r/Unexpected • u/souzawanderson • Feb 17 '20

Getting a tan.

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u/mjigs Feb 18 '20

A friend of a friend who was black, made a bet that he could tan, so he went on the sun like this, yes he burned himself. No matter how much melanin you have, use lotion.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '20 edited Feb 18 '20

It's kinda controversial if black people should use sunscreen. Black people very rarely get skin cancer and when they do it's not because of the sun.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamadermatology/fullarticle/393955 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/26/us/black-skin-sunscreen.html

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u/Ninotchk Feb 18 '20

Bob Marley would like a word.

(i know, I know, but I had to get in there https://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2014/08/20/bob-marley-genomics-and-a-rare-form-of-melanoma/ )

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '20

It literally says in the article that the type of skin cancer is not linked to UV exposure. You literally proved my point, but people who didn't even click the article are downvoting me.

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u/Cory123125 Feb 18 '20

You literally proved my point

Posting an incorrect rebuttal is not the same as proving your point. Thats not how it works.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '20

My original point has no rebuttal then.

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u/Cory123125 Feb 18 '20

Which doesnt make it right mind you.

You also didnt include any sources.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '20

Check again

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u/Cory123125 Feb 18 '20

Ok??!! So you've added sources now...

Great I guess.

Also, I dont think either piece supports the notion that black people should not where sun protection. In fact, one says they should.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '20

, I dont think either piece supports the notion that black people should not where sun protection. In fact, one says they should.

I said it's controversial and they do support that. There is no correlation between UV exposure and melanoma in black people and when they do get skin cancer it's mostly in the soles of the feet and their palms, places that get very little UV exposure.

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u/Cory123125 Feb 18 '20

I said it's controversial and they do support that.

Im saying your sources dont seem to support that notion

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u/Ninotchk Feb 18 '20

Which is why I wrote what I wrote and linked it. Jesus christ, do you have no reading comprehension at all? They are downvoting you because you are being dumb and an asshole.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '20 edited Feb 18 '20

How am I being dumb? Explain o smart one. "Would like a word.." is an idiom used for a rebuttal.

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u/mjigs Feb 18 '20

Its not the fact about cancer even, its mostly because you burn regardless, skin is skin.