Go outside dammit! >:O

[Alondro]

Stop sitting around and get some sunshine! 

Vitamin D-ficiency

Just stand outside for 15 minutes and then everyone can crawl back into the basement for another D&D session or 12-hour Wii marathon.   

[Dannysaysnoo]

It's either the indoors, or overbearing mothers drenching their children in sun-proof armor.

[Dekari]

It's either the indoors, or overbearing mothers drenching their children in sun-proof armor.

QFT.  There is no reason to put on SPF 5000000000 sunblock when it's overcast.


Or if you are not the outdoors person, you can cheat with a UV-B light.

[Dannysaysnoo]

It's either the indoors, or overbearing mothers drenching their children in sun-proof armor.

Or if you are not the outdoors person, you can cheat with a UV-B light.

Might try that. Either that, or just sit in a sunbed for hours.

[ooklah]

I bike to and from work every day (so that's about 4.5 miles every day)... that's about as much sun as I want *here*... I like the sun *there*... I just don't like it *here*

[Sprocketsdance]

*shrugs* I have to go outside to get to the internet.. so that's how I get sun

[Dekari]

Might try that. Either that, or just sit in a sunbed for hours.

Well, before you do that you may want to do some research and, like just about anyone would say, talk to your Dr.  Don't rely on the internet for medical advice when you have paid medical professionals who know what they are talking about.

The UV-B you get from a UV light may actually be much, much more than you would get from the sun considering that about 98.7% of the UV radiation is blocked by the atmosphere.  You don't want to get too much UV-B and cause even worse problems for yourself.

[Teroniss]

Psh, sunlight is overrated. 15 minutes in a UV Tanning bed is all I need.

[Reese Tora]

eh, I spend about an hour and 15 minutes total driving to and from work every day, I think that(plus 5 minutes between car and buildings) is enough indirect sunlight to qualify.  Also, milk.

[bradypodidae]

Also, milk.

Milk is good... See?

[RJ]

There is life outside your apartment... 

I'm not getting that song out of my head for days now, dangnabit.

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

It's either the indoors, or overbearing mothers drenching their children in sun-proof armor.

QFT.  There is no reason to put on SPF 5000000000 sunblock when it's overcast.

You haven't seen my son. Slug-like about sums it up.

Having said that, a few minutes isn't going to hurt him... but no way does he go out in the bright sunlight without some sunscreen. 30+, 40+, or 50+, depending on what's to hand.

[Valynth]

So essentially he can go out all year round except that rare week or so of summer?

[Sprocketsdance]

So essentially he can go out all year round except that rare week or so of summer?

You would be surprised at how badly one can burn in the winter.... <~~~ ish victim..

[Valynth]

So essentially he can go out all year round except that rare week or so of summer?

You would be surprised at how badly one can burn in the winter.... <~~~ ish victim..

And you would be surprised at how little the sun has to do with British weather.

Anyway, yes you CAN burn while there's snow on the ground 'cause that snow reflects light and radiation back at you causing a double dose.

Not that I have to worry about it here.  Our temperature rarely reaches below what you northern folk consider "summer" during our "winter."

[Alondro]

Frankly, I think alot of people burn badly simply because their skin is so little-used to getting sunlight.

When I used to work in grounds at Six Flags great Adventure, I was exposed to full-blast summer sun nearly 8 hours a day.  But because from early childhood, I used to be outside all the time, I never got more than a mild burn on the first few days of the season, then no more sunburn afterward.

Now, however, since I'm in a lab and get little sunlight most of the time, if I'm going to be out more than an hour in direct sunlight, I must have sunscreen or my face starts to melt off.  

Course, that could be due to horrible mutations from the lab chemicals and not the sun exposure itself. 

[Dekari]

eh, I spend about an hour and 15 minutes total driving to and from work every day, I think that(plus 5 minutes between car and buildings) is enough indirect sunlight to qualify.

Doctors and other professionals say it needs to be direct sunlight.  I believe this is because many types of glass, including auto glass, diminish what little UV is left in the suns rays.  But I'm going to have to do some looking around to make sure what I'm saying is correct or not.

Also, milk.

To paraphrase medical research...

"The Vitamin D received from food, fortified or not, is minuscule when compared to how much the body makes when exposed to the sun for just 10 minutes."

[Sunblink]

Actually, I have a vitamin D deficiency and need to take vitamins on occasion. Part of it is because I don't tan - my complexion is so light that there is no transition. If I spend too much time in the sun, I burn.

However, I truly need to spend more time out in the sun.

[Cogidubnus]

Don't you guys realize that the sun is a GIANT BALL OF FIRE?! D:

If I were to take my pasty white body outside I'd burst into flames faster than a gasoline-soaked moth in hell.

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

Don't you guys realize that the sun is a GIANT BALL OF FIRE?! D:

If I were to take my pasty white body outside I'd burst into flames faster than a gasoline-soaked moth in hell.

... Are you asking us to avoid it, or to go ahead with it? Because if you're trying to avoid it, just a wee hint of advice - you're going at it entirely the wrong way...

[ooklah]

Don't you guys realize that the sun is a GIANT BALL OF FIRE?! D:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbgul1NpEA8

all i ever need to know is from TMBG 

[Reese Tora]

So essentially he can go out all year round except that rare week or so of summer?

You would be surprised at how badly one can burn in the winter.... <~~~ ish victim..

And you would be surprised at how little the sun has to do with British weather.

And you would be surprised how easy it is to burn when you go around thinking that a little cloud cover will protect you from being outside all day.

[hapless]

Don't you guys realize that the sun is a GIANT BALL OF FIRE?! D:

Worse. It's the largest beepin' nuclear reactor in the whole system!

//h - "Go OUTSIDE?! You're trying to make me BLIND?!"

[JackTheCubiWolf]

HISSSSSSSSSSSSS! The sun is my mortal enemy.

[Ryudo Lee]

What is this "sun" you people keep mentioning?

[Keleth]

I personally have yet to experience what you would call a real nasty sunburn.

For example today was the first time this year I was outside for any real length of time (being over an hour in direct sunlight) So we spent around 5 hours walking around the haborfront.

The result is that I still have a pasty white farmers tan on my shoulders and upper arms.

I really don't burn often, then again, using stuff like aloe vera gel from the plant itself and just rubbing it gently over the arms really does soothe whatever sort of light redness I do get.


Also, I have never used sunblock, as I use this thing called common decency. Which is GTFO and into a house after an extended period of time.

[Alondro]

Don't you guys realize that the sun is a GIANT BALL OF FIRE?! D:

Worse. It's the largest beepin' nuclear reactor in the whole system!

*In other news, Greenpeace is now standing in protest of... the Sun*

*hippies protester*  The Sun is bad, man, cuz it's nukular!   

[hapless]

*hippies protester*  The Sun is bad, man, cuz it's nukular!   

Still, hippies are much less dangerous than a new government agency.

//h(ope you checked both of the links...)

[Vidar]

Don't you guys realize that the sun is a GIANT BALL OF FIRE?! D:

Worse. It's the largest beepin' nuclear reactor in the whole system!

*In other news, Greenpeace is now standing in protest of... the Sun*

*hippies protester*  The Sun is bad, man, cuz it's nukular!   

No, man. the sun is ok, man. The sun runs on nuclear fusion, man, not fission, man. Fusion is good, man, because it doesn't have the nuclear waste of fission-based reactors, man.

* tokes on his joint like a professional hippy stoner *

[hapless]

Would you be so KIND and STOP breaking my arguments with FACTS?
*snatches and destroys the joint in one swift move*
And don't you know that smoking is hazardous to you health? Ok, this stuff isn't nearly as bad as tobacco... but still, you'll be better without it.

//h(ave a nice polar night)