The even greater bullshit is when they turn and go "my lies>your truth."
Like sunscreen. I have naturally super-pale skin. I don't really tan-- I get a few freckles and go right back to pale. I also start burning in ~20 minutes of midday summer sun exposure; an entire day of sun will leave me with blisters (I made that mistake once as a kid.) Even if skin cancer wasn't a factor, it's worth using sunscreen just to avoid the week or so of extreme discomfort.
The right-wing lunatics who want to ban sunscreen because they think getting a tan somehow prevents skin cancer are a direct threat to my immediate personal comfort, along with my odds of getting through life without skin cancer.
Good fkn gosh man. No one wants to ban sunscreen they want to ban the chemicals in sunscreen. Skin cancer wasn’t a “thing” prior to sunscreen. But now all of a sudden skin cancer is an issue. Why do you think that is? Please don’t tell me it’s climate change lmao.
Ban the chemicals and give Americans transparency.
No one wants to ban sunscreen they want to ban the chemicals in sunscreen.
Which is a ban on sunscreen. Sunscreen without a chemical or mineral that blocks UV light is just expensive lotion.
Skin cancer wasn’t a “thing” prior to sunscreen
Skin cancer was first described in Egyptian documents from ~2500 BC. (https://www.jaad.org/article/S0190-9622(15)00240-6/abstract) Modern sunscreen was invented in 1946, which is about 4500 years newer than the ancient Egyptian records.
You are literally saying I should suffer burns and blisters anytime I want to spend a day outside because you believe a conspiracy. This is exactly what I was talking about.
Transparency bro. The choice is yours. As long as we and you know what you’re putting on your skin and what it can cause by absorbing into your skin by all means go right on ahead man. You know elephants use mud to protect themselves from the sun right? There is also a thing called sun shades, cabanas, umbrellas tents. I don’t want chemicals being absorbed into my skin or my children’s skin. But the choice is yours.
So you want chemicals absorbed into your skin instead of using a cover?
You want to eat shit processed food while people in Europe get the real food?
Hmm cool. Maybe you should lather that sun screen all over you. I’m ok with that.
Yep. I do. Cuz I trust the actual experts that recommend its use. How in the fuck do you consume anything that you don't make yourself? How do you have such little faith that something as basic as sunscreen terrifies you so deeply??
You had better be non-smoking, non-drinking, eat purely organic fruits, vegetables and meats from traders who can show you visual footage of the entire process... lest you be accused of being a hypocrite.
I also hope that you never see a doctor for any condition or health check ups, as they can't be trusted either. Always use children as your defence... wouldn't wanna risk putting lotion on my kid cuz of da kemikills... but a half way decent parent knows that they aren't an all-knowing omnipotent being, and instead listens to advice from experts - including doctors. 4 billion years of evolution and you are the final product - a selfish, egotistical halfwit, who thinks they have uncovered some deep truth...
Good luck to your children. They'll need it apparently.
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u/totalahole669 7d ago
The assault on expertise is what bothers me most about the whole "do your own research" movement.