Are the Vikings the reason why Scandinavians are so good-looking (on average)

[tropicalslavic]

I didn't say they were ugly.

They are usually not ugly, but not everyone can be as pretty as meds. ��

[Tooting Carmen]

They are usually not ugly, but not everyone can be as pretty as meds. ��

Sorry, but this idea you apprently share with Sikeliot and Odelia that Meds are the best-looking I find questionable.

[tropicalslavic]

Sorry, but this idea you apprently share with Sikeliot and Odelia that Meds are the best-looking I find questionable.

I just think they're neat. I find them the most beautiful. I also don't really understand how a man can be gay or how somebody can think blonde Scandinavians are the prettiest people on earth, but I don't doubt the legitimacy of people who say that they are gay or think blonde Scandinavians are the prettiest. Lol

[gixajo]

They are usually not ugly, but not everyone can be as pretty as meds. ��

"Beauty comes from within"

[tropicalslavic]

"Beauty comes from within"

We can go down that route and I can say even in this regard, Mediterranean Europeans with the exception of Italians have always treated me nicer than Northern Europeans have. Lol

[Tooting Carmen]

I just think they're neat. I find them the most beautiful. I also don't really understand how a man can be gay or how somebody can think blonde Scandinavians are the prettiest people on earth, but I don't doubt the legitimacy of people who say that they are gay or think blonde Scandinavians are the prettiest. Lol

Of course everybody has their own tastes. The thing is I tend to go for 'extremes': both very blond White guys and very dark-skinned guys (principally West Africans and some South Asians). By contrast, IMHO Meds often have an ambiguous look to them - not quite White but not entirely another race either, if that makes sense.

N.B. By that I mean most MENAs and only some Southern Europeans. The majority of Southern Europeans do look clearly White (regardless of hair and eye colour etc) precisely because they have other elements in their genepool/ethnogenesis.

[tropicalslavic]

Of course everybody has their own tastes. The thing is I tend to go for 'extremes': both very blond White guys and very dark-skinned guys (principally West Africans and some South Asians). By contrast, IMHO Meds often have an ambiguous look to them - not quite White but not entirely another race either, if that makes sense.

N.B. By that I mean most MENAs and only some Southern Europeans. The majority of Southern Europeans do look clearly White (regardless of hair and eye colour etc) precisely because they have other elements in their genepool/ethnogenesis.

I think you're one of the only people I've ever met that thinks South Asians are good looking. I've always liked the ambiguity of Meds, I don't know why. My husband is Scandinavian and Celtic but Atlantid and rather dark, and a lot of girls dated him specifically because they thought he looked Lebanese or something (he does not to a trained eye but he does if you think dark brown hair and a tan makes someone look Lebanese) - so I know I'm not alone with liking ambiguous men. Even though I was raised in a family that really stressed the importance of light features or whatever.

I'm gonna be the bad guy here and say that I sometimes can't tell the difference between a Mediterranean European and like a Levantine Arab or North African, although I do believe most Mediterranean Europeans are genetically quite different from MENAs that look similar to them. Although I'm not TA genetics expert.

[Brás Garcia de Mascarenhas]

My interactions with Scandinavians have always been positive, nothing to complain about, polite people. Scandinavians are above average when it comes to their awareness of what they eat, the importance of exercise and how they groom or present themselves and there are statistics to back it up. It's not just about their features. I like some aspects regarding the minimalist and clean philosophy of life there. You only have to watch any walkthrough video in Sweden or any other Scandinavian nation to realize that it's hard to find a so-called "British chav" type on their streets (at least among ethnic Scandinavians), most seem to have an inherent sense of style and good taste and few are out of shape.

That said, I believe that you can find good-looking people anywhere, regardless of country or origin.

[#Oda#]

Personally I'd agree on that they are in average more good looking than many other people but it doesn't change the fact that this is a subjective thing. I wouldn't make a big topic of my taste.

Yes, I also think they look good, but not because of the shallow reason of hair and eye colours.

[Tooting Carmen]

I think you're one of the only people I've ever met that thinks South Asians are good looking. I've always liked the ambiguity of Meds, I don't know why. My husband is Scandinavian and Celtic but Atlantid and rather dark, and a lot of girls dated him specifically because they thought he looked Lebanese or something (he does not to a trained eye but he does if you think dark brown hair and a tan makes someone look Lebanese) - so I know I'm not alone with liking ambiguous men. Even though I was raised in a family that really stressed the importance of light features or whatever.

I'm gonna be the bad guy here and say that I sometimes can't tell the difference between a Mediterranean European and like a Levantine Arab or North African, although I do believe most Mediterranean Europeans are genetically quite different from MENAs that look similar to them. Although I'm not TA genetics expert.

I actually agree that the majority of South Asians aren't that good-looking at all, hence why I said some. The thing is at least some of this may have to do with diet and grooming rather than anything more 'innate'; therefore, that is why - at least IMHO - the admittedly cherrypicked types you find in abundance in e.g. Bollywood and bodybuilding/beauty contests are often strikingly attractive.

And you are right that there is some overlap in appearance between all the groups along the Meditteranean Sea - whether European, Middle Eastern or North African. What's more, I don't rule out all Mediterranean/MENA/Latin etc. men - far from it.