For about 100% of my life I wore the same look: pants and T-Shirt/Hoodie. In Summer it was a short pair of pants and a T-Shirt. Another important thing is, that I rarely get sunburn, even when not using suncream, and I therefore rarely use suncream. These two things get quite funny, when You start to transition and start wearing more revealing clothes than usual.

So there was a pride parade a few weeks back and I decided to wear this very cool shoulder free top. Guess who forgot to wear suncream, and then burned all of her shoulders, because she never ran around shoulder free, and therefore her skin was not adapted to the sun?

So please for the love of god, when going out with more revealing clothes than usual:

WEAR FUCLING SUNCREAM

    • da_cow (she/her)@feddit.orgOPEnglish
      5·
      12 days ago

      It was a literal translation from the German word for it, but (as I learned in this thread), it is a correct English word (that means the same as sunscreen)

      • samus12345@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        01·
        12 days ago

        I’ve never heard suncream here in the US, but apparently it is a valid term. Sunscreen is a better word, though, because it won’t be confused with suntan lotion, which “suncream” could be. Sonnenschutzmittel looks to be the closest equivalent to “sunscreen”.

    • Crozekiel@lemmy.zipEnglish
      2·
      12 days ago

      I believe that is the more commonly used term in the UK while sunscreen is more USA.

      • Psythik@lemmy.worldEnglish
        23·
        11 days ago

        Color me surprised. Leave it to the Brits to take a normal word and made it silly and weird!

        • jac@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          21·
          11 days ago

          Oh yeah, because “Sunscreen” is so sensible. ☀️📺

          Listen to yourself.

          • Psythik@lemmy.worldEnglish
            02·
            10 days ago

            What’s so silly about naming a product after what it does: screens your skin from the sun? It’s pretty self explanatory. Meanwhile “suncream” is ambiguous and mildly sexual.

            • jac@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
              1·
              10 days ago

              It only sounds weird to you because you’ve not lived with it all your life.

              I can do what you just did; What’s so silly about making a product after what it is: A cream that protects you from the sun? It’s pretty self explanatory. Meanwhile “sunscreen” is ambiguous and mildly sexual.

              Sunscreens are films you put on glass to filter some of the light.

              Incidentally, What’s sexual about cream? I don’t know why you said that and I think you’re telling on yourself. I left that part alone in the above because “suncream” and “sunscreen” are about as sexual as eachother to normal people.