European descendants living in a very sunny place. Yep, checks out
It’s Australia. Everything tries to kill you.
Yea the sun is absolutely fucked over here
That and we have a culture of “eh fuck it I’ll deal with it later”
And also a majority of our population are pale as introverted vampires
A culture of glorifying tans, mixed with needing a reason to show off your southern cross tattoo, beautiful weather and free public BBQs at parks and beaches.
Remember to slip, slop, slap
Glad I never touched that grass
I thought this was because ozone depletion in the general area? When I lived their I got burnt in around 5 minutes. When I lived in Thailand the next summer, it took 15. Anecdotal, yes, but it but my lily white skin can feel itself sizzle pretty accurately imo.