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[-] EtAl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 days ago

I never trusted suntan lotion. Admittedly, I suspected the chemicals themselves of causing cancer. But the Japanese use umbrellas to block the sun, and I've started doing that too. It might seem not so manly to some, but those people can all die in a fiery sun for all I care.

[-] xylol@leminal.space 10 points 2 days ago

How well do you swim holding an umbrella

[-] Grass@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

strap it on like a shark fin

[-] Guilvareux@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago

Maybe they use an umbrella hat?

[-] Natanael@infosec.pub 3 points 1 day ago

Dual wield and use one to surf

[-] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago
[-] xylol@leminal.space 2 points 1 day ago

Handle bar umbrella clamp

[-] volvoxvsmarla@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

Slip slap slop seek slide.

Just an umbrella won't protect you from UV rays, let alone if you spend a lot of time outdoors and the umbrella doesn't have a UPF. Even then, you'll have rays reflecting from surfaces. Do you wear long clothes? Do they have a UPF? And where do you live? (Rhetorical question, I don't need to know that of course)

If you are worried about chemicals, try mineral sunscreens. Non nano. They look and perform like shit but this is literally just zinc oxide sitting on top of your skin, reflecting the rays back like a mirror. Nothing is penetrating your skin, nothing is turning photons into heat. Zinc oxide is a compound you can get in a baby cream and a lot of pharmaceutical creams and it is reducing inflammation.

I like the umbrella, don't get me wrong, but depending on what exactly you do it might just be not enough. I'm worried it provides you with a false sense of security. Trust me, Japanese people don't rely on their umbrellas only.

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