When my mom, who is as pale as I am, tells me about her days back in the 70s when she would lather herself in baby oil, smoke a blunt, and pass out in the sun, I recoil in horror. I’m amazed she doesn’t have melanoma yet.

Yep, that was us too... there was even a rock station that would blow a whistle to tell you that it was time to “rock n’ roll over”.

My sister said it was a doctor who advised her (if very reluctantly), that tanning was one thing that would help her eczema. Quality of life issues have to come into play.

Back in the day (early 80s) we used to lay out on the roof with a baby oil/iodine mixture on our skin and lemon rubs in our hair.

When untreated, my eczema is something that pretty much occupies my life. No light tshirts, don’t want a pinprick red spot of blood showing up where a scab has rubbed off. Can’t wear anything but cotton because it irritates my already sensitive skin. No deodorant, since my skin is most sensitive wherever it rubs…

Yes, Free candy!...I approve...oh wait, umm, you mean...I still approve.

This was what I got for Christmas in 1977. It’s a kodak instamatic. The long blue thingie on the left is tower of flashbulbs that you snapped onto the top of the camera vertically. The wrapped tampon-looking thingie in the back is 110 film. I think the whole thing together cost maybe 20 bucks.

I had one like this with the 110 film and I thought I was the shit.

Here’s a throwback for ya: did anyone else invest in a Kodak ‘Advantix’ camera back in the 90s just before digital ones came in and almost immediately regret it? My parents sure did. We still have some of those panorama photos from a vacation in Cuba.

Great when I was a young teen, actually pretty terrible when I revisit it as an adult.

I used to work with models. I’m slender, 5’7”, size 6 about 135lbs. I am twice the size of any of the models - and most actresses - I worked with. At an audition for a minor role, I was up for the part of the “pudgy pal.” The “normal sized” actress was 5’1” and maybe 90lbs. Her ribs and spine showed through her sheer…

Statistically speaking, very few women, are *naturally* as thin as that (and is that without diet restriction and normal exercise habits?) so, yes, a few women will be “negatively affected.” I’m okay with that nominal negative impact on a few people to protect a much, much larger population of women who deserve better…

That might be true if many of these models weren’t actively engaging in dangerous eating and workout habits to get the bodies they have. In most cases we aren’t talking about people who are “naturally” 95 pounds at a height of 5’11”.

...is what the modeling industry perpetuates and this is a positive step toward protecting consumers and models who are under enormous social and financial pressure to be as thin as possible.

So, never for me.

“because you immediately stand out just for putting in the effort.”

I can’t stand the taste of alcohol, it’s just unbelievably vile. Never been tempted to take more than one sip, and usually that one sip is to see if someone else is correct that I “won’t taste the alcohol.” Nobody’s been right about that yet.

who needs glasses...

Seems like that part of the article was completely unnecessary. Just provide something interesting for non drinkers. Who cares if it's consumer quickly or slowly?

Some people have very legitimate difficulties waking up in the morning, for a variety of reasons. If you need to be told that, you might want to reassess your empathy habits.