Tanning Beds
This month I started going to tanning bed.
I did so for two reasons: To clear up skin blemishes and to look decent before the vacationing season.
Since I've started, several people have mentioned to me, "You look like you've got some sun." Each time, I admit that it's not the sun, but I've been going to the tanning bed.
Today, an interesting exchange took place.
I was told I looked like I got some sun.
I asked, "It looks like I got some sun since when?"
Two on-listeners already knew I have been going to the tanning bed and when my response wasn't immediately, "I go to the tanning bed," they giggled and nodded affirmatively to one another - as if they believed I was embarrassed about the origin of my bronzed god complexion (I'm not sure if that's what they really thought, but I'm ASSuming). The response of the original person was as expected - none.
What the others didn't know is that, in this case, it was the sun. I hadn't been to the tanning bed since the person had seen me last. I went putt-putting with my family. My sister was pink the next day - and although I wasn't burned, I'm sure I got "some sun."
Since I've only started going to the tanning bed this month, I don't have to defend those who go chronically; moreover, the only person whose opinion I care about on the issue is that of the one who gives and takes the gift of ass (If that shocks you, you need to get over it). That includes only one of you. On the other hand, I will defend chronic tanners because...why not.
Per usual, I am only responding to arguments made against tanning - not making my own argument.
* It costs money and the sun is free: Of course the Sun is free, but you can't lay out in the sun on a weekday at 5:30 PM. The sun has at least three times less tanning ability as a tanning bed, so you have to layout longer. Where would you lay out if you don't have a pool - in the parking lot , or at the park? No tan lines at the tanning bed either - if you know what I'm saying. People buy things because they think the item or service is worth the exchange for money. For people who tan, the convenience and the results are worth the money.
*Who cares how you look? : I do. Some people are beautiful with milky white, smooth skin. On the other hand, the sight of a pair of pale, pasty legs generally makes me want to defecate, then vomit, or maybe in the other order. Until I have kids, I'll always want to believe that girls are percolating in my presence. I can't fantasize if my legs look like a pair of uncooked sausage links. (btw - do you wear makeup, do you wear clothes that fit, etc.).
Maple - fucking gross.
*Health: Ahh, fucking health. Working and going to school at a hospital gets you this crap all the time, "That's not healthy." It's not healthy to eat, it's not healthy not to eat, eating meat is unhealthy, not eating meat is unhealthy, lifting weights is/isn't healthy, cutting weight isn't healthy, being fat isn't healthy, spicy food isn't healthy, drinking isn't healthy, pop isn't healthy, using public toilets isn't healthy, drugs aren't healthy, whore's aren't healthy, wearing polyester isn't healthy, candy isn't healthy, blah blah blah - shut up. I'm 22 years old, 6'3", and weight around 200 lbs. How would you quantify my health - what is the standard? I'm stronger than the average person, I'm faster than the average person, I can run farther than the average person, I'm somewhat competitive in sports, I've got strong/straight teeth, I can hear well, my eyesight isn't too bad, I go to work every morning, I get a cold 1-3 times a year, I get a stomach virus 1-3 times a year, I have an unkown allergy that minimally effects me, and a few aches. What's the standard? How are you quantifying health?
Are you saying that going to the tanning bed will make a person live a shorter life? I'll bet that there is no definitive relationship between life expectancy and tanning beds that can't be diluted down with a mixture of other factors common to people that go to tanning beds. In fact, tanning beds haven't been around long enough for such a study in the first place.
But anyway, radiation does cause cancer. There's no doubt about it. Of course it's a stochastic effect, so there's no guarantee a person who went to the tanning bed every day forever would get it. Going to the tanning bed as a teen girl, more than 10 times each year, increases the risk of melanoma by 7 times (http://www.skincancer.org/artificial/index.php) (Being Caucasian increases your risk by 20 times), and melanoma accounts for 90% of skin cancer deaths. In the world, there are 132,000 melanomas globally (http://www.who.int/uv/faq/skincancer/en/index1.html). So, not correcting for demographics, you have a 0.0022% of being one of those people each year. In a life time (80 years), you have a 0.2% chance of being one of those people at some point. If you go to the tanning bed more than 10 times a year, you increase to a whopping 0.15% and 1.2%, respectively. (Note: the statistic of melanomas each year already includes people who go to tanning beds, so the figures would be lower. However, it's ridiculously rough in the first place due to my population figure - 6 billion). One of every four people die of cancer. That's 25%.
The next point is going to be, "There's no need to increase your risk if you don't have to." If you drive to school or work, if you've ever flown, if you operate a toaster oven, if you've ever eaten fast food, if you eat anything, if you have a fireplace, if you live in California (where gum causes cancer), etc - you need to STFU.
I'm not embarrassed about going to the tanning bed and I don't fear for my fucking health.
I did so for two reasons: To clear up skin blemishes and to look decent before the vacationing season.
Since I've started, several people have mentioned to me, "You look like you've got some sun." Each time, I admit that it's not the sun, but I've been going to the tanning bed.
Today, an interesting exchange took place.
I was told I looked like I got some sun.
I asked, "It looks like I got some sun since when?"
Two on-listeners already knew I have been going to the tanning bed and when my response wasn't immediately, "I go to the tanning bed," they giggled and nodded affirmatively to one another - as if they believed I was embarrassed about the origin of my bronzed god complexion (I'm not sure if that's what they really thought, but I'm ASSuming). The response of the original person was as expected - none.
What the others didn't know is that, in this case, it was the sun. I hadn't been to the tanning bed since the person had seen me last. I went putt-putting with my family. My sister was pink the next day - and although I wasn't burned, I'm sure I got "some sun."
Since I've only started going to the tanning bed this month, I don't have to defend those who go chronically; moreover, the only person whose opinion I care about on the issue is that of the one who gives and takes the gift of ass (If that shocks you, you need to get over it). That includes only one of you. On the other hand, I will defend chronic tanners because...why not.
Per usual, I am only responding to arguments made against tanning - not making my own argument.
* It costs money and the sun is free: Of course the Sun is free, but you can't lay out in the sun on a weekday at 5:30 PM. The sun has at least three times less tanning ability as a tanning bed, so you have to layout longer. Where would you lay out if you don't have a pool - in the parking lot , or at the park? No tan lines at the tanning bed either - if you know what I'm saying. People buy things because they think the item or service is worth the exchange for money. For people who tan, the convenience and the results are worth the money.
*Who cares how you look? : I do. Some people are beautiful with milky white, smooth skin. On the other hand, the sight of a pair of pale, pasty legs generally makes me want to defecate, then vomit, or maybe in the other order. Until I have kids, I'll always want to believe that girls are percolating in my presence. I can't fantasize if my legs look like a pair of uncooked sausage links. (btw - do you wear makeup, do you wear clothes that fit, etc.).
Maple - fucking gross.
*Health: Ahh, fucking health. Working and going to school at a hospital gets you this crap all the time, "That's not healthy." It's not healthy to eat, it's not healthy not to eat, eating meat is unhealthy, not eating meat is unhealthy, lifting weights is/isn't healthy, cutting weight isn't healthy, being fat isn't healthy, spicy food isn't healthy, drinking isn't healthy, pop isn't healthy, using public toilets isn't healthy, drugs aren't healthy, whore's aren't healthy, wearing polyester isn't healthy, candy isn't healthy, blah blah blah - shut up. I'm 22 years old, 6'3", and weight around 200 lbs. How would you quantify my health - what is the standard? I'm stronger than the average person, I'm faster than the average person, I can run farther than the average person, I'm somewhat competitive in sports, I've got strong/straight teeth, I can hear well, my eyesight isn't too bad, I go to work every morning, I get a cold 1-3 times a year, I get a stomach virus 1-3 times a year, I have an unkown allergy that minimally effects me, and a few aches. What's the standard? How are you quantifying health?
Are you saying that going to the tanning bed will make a person live a shorter life? I'll bet that there is no definitive relationship between life expectancy and tanning beds that can't be diluted down with a mixture of other factors common to people that go to tanning beds. In fact, tanning beds haven't been around long enough for such a study in the first place.
But anyway, radiation does cause cancer. There's no doubt about it. Of course it's a stochastic effect, so there's no guarantee a person who went to the tanning bed every day forever would get it. Going to the tanning bed as a teen girl, more than 10 times each year, increases the risk of melanoma by 7 times (http://www.skincancer.org/artificial/index.php) (Being Caucasian increases your risk by 20 times), and melanoma accounts for 90% of skin cancer deaths. In the world, there are 132,000 melanomas globally (http://www.who.int/uv/faq/skincancer/en/index1.html). So, not correcting for demographics, you have a 0.0022% of being one of those people each year. In a life time (80 years), you have a 0.2% chance of being one of those people at some point. If you go to the tanning bed more than 10 times a year, you increase to a whopping 0.15% and 1.2%, respectively. (Note: the statistic of melanomas each year already includes people who go to tanning beds, so the figures would be lower. However, it's ridiculously rough in the first place due to my population figure - 6 billion). One of every four people die of cancer. That's 25%.
The next point is going to be, "There's no need to increase your risk if you don't have to." If you drive to school or work, if you've ever flown, if you operate a toaster oven, if you've ever eaten fast food, if you eat anything, if you have a fireplace, if you live in California (where gum causes cancer), etc - you need to STFU.
I'm not embarrassed about going to the tanning bed and I don't fear for my fucking health.