OT: American Politics

[MindzEye]

That's the thing you should try to get less pasty.

Tanning is a sign of permanent or semi permanent DNA damage mate.

 

[CH1]

If you can get a nice tan with sunscreen i'm jealous.

maybe use a less protective sunscreen, you pasty ass mofo

 

[Preston]

I think there's a general idea that cancers of all types is a recent trend in humanity likely linked to us toxifiying our environment and bodies.

And the fact that many chemicals can't be proven to directly cause something isn't the most convincing argument.

Yeah so it's just a guess that sunscreen causes cancer. That's a better argument than most I see.

 

[hockeylover]

honestly, my pasty ass friends who slather on sunscreen look fucking fantastic now. wish i'd been more diligent.

 

[MindzEye]

I only use grass fed beef tallow as sunscreen, fwiw

Dude....that grass better be heirloom organic

 

[CH1]

Dude....that grass better be heirloom organic

that I can't afford

RIP me

 

[MindzEye]

honestly, my pasty ass friends who slather on sunscreen look fucking fantastic now. wish i'd been more diligent.

My wife is a medical esthetician and at 44 has the skin of a 25 yr old.

Does not go in the sun without spf on, period.

 

[Preston]

Yeah so it's just a guess that sunscreen causes cancer. That's a better argument than most I see.

When I say that yours is a better argument, this is why and what I mean


View: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CtpPOs2hanx/?igsh=cHVoZzhkNjkya2Nh

Guessing is better than misinterpretation!

 

[lecoqsportif]

I only use grass fed beef tallow as sunscreen, fwiw

But what about climate change?

 

[CH1]

My wife is a medical esthetician and at 44 has the skin of a 25 yr old.

Does not go in the sun without spf on, period.

she's obvs part of Big Sunscreen

 

[zeke]

Is it weird that I know exactly how you smell after reading this?

Only cosmetics you'll ever need:

- castile soap
- crystal deodorant
- coconut oil
- aloe vera

 

[MindzEye]

I'm not taking sunscreen advice from a ginger hippy with a permanent partial tan

 

[zeke]

Tanning is a sign of permanent or semi permanent DNA damage mate.

No it isn't.

 

[MindzEye]

she's obvs part of Big Sunscreen

Still waiting on that cheque tho...

 

[CH1]

But what about climate change?

grasslands actually capture more carbon than forests

https://climatechange.ucdavis.edu/climate/news/grasslands-more-reliable-carbon-sink-than-trees

 

[axlsalinger]

There are levels of consumption in every product in the world that become toxic to humans, but sunscreen and most things we consume contain like 0.0001% of the levels that would be toxic to humans (even water is toxic at a certain point.. and yes water is a chemical too.. everything is a "chemical", it doesn't have to mean bad). Unless I'm missing something? Is there an ingredient in there that is toxic to humans at the levels contained in sunscreen?

That is the biggest issue with a lot of these fear monger people. They take a study that shows ingredient X is toxic, then determine that product Y is bad for you and you should stop eating or using it. But they don't look at how much you need to consume for it to be toxic vs how much is in the product you are consuming.

Yup, this is where charlatans distort the facts to scare people. There are "toxic' compounds everywhere, there's cyanide in apples and almonds for example, but the dose makes the poison. These trace amounts aren't enough to harm humans. It's like giving massive amounts of aspartame to mice can give them cancer, so yeah, if you're drinking 2000 Diet Cokes a day you may be in trouble.

But it's also fair to say that almost everyone is suffering from symptoms likely caused by our environment, so many autoimmune diseases out there and something is causing it.

Very difficult problem to solve, unfortunately. Gotta thank heroes like Aaron Rodgers for trying to get to the bottom of all this.

 

[Wayward DP]

Well, have you ever seen a cow with a sunburn?

Why? Beef tallow obviously.

Checkmate sheeple

I mean, I'm sure you know this, but beef tallow is rendered fat. Fat in the cows, not so rendered.

 

[Wayward DP]

That's the thing you should try to get less pasty.

why?

and I've always spent a ton of time outside in summers. and developed a pretty good tolerance as a result.

 

[MindzEye]

No it isn't.

 

[Preston]

Yup, this is where charlatans distort the facts to scare people. There are "toxic' compounds everywhere, there's cyanide in apples and almonds for example, but the dose makes the poison. These trace amounts aren't enough to harm humans. It's like giving massive amounts of aspartame to mice can give them cancer, so yeah, if you're drinking 2000 Diet Cokes a day you may be in trouble.

But it's also fair to say that almost everyone is suffering from symptoms likely caused by our environment, so many autoimmune diseases out there and something is causing it.

Very difficult problem to solve, unfortunately. Gotta thank heroes like Aaron Rodgers for trying to get to the bottom of all this.

We can only play it safe by consuming less. Either that or just say YOLO and accept the risks of what we do not know because our life expectancy pre-covid was at ATH so who gives a flying fuck.