There’s some irony in the fact that I opened this to read it then left and did something else for about half an hour before coming back to this tab.

dumpster fire

Well, that’s interesting; there’s several things that conflict with my prior information. Time to look into it further; thanks for sharing.

Oh, then I might not be using enough because I don’t look like a ghost after applying it lol

only recently bought some mineral sunscreen for the first time, because I got into biking places

thinks back to college chem lab classes and MSDSes why would anyone put benzene in sunscreen

Anyway, for reference here’s the paragraph from the article about the harmful substance:

When people say chemical sunscreens are unsafe or “toxic,” they generally point to a 2001 study that found some risks associated with oxybenzone after scientists put high levels of the ingredient in drinking water for rats. But a followup study in 2016 found that for humans to get to similar risky exposure levels they’d have to apply full-body daily sunscreen for 227 years.

Meanwhile, I’ve noticed that mineral sunscreens (zinc oxide and titanium dioxide) are reportedly considered “reef safe”: https://savethereef.org/about-reef-save-sunscreen.html

And they aren’t the substances that are cited for toxicity/carcinogenicity. So, based on the available information (correct me if I’m wrong, of course!), it seems that they’re the best choice.

Also I’ve heard that mineral sunscreens work by reflecting sunlight rather than absorbing it and dissipating it as a different form of energy (I forget whether that’s heat or chemical change) so that might also be useful in other ways. But I am not an expert.

EDIT: see later replies to this post for more information to consider

Ah, I see. So, basically a “less bad” alternative for people who have nicotine dependency?

why do these even exist

It’s unfortunate that there are negative stereotypes of vultures as creepy just because they eat carrion, as they’re the janitors who take care of the messes that others don’t want to deal with.

(or his mother)

lol, suspiciously specific denial

Yeah, I wasn’t really using Reddit much before Reddit had its meltdown and the threadiverse exploded onto the scene. I’ve had a lot of fun here. Frankly I think I understand how the threadiverse works more than I understand how Reddit works.

I’ve had a similar experience with Mastodon. Wasn’t a big Twitter user, but now I’m more active on Mastodon than I ever was on Twitter. On each of multiple Mastodon accounts.

I use both Anime-Planet and MAL.

I joined Anime-Planet one time MAL had an outage, I think. Both sites have their advantages. A-P has a very rich database of tags, for both anime and characters, and also has a personal feed history that stretches back way longer than MAL’s does. On the other hand, MAL includes metadata fields for when I started/finished watching something, and has some third-party sites that integrate with it, such as anime.plus, which I use to see stats on how much I’ve watched and when and how I’ve rated things.

So, for now, I just use both at the same time.

I once tried Kitsu, back when it was called Hummingbird, but I wasn’t very satisfied with it. Haven’t ever tried AniList or AniDB.