But I am mighty!!
Submitted 9 months ago by bees@sh.itjust.works to [deleted]
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xorollo@leminal.space 9 months ago
[deleted]morphballganon@mtgzone.com 9 months ago
So blind people never get sunburn? Or always get sunburn?
Fridgeratr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
Yeah I’ve seen an upsurge of people claiming sunscreen is toxic poison. Not sure where the fuck they pulled that from
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 9 months ago
Everything that can kill you A to Z.
S is for sunscreen, but also the sun. Both give you cancer, isn’t that fun.
nik9000@programming.dev 9 months ago
e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de 9 months ago
Maybe they read something about the titanium dioxide contained in some sunscreen products. There is some research indicating that its not as safe as we thought and that it might be carcinogenic.
MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
Sometimes I think I’ve heard all the batshit nonsense. Other days I read something like this.
yogurtwrong@lemmy.world 9 months ago
It’s actually irritating to me that the sun is bombarding us with ionizing radiation
(I know, not the same intensity) but think about the amount of precautions we take before turning on a UV lamp. Or before turning on a very bright LED which you are not supposed to look directly at. Well, neither you should look directly at the sun, but you get the idea
In a perspective, sun is so radioactive it can even decay paint and plastic! It can literally cook you alive and make your skin fall in pieces. This just seems usual to us because we were born with it, people would freak the hell out if a medical procedure had the same side effects
Bgugi@lemmy.world 9 months ago
It’s actually irritating to me that the sun is bombarding us with ionizing radiation
Yeah, it’s called a sunburn!
MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
I’m sure you could get signatures, similar to that ban dihydrogen monoxide bit.
merc@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
On the other hand, what bullshit is it that my stupid human body can’t survive being outdoors without medicinal cream. My ancestors would be ashamed.
alekwithak@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Mud and henna masks and other full skin coverings are extremely common among indigenous people and presumably your ancestors as well.
REDACTED@infosec.pub 9 months ago
We also used to have much more hair, shadowing the skin from sun
kerrigan778@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 months ago
Your ancestors had melanin production to fit their sun exposure and seldom lived past 40
merc@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Maybe tens of thousands of years ago, but 2000ish years ago 60ish was old age. The main reason life expectancy has gone up isn’t that old people didn’t make it to 50, it’s that young people didn’t make it to 2. If a couple has 5 kids, 3 of them die as toddlers and the other two make it to 70 the average life expectancy is about 30, but that doesn’t mean living past 30 is unusual.
Also, tens of thousands of years ago there was an ice age, but for the last 10k years light-skinned Europeans still had normal summers and worked in the fields.
BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Your ancestors didn’t shave
merc@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
I don’t either, but my nose isn’t hairy and it would burn to a crisp outdoors.
driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 9 months ago
The worst is when is a cloudy Sumner day and you’re like there’s no sun mf, no need to sunscreen! But you still get burned the fuck out.
NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 9 months ago
>be me
>white as everliving fuck
>put on sun screen, as you should, and set a timer for an hour and a half to reapply, earlier than the recommended 2 hours
>alarm goes off, reapply
>STILL GET SUNBURNED
mfw_AutumnMoon_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 months ago
I once somehow got sunburned while inside my bedroom
rhymeswithduck@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
I used to have that problem. I switched to 30 spf and don’t get burned anymore. I can’t really explain it, but my theory is that 50+ is marketing BS and doesn’t actually do anything. Or it could be that Banana Boat brand just really sucks and Hawaiian is more like lotion so it actually stays on my skin and also moisturizes, which probably helps because dry skin = gonna get burned.
Bongles@lemmy.zip 9 months ago
Get 100 spf, I’ve never even tanned on that shit.
OozingPositron@feddit.cl 9 months ago
I have never in my life seen anything seen anything higher than 50+
Zetta@mander.xyz 9 months ago
The difference between SPF 60 and 100 is like 1.1% better UV blocking, anything over SPF 50 is in a practical sense nearly useless.
Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world 9 months ago
This is my exact situation right now.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 9 months ago
I get a little pink from being outside for like ~20 minutes. That’s not really hubris lol.
joyjoy@lemmy.zip 9 months ago
Not wearing sunscreen and getting a sunburns is a psyop to get men to buy more aloe vera.
MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
Put that shit in the refrigerator, it’s awesome.
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Which, btw, might feel kind of nice, but you’ll still get skin cancer.
Denjin@lemmings.world 9 months ago
You got to give props to the people who convinced idiots that sunscreen causes cancer.
RedFrank24@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I would wear suncream more often, but:
- I’m allergic to something in most brands of suncream so if I run out I’m having to deal with rashes all over where I used it.
- I hate how it makes me feel slimy after using it
There’s this Loreal suncream spray I like that I can’t seem to find that feels like water and when it’s dry, it doesn’t feel like you have suncream on. It’s perfect for me! I’m not allergic to it either so I can actually go in the sun without turning red and blotchy!
pleasegoaway@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Yeah, and it’s also def NOT cheap.
icelimit@lemmy.ml 9 months ago
that feels like water and when it’s dry,
What does water feel like when it’s dry?
RedFrank24@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Key word being “and”.
ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
New question for the “water isn’t wet” fools unlocked.
grepe@lemmy.world 9 months ago
only one way to find out
cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 9 months ago
And then theres me who does not go outside that often, never uses suncream and doesnt get a sunburn when I decide to go outside for longer times.
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 9 months ago
Pour one out for the back of my calves. Every summer I forget.
LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world 9 months ago
[deleted]grrgyle@slrpnk.net 9 months ago
Same until I got a bicycle
Hikermick@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I put on sun screen every morning to ward off basal cell skin cancer. It sucks but it’s cheaper than going to the dermatologist to have basal cell skin cancer removed. The worst part is getting it in my eyes. On the plus side, the splotchy age spots on my temples have disappeared
jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
My wife can spend all day in the sun and turn a nice shade of brown.
Not me. There is no “tan” for me. It’s either pasty white or lobster with no middle ground whatsoever.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I turn a lovely tan. It just happens after two weeks of bright red and screamy and a few days of pale and peeling.
burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world 9 months ago
i get burnt with multiple layers of sun lotion
Mac@mander.xyz 9 months ago
If the cream wasn’t such a goddamn sensory nightmare…
UPF clothes FTWSARGE@startrek.website 9 months ago
LordWiggle@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Baking in the sun risks skin cancer. But people like to be tanned, so cancer is worth it for a good look.
phuntis@sopuli.xyz 9 months ago
mate it’s £5-10 for a 200ml bottle I’d hardly call that cheap
Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I have autistic sensory issues and the cheapest one I can at all tolerate to have on my skin is 15€ for 50ml. I have so many of the 5-10€ bottles at home and can’t handle any of them. Fml
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I buy the store brand from the local supermarket. €2,99 for a 250 ml bottle and it works great. I never get sunburn, even during multi hour bike rides in the blazing sun.
LordWiggle@lemmy.world 9 months ago
In the city of Utrecht NL they have free sunblock stations spread around the city. It shows the temp and UV rating. But buying it in store is crazy expensive and often the quality is poor. Some fancy tiny spray bottles go up to 12 euros, only good for 3 to 4 uses. wtf.
LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Then don’t buy the fancy spray bottles, but the big one that lasts for a year or three?
GingerGoodness@lemmy.world 9 months ago
As a ginger- the petrol money to go shop in Germany at DM or Rossmann is cheaper than the ginger tax here.
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 9 months ago
WTF are those prices. I’d start looking into importing from abroad …
BorgDrone@feddit.nl 9 months ago
Here in the Netherlands it’s expensive as well. Like a small bottle of name-brand sunscreen is €30.
IndiBrony@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Cost of living in the UK is up 25% since Brexit happened in 2021.
“We’ve become the first country in the history of the world to have placed economic sanctions upon itself” -James O’Brien
We’re a population of morons who will still blame anything but ourselves for the position we’re in.
mr_satan@lemmy.zip 9 months ago
One day I’ll win, you all will see!
Treczoks@lemmy.world 9 months ago
My excuse is that the weather was predicted as “cloudy” when we left in the morning. When we were on the trip, though, the sun was burning down to extinct humanity instead.
RecallMadness@lemmy.nz 9 months ago
You should be putting sunscreen on regardless, and reapplying every 3 hours.
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 9 months ago
If you spend 8 hours in the sun, the sunscreen doesn’t seem like it helps entirely.
WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Reapply q2 hours and every time you use a towel. I don’t think most sunscreen is advertising all day Protection.
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 9 months ago
I mean of course, I’m saying even adding more periodically. Just feels like always some gets through
synae@lemmy.sdf.org 9 months ago
I’m just stayin inside
Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 9 months ago
Ok Bo Burnham
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 9 months ago
but they’re specifically avoiding burning their hams
reev@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Went out to look for a reason to hide again
RyanLiu@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Fallen London vibes
Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 9 months ago
If you hate the feel of sunscreen like I do, check out UPF clothing 👍
stupidcasey@lemmy.world 9 months ago
as a man I have the primal urge to pick a fight with the giant ball of fire in the sky, I lost this time but one day.
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 9 months ago
Let out in on a little secret…you gotta attack at night.
stupidcasey@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Unfortunately I’ve already committed to it happening one DAY.
saltesc@lemmy.world 9 months ago
“ball of fire”
Haha, no no. You threw down with a gigantic source of cell destroying radiation. The fire did no harm.
NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 9 months ago
A ball of constant unending nuclear explosion
AES_Enjoyer@reddthat.com 9 months ago
Why exactly do you think there is UV radiation coming from the sun?
NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 9 months ago
The nuclear reactions occurring within the sun emit a wide spectrum of radiation, everything from sub-visible thermal radiation to high energy gamma rays. Thankfully, the Earth’s own electromagnetic field and ozone protects us from all but a tiny sliver of ionizing radiation or we wouldn’t be here to talk about it.
LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Because the spectrometer says so, mainly. Why?
Chrobin@discuss.tchncs.de 9 months ago
There’s no fire in the sun. Fire is some material oxidizing, and that’s not what’s happening (or at least not in relevant amounts). What creates the radiation is nuclear fusion.
saltesc@lemmy.world 9 months ago
xavier666@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Hypothetically speaking, will you get sunburnt if you sit near a fire all day?
twice_hatch@midwest.social 9 months ago
krashmo@lemmy.world 9 months ago
The heat could dry out your skin, which, if I’m not mistaken, is essentially what a burn is. However, as the other person noted, a sunburn is damage from radiation, not heat. So I think you could stretch the common definition of a burn to call heat induced dry skin a burn but calling it a sunburn would not be accurate.
eager_eagle@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I don’t remember it being cheap
nanook@friendica.eskimo.com 9 months ago
@bees Actually the UV creams have shown to be themselves carcinogenic, so it's not about to have cancer or not, but how to get it. All things in moderation, including sun, your body does need vitamin d3 which it produces in the presence of UV.GingerGoodness@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Oh FFS this isn’t the benzene thing again, is it? Benzene is a trace contaminant in everything from the air you breathe to the water you drink. The highest number Valisure came up with was 6 ppm in a sunscreen sample, that’s 0.0006%. Even if you decided to inject the whole bottle of sunscreen directly into your veins it would be a fraction of your total exposure for the day.
Using people’s fear of cancer to scare them away from effective cancer prevention measures is fucking shameful, do better.
nanook@friendica.eskimo.com 9 months ago
@GingerGoodness Benzene in trace amount is an issue, but also Oxybenzone: Some studies suggest it may be an endocrine disruptor, meaning it could interfere with hormones, and research in animals has raised questions about potential cancer risk, but it's important to note these were high-dose studies not directly relevant to typical human use. Other UV Filters: Ingredients like octinoxate and homosalate have also raised concerns about potential endocrine disruption, and some are banned in certain regions due to their impact on marine life
Look, if you want to smear yourself with chemicals, inject yourself with artificial DNA, etc, go for it, just don't require it of me and my offspring.
Mr_Fish@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Mate. I’m a ginger living in New Zealand. Sunburn is an inevitability.
nanook@friendica.eskimo.com 8 months ago