# I don't care about beta rays. I want a tan.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-about-beta-rays-i-want-a-tan/24379>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 2, 2000, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-about-beta-rays-i-want-a-tan/24379 "2000-07-02T18:05:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gnarly\_Narly\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/858c86/32.png) [@Gnarly\_Narly\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gnarly_Narly_Dude)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2000, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-about-beta-rays-i-want-a-tan/24379/1 "2000-07-02T18:05:01Z")

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I’ve always seen the guys with the good tans get attention for it.

This is my year, and I’m going for it. I’ve got a bood base tan and have an outdoor job in a park with a beach area, and have lots of time off during the day.

A decent tan lasts right through the winter.

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**Author:** ![tubagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b77776/32.png) [@tubagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tubagirl)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2000, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-about-beta-rays-i-want-a-tan/24379/2 "2000-07-02T18:58:05Z")

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I know everyone has heard enough about my wedding but…  
I have this big “X” across the middle of my back. Thanks to a nice sunburn and a baaaaddd bathing suit. now I am the whitest, pasties person ver know to earth… now I have to sit in the sun -ughhh- until I even out. Taslk about what sucks!!! I hate the sun, … sweating … brightness …

ughhh…

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**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2000, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-about-beta-rays-i-want-a-tan/24379/3 "2000-07-02T19:49:20Z")

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Gnarly, Gnarly…a nice, dark tan that attracts stares isn’t worth melanoma! The tan you have now will simmer in pre-cancerous timewarp, and at the very least leave your skin the attractive texture of very old boots.

Be a sex-magnet and smart: use a good Fake & Bake with a max sunscreen. You’ll be a sunkissed, bronzed head-swiveller and not scrag your skin for all time in the process.

Veb

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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2000, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-about-beta-rays-i-want-a-tan/24379/4 "2000-07-02T21:39:03Z")

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> **I’ve got a bood base tan**

I won’t even ask what that means…