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OT - What do you call the stuff you put on your skin to prevent sunburns?


What do you call the stuff you put on your skin to prevent sun burns?  

26 members have voted

  1. 1. What you say?

    • Sun screen
      16
    • Sun block
      5
    • SPF
      1
    • Other
      4


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  • nfreeman changed the title to OT - What do you call the stuff you put on your skin to prevent sunburns?
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  On 5/27/2020 at 7:17 PM, Drag0nDan said:

My wife will occasionally describe the SPF as "proof" like booze

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Thats a good analogy actually.  Noone says they are going to the liquor store to buy proof.  You go to the liquor store to buy booze, which is rated by proof.

I think my first instinct would be to look for something to kick if someone told me they are getting a tube of SPF to apply.

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Tanning butter (or tanning lotion). ?

 

Oh, wait, this isn't the '70's and people don't intentionally turn their skin into baseball mitts anymore.

Sun screen.  And agree with the above that calling it SPF is mildly moronic.

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  On 5/27/2020 at 8:07 PM, Let's Go B-Lo said:

Suntan lotion

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  On 5/27/2020 at 8:16 PM, ubkev said:

That's a different thing.

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  On 5/27/2020 at 8:37 PM, Taro T said:

Tanning butter (or tanning lotion). ?

 

Oh, wait, this isn't the '70's and people don't intentionally turn their skin into baseball mitts anymore.

Sun screen.  And agree with the above that calling it SPF is mildly moronic.

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  On 5/27/2020 at 9:13 PM, tom webster said:

That was my first thought

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This:

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I voted 'Other', because I don't use any of that junk.

Why would I risk all kinds of worse cancers from the sunscreen chemicals to prevent (maybe) skin cancer.

We need direct on the skin sunshine of 30 minutes a day to get natural vitamin D.  That's all I get.  I never burn.

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  On 5/28/2020 at 2:49 PM, New Scotland (NS) said:

I voted 'Other', because I don't use any of that junk.

Why would I risk all kinds of worse cancers from the sunscreen chemicals to prevent (maybe) skin cancer.

We need direct on the skin sunshine of 30 minutes a day to get natural vitamin D.  That's all I get.  I never burn.

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What if you spend the day at a pool or body of water?  Or doing yardwork? Stupid question, do you have darker skin? 

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  On 5/28/2020 at 2:49 PM, New Scotland (NS) said:

I voted 'Other', because I don't use any of that junk.

Why would I risk all kinds of worse cancers from the sunscreen chemicals to prevent (maybe) skin cancer.

We need direct on the skin sunshine of 30 minutes a day to get natural vitamin D.  That's all I get.  I never burn.

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Oh yeah, well, it's sprinkling rain right now and I'm gonna go walk to dogs. I'll come back with a sunburn.

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  On 5/28/2020 at 3:33 PM, inkman said:

What if you spend the day at a pool or body of water?  Or doing yardwork? Stupid question, do you have darker skin? 

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Not particularly, but I tend to not burn easily.

I don't spend that much time in the direct sun.  If I am out at the beach, hike, or whatever for an extended period of time, I look for some shade for a lot of that time.

 

 

  On 5/28/2020 at 5:39 AM, Doohickie said:

Clothes.

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They are optional in some places and at some times, you know.  Thank goodness, but it seems like it's old and dumpy men that follow these rules and not the buff hotties.

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I wear a long sleeved tee shirt and a golf hat.  I still wear shorts (just to give the ladies a show).  I really want to get one of those large hats but can't get the gumption to do so.  So my ears and legs are exposed.  But I don't go out much so I think I'm OK.  But being a white guy from WNY, I can get a sunburn from reading a Kindle (or a laptop).  That reminds me, I have to logoff now so I don't burn.

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In the summer I put away my traditional Fedora for one like this.  Being a sharp dresser, this is must for May through September.  The ladies like it too. 

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  On 5/28/2020 at 6:51 PM, Tondas said:

I wear a long sleeved tee shirt and a golf hat.  I still wear shorts (just to give the ladies a show).  I really want to get one of those large hats but can't get the gumption to do so.  So my ears and legs are exposed.  But I don't go out much so I think I'm OK.  But being a white guy from WNY, I can get a sunburn from reading a Kindle (or a laptop).  That reminds me, I have to logoff now so I don't burn.

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Yo! Yo! Yo!  WNY white guy here who tans like a fine piece of leather.  I have to work to get a burn around here.  When I was within 50 miles of the equator, it was a different story.  

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  On 5/28/2020 at 10:15 PM, inkman said:

Yo! Yo! Yo!  WNY white guy here who tans like a fine piece of leather.  I have to work to get a burn around here.  When I was within 50 miles of the equator, it was a different story.  

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If I got to 50 miles from the equator, I'd have to change my user name to Tondas Bacon!

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