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The health benefits of sunlight may outweigh the risk of skin cancer

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279 points petethomas | 3 comments | 19 Sep 25 04:46 UTC | HN request time: 0.511s | source
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calebm ◴[19 Sep 25 06:12 UTC] No.45298453[source]▶
I am very white, but getting sun feels very healthy for my skin. Obviously I don't want to get burned bad, but good sun exposure helps my skin feel softer and less inflamed. My grandfather also spent most of his days out in the sun gardening, and my mom was just commenting a few months ago about how surprisingly smooth his skin is (and he's 92).
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1. herbst ◴[19 Sep 25 07:07 UTC] No.45298745[source]▶
Is this some kind of weird meta joke or are people actually arguing about staring into the sun in 2025?
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2. esseph ◴[19 Sep 25 07:38 UTC] No.45298947[source]▶
An age of unenlightenment!
3. blooalien ◴[19 Sep 25 08:43 UTC] No.45299387[source]▶
> Is this some kind of weird meta joke or are people actually arguing about staring into the sun in 2025?

Why not? People are still arguing in 2025 that the vast majority of the world's climate scientists are wrong about climate change, and there are even some who unironically argue that the Earth is flat. Science is dead. Long live "Whatever I want to believe is true and you're all wrong!"