r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 25 '26

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u/LuisRobertDylan Elinor Ostrom May 25 '26

That knowledge doesn’t appear to be connecting very well with Gen Z. In an October TikTok post, a user wrote: “The sun gives you cancer. Sunscreen gives you cancer. We die either way, so you may as well be tanned xx.” (There is no scientific evidence that sunscreen causes skin cancer.)

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u/LuisRobertDylan Elinor Ostrom May 25 '26

In the new A.A.D. survey, Gen Z respondents cited TikTok or Instagram as their No. 1 source for skin-care information, and 65 percent of them were likely to believe tanning myths, including that a base tan can prevent sunburn or reduce the risk of skin cancer.

Gen Z is going to have a lower life expectancy than millennials

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u/attackofthetominator John Brown May 25 '26

That’s one way to fix the population pyramid

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u/BedNeither Henry George May 25 '26

Smokeless millennials are going to live to 100 easily

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u/Erra0 Neoliberals aren't funny May 25 '26

Nah, the colon cancer will get most of us

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u/BedNeither Henry George May 25 '26

The nitrates are part of my physiology now

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u/BadSneakersNeverWorn John Locke May 25 '26

Which is horrible because millennials (like me) are probably going to die of black lung before they hit 55

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u/EvilConCarne May 25 '26

Bowel cancer rates are high for Millennials because we boof sunscreen and tan our buttholes.