I was at a local amusement park, where I noticed at the entrance, they offered free sunscreen.

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[–] 22 points 4 months ago (1 child)

Netherlands does this too, matter of fact beaches have dispensers maintained by a health insurance company. They did the math, it's cheaper to provide the nation with free sunscreen at convenient locations than to pay for all skin cancer scares. And it frees up healthcare capacity.

But I also saw it in Porto at a festival there. More and more this is showing up and it's a great thing.

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Free lotion kiosk. I hadn't thought about how that looks like free smorgasbord in Danish...

    I'm not saying it's not a good idea. But I'd rather have free smørrebrød than free smørebod

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago

    That's a pretty good initiative.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    I'm trying to guess without using a translation app, but my brain keeps leaning towards either "free body butter", which makes a little sense and "free butter shop", which makes no sense.

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    The Danish verb smøre is a general verb meaning 'to spread' or 'apply' a substance onto a surface. It is used for butter, sunscreen, cream, ointment, and similar substances. So its basically a wordplay, calling it a butter shop or butter stall

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    One can pick what I suspect is cognates piecewise and arrive at something almost intelligeble and equally weird:

    at smøre = to smear en bod = a booth

    Smørebod ~> Smear booth

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago

    Gratis S'more Bod was my stage name as a stripper.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    Must be nice to live in a place where they can actually do this without all the bottles being stolen and emptied all over the street

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    Image is broken

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    I don't need sunscreen I'm ASIAN

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