Entertainment | Jay-ZTV A Guide to SPFs, From 4 to 233 Honestly, is 100+ really necessary? By Evann Gastaldo Posted Aug 3, 2009 1:26 PM CDT Copied In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, thousands of people flock to a bathing beach to cool themselves in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, on Saturday Aug. 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Wang Xizeng) See 2 more photos The development of SPF 100+ sunscreen has led to confusion for some consumers—or at least that's Zev Borow's excuse for a tongue-in-cheek guide to the wide world of sun protection, in the New Yorker: SPF 4: “You’re joking, right? This is some kind of joke? 4? We make this stuff for armadillos.” SPF 12: “Bonus: Comes with an ‘I AM, OR ONE DAY WILL BE, A DANGEROUSLY NEGLECTFUL PARENT’ visor.” SPF 100: “This is to SPF 99 and below as excellent heroin is to Capri Sun juice boxes.” SPF 125: “Remember the first time you were allowed into an airport first-class lounge? Or experienced oral sex? Add using SPF 125 sunscreen to the list of experiences that you will never forget.” SPF 150: “Actually repels the fear and anxiety and vulnerability and paralyzing paralysis that affects so many of us each and every time we walk outside during daylight hours.” SPF 175: “Ever wanted to have unprotected sex with a prostitute in Haiti? Don’t answer. Doesn’t matter. The point is with SPF 175 that’s now an option.” SPF 233: “Is not inexpensive. But, in the war against the evil that is the sun, can you put a price on freedom?” Read These Next Doctor left her Alaskan cruise and never returned. Trump "never heard" that "shylocks" is offensive. At least 13 people are dead in Texas flooding. Kyiv was subjected to 7 hours of 'terror.' See 2 more photos Report an error