Thankfully I was already planning a trip to the woods with some 🍄 chocolate when the decision hit. I was able to forget about the world for a short while.

There are not enough drugs in the world.

No joke I’ve been medicating myself with plants more than usual.

I think that’s how I am feeling

Same lol

Angelica Denise

Liz

For realz

The Troglodyte Tribunal

Recently one of the “tanners” was in people you may know and I legitimately thought someone had made another fake account with my recently deceased mother’s photo and a filter. I was friggin angry… and then laughed really hard. It was a ride I tell ya.

I know 30 isn't old, but I look at former classmates of mine who used to get tanned heavily (artificially and from laying outside at the pool or lake in town) and they all look MUCH OLDER than I do lol. Meanwhile I (who was always teased for being so fair skinned) look younger than my age, still. They would constantly ask me to go to the tannings beds with them, I refused. They'd tease me for lathering myself with sunscreen and wearing hats and avoiding the sunlight, trying to STAY pale. My grandfather died and he had skin cancer, and my skin is very sensitive. When I'm in the sunlight too long, even lathered in sunscreen, I start to ITCH terribly and it stings.

My parents used to take me tanning before vacations when I was a kid because I was so pale. It was a common recommendation at the time to “help avoid sunburn.” Yikes.

Even though I have *juuuuuuust* enough melanin to tan deeply without burning terribly, I never went indoor tanning in highschool because "why pay for skin cancer when you can get it for free? Duh." 😅

Sadly I see the sun and instantly burn. Never been in a tanning bed. I need to see a dermatologist :/

I had one bad sunburn once, otherwise I do my best to avoid the sun altogether (see: my vampire complexion) When that’s not an option, it’s super SPF for me.

As a smoker who spends all day in the sun … thanks for the reminder. ❤️

My grandmother had loads of wrinkles and used herself as a walking billboard for not smoking. 30 years of smoking really altered her skin, despite protecting it feel the sun.

Where I used to live was a lady in my building who was even more tanned than this, and she would sit on her balcony with one of these reflectors. True story! 😣 ETA: We referred to her as "Magda," too!

Yes! I went to school with a lot of girls who loved to tan. Sun lamps were big back then, and girls would stay under them all weekend and come into school on Monday looking like Malibu Barbie. I was called ugly for being so pale. Now, 30+ years later, I'm having the last laugh. My profile picture is me at age 54. I think I have done well by my skin!

I'm *almost* glad I have rosacea and the sun is a trigger so I avoid it like the plague. I've had a few bad burns over the years and now I try to be super careful.

I had a dermatologist tell me to lay in a tanning bed when I was in 8th grade to help clear up my acne.

Ditto! I was always ashamed of my inability to tan (I just🔥) and now I’m glad!

I still look like I'm in my mid 20s (I'm 39) and the smokers and tanners in highschool look so old and haggard. I am always shocked to find out a woman is in her early 30s looking like leather.

I've noticed people are really terrible at judging how old they look.

Seaweed too... all smoking🧜‍♀️

Haha! Reminds me of tiktok that I saw where the lady was like “I’m 35!” And people didn’t believe her because she looks pretty old. Anyway, she admitted that she would tan a lot and smoked. Apparently that’s what caused her to look older.

As a makeup artist who sees a looooooooot of faces, can confirm!

Hey it’s my neighbor who used to live across the street I was wondering if she was trying to become a person of color!

I also use a UV umbrella

Don't forget sunglasses either.

does vaping and smoking weed also count??

I wish that high school me knew what current me knows, I'd have kept my pale ass out of the sun.

youtu.be/8oJzfmWO3CU

I smoke and tan. Im almost 50. Genetics play the single largest role in aging. Many things like smoking and sun can exacerbate bad genetics.

This is the one I use.

One of my son’s favorite comedy routines is to tell our cat, while he’s petting her and loving on her, “Awwwww you’re just a bunch of chemicals. You’re not real, you’re just chemicals.” I think it’s so funny

I hate seeing or hearing “with no chemicals” then what the heck is is made of?

SERIOUSLY! I feel this way about the term natural as well. Everything comes from nature one way or another; we don't just pull it out of thin air and even if we did then it would just be *super*natural 😂

“It’s all natural” well, so is lava.

Right up there with “I don’t eat carbs.”

Walking bags of chemicals…..that just made my day

Omg. When my very literal son was pretending to spray dog mess cleaner in peoples face or sprinkle Ajax on their heads, and I said, “We don’t play with chemicals like that!” This was his response. 🙄🙄

Few statements irritate me more than "chemical free"

Kristine Curtiss May She makes a really good tattoo balm. Plus small business!

#accurate 💯

Sean McLean

Seriously!

Is this about right?

Sometimes the other people are failing at peopling 😉

Oh my gawwwwwd this. Noticed my schedule changed. Went to manager and said "I noticed I'm on rotating weekends. Is this a permanent change or temporary as we train our new hire? I don't want to make plans on weekends if I'm on rotation." I asked a plain question with the context as to why I was asking. Well apparently that translated to me being ultra pissed and refusing to be in the rotation. Make it make fucking sense.

I WISH more people would give straight facts. Can you imagine our world, if we were provided the facts instead of flowery opinionated smoke being blown up our asses. I think we’d all be much happier. People get mad at me constantly for not sugar coating stuff, and I’m like, but why….it’s the truth….🤷🏼‍♀️

Yupppp...I'm not being rude I'm just being direct and telling you the thing I know.

This happens to me at work all the time!

This happens too often when I try to communicate with an overly emotional and sensitive person. I wish people wouldn't assume we know their life story. If I say, "Have a great day!" in an effort to be polite and appear *normal*, do not assume I know your dog/grandmother/favorite influencer died and I'm being bitchy. If I don't say it, I'm being "unfriendly" and "unprofessional" (beed there too). Communicating with neurotypicals is like walking through a minefield.

I really appreciate your directness (and I’m allistic)

I appreciate the no flowery words and just straight facts! Especially about my skin. I wanna know the truth and the science.

It's very likely my teenage stepson is on the spectrum, and with his permission I've spent a looooot of time the past couple of years explaining to him when he comes across in ways that will likely ruffle feathers in others. As I've told him, I don't want to change who he is, I just want him to not have to struggle as much when he wishes to integrate in to society for an easier time of it on occasion. I know unfortunately I won't always be there to smooth things over for him when someone reads meanings into what he is saying that I now understand he isn't intending.

This happens to me at work every day. I don't understand why people react emotionally when all you've done is stated facts. 😕

Right there with you. This is my life. *sigh*

This happens to me on a regular and I’m not autistic

I missed the one on formaldehyde. 😆 Reminds me of using formaldehyde to preserve tissue slices in physiology class. Never thought to wear gloves in those days (my 20’s), always left the lab with stiff fingertip skin.

when somebody wants to be correct and upset, there is nothing in the world that can turn them away

I thought I was the only one that had that happen! I had a bat shit crazy boss that twisted what I‘d say to him as an insult...

It me. My autistic brain says something... allistic gets all bent out of shape... and nek minut, I'm in a full blown argument because an allistic thinks I said something else entirely. *sigh*

Literally me and my husband yesterday. Simple told our 2 year old we couldn’t go to the park because we were waiting on her sister. Husband blew up saying I was making our oldest feel bad for saying that… I was so freaking confused

I've always appreciated your straightforwardness. You have solid advice and I have learned so much from you

I feel personally targeted by this.

Every other day I got through this 😂

I truly appreciate these posts as much as skincare advice. My daughter was just dx as autistic, so it helps me understand and communicate with her better.

Although, peopling in general just sucks. Lol

This is me and it gets me in trouble all of the time.. But I am not on the spectrum (I don't think).. I'm just not very tactful and don't believe in sugar coating things 😬😅

Joyce