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by oasisaimlessly 280 days ago
Is this a joke? Yes, it's called 'tanning'.

Having more melanin decreases the effective dose because any photon that melanin absorbs isn't going to be absorbed by your DNA.

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Are you joking? I'm legitimately asking.

Primary institute of skin cancer in Australia: https://www.cancer.org.au/cancer-information/causes-and-prev...

See number 2.

I'm hypothesising you may live in a place where skin cancer is not a big issue?