Men, it’s okay to care about your skin. It’s not feminine, it’s human.

I find this “feminine” argument silly. So what if it is feminine? Is there something inherently wrong with femininity? It’s one thing to simply be somewhere on the spectrum of femininity and masculinity, but it’s another to fear that position and to force another based on one’s insecurity of the perceptions of others.

I’m not sure if it’s my “favorite”, necessarily, but I couldn’t think of anything else, and it is a good show, and, imo, rather unknown, but I’ll share Wakfu (the French version (with subtitles if you don’t speak French). I’d highly recommend not watching the dub — it isn’t very good).

If the trick-or-treater is polite, isn’t acting entitled, and is just trying to get into the Halloween spirit, I honestly don’t care what age they are. I love Halloween, I love handing out candy, and I love seeing people’s costumes. It’s always kind of bothered me when I hear people making comments about whether someone is “too old” for trick or treating. It’s a rather strange thing to gatekeep, imo. It’s all good fun.

“Futurama – The Great Garbage Crisis of 2000”

Pretty much all of the world of Hollow Knight — ie Hallownest. It’s just such a cool and immersive world. It contains such cool architecture, design, and environments.

Roasting community?

Lemmy_at_em rolls off the tongue better, imo.

That’s a lot.

Do you mean that something in my routine is unnecessary? Or are you simply stating that, subjectively, it feels like a lot?

Your post is basically an advertising campaign for several of these products.

Is it? I only stated the products that I use for the purpose of clarity, example, and critique.

But by far the majority will be just fine without them.

This is conjecture.

The human body had millions of years to evolve to a point where companies seem to think they can replace essential functions of it?

That’s partially the purpose of modern medicine [1].

You missed the word “some”.

No, I didn’t.

Ha, yeah, I know I’m being pedantic, but I strive to be precise and consistent in my word use.

Your CeraVe Moisturizing Cream contains tocopherol

Which one? I looked at the ingredients of each and I couldn’t find it. Though, it’s quite possible that I am simply blind.

If you decide to exfoliate in the morning, keep in mind that AHAs make your skin more sensitive to the sun

Interesting, I wasn’t aware of this — I know that retinol does that, but I didn’t know that AHAs did that as well.

You do realize your body is supposed to maintain itself right?

Of course some people will actually need some stuff because their body doesn’t do it well enough

You have answered your own epiplexis.

I think this is one of those cases where the burden of proof is on the person using the products, not on the one not using them.

It would be, were I advocating for the products, which I am not. Perhaps you misread @PureTryOut@lemmy.kde.social’s comment: They were making conjectured claims, which I called out.

Humans beings like to exchange ideas and experiences with eachother without being forced to show scientific evidence. Maybe you don’t, which is fine, but maybe not tell others what to discuss then?

I’m not forcing anybody to do anything. If one chooses to engage in conjecture, then that is their own prerogative, though, of course, I will dismiss it as such. There is also the ethical dilemma of choosing to not be a servant of Truth.

Why don’t you go and read scientific papers if you are not interested in opinions and claims?

The burden of proof lies with the claimant.

You can use a chemical exfoliant and a retinoid in the same routine.

I was more meaning like one after the other. The alternative that I was inferring was, say, BHA in the morning, and retinol at night.