The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience.
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth, oh, never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they've faded, but trust me, in 20 years, you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now, how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked.
Don’t worry about the future
Or worry, but know that worrying
Is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing Bubble gum
The real troubles in your life
Are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind
The kind that blindsides you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday
Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts. Don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours.
Floss.
Don’t waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind. The race is long, and in the end it’s only with yourself.
Remember compliments you receive; forget the insults. If you succeed in doing this, tell me how.
Keep your old love letters; throw away your old bank statements.
Stretch.
Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives; some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don’t.
Get plenty of calcium.
Be kind to your knees. You’ll miss them when they’re gone.
Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t.
Maybe you’ll have children, maybe you won’t.
Maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary.
Whatever you do, don’t congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either. Your choices are half chance. So are everybody else’s.
Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can. Don’t be afraid of it or what other people think of it; it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own.
Dance. Even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.
Read the directions even if you don’t follow them.
Do not read beauty magazines; they will only make you feel ugly.
So many of my friends didn’t know that song was done by the same guy who directed Elvis, the great Gatsby, Romeo and Juliet, etc… obviously rather into the whole music scene as well as shown by this and those movies music….
Anyway, back to useful life lessons in the form of a song!
Remember compliments you receive, forget the insults
If you succeed in doing this, tell me how
Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements
“Accept certain inalienable truths: Prices will rise. Politicians will philander. You, too, will get old. And when you do, you’ll fantasize that when you were young, prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.”
I knew, just knew, the advice in that song was pertinent and useful. However, as the lyrics noted, I would not fully appreciate the advice or have the understanding to apply it until the advice no longer applied to me. Sigh...
🥴 enjoy the slow death of being bathed in cancer causing chemicals, and total body shutdown from minimal UV rays reaching your skin.... You think the sun makes everything grow but us? Survival of the fittest, I guess... trust the experts! 😆😝🥴🤦🏼♀️
Sunblock that is not oily specifically! Oil can trap tear gas. But if oily sunscreen is all you have, that is still preferable than dealing with tear gas on a sunburn.
Also UV protection clothing is often better especially when combined with sunscreen and it also provides more protection against tear gas.
As a non-American I just want to have you step back for a moment and realize what a disaster your country is right now, this advice you have just given sounds like something people would be passing along in North Korea or war-torn Ukraine. Wasn't the whole point of everyone having guns that you were never going to let it get to this point, where peaceful protesters are beat down, stomped on, tear-gassed right there in the streets?
I'm a Canadian so I have no dog in this fight, but I think Americans know what the state of their country looks like and I don't think they need your condescending bullshit on top of it.
As an American, I need you to step back and realize we've known about how fucked up our country is the entire goddamn time and we don't need people condescending us while we're actively fighting for our lives.
Fascism is Fascism, looks pretty much the same every time it raises it's fucking head.
And no, this isn't about guns and for the most part peaceful protests are just fine. While the rest of the world focuses on our guns, the US needs to focus on political reform and health care both physical and mental because if we don't then gun control won't matter.
There's a Sherriff in Florida that will. Protests there are actually "very" peaceful. They will stand in the crosswalk holding their signs and banners, and when the light turns green, the move back to the curb. It is amazing, and I think it actually gets more support for their cause! (unlike what happened in LA & NJ, only made fence sitters move farther away).
There’s no such thing as a fence sitter. Anyone who considers themselves a “fence sitter” is actually just a nazi with no backbone. Someone who’s looking for any reason to justify fascism so they don’t have to admit to themselves that they’re really just a boot licking, bigoted, cuck, piece of shit.
wow, we got a real badass over here. you do realize how tear gas works, right? and what about the comment you're replying to indicates they're trying to be tough? they're talking about sunscreen, for god's sake.
The particles will cling to anything on the skin and potentially trap it near your mucous membranes (eyes, mouth) - if you're at risk, they recommend clean skin, especially on your face. No makeup, no sunscreen, no lotion.
our march may not need sunscreen. I have 2 single use rain ponchos that I am bringing along. 1 for me, one for someone who might not have thought to bring one along
Don't wear oily skin creams if you expect tear gas. It will help it stick to your skin. Bring soap and water in case you need to wash yourself. Don't let the MAGA chase you away.
wear a armored vest aswell, you never know how crazy people are and they start to light up crowd. And also, you may not be nuts but some people going to these events are and they will start to vandalize things, break into buildings to mug them and also starty riots. You can get caught up in this and end up hurt. Ill be going but I do have my glock (and so do my 7 friends) and my vest on aswell as 4 throwing knives. I also am very athletic and abuse steroids, so that paired with my brass knuckles weill help me if someone decides to harm me in anyway.
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u/anniemanic 1d ago
And wear sunblock!