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Assuming he's already gone to the hospital, because he's too relaxed . . . like he's already on pain meds.
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immadrawyoface
As someone who is a shade away from albino, yes, yes I have
tehaoer
RebelDreamer
KeyMasterVinzClortho
dustmywets
Norard
Bloody hell, he must be in agony.
probshouldntsayitbut
He is and will be for awhile. The top of the skin burns, but the layers below also get cooked.
usuallyarandomalwayssunnycomment
He gon' die
Cosmogonic
no very pain bad thing
framerate0
Pff, redneck......red arm, red chest, red leg...
MrPhantastik
As a black man I can't imagine staying in the sun long enough... can't you feel that shit?
zombiepanduh
Yeah, you can usually feel it start to get bad. I think he fell asleep.
DLSRGuy
OfficialNedFlanders
Yes.
HandoB4Javert
no
FlashBanana
I was hoping for a massive hand slap on the stomach or inner thigh.
Dicho83
Tlaxxil
The screech from that would be heard in China.
Lavitzzzzzzzzzz
I doubt he'd even get to the screeching stage, he'd probably blackout almost instantly
imanatheistdebateme
Calm down Satan.
kholli
As bad as that burn is he would probably pass out.
pregnantpause
My friend is pasty white British girl. We were in France & went topless on beach, Her boobs went blazing red in 2 hours. So painful
PmMeYourFavDinosaur
That actually sounds like the worst place to get sun burn.
Lavitzzzzzzzzzz
call me next time, i'll rub lotion on them every half hour
SwarthyBastard
Went to a nude beach once. I was super careful about putting sun tan lotion on my dong every 30-60 minutes. I wasn't taking any chances.
gingerjess
Two hours? I burn after about 10-15 minutes.
TheBrofessionaI
Yeah. He's probably already dead.
Batonrougeisnotsobad
I have been that sunburnt. It left a bib of freckles. Almost 30 years later, I can still see the outline of the top of the swimsuit.
mkingi
I've got that freckle line on my arms from wearing t-shirts all my life
Batonrougeisnotsobad
I have that, too, but it took 25 years or so. This bit on my décolleté took 45 minutes of sun. Some lessons you learn the hard way.
thoushaltnotpass
This guy is gonna have skin cancer one day.
ISupportYourViews
Tomorrow is that day.
Megarith
If he still has skin after this.
Abelthiar
I'm a ginger. That's how I look if I EVER go outside :p
catblklady
I like ginger.
FuzzyMedic
at night, too
Abelthiar
My favorite was when it was 7 in the evening and raining. And I managed to burn walking home from class..
unityz
do a google search for crispy tan women...yeah nah m8.
LeonardoLpez
The only way to get this sun burned is to pass out drunk at the beach..
KittikatB
I've been that burnt when wearing sunscreen. Ended up in hospital. My skin isn't suited to being Australian.
probshouldntsayitbut
I have been this burnt not drunk. Failure to plan & bring sunscreen/reapply on a day trip in a place pale ass people dont occur naturally.
TheBestRussian
I was studying outside in the sun and fell asleep on top of my textbook. Let me tell you, it was not fun. Not fun at all.
HoriOri
Try the southern hemisphere. I got burned walking from the car to the entrance to Sea World.
TheBestRussian
That's a little crazy. I live at 3300 feet altitude so it gets bad enough, especially in the mountains.
alaslipknot
Fuck it sucks a to be a white person ...
FinrodFelagundPrinceoftheNoldor
Eh, I've never gotten nearly this burned, as a pasty white Ohioan. I really don't know how to manage that level of crispiness.
mkingi
Genetics. I've met people paler than me that don't burn, but I've got that horrible Irish pink skin.
probshouldntsayitbut
alaslipknot
Olive skin FTW!
Meduza
JIPM
Lold pretty hard
AfroSamuraiRM
jdore8
His feet disappear.
DrBruleSaysYes
Jennstar
Lol I remember that one on Seinfeld!
trickatrev
Fuckin nailed it. +1
LestYeBeJudged
Why do you have this?
DarkSock
When you think about it sunburn is basically sustained exposure to a faraway incredibly violent nuclear explosion…
GiantRobotsRule
When you think about it all life is possible basically from sustained exposure to a faraway incredibly violent nuclear explosion
OnlyPostsGetRekt
That's what happens when you expose yourself to the reactor core when the shields are down
ImHereToGetDownvotes
I just want to know what's up with that upper lip. Was he wearing a fake mustache while sunbathing?
Poseidoposeido
/a/UAUAY
KeyMasterVinzClortho
Maybe chapstick. Some of that stuff is sunproof.
TheGhostofElizabethShue
I like to think he was drinking margaritas and bleached his moustache.
astrangehop
Lime juice and sun can cause horrible chemical burns.
mariapia0815
The sun literally bleached his mustache. He should be in the hospital.
LerkNJerk
Um, who doesn't wear a fake mustache when sunbathing?
IWasDoingFineFarting
Not me
LerkNJerk
ShinySephiroth
PegForMercy
usernametakenisthestoryofmylife
The one spot he used sunscreen. I mean, seriously - don't wanna burn the upper lip now
Seldric
If you look closely, he still got a mustache. It's just blonde.
BlakeTortilla
But the rest of his hair isnt blond. which is why he asked the question.
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BlakeTortilla
Not exactly common though. Usually if the facial hair is different colors, its red.
SirLyonhart
So, strawberry blond?
JustusPost
The sun can lighten hair. Especially like arm hairs.
UkrainianBukkake
Crab people, crab people, looks like crab but tastes like people.
HotSpoon
ShinySephiroth
LexBryant1995
How that guy will feel when he starts peeling
ViciousOtter
That's how you spot stupid tourrists.
gingerjess
Yup. I live in a beach town and you see this all time. Sunscreen is helpful.
complimentpin
*british
DiddyDollar
As a Brit.. i agree
TheMovieGalaxyQuest
It's always the brits, yeah. I love em though, they are always polite even if they got sunfucked and off their tits drunk.
complimentpin
Good to know we're well received, we've built a bad reputation in some places
TheMovieGalaxyQuest
(I don't count the odd 'cunt' or 'piss off ya twat' as unpolite)
shotgunz
That guy should probably be in a hospital
micdorcan
Yes.
MamaKin
I hope from then on out he gets cancer screenings yearly.
lataus
are you sure?
corbywhiskey
Nah, let it ride
losboccacc
yeah I've been less burnt than this and was literally quivering the day after, with fever, dehydration and stuff.
deathtoduckface
Definitely needs to visit the doctor
the4getful
Hospital here, can confirm
AZRAELSBLADE
As a physician: HOLY FUCK YES
ItchyItchyshake
He turned into HellBoy
michonnedisapproves
I was gonna say he looks like he should be on a plate with some scallops
wilbees
Absolutely go tot the hospital.
BlunderbussVigilante
Na na, so tot sieht er gar nicht aus. Noch nicht.
VirtualNaut
That guy is no thot.
blackburrd
Thot hospital
res20stupid
My sister never got this sunburnt and when she got home she had to go to a nurse cousin of ours because she had a giant blister covering /1
res20stupid
half of her CALF! This guy DEFINITELY needs to go to a hospital before he turns into the Michelin Man. /2
ragekritz
I got this burned once, never went to a doctor cause despite having insurance my family was really stingy and I'm in the US thanks dad.
samsonguy920
I get this impression he don't give a fuck.
youdonegoofed
He will.
Dissipo
Just imagine getting an IV with a sunburn like that! Cringe!!!!
oCestSiBon
He's just really embarrassed.
BramStocker
definitely
ashleypomeroy
There was a line - there was a formula.
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ShutUpBilly
I was so confused why the er would charge money but then I remembered America exists.
NoWisdomWithoutRegret
When my sister had a severe sunburn, they gave her some kind of medicated cream. Also, the most I've been charged at the er is $4000.
AnneFranklyMyDearIDontGiveADamn
You say that like $4000 is not an exorbitant price.
NoWisdomWithoutRegret
Oh it is. It's just not $20K
jo2be
Never paid more then 200 and I had plastic surgery. I don't get how a life is a commodity in the us
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MyNameIsJesusAndIStealHubcapsFromCars
people have been a commodity literally everywhere at one point or another.
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NoWisdomWithoutRegret
I had no insurance. I'm also ineligible for assistance in my bill. There may have been a self-pay discount, though.
yaFuckingWeapon
as an austrian... you system is FUCKED.
MyNameIsJesusAndIStealHubcapsFromCars
uh, were there ct scans or mri's involved?
Souljah42
As a Canadian your system is fucked.
clone1701d
Do not believe this... it is total bullshit. Show a redacted bill or no one should believe you.
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kebbitevoke
Australian here: Na he's a dumb ass; should slap him in the thighs to get the message of "wear sunscreen you twit" across.
thaicats
He ded
richardson1701
That lobster should be in the hospital. Like, legit 'you might not have skin in a few days' hospital.
Bystandr
Yeah he looks pretty alert and responsive but he could easily go into shock with that. Infection is a real possibility later , too.
lolthisismyusername
Ayup.
helpusdrzaius
Fill bath tub with aloe vera
GothRainbowPotato
Or egg whites. Or onions. Onion is magic for burns in general.
mkingi
If this guy covered himself in onion he'd make everyone in the room cry
MegaDeuce
Buy latex catsuit, fill with aloe vera.
eNtitude
Naturelle yoghurt also works, soothes well.
MarshmallowFluffernutterPie
God that sounds amazing actually.
Onikou
Wal-Mart pharmacies sell some juice by the gallon. Might be worth a shot
TheDreaded1
They do KY, too? Asking for a room full of friends.
Lavitzzzzzzzzzz
amazingly cold
LightningFIshLivesInTheDeep
And expensive.
MarshmallowFluffernutterPie
Sounds like the intent to me =3=
TemporaryUzername
haaaaaaaaaaaave you heard of heating elements?
Biigs
Ive had sunburn so bad, i wore a cap the next day to keep as much sun off. When i took it off, most of my forehead come off with it. ouch
nesste
yogurt or vinegar would make the pain go away.
3rdTimesTheCharm
Can confirm. Got third degree sun burn and sun poisoning. Parents wouldn't take me to hospital. Got super sick and passed out a lot.
GothRainbowPotato
Me too, when I was 7. I hated the fever that came after the sunburn.
baldewok
RIP
amazonviv
Yup. I know those feels. I got burned bad, passed out right on my face and broke my nose. Not a fun time
Goldenbeer
Third degree sunburn?
hippocampus
Someones been playing with a magnifying glass.
Notme68
Yeah, gotta call that one.
PreciousPotato
Well, what DID they do? Of course it needs treatment, but just not necessarily from a hospital.
3rdTimesTheCharm
Told me to just put aloe on it and leave it alone. Took weeks to heal, and my shoulders still have a little scaring from all the blisters
PreciousPotato
Uff. Wait, you got pure aloe at home? Yeah, I never had blisters from the sun, but a lot of burns from cooking, like hot oil spilling /1
PreciousPotato
over my arm and stuff like that. I found it best to help my body to get rid of excessive heat with a nice, not TOO cold bath, slather my /2
3rdTimesTheCharm
Not even pure aloe. Cheap gel from the dollar store. Didn't help much. I had blisters on top of blisters cause there were so many already
odraencoded
Sun poisoning? The sun... is poison?!?!?!?! I KNEW I WAS RIGHT BY NOT GOING OUTSIDE!!
CastleIsGreat
reminds me of that scene in the benchwarmers (movie) with the girlscout cookies
hr0nk
I got sun poisoning and have permanent nerve damage due to a 3rd degree sunburn.
flightlessfruit
The sun is the number one cause of skin cancer.
youareprobablyanidiot
Yep, taking benadryl helps. I get symptoms from mild dunbirns even. Fucking Nordic blood..
Fjellsmell
one of us one of us
3rdTimesTheCharm
Irish blood runs thick through my family. I get what I like to call an Irish tan when I go outside. I go from pale to red in about 30 mins
MissVerde
For sure. I got this burnt one summer and didn't go to the hospital. Got suuuuper dehydrated and couldn't walk for like 3 days.
realscrumpysteve
Seriously, this is the point where you don't hurt because the nerves have been cooked.
57697a6f
Can confirm this is indeed not true, source: fell asleep on a beach whilst on vacation in florida. You feel it.
realscrumpysteve
Not true for you then, I guess. Got this red and Myrtle Beach and didn't feel a thing until I started peeling.
57697a6f
14 year old me envies you.
FragileDonkey
He's almost as red as Zoidberg
LookOutItsThe
How did it make you dehydrated? Just curious never had a real bad sunburn before
guerillagirl
This is essentially sun poisoning. The burn doesn't cause dehydration, but is one of the signs of sun poisoning. Esp this bad.
Jufasa
Sun poisoning is just another word for a bad sunburn
guerillagirl
Not necessarily. You can get sun poisoning without getting burnt.
idontgiveafuckeither
My sun poisioning is welts, blisters, nausea, and a fever. It basically feels lkke the flu on top of a bad sunburn. Not fun:(
Jufasa
Sun burn is the same as any other burn and your skin can't hold in moisture when it happens. Infection and dehydration are the biggest thing
theonedollarbill
Did you die?
duckie523
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GryjPu3bCVU
SlotegeAllDay
My exgirlfriends sister was dating a guy who got pretty close to getting this burnt. He was deathly sick for like 3 days and could 1/
SlotegeAllDay
barely get around the house to function. I fucked with him pretty bad, not gonna lie. 2/2
letstalknews
CaliZach
I missed the with the first and second times I read that. I need some sleep
distances
Just to be clear here, "to fuck with" means teasing in this context, right?
captainikag
Yeah, like waking him up by sandpapering his burns or covering him in Mayo, turkey, and bread
tohubohu
Tease his bum hole
SlotegeAllDay
You are correct, sir.
hr0nk
Stealing top comment glory. From a ginger: forget Aloe Vera. APPLE CIDER VINEGAR all the way.
Safegyde
Yes! Soak in ACV. Works miracles.
mkingi
Oh god but the smell
hr0nk
Would you rather be a dried out prune for two weeks or get rid of that shit in two days.
mkingi
Wouldn't vinegar burn? I thought raw skin + acid = ouchie
chrish1005
Can you imagine how sick that guy is gonna get. Burnt skin and puking from sun sickness. Sounds fun.
realGeorgelucas
At least he didn't burn his mickey
TiRhino
I don't know if I've had sun poisoning. I had a sunburn that made my chest itch. Felt like ants burrowing under my skin. It was awful.
Kingcrabby
I have been there it was terrible
ImSynnical
And the hells itch you get with sunburns, scratching only makes it worse ugh poor guy I feel your pain
phederai
Once spent 14hrs at the beach with no sunscreen, then spent a week unable to get off my couch....
Randersuarus
I had hives from it one year. And I'm pretty sure I she's my entire skin lol
pelusita35
Sun urticaria is a thing. You can go into anaphylactic shock because of it.
Randersuarus
Luckily, I didn't . But that's crazy
pelusita35
This week the dr gave me epi pens for it. I was shocked!
Randersuarus
Oh my gosh! Hope you're okay! I had gone to Florida for the first time as a teen and fell asleep on the beach. Lesson learned haha
NotABadLookingNarcissist
I see painful showers in his future.
iouoneusername
My girlfriend was like this once. She had to get pills to regulate her blood pressure.
letstalknews
JESUS!
DrPissChimp
Sun sickness? Isn't that heat exhaustion or more severely heat stroke?
StandAgainstTyranny
Iirc, it's a combo of dehydration, overheating, and chemical poisoning from your tissue releasing potassium as it cooks in the sun. No joke.
Morrigi
And a dash of radiation poisoning to top it all off.
AccountCreatedToUpdogVotes
No, sun sickness is actually a type of mild radiation poisoning. Heat exhaustion/stroke are primarily caused by severe dehydration and
AccountCreatedToUpdogVotes
inability to release excess heat, normally because the outside temperature is too high. I've had sun sickness on a 70°F day because I was
AccountCreatedToUpdogVotes
out for 8 hours with no protection. Still drank the proper amount of water.
BambiDefender
Nah m8, the peeling.... oh god the peeling. He'd beat pray it don't blister either
Purtypreencess7
fuuuuck the blisters.
Expiredroses
I burned so bad once that my legs swelled so much you couldn't tell i had knees or ankles. Entire front of my legs were blisters and cracked
letstalknews
Is it kind of like when you pour melted wax on your skin and peel it or is it painful as fuck?
PreciousPotato
The burn hurts, the peeling doesn't. Remember that episode from Malcolm in the Middle, when Reese peeled his whole body?
mercifulwombat
It's a burn. On your whole body. Blisters mean it's a second degree burn. If hurts.
letstalknews
What about just a mild sunburn where you dont get blisters does the peeling still hurt?
dustygamedev
No but wherever you are burnt is very tender to the touch. If it's on your back wearing a shirt/sitting on a chair can hurt/cause discomfort
AccountCreatedToUpdogVotes
Sometimes it itches like a bitch, to the point where it's hard to fall asleep.
ellavator
Peeling doesn't hurt. It's kind of itchy and it's fun to peel,the skin off and see how big of a piece of skin I can get without it tearing.
canadianmaplesizzurp
Nope.. just gross
ErinInStereo
Sun poisoning is fucking bitch. It nearly ruined a vacation on Florida for me once. ALWAYS PUT ON SUNSCREEN! Your skin will thank you.
ThaEnder
As a kid I would stay outside in my above ground pool for 5+ hours at a time without sunscreen. Nothing happened.
ErinInStereo
Lucky. I burn very easily, and even after slathering tons of sunscreen on, I'll still burn a little.
ThaEnder
I probably wouldn't be as lucky now since I don't go outside nearly as much and my tolerance has gone down.
AccountCreatedToUpdogVotes
And properly hydrate, although that is for heat stroke.
Purtypreencess7
reapply. reapply. reapply. reapply.
Zombraina
YES! That is the key part. I learned better and next time I went to the beach and reapplied while my family didn't. I didn't burn or tan.1/
Zombraina
They burned.
StandAgainstTyranny
and then reapply some more. ESPECIALLY YOUR FACE AND BROW AREA, EVERYBODY WIPES THEIR FACE WITHOUT NOTICING.
letstalknews
As a black person, is this really a thing?
KNDBS
I'm white as a paper but never happened to me,i usually take good care of myself when i get exposed to the sun, but never "puked" because of
KNDBS
Sunburns.
Promethianfire
As a ridiculously white person, this is a thing that happens to me in about 2 hours if I'm not wearing sun screen.
ohshitausername
Yep. It'll give you a fever too.
Ravirn
I have been burnt so badly that I couldn't raise my hands above my shoulders for the blisters from falling asleep in the sun. So...Yes.
BeerBatteredandBold
Happened to me in Aruba, I had to use a silk bathrobe as a blanket because my skin was so raw.
SerialChillinSpree
ewww, that sounds kinda fun,.
USERNAMESMUSTBEFOURCHARACTERS1NLENGTH
I'd like a large coffee black
pelusita35
You're really going to make me work on Black Friday?
snowfork
Yknow, dark skin people are resistant but not immune to sun poisoning. Take care of yourself.
MountainYankee
Happened to my little brother, and we are middle eastern. Little bastard looks European, but the sun is his weakness. Just like the English.
letstalknews
lol
Javertoldfriend
Ginger who got 2nd degree burns from the cunt we call a sun checking in.
GuyIncogneato
Florida man here. Oh yes, this happens.
YNotZoidberg1077
I was 12 and it was day 2 on a week-long trip to Florida. I got 2nd degree sunburn: blisters, swelling, red, pain, nausea. It was miserable.
YNotZoidberg1077
We had to find a doctor's office in a far-away state that took our insurance (this was the 90s, so not really internet). Pain meds. Aloe.
YNotZoidberg1077
Had to wear gauze pads with aloe under my shirts until the blisters healed up. Clothing was painful. Everything hurt when I moved.
YNotZoidberg1077
Skin healed, peeled, sloughed off, was gross. It fucking sucked. Also, bad/repeated sunburn increases skin cancer risk. That guy's fucked.
DeadOnionSaysWhat
As a white person, is this not a thing? I'm asking seriously. Even w/ sunscreen on I still get sunsickness when I visit the carib.
beauandmacysmom
My sis is darker skinned and im really pale. Her baby is pale too and she never knew hot water can make our skin red w/o being burnt
DeadOnionSaysWhat
Ohhh, poor dear, that must have alarmed her!
beauandmacysmom
It really did. She called me crying.
letstalknews
Lol
adjacentmountain
When white people stay in the sun too long they get sick, curl up, and die. They're very fragile best stay away from them and dont feed them
ItsMattyNotDaddy
As a white person, this is what I want
EminentLine
As a white person, this happened to me last summer. Got sunburned and died. It was really scary, but I got better.
WorkerLurker
I tan, call me daywalker
PreciousPotato
I even start to feel sick when I'm not sunburned, but spend all day in the sun. Severe headaches and puking - easy to underestimate /1
PreciousPotato
the sun when there's a nice breeze and shade. Even though I tan easily.
Hilaritybomber
Is that what it is? I have the same problem but always attributed it to a weakness to heat, not the sun. Like overheating too easily.
Burke616
If you're keeping yourself cool but still getting those symptoms, you're probably getting low-level sun poisoning. I'm allergic to sun, so.
PreciousPotato
Yeah. I worked in hot places like kitchens etc, but that's only uncomfortable and doesn't affect me as long as I got my salt and water /1
epoke
As a brown guy, I appreciate your investigation. This was new to me as well.
pantzonfire
Asian here. I've had some bad burns, but never blistered or gotten "sun sickness". that's crazy.
AccountCreatedToUpdogVotes
Sun sickness is literally mild radiation poisoning.
PreciousPotato
Never blistered, either, but yeah, sun sickness. Also, I'm totally making a appointment with a dermatologist in the next weeks - I think /1
PreciousPotato
the skin damage from 20-30 years ago is starting to show, like, more spots and such. Better safe than sorry.
rezpawner
Fuck you and your high amount of melanin that allows you to go outside during the summer.
letstalknews
DO yuo really have to look outside some days and go "naw that aint for me"?
pelusita35
Yes. Black Flag days in particular.
PowwerOrb13
Definitely. Sunny days are the worst during summer, and days after a clean snow in winter. Overcast is where I like it
Stostri
Yep, severe enough sunburns can cause blistering, swelling, dehydration, and a very upset stomach. And that's before the skin peels off.
mroranges
Let's not forget about the itch. The horrible, unending, shrieking itch
StandAgainstTyranny
Also, you can die from kidney failure if it's bad enough. Iirc, the burnt tissue releases lots of potassium. No bueno, señor.
Gehirnspaghetti
Also also, the long term effects of sunburn give you a higher chance of skin cancer
JanetVanDyne
The first time I experienced the skin peeling I panicked, I didn't know what it was. Mom said it's because I don't get enough sun.
mkingi
I don't think you can build up a tolerance to sun if you're really pasty and pale
jmcurious
Yeah you won't have a good time with second degree burns :(
Lavitzzzzzzzzzz
and if you get burned enough times severely enough you can develop skin cancer.
ElecTech
Enough times can be 1 if you're that unlucky with the damage to your skin's dna.
PowwerOrb13
It's not a time limit, it's just luck whether or not the cells mutate and spread
TheIvoryCrane
The itching... Dear christ, men go insane from the itching...
ILiekTurdles
Thank god for not being white. Damn.
mkingi
Thanks to sun damage white people also get wrinkly way faster and worse. We're pretty much the ugliest race after age 30.
arkangelbb
I've had it before, it sucks, and it leaves some nasty scars and freckles behind
Talolza
Plus the skin peeling can sometimes itch the most in the world
letstalknews
Good lord what a curse
kuntykinte
Try this and childbearing tohether.
thecheckisinthemail
Also, the blisters are basically liquid-filled sacks that leak all day long. It's super great stuff.
pelusita35
And stick to sheets or clothing.
PreciousPotato
Well, drinking someone else's blood usually helps us to heal quickly.
letstalknews
We need to take all the sarcastic comments here and call the white facts.
AgolfHiller
Curse? We're immortal. Everytime we get sunburned we shed or skin and age and start anew, a little sickness is nothing
27yoUGLYvirgin
It's ironic because every time we get sunburned we get a little closer to death.There's basically a sunhour limit that we can take b4 cancer
PracticallyHitler
Then we get cancer and die, BUT before that we are indeed immortal
letstalknews
OMG lol i kind of want to start teaching people that
epsteinxdidntxkillxhimself
Do you not get sunburnt? I always assumed that you did but that you just didn't turn red like a radioactive tomato.
CthulhusGreasyBallsack
the entire point of having more melanin in your skin is to prevent damage from the sun
snckpack
It's the cost of white privilege. I'd say it's an even trade.
NotMe831
hahahahaa
TerriblePokemon
Never stopped us white folk from showing up at the hottest places in the world and getting our murder on
WilliamByrd76
Problem is, you're not wrong.
Secsletariat
Well we've come all this way and now we're annoyed, may as well get our money's worth out of the trip.
letstalknews
Dam thats savage
Zeema101
Do black people not burn as badly as white?
snowfork
Dark skinned people have a higher rate of undiagnosed skin cancer. They don't get sunburnt as easily but cancer is ubiquitous.
letstalknews
In 30+ years of life i have never put on sunscreen or gotten sun burned i dont know any black people that have to be honest.
AccountCreatedToUpdogVotes
It can happen, particularly in areas of high elevation or greater exposure, but it's not particularly common.
forestfinagle
That's pretty awesome. As a ginger, I often wonder if I should move to the uk to be with my peoples. My skin loved it there on vac.
letstalknews
I felt for you the moment you said ginger
WillUleimi
It's possible for darker skinned people to burn, but it very unlikely. I am half black and half white and I have never burned. We do tan tho
elBajoNegro
We don't burn at all. We just get slightly darker. My wife is Mexican and she doesn't burn either. She just turns golden brown.
JanetVanDyne
What skin tone does she have? I'm Mexican too and I turn golden brown when sun burned too, but I dunno many people with my skin tone.
JanetVanDyne
It's not white enough to be "white" but also not dark enough to be "brown".
elBajoNegro
She's darker than most Mexicans. Most people confuse her for Dominican or Puerto Rican for some reason
floeppoep
I'm half brown and half white and I've never gotten a sunburn
ChemicalPorpoise
Go to the equator. Had quite a few friends who said similar learn what a sunburn is there.
AccountCreatedToUpdogVotes
Also go to higher elevations where less UV light is filtered by the ozone layer.
AxelYamanaka
Try at all. At least from what my white ass hears...
margaretolson
Oh they can. My mon is Jamaican and got a TERRIBLE sunburn in Barbados in the 90s.
MasticatingMastodon
They do, it's just much harder for it to happen. Source : I googled and read some li k descriptions. didn't click em though.
gwenniechan
Melanin (source of black skin) absorbs UV light (source of sunburn). However black people heat up faster and produce less vitamin D.
gwenniechan
Disclaimer: I'm a white ginger whose skin can't tan at all. I just know some science shit because lonely nerd childhood.
gwenniechan
Related to my first post, redheads have mutated endorphin producers that make red phenomelanin instead. Causes many different effects.
letstalknews
The vitamin D thing is actually from centuries of being deprived milk during slave times i know it sounds wacky a white professor taught me
PirateRubberDuck
They produce less for the same amount of uv due to originating from a hotter climate. People have adapted over time.
Knilore
Actually the vitamin D thing relating to melanin production goes back a lot earlier than domestication and milk from other animals.
HappySpandex
i think it would take a little more than 400 years to genetically change a group of people. plus, they didnt drink milk in china and they 1
gwenniechan
I'm talking about production of Vitamin D from UV light. Nordic peoples have increased lactase persistence so they can digest milk as adults
SuicidalPlantpot
1. I don't think that's right, vitamin D is produced by the absorption of sunlight and not everyone who is black is descended from slaves.
TheSisko
Vitamin D only started to be added to milk in the latter half of the 20th century.
eatyourmeat
It's why black people are black. They evolved to resist the sun and white people evolved to absorb more sun.
HighlySexualLobster
Our root stock was black. The offshoots who moved away from the equator became lighter.
DeadHamster
Recent discoveries of early human ancestors in Eastern Europe could potentially disprove this.
TheSilverToaster
Exactly this. The increased melanin that causes darker skin is an adaptation from hotter regions of the world, where there's more sun
PreciousPotato
Or rather, the other way around. Light skin is an adaptation to less sunlight.