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Picture of a white cat before and after being colored yellow through turmeric

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[–] 86 points 11 months ago (2 children)

B…but if tiktok says something is true then it must be scientifically proven, right? No one would lie on the internet, right?

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  • [–] 37 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    It’s better than scientifically proven! They made cute videos out of it! Isn’t that obviously more trustworthy?

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    you know what else was scientifically proven to work?

    sunscreen and yet corporations still managed to find a ways to fuck consumers on that

    I’m not saying you shouldn’t listen to actual experts, but lets not pretend even that is for sure safe

    and now how do you even check if something has side effects, AI slop will probably tell you to heat kitty in the microwave to remove fleas

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    What’s wrong with sunscreen?

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  • [–] 14 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    There's nothing wrong with sunscreen in general, but they are probably referring to what happened recently in Australia:

    Independent analysis by a trusted consumer advocacy group has found that several of Australia's most popular, and expensive, sunscreens are not providing the protection they claim to, kicking off a national scandal.

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  • [–] 10 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    And the lab issuing the fake results is based in the US :(

    ...a single US-based laboratory had certified at least half of the products that had failed Choice's testing, and that this facility routinely recorded high test results. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-04/questions-over-lab-that-tested-sunscreen-spf-claims/105458458

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    The metal oxide kind was fine but had some non effectiveness issues about damaging marine coral. The other kinds are less reliable.

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  • [–] -3 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    marine coral matters less than my skin

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (2 children)

    until our oceans collapse

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

    Obviously with the caveat that it doesn't matter if you're not going in the ocean.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

    you realize that’s how it works right?

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

    When you don't define scientifically proven then yes it is.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    "Scientifically tested" means a dude (or dudette) did something, wrote about it and published it.

    Most of it's bogus anyway.

    Which is expected. About 80% of research is low-quality: masters' theses rephrasing known stuff, articles made to fill a quota, etc.

    What "scientifically proven" means someone, including these 80% did something time and time again. And it stands. Change all the variables and it still stands: Sunscreen good, smoking bad. For kids, teenagers, adults - even animals. In summer and in winter. In small short tests of 50 and large longitudinal ones of 50.000.

    It's hard to know where to draw the line and give something the mark of "tested". But in any case, it needs to stand strongly.

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