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A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme.

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[–] Vespair@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago (17 children)

Those make sense to me, but I'll be honest with you, where I struggle is with the idea of sunscreen. How did our ancestors live outside constantly without any sunscreen but if I'm outside for more than 2 hours in the summer without it I come home looking like a burnt lobster?

I'm sure the answer is that I'm ignorant, or the "natural causes" of yesteryear were really just undiagnosed skin cancer or something, but I have to admit it does seem like a real negative adaptation here from the viewpoint of my uneducated mind.

[–] absGeekNZ 3 points 2 months ago

Well there is that protective layer in the atmosphere that we fucked up.

The ozone layer is slowly healing itself, but we still have a long way to go before it is stable again.

Also as others pointed out, we don't work the fields and spend most of our time outside any more....so the natural protection isn't building up like it did in the past.

[–] Darthjaffacake@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Maybe people didn't live long enough for skin cancer to make a difference?

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[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Have you ever seen an Australian rancher? They look like boiled lobsters

When you get old and spend a lot of time outdoors, you look like a dried up prune. Regardless of skin color, typically

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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (6 children)

Still better than getting the vaccines that cause you to eat the Bill Gates Fake Peach Tree dish meat.

Edit: This was intended to be a joke. https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2022/05/30/did-marjorie-taylor-greene-say-peach-tree-dish-instead-of-petri-dish/

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[–] TechSquidTV@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

"let's ask them"

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