarily associated with the Fremen (they possessed the Eyes of the Ibad from the age of twelve onwards)

                                                [–]Morning_Star_Ritual 47 points48 points ago

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                                                I always whisper to my son, ". . .bend like a reed in the wind"

                                                His eyes are freaky blue, with a weak but noticeable limbal rings. They are the same color as my mother's eyes but she does not have the ring.

                                                Annnnnnnnnnd my dad is black, so stares and comments are wonderful when I take him out! ("Where the fuck did he get his blue eyes?") I just tell people that because so many white people started adopting Africans I was allowed to adopt a little white baby by default.

                                                my little Maud'Dib

                                                I guess the gom jabar was the * poisoned needle* and not the box of pain like I always thought~this has nothing to do with the pic~

                                                [–]kittydavis 16 points17 points ago

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                                                You have a seriously beautiful baby boy!

                                                [–]Morning_Star_Ritual 4 points5 points ago

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                                                Thanks!!!

                                                [–]squonge 3 points4 points ago

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                                                Your baby is an anime character.

                                                [–]AlwaysAppropriate 5 points6 points ago

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                                                Your son is gonna be strolling down the schoolyard picking up chicks like candy in a candystore.

                                                [–]PhDelicious 1 point2 points ago

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                                                Wow, his eyes are beautiful. What do you look like (skin tone, eyes), if I may ask?

                                                [–]Morning_Star_Ritual 6 points7 points ago*

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                                                Most people just consider me black. Some have thought I was Samoan and in Belize they I was thought to be a local. I have dark brown eyes, and coffee with a little cream skin. My wife, her dad and her brother have eyes like that Afghan National Geo girl and my mom and her side all have that Nordic blue thing going on.

                                                Posted this before>me and the mum

                                                Mom, Grandpa, and haters gonna hate--dude, the glasses, the hair. . .

                                                my son, me current and yes, brace yourself, another hipstamatic pic on the net!

                                                Edit :: "my mom" had to be added ::

                                                [–]hagbard2323[!] 1 point2 points ago

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                                                Incredible. He's lucky to have a parent like yourself.

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                                                  [–]ThatsItGuysShowsOver 81 points82 points ago

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                                                  I have always wanted to get drugged into being beautiful.

                                                  [–]pIIE 8 points9 points ago

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                                                  I'm pretty sure it turns your teeth black too... But I may be thinking of something else.

                                                  [–]dziban303 23 points24 points ago

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                                                  You are. You're thinking of that juice the mentats drink, which stains the teeth and lips red.

                                                  [–]LMLYPP 19 points20 points ago

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                                                  The juice of Sapho. From the root of the Ecaz tree.

                                                  [–]jedcaum 12 points13 points ago

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                                                  It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the juice of Sapho that thoughts acquire speed, the lips acquire stains, stains become a warning. It is by will alone I set my mind in motion.

                                                  [–]frodokun 14 points15 points ago

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                                                  It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acuire speed, The hands acquire shaking, the shaking becomes a warning, It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.

                                                  [–]EltaninAntenna 3 points4 points ago

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                                                  So stealing that.

                                                  [–]frodokun 1 point2 points ago

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                                                  I stole it years ago. Usually I keep attribution, but couldn't find it for that. Take it and enjoy :-D

                                                  [–]cultured_banana_slug 1 point2 points ago

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                                                  A Sapho bong would solve that.

                                                  [–]AuraofMana 1 point2 points ago

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                                                  Unless you are Ordos, then your mentats are either half robot or an Asian girl spamming "directives" and neither have these stains.

                                                  *Referencing Dune 2000 and Emperor: Battle for Dune.

                                                  And yes, I know they aren't canon.

                                                  [–]Leav 41 points42 points ago

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                                                  Spice, not even once.

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                                                    [–]OneNineTwo 27 points28 points ago

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                                                    I was going to make a joke, but I couldn't think of anything cornea

                                                    [–]druhol 11 points12 points ago

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                                                    Lens not get into this again, please.

                                                    [–]OneNineTwo 16 points17 points ago

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                                                    Hey, there's no reason to lash out.

                                                    [–]Drewshua 2 points3 points ago

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                                                    I think I will have to brow out of this one.

                                                    [–]TheOverdose 1 point2 points ago

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                                                    Eye see what you did there.

                                                    [–]TheDancingRogue 1 point2 points ago

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                                                    You will learn, my pupil.

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                                                        [–]Honda_TypeR 7 points8 points ago

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                                                        He who controls the SPICE...Controls the UNIVERSE!!!

                                                        [–]swegen9 3 points4 points ago

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                                                        "The eye that looks ahead to the safe course is closed forever."

                                                        [–][deleted] 13 points14 points ago

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                                                        The Oil must flow!

                                                        [–]chesterdjester 38 points39 points ago

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                                                        ctrl+f: spice

                                                        "Fuck."

                                                        [–][deleted] 74 points75 points ago

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                                                        ctrl+f: ctrl+f

                                                        yep, someone is still perpetuating the new "first post".

                                                        [–]Control-F 56 points57 points ago

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                                                        Did someone say my name?

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                                                              [–]tekromancR 20 points21 points ago

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                                                              If there is one thing that National Geographic has taught me, it's that People in third world countries have awesome eyes.

                                                              [–]sonar1 126 points127 points ago

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                                                              And now, for no particular reason, here's the famous afghan girl

                                                              [–]Louis_D_123 74 points75 points ago*

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                                                              She went from looking like an Olsen twin to looking like Mother Teresa.

                                                              [–]urduman 26 points27 points ago

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                                                              How dare you compare this beautiful woman to an Olsen twin.

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                                                                [–]JesusTapdancingChris 35 points36 points ago

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                                                                Is it just me or does the second photo look like Alfred Molina?

                                                                [–]funknut 8 points9 points ago

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                                                                Yes, and with deviating hair growth on her forehead.

                                                                [–]Jojje22 5 points6 points ago

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                                                                I had such a crush on that girl when I was a kid. Still the most beautiful eyes I've ever seen.

                                                                [–]Epic_baconnage 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                Ohyeah, would you look at that.

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                                                                  [–]JBoone 50 points51 points ago

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                                                                  look at the lymbal ring on that baby!

                                                                  [–]Jower 5 points6 points ago

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                                                                  The mothers' not bad either tbh

                                                                  [–]QAOP_Space 9 points10 points ago

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                                                                  TIL

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                                                                    [–]jplblue 16 points17 points ago

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                                                                    The caption is sad:

                                                                    "TB is the child of poverty - and also its parent and provider" This quote from Archbishop Desmond Tutu encapsulates the link between TB and poverty.

                                                                    Poverty, malnutrition, sickness go hand in hand. It is in communities such as this where highly infecious diseases, such as Tuberculosis, live and spread. According to research, Tuberculosis contributes to an annual total of 400,000 deaths in children.

                                                                    Read more about TB and Poverty here

                                                                    *image taken for World Health Organization, Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office.

                                                                    Looks like the picture was taken at a TB treatment facility in Islamabad, Pakistan. Here's another picture of the girl:

                                                                    http://www.flickr.com/photos/darwishh/3919435690/sizes/l/in/photostream/

                                                                    [–]mustardhamsters 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                    It looks like she has tuberculosis. She's got blood on her hand and all over her cheeks. It's an impressive, and simultaneously horrible photo.

                                                                    [–]seanmharcailin 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                    She doesn't have blood on her hands. It is henna. in the west we usually only see henna done in intricate patters, but she has a very old fashioned traditional application- her entire palms are smeared with it, then her fingertips and knuckles are as well.

                                                                    http://www.flickr.com/photos/darwishh/3241024255/sizes/l/in/photostream/

                                                                    [–]mustardhamsters 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                    Interesting! Well, I'm glad she's not hacking up a lung on herself.

                                                                    [–]SithSquirrel 61 points62 points ago

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                                                                    Relevant

                                                                    [–]bad_alloc 20 points21 points ago

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                                                                    Reminds me of Dr. Finklestein...

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                                                                      [–]mynoduesp 13 points14 points ago

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                                                                      The eyes look so alien, great picture!

                                                                      [–]LowLevelRebel 12 points13 points ago

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                                                                      Daywalkers!

                                                                      [–]he_eats_da_poo_poo 87 points88 points ago

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                                                                      That baby is actually not wearing eyeliner. It is called surma a ceremonial dye I guess you can all it. Typically used in the Middle East, Afghanistan, etc. They say its good for your eyes and stuff like that, my mom did it to me and all of my siblings. Most likely they are Pathans.

                                                                      [–]Von_Dredd 97 points98 points ago

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                                                                      So, what you're saying is that the baby IS wearing eyeliner?

                                                                      [–]Loud_Secretary 16 points17 points ago

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                                                                      It contains unrefined lead. Yes, thats the dangerous one.

                                                                      [–]xxon 14 points15 points ago

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                                                                      A dye? Well, that sounds like eyeliner to me, though maybe not sold as that.

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                                                                        [–]anonymous-coward 43 points44 points ago

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                                                                        Eyes like this were discussed here a while ago.

                                                                        The dark ring around the iris is indicative of youth and health, fading with age, and is a quality unconsciously sought when evaluating potential mates. Probably it is amplified in rare dark-skinned races with light eyes, making them especially stunning.

                                                                        So when it appears this strikingly, it resonates on a primal level. Same with the Afghan girl someone posted. Note how the ring faded as she grew older.

                                                                        [–]thrsdy 8 points9 points ago

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                                                                        that baby looks almost alien.

                                                                        [–]maltwyrm 14 points15 points ago

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                                                                        Is she pregnant? She looks about 14 years old.

                                                                        [–]KSUNVI 11 points12 points ago

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                                                                        Either that or she's leaning to the side a lot to position the weight of the baby over her hips.

                                                                        [–]maltwyrm 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                        I thought about that, maybe it's just poofy clothing?

                                                                        [–]KSUNVI 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                        Another picture of her here (Courtesy of this fellow.)

                                                                        Another person suggested that the bump on her stomach was actually the baby's legs.

                                                                        [–]maltwyrm 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                        AH! I concur with the Baby's Legs Theory. It does, indeed, appear that her dress is over the baby's knee.

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                                                                          [–]DarrelSirens 31 points32 points ago

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                                                                          I haven't seen a comment addressing this yet, so I'm just gonna go ahead and say it:

                                                                          That girl is *GORGEOUS*

                                                                          [–]WhineyThePooh 45 points46 points ago

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                                                                          Am I the only one that thinks finding someone beautiful is not always synonymous with finding them sexually attractive?

                                                                          I find both of those children beautiful, as well, regardless of how old they are.

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                                                                          [–]machinesmith 4 points5 points ago

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                                                                          Yeah, you'll find many like that though, sadly the harsh Afghan climes will get to her in about 10 years time (add to that marriage, kid making, and that cosmetics are an alien concept and BAM - the 'she didn't age well' comments start pouring in).

                                                                          [–]seanmharcailin 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                          add to that that she is at a TB clinic, she may not have survived the few weeks since the photo was taken.

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                                                                              [–]labrats5 4 points5 points ago

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                                                                              I'm pretty sure it's called the byakugan

                                                                              [–]yParticle 7 points8 points ago

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                                                                              ө̱_̱ө

                                                                              [–]Wthiswrongwityou 5 points6 points ago

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                                                                              I hear a shine job like that can cost 20 menthol Kools...

                                                                              [–]dregofdeath 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                              damned aryans and their fucking crazy soulfull eyes. in ireland most people have light blue or grey eyes although i think it has something got to do with the weather- on overcast days more people have grey eyes and on sunny days bright blue...eyes are beautiful things

                                                                              [–]nutinahut 13 points14 points ago

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                                                                              Afghanistan?

                                                                              [–]IOIOOIIOIO 150 points151 points ago

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                                                                              Facial markings are Kalash, so Pakistan.

                                                                              [–]nutinahut 126 points127 points ago

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                                                                              I love it when people know stuff!

                                                                              [–]swegen9 18 points19 points ago

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                                                                              That's not a person, clearly it's a computer.

                                                                              [–]thatoneguydunno 12 points13 points ago

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                                                                              I thought it was a poem of his debt to one of Jupiter's moons.

                                                                              Io, Io... O', I? I 'o' Io!

                                                                              [–]KeepUsingThatWord 9 points10 points ago

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                                                                              It's actually 666 in binary.

                                                                              [–]NofunGrammarbot 4 points5 points ago

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                                                                              Inconceivable!

                                                                              [–]KeepUsingThatWord 10 points11 points ago

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                                                                              You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

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                                                                                  [–]Jower 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                  Computers are people too!

                                                                                  [–]againyoufool 7 points8 points ago

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                                                                                  Kalash people in their own traditions claim to be descendants of Alexander the Great's soldiers.

                                                                                  [–]mypretties 3 points4 points ago

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                                                                                  I wouldn't say Kalash. They look and dress like phataans. Could be from Afghanistan or Pakistan.

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                                                                                    [–]IrishLuigi 25 points26 points ago

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                                                                                    The owner has disabled downloading of their photos

                                                                                    Well, fuck you.

                                                                                    http://i.imgur.com/3fnBg.jpg

                                                                                    [–][deleted] 19 points20 points ago

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                                                                                    In Firefox

                                                                                    • Tools
                                                                                    • Page Info
                                                                                    • Media (tab)
                                                                                    • Scroll through items, and find picture
                                                                                    • Save as...

                                                                                    [–]gurtinu 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                    • View > page style > no style. Seems to stop the block.

                                                                                    • Also left click image then right click>view selection source.

                                                                                    • Or put the following in a bookmark (alt paste it in the address bar directly).

                                                                                    javascript: (function () {var e = document.getElementsByClassName("spaceball");for ( var i=e.length-1; i>=0; --i ){e[i].parentNode.removeChild(e[i]);}})();

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                                                                                      [–]rolmos 22 points23 points ago

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                                                                                      Instead of rehosting it on Imgur, adding to its recompression, you could have used the original URL:

                                                                                      http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3151/3063712472_8dfe36baa9_b.jpg

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                                                                                        [–]bomherb 17 points18 points ago

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                                                                                        To get eyes like that, you have to be sent to a maximum security prison, one that you never see the light of day....

                                                                                        [–]Heiroglyph 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                                        You dig up a doctor, and you pay him 20 menthol Kools to do a surgical shine job on your eyeballs.

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                                                                                          [–]awesometakespractice 7 points8 points ago

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                                                                                          did anyone else think "oh yeah, she does have really nice eyes, but why is this on the frontOHMYGODWHATISWRONGWITHTHATKIDSEYES?!?"

                                                                                          [–]dwoman 3 points4 points ago

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                                                                                          Laughing now, but that is exactly what I said when I saw the kid.

                                                                                          [–]ladoladi 7 points8 points ago

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                                                                                          is she pregnant?

                                                                                          [–]bloodsplatter 4 points5 points ago

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                                                                                          The girl is pregnant? She looks so young... :/

                                                                                          [–]itsabreeze 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                          Yes, I just noticed that too.

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                                                                                            [–]OsterGuard 8 points9 points ago

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                                                                                            It's Gaara!

                                                                                            [–]samout 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                            Sad, beautiful, hopeful and depressing at the same time. Amazing. Eyes are awesome. Thanks to this pic, I now want a painting of an eye into my living room... though it could get creepy fast.

                                                                                            [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                            Is that kid wearing eyeliner?

                                                                                            [–]reefed14 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                            baby looks like he can take your soul through his eyes.

                                                                                            [–]eldorann 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                            Of importance here is the magnitude of one's limbal distance.

                                                                                            The limbal ring is the black ring between the iris and the white of the eye.

                                                                                            [–]Timmac 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                            I remember having this supply teacher in school once, one of the awesome ones that knew he wasn't a proper teacher and just told us weird stories. He used to work in a kids jail and was telling us how he learnt to spot what he called 'shark eye syndrome'. Basically how you can tell someone is going to be a serial killer/rapist from looking at their eyes and how he would go into schools and see kids but not be able to tell the headmaster because he sounded like a madman.

                                                                                            This kid had shark eye syndrome.

                                                                                            [–]Supervisor194 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                            KREE JAFFA

                                                                                            [–]Stretchster 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                            Gypsies!

                                                                                            [–]Mehowthegreat 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                            Are they Afghanie? Everytime I see a picture from that place they have the most beautiful eyes...

                                                                                            [–]flugtard 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                            Those are the most entrancing eyes I've ever seen.

                                                                                            [–]Gregs3RDleg 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                            it's the spice.

                                                                                            [–]Ultramerican 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                            The curry must flow.

                                                                                            [–]usedtowork 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                                            ladies and gentlemen

                                                                                            may I present the Kwisatz Haderach

                                                                                            [–]tessapalo0oza 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                                            Those baby's eyes are piercing my soul......... fuck.

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