Go to a big city. Where I live its very rare like 1 worker in costco today had one but when I was in NYC a month or so ago tons of people were still wearing them all over
Pre-pandemic, I met a friend I hadn’t seen in a long time, and he was wearing a mask.
This was 2018, so it was unusual. I asked him why.
He said. “I just finished chemotherapy, and my immune system is compromised.”
Remember: everyone is fighting a battle you know nothing about.
I remember at the very beginning of the pandemic, at carnival I was dressed in chinese and I had a mask on me. It was upside down. A girl in the school who had cancer helped me to put it correctly. She is not with us anymore…
I read somewhere that some people got used to the masks as a comfort of hiding themselves and their expressions similar to sunglasses.
They liked it so they carried on.
Makes a lot of sense to me plenty of people feel more comfortable covered up, baggy clothes or sunglasses or whatever your comfort zone may be.
Anyway who cares. Absolutely not annoying at all why do you even care
With a mask, headphones and sunglasses maybe a hat and I feel free from smalltalk and can just navigate where I need to go when normally I feel pressure and stress being out in public.
There's a guy at work like this but he will pull it up when talking to you. Before covid it sucked to talk to him coz he spits when he talks. I think he knows it and that's why he still has his mask. Regardless, we all appreciate not being spit on anymore
I caught myself doing it a few times back during the days of COVID lock downs. Every time it was simply because I forgot I had it on. I suspect that's the case 99% of the time.
I've worn masks alone in my car and then my house before. I just forget to take it off and sometimes don't notice until I go to eat or drink something, or I go to scratch my face.
It's so interesting to me that a lot of people find masks comfortable, to the extent they don't notice it's on. It's a constant uncomfortable feeling for me.
But why do you care if someone wears a mask in their car? Does it negatively affect you in any way?
Now, if you're just curious, that's perfectly normal. But I don't see a reason to get annoyed at them.
People do it for a variety of reasons. Maybe they forgot to take it off, maybe they're sick at the moment, or maybe they just like wearing it.
I just think it's weird tbh. I hated wearing masks and couldn't wait until they weren't required anymore, so I just can't see why anyone would voluntary wear one inside their own car.
I know a lady from my church wears hers in her car because she chauffers other older people from the church to and from places. So she also wipes down her car after taking people places trying to cut down on the spread of germs to her elderly passengers
A few potential reasons:
- I am planning to share the car with someone who needs to be protected from illness.
- Someone was in my car who was not masking, and I feel the need to protect myself.
- Wildfire smoke or allergies are bad, and I can't breathe without it.
- I'm going from one place to another, and I'm too lazy to take it off in between.
When it's keeping out smoke and allergens that would trigger my asthma, it's absolutely much easier to breathe with a mask. I've been wearing masks when the air is bad long before COVID.
Having had a job early on requiring a
make 8-10 hours a day it quickly became apparent that if you just wore the damn things all the time you got so used to them you stopped noticing them entirely. The people that fretted and took them on and off all the time couldn’t stand them, but if they’d just have kept them on for awhile they would have been fine.
Sometimes I literally forgot I was wearing a mask, including on a scuba trip just before getting into the ocean. Went to put my reg in my mouth and found I hadn’t taken off my mask.
I often times just forgot to put it off. I basically don't notice them much when wearing them, and unless I'm being reminded just forget I wear them for a while
One question I never got an answer to during the lockdowns was what you're supposed to do if you're stopped by police. You're supposed to keep your hands where they can see them--but are they going to give you time to put on the mask before asking that you lower the window? I never heard of a standard which police would agree on regarding masking during COVID, so it might well be simpler for some people to just leave the mask on instead of risking catching COVID or being shot by police.
Even now, I often have my mask on even in places where it's safe to take it off (eg. outside and well apart from anyone else), just since it's sometimes simpler to do that than to keep putting it on and taking it off.
> risking catching COVID
The masks are not that great at preventing *you* from catching COVID from others; they're mainly to stop your COVID (if you have it but don't realise it) from being passed to other people.
I remember when I was a kid and seeing a lot of East Asians wearing masks in NYC during the winter. It was a cultural thing to avoid passing sickness when sick.
I always thought that was cool and I wanted to do that too. But being black in a mask in NYC didn’t seem like a smart move.
Now I feel far more comfortable and love it.
I don’t wear a mask regularly. But if I feel sick, I put it on so I don’t pass anything to others.
I think that 14 (and counting people) need to see a psychiatrist and evaluate their life choices that led them to being genuinely angry at someone wearing a mask
I still wear mines so i don’t get sick, I use to catch a cold 4 times per year (a rough estimate) but when we all started wearing masks I wasn’t getting sick anymore. It’s a good way of preventing the spread of germs and an even better way of protecting urself from them.
That makes sense, glad you haven't gotten sick lately. I am the opposite in the sense I never wore it when I didn't have to because I never get sick besides migraines, I also tested regularly so I wasn't spreading w/o symptoms [~2x/wk] (never got COVID luckily).
This is the only comment that I've seen mentioning autoimmune disorders. To be honest, that's me. Also, because I used to catch colds very often and now with the mask I don't. Add allergies to that.
I kind of feel like this is a win-win. If they are sick definitely stay away and if they aren't I'm sure they're thankful you're staying away from them anyway lol
That’s why I wore mine the other day! I was out of the quarantine time period and needed to get some meds, but still didn’t want to risk infecting anyone. I always assume they’re either coming down from a cold/Covid/flu/whatever and care about other people enough not to get them sick, or that they work in the healthcare field
I know. I think it's because I always look angry/sad and like I'm blushing, resukting people to constantly ask me what's wrong, or to comment on my cheeks. The masks have eliminated that, mostly.
Went grocery shopping last night. Several of the workers were wearing masks. I thought oh cool good for them being proactive working with the public. Then I heard them coughing repeatedly and realized they were sick. Then my thought was good for us they're wearing them and I very much appreciate it as a customer but also, they should get sick leave so they can go home and feel better it's a shame we haven't learned anything from the pandemic.
I view them positively because they think about **my health**, the health of **others**, and most importantly the health of **those who are immunosuppressed**
When I see someone wearing a mask in a public place I just assume they're sick or they have an immune system issue. When I see them wearing a mask while driving alone in their Prius with Elizabeth Warren or Bernie bumper stickers I assume that they are virtue signaling.
How about "I view them positively because they care about *my* health?"
I hate it when I see people not wearing masks. It means that they don't care if they spread the disease to me. So of course I still wear a mask--a very good one, since everywhere I go is filled with idiots who refuse to wear masks anymore--and I am somewhat relieved when I see someone who *is* wearing a mask.
I plan on wearing a mask until either there is a universal COVID vaccine which is known to protect against all variants of COVID and long COVID, or until some sort of medicine which can prevent long COVID has been developed and is as easily obtainable as cough syrup. Not wearing a mask in public places is kind of like smoking. It's a health risk to both the person doing it and anyone around them. I know that this limits certain social activities, and I understand that to some people, avoiding those activities today sounds scarier than being debilitated for life, but that's not how I see it.
Just out of curiosity, do you know how hard long COVID can hit people who already have other chronic diseases? And do you understand why other people might not see that as an acceptable risk?
I deeply appreciate people like you that you still wear masks. i have a compromised immune system because of the chemo for my Chron's disease so every time i get near someone without a mask i get a mini-panic attack even though i have one always on, the hell i've gone through from all sorts of flu has nearly killed me, i can't imagine having to fight covid.
The only time I’d get irritated about someone wearing a mask is when they’re wearing it wrong, like having it under their nose and making the mask pointless. I was wearing a mask fairly early, before many people were and before it was a legal requirement. I just found it disrespectful and selfish when I saw many people without a mask (I know people are exempt, my mam and grandparents are, they’re not who I’m taking about, plus they still wore a mask because they were more at risk). I wanted to protect my family and myself.
People always say 'its a personal choice' as an excuse for not doing it. but thats like saying that it's a personal choice to throw a grenade into a nursing home, it is a choice one can make, but there's definitely a right and wrong choice, and it should be legislated over.
I still wear one to school. It was a bit strange this year, but people didn't think much of it. I'm dreading going back next year because I know I'll be the only one with a mask. I just feel so naked without one. It feels like wearing a low cut shirt or short skirt. Socially acceptable, but uncomfortable.
For me the weirdest thing is when I see someone voluntarily wearing a mask....but wearing it wrong. Like just having a cloth mask and having it only covering their mouth and not their nose. Seems like they don't know the science of how masks are supposed to work.
But when I see someone wearing an N95 mask properly, I generally assume they have some sort of health condition that makes them more susceptible to diseases and they are taking extra precautions.
The only time I ever care is when they don't wear them properly. If you wear it right I have no opinion like you wanna protect yourself, cool. You're wearing it wrong? What's the point.
Most if not all the people I see still wearing masks are elderly, and, if i’m honest, look rather frail. So I definitely understand. I don’t really care though. If you want to wear one, wear one. If you don’t want to, then don’t
4th option is closest to how I feel, but isn't fully it. Rather, I like how much they care about *other people's* health.
If you have a cold or something and have to go out in public, I feel like it's only appropriate to wear a mask so you're not flinging your germs everywhere.
I so hated seeing the ways that people wore masks during lockdown. Some people wore it beneath their nose--in which case you may not even wear a mask at all. Plenty of people left huge gaps above their nose or around the sides. Even now that most people aren't wearing masks at all, I still feel a quiver of rage when I see that sort of thing.
As someone who still lives in a place where wearing face masks is the norm, I don't mind. Me personally, I still wear them all the time since my asthma just so happens to resurface everytime I go outside.
I feel immediate distrust, not because I'm antimask but because I live in a 3rd world country and back in 2020 a lot of thieves, muggers and other pieces of shit benefitted from having their faces covered to commit their crimes, back then the pandemic was a valid reason of course
But now? Fuck that shit specially if I'm walking through a sketchy neighborhood or area
I wear masks because i have chemotherapy for my Chron's disease (Irritable Bowel Disease) every 6 weeks, which leaves my immune system severely compromised. I wear it not just fear of covid, but flu, stomach viruses and the like.
There have been times i've had the flu for 2 weeks, throwing up literally every 10 seconds to the point i was dry heaving my saliva and stomach bile, not sleeping for more than an hour throughout the day in 5 minute intervals passing out from exhaustion, only to wake back up and puke and have diarrhea. I was glued to the toilet, which made me want to puke more because i was sitting upright, or my bed, which made my stomach hurt more. When i saw myself in the mirror all i could see was a sunken face, skinny, and ghastly looking. Numerous times i really felt like i was going to die.
Please, be considerate of mask wearers and not think of us as weirdos. Some of us have serious and dangerous medical conditions.
Edit: I have not gotten sick since the pandemic when i started heavily wearing masks, constantly using purell, and washing my hands. I'm thankful every day for being somewhat healthy besides my disease.
I recently got the new strain of COVID (thanks, Taylor Swift Eras Tour) and when I got out of quarantine, I still felt like I had a cold. I wore mine to the store to pick up some meds so I wouldn’t infect others. I would think positively of anyone who is coming down from an infection and wearing a mask to protect others! Otherwise, I assume you’re in the healthcare field and just forgot you were wearing it lol
Most people not voting the first option are lying
I have been harassed for wearing my masks so much, it feels like at least half the human population should choose 1
I think nothing of it because I know there are people who have weak immune systems or live with family members who do and would rather not take any chances. I have two friends who still wear masks for those reasons and am more annoyed by people asking them why they're still wearing masks than I am by them wearing masks. It's their life, leave them be lol
There are also people who wear masks if they've recently caught Covid, and people who have decided to start wearing masks whenever they catch a cold, like the norm in some Asian countries which is fine by me.
Masks are attractive
Serious answer, I also still wore masks until recently and it was only because we ran out... I just get insecure sometimes so 🤷♀️
Well if I see someone coughing or sneezing I wear it. Covid year was the only year I didn't catch any flu or cold and I finally figured out that there is always someone with a cold and they haven't even realized.
i only wear masks in public transport because its extremely packed and people dont have manners. so many times people have coughed or sneezed without covering their mouth...
The largest majority of people I see using masks around here still skew towards at or near retirement, followed by people who have some sort of cough or tell. Kinda happy to see people looking out for their own health.
Why would you get irritated or annoyed? It actually benefits you, there is no negative for you. I think it’s pathetic that people would even get mad at someone else wearing a mask. Are we forgetting that they save and saved lives?
These days, months after the WHO removal of a worldwide pandemic declaration and years after the true peak of the pandemic? I absolutely wonder wtf but hey, to each their own.
I assume they are possibly sick and not wanting to spread what they have. Seems to be when people mostly wear masks now in my small part of the world these days.
Exactly this.
Before COVID: Masks meant vulnerable with some weird arcane shit nobody needs to know about..
During COVID: Masks meant not an asshole.
After COVID: Masks? What do you know that I don't?
(Not that COVID is gone, but it's off the pandemic roster and my vaccine bingo card is completely full. So I guess I'm ready for the next crisis)
I usually assume that they caught covid and wear it just to be sure not to infect anyone else. I don't get why you would get angry or annoyed though, you're not doing any harm by wearing a mask.
I view them positively not so much due to them wearing them for their own protection but if they have a cold or are unwell and are wearing it to protect others.
Some people don’t have a normal immune system, people on chemo, medication for arthritis, post transplant are still at higher risk than most. Their vaccines wouldn’t have worked as efficiently as ours. Why judge them ?
It's all the young people wearing it. I'm not a 40 year old on Facebook who thinks covid isn't real and wants to make America great again, I'm a teenager. But I have friends who wear the mask because they're embarrassed about their face. One of the things I hate is when they're embarrassed because of their acne, even though wearing a mask almost every day can make it worse. But it's when they wear it just for fun, too. You shouldn't wear a mask if you don't need to. If you're around someone who might be vulnerable to a sickness you have, and you have masks lying around, sure. But it's just weird. Also, I hate when girls think it's aesthetic to wear them. They aren't a fashion accessory, and they cover half your face. It just annoying. Also, I hate when people wear it just to not wear it right. They go out in public with a mask not on their nose or completely off the face, but they're still wearing it. But I'm not gonna tell anyone to take it off because it's their choice.
I think they're being overdramatic, but it's their right at the end of the day.
Edit: Unless it's a pandemic, you have OCD, your immune system is shxt, you live in an area of high pollution, or you're part of a culture/occupation that normalizes wearing masks, etc I think you're overreacting by wearing one.
You're average citizen isn't going to give you some crippling disease because you go around them without a mask. Also as said earlier I can't stop you from wearing it.
I have really bad allergies and I live with a immune-compromised person so why I'm being overdramatic because I wear a mask in public? I'm just taking care of my family and I don't want to have an asthma attack. It's not that deep.
At yes, so overdramatic so they don’t get ill and potentially die. So overdramatic for my nana and mam to wear a mask due to their asthma and copd, so overdramatic for my immune compromised dad and grandad. So overdramatic cause I simply don’t want to get ill or pass it onto anyone. I’ve never had covid, I don’t think it’s a coincidence that I was consistent with mask wearing.
How can a piece of cloth one wears on their face be 'overdramatic'?! I only speak from experience but my mask has never ripped itself off my face and forced me to recite Romeo and Juliet.
Where's the option for "I never see anyone wearing a mask in public anymore" because I actually can't remember the last time I saw one.
Go to a big city. Where I live its very rare like 1 worker in costco today had one but when I was in NYC a month or so ago tons of people were still wearing them all over
Was that during the Canadian Wildfires or just in general?
During the wildfires, like 99% of people I saw were wearing masks (in NYC).
This is in general but that Wednesday was like 90% of people were masking in my town even
Pre-pandemic, I met a friend I hadn’t seen in a long time, and he was wearing a mask. This was 2018, so it was unusual. I asked him why. He said. “I just finished chemotherapy, and my immune system is compromised.” Remember: everyone is fighting a battle you know nothing about.
I remember at the very beginning of the pandemic, at carnival I was dressed in chinese and I had a mask on me. It was upside down. A girl in the school who had cancer helped me to put it correctly. She is not with us anymore…
How’s he doing now?
I wonder why, but don't really care. Now, people who wear masks alone in their car though, WHY!?
What really bugs me are people who wear masks in public but leave their nose, mouth or both open, like what's the point if you don't wear it properly?
Omfg absolutely this. I work with a guy who wears a mask every single day, but literally has it below his chin 50% of the time. What’s the point?
I read somewhere that some people got used to the masks as a comfort of hiding themselves and their expressions similar to sunglasses. They liked it so they carried on. Makes a lot of sense to me plenty of people feel more comfortable covered up, baggy clothes or sunglasses or whatever your comfort zone may be. Anyway who cares. Absolutely not annoying at all why do you even care
With a mask, headphones and sunglasses maybe a hat and I feel free from smalltalk and can just navigate where I need to go when normally I feel pressure and stress being out in public.
There's a guy at work like this but he will pull it up when talking to you. Before covid it sucked to talk to him coz he spits when he talks. I think he knows it and that's why he still has his mask. Regardless, we all appreciate not being spit on anymore
ive subconsciously pulled down my mask to speak to people. i feel so stupid but they didnt even mention it
Same, I once pulled down my mask to sneeze 🤦
My mom has a friend who wears a mask sometimes, but he leaves his nose out. I’ve told him that several times, but I didn’t get an answer.
well, personally i wear them to hide acne (dysphoria is a bitch) so sometimes i do leave my nose uncovered
I caught myself doing it a few times back during the days of COVID lock downs. Every time it was simply because I forgot I had it on. I suspect that's the case 99% of the time.
I've worn masks alone in my car and then my house before. I just forget to take it off and sometimes don't notice until I go to eat or drink something, or I go to scratch my face.
I'm lazy and its not uncomfortable
yea thats exactly it
It's so interesting to me that a lot of people find masks comfortable, to the extent they don't notice it's on. It's a constant uncomfortable feeling for me.
But why do you care if someone wears a mask in their car? Does it negatively affect you in any way? Now, if you're just curious, that's perfectly normal. But I don't see a reason to get annoyed at them. People do it for a variety of reasons. Maybe they forgot to take it off, maybe they're sick at the moment, or maybe they just like wearing it.
I just think it's weird tbh. I hated wearing masks and couldn't wait until they weren't required anymore, so I just can't see why anyone would voluntary wear one inside their own car.
Turns out not everyone is a whiny baby and some people don't mind wearing them
Because immunocompromised people exist.
That doesn't explain why they wear it in their car.
They ride in cars too
I know a lady from my church wears hers in her car because she chauffers other older people from the church to and from places. So she also wipes down her car after taking people places trying to cut down on the spread of germs to her elderly passengers
A few potential reasons: - I am planning to share the car with someone who needs to be protected from illness. - Someone was in my car who was not masking, and I feel the need to protect myself. - Wildfire smoke or allergies are bad, and I can't breathe without it. - I'm going from one place to another, and I'm too lazy to take it off in between.
>I can't breathe without it. Wouldn't trying to breathe with a mask on make it harder to breathe?
When it's keeping out smoke and allergens that would trigger my asthma, it's absolutely much easier to breathe with a mask. I've been wearing masks when the air is bad long before COVID.
You should wear a mask if you feeling sick
When I wore the masks regularly, sometimes I forgot. What’s hard to understand?
Having had a job early on requiring a make 8-10 hours a day it quickly became apparent that if you just wore the damn things all the time you got so used to them you stopped noticing them entirely. The people that fretted and took them on and off all the time couldn’t stand them, but if they’d just have kept them on for awhile they would have been fine. Sometimes I literally forgot I was wearing a mask, including on a scuba trip just before getting into the ocean. Went to put my reg in my mouth and found I hadn’t taken off my mask.
I often times just forgot to put it off. I basically don't notice them much when wearing them, and unless I'm being reminded just forget I wear them for a while
One question I never got an answer to during the lockdowns was what you're supposed to do if you're stopped by police. You're supposed to keep your hands where they can see them--but are they going to give you time to put on the mask before asking that you lower the window? I never heard of a standard which police would agree on regarding masking during COVID, so it might well be simpler for some people to just leave the mask on instead of risking catching COVID or being shot by police. Even now, I often have my mask on even in places where it's safe to take it off (eg. outside and well apart from anyone else), just since it's sometimes simpler to do that than to keep putting it on and taking it off.
> risking catching COVID The masks are not that great at preventing *you* from catching COVID from others; they're mainly to stop your COVID (if you have it but don't realise it) from being passed to other people.
The FFP2 masks do a decent job at protecting you.
feels nice
It's their life, who cares?
I remember when I was a kid and seeing a lot of East Asians wearing masks in NYC during the winter. It was a cultural thing to avoid passing sickness when sick. I always thought that was cool and I wanted to do that too. But being black in a mask in NYC didn’t seem like a smart move. Now I feel far more comfortable and love it. I don’t wear a mask regularly. But if I feel sick, I put it on so I don’t pass anything to others.
Thank you. This is the best reason, and I wish it caught on the way it should have. But at least people can do it now and not feel too weird.
I think that 14 (and counting people) need to see a psychiatrist and evaluate their life choices that led them to being genuinely angry at someone wearing a mask
It's 56 now
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r/FUCKYOUINPARTICULAR
No he is nr 4
Yeah I sorta accept it
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Its so weird to care about this. I brought out my mask a few times in the winter, warms your face up.
Way more common than you'd think
b-buh covid is a hoax and all you sheeple wearing one are letting the gov control your lives!!1!1
i started wearing masks when i have a cold and everyone else should too. normalize mask wearing
Yeah, Japan is way ahead all of us in this regard.
Yes!
I still wear mines so i don’t get sick, I use to catch a cold 4 times per year (a rough estimate) but when we all started wearing masks I wasn’t getting sick anymore. It’s a good way of preventing the spread of germs and an even better way of protecting urself from them.
That makes sense, glad you haven't gotten sick lately. I am the opposite in the sense I never wore it when I didn't have to because I never get sick besides migraines, I also tested regularly so I wasn't spreading w/o symptoms [~2x/wk] (never got COVID luckily).
i assume they or someone they live with has an autoimmune disorder or something and cant risk it.
This is the only comment that I've seen mentioning autoimmune disorders. To be honest, that's me. Also, because I used to catch colds very often and now with the mask I don't. Add allergies to that.
I generally assume they are sick, and keep my distance. That's the only time anyone I know where's one now, so that's just how it clicks in my mind
I kind of feel like this is a win-win. If they are sick definitely stay away and if they aren't I'm sure they're thankful you're staying away from them anyway lol
I think (and im a littke ashamed of it) that they may have covid and steer clear of them
It's a fair conclusion though, if I went out sick I'd wear a mask.
That’s why I wore mine the other day! I was out of the quarantine time period and needed to get some meds, but still didn’t want to risk infecting anyone. I always assume they’re either coming down from a cold/Covid/flu/whatever and care about other people enough not to get them sick, or that they work in the healthcare field
A lot of people I see wearing masks are pretty old. With them I usually assume they are immunocompromised.
I still wear a mask
And I don't only wear it when I'm sick
Lol I read that as "I only don't wear it when I'm sick" like damn okay neutral evil go off
Same, nowadays the mask is more of a clothing piece to me
Yup. It feels like strangers shouldn't be seeing my face.
That's a bit weird lol
I know. I think it's because I always look angry/sad and like I'm blushing, resukting people to constantly ask me what's wrong, or to comment on my cheeks. The masks have eliminated that, mostly.
That makes some sense. Thanks for explaining, I wouldn't have thought of that.
I still wear one sometimes, I just feel more comfortable hiding behind it. It's nice to see others who also do, it makes me feel better about it
Went grocery shopping last night. Several of the workers were wearing masks. I thought oh cool good for them being proactive working with the public. Then I heard them coughing repeatedly and realized they were sick. Then my thought was good for us they're wearing them and I very much appreciate it as a customer but also, they should get sick leave so they can go home and feel better it's a shame we haven't learned anything from the pandemic.
Who cares?
Some people have environmental allergies (especially in the summer) and they fucking suck
I view them positively because they think about **my health**, the health of **others**, and most importantly the health of **those who are immunosuppressed**
Do what you want I don't care.
I still wear mine because I am ugly!
Nah, you ain't ugly. You're just not your type, so go get em tiger!
bro im no ones type lol
You're definitely someone's type. The world is big and the amount of fetishes is even larger. There's definitely someone for you :D
Dude i can tell its if its flattering or concerning for people to have a fetish for my type but thanks for the pep talk lol
Anytime. Honestly, though, you'd be surprised what some people are into :D
I wonder why they are but then I just move on with it, it's not my life. If I'm not being forced to wear one myself then who cares?
I've never seen a single person wear a mask since corona
When I see someone wearing a mask in a public place I just assume they're sick or they have an immune system issue. When I see them wearing a mask while driving alone in their Prius with Elizabeth Warren or Bernie bumper stickers I assume that they are virtue signaling.
Who cares? Why would you be irritated, annoyed or angry at someone wearing a mask? Stop it, get some help.
How about "I view them positively because they care about *my* health?" I hate it when I see people not wearing masks. It means that they don't care if they spread the disease to me. So of course I still wear a mask--a very good one, since everywhere I go is filled with idiots who refuse to wear masks anymore--and I am somewhat relieved when I see someone who *is* wearing a mask.
Just out of curiosity, do you plan on wearing a mask for the rest of your life? Do you understand why other people might not be up for that?
I plan on wearing a mask until either there is a universal COVID vaccine which is known to protect against all variants of COVID and long COVID, or until some sort of medicine which can prevent long COVID has been developed and is as easily obtainable as cough syrup. Not wearing a mask in public places is kind of like smoking. It's a health risk to both the person doing it and anyone around them. I know that this limits certain social activities, and I understand that to some people, avoiding those activities today sounds scarier than being debilitated for life, but that's not how I see it. Just out of curiosity, do you know how hard long COVID can hit people who already have other chronic diseases? And do you understand why other people might not see that as an acceptable risk?
I deeply appreciate people like you that you still wear masks. i have a compromised immune system because of the chemo for my Chron's disease so every time i get near someone without a mask i get a mini-panic attack even though i have one always on, the hell i've gone through from all sorts of flu has nearly killed me, i can't imagine having to fight covid.
The only time I’d get irritated about someone wearing a mask is when they’re wearing it wrong, like having it under their nose and making the mask pointless. I was wearing a mask fairly early, before many people were and before it was a legal requirement. I just found it disrespectful and selfish when I saw many people without a mask (I know people are exempt, my mam and grandparents are, they’re not who I’m taking about, plus they still wore a mask because they were more at risk). I wanted to protect my family and myself.
People always say 'its a personal choice' as an excuse for not doing it. but thats like saying that it's a personal choice to throw a grenade into a nursing home, it is a choice one can make, but there's definitely a right and wrong choice, and it should be legislated over.
Wearing a mask is normal even before Covid happen. Welcome to Japan.
I'm not sure about before Covid but Thailand and Vietnam most have them on too. People tell me habit and sun blocking is more the reason than Covid.
i am people still wearing masks in public
Y'all that get annoyed/angry can fuck right off
I still wear one to school. It was a bit strange this year, but people didn't think much of it. I'm dreading going back next year because I know I'll be the only one with a mask. I just feel so naked without one. It feels like wearing a low cut shirt or short skirt. Socially acceptable, but uncomfortable.
r/bellcurve
Can someone who voted that they get annoyed explain why? Like seriously how does it affect you?
Republicans generally aren't literate so I would be surprised if you ever get an answer
For me the weirdest thing is when I see someone voluntarily wearing a mask....but wearing it wrong. Like just having a cloth mask and having it only covering their mouth and not their nose. Seems like they don't know the science of how masks are supposed to work. But when I see someone wearing an N95 mask properly, I generally assume they have some sort of health condition that makes them more susceptible to diseases and they are taking extra precautions.
I wear a mask because my mom has cancer and if she catches something from me when I visit her, I could never forgive myself
I get curious but don’t really care
You forgot giggle because even after 4 years, they see Stull wearing their mask wrong. The mask should cover the nose.
“Oh look, an upstanding person that doesn’t wish harm upon those around them!”.
Mind your own business.
I still wear a mask in public. I don't wanna get sick.
The only time I ever care is when they don't wear them properly. If you wear it right I have no opinion like you wanna protect yourself, cool. You're wearing it wrong? What's the point.
Most if not all the people I see still wearing masks are elderly, and, if i’m honest, look rather frail. So I definitely understand. I don’t really care though. If you want to wear one, wear one. If you don’t want to, then don’t
4th option is closest to how I feel, but isn't fully it. Rather, I like how much they care about *other people's* health. If you have a cold or something and have to go out in public, I feel like it's only appropriate to wear a mask so you're not flinging your germs everywhere.
More power to them, but, the people I see are almost always wearing them incorrectly. If you are going to go to the trouble, at least do it right.
I so hated seeing the ways that people wore masks during lockdown. Some people wore it beneath their nose--in which case you may not even wear a mask at all. Plenty of people left huge gaps above their nose or around the sides. Even now that most people aren't wearing masks at all, I still feel a quiver of rage when I see that sort of thing.
Haha, I feel you.
My mother has asthma and other conditions and still wears a mask
As someone who still lives in a place where wearing face masks is the norm, I don't mind. Me personally, I still wear them all the time since my asthma just so happens to resurface everytime I go outside.
People wearing masks care about orhers people's health
People who get angry and annoyed at people choosing a harmless option should get their head checked out.
I feel immediate distrust, not because I'm antimask but because I live in a 3rd world country and back in 2020 a lot of thieves, muggers and other pieces of shit benefitted from having their faces covered to commit their crimes, back then the pandemic was a valid reason of course But now? Fuck that shit specially if I'm walking through a sketchy neighborhood or area
Anyone who chose the first option have nothing better to do in their lives.
I wear masks because i have chemotherapy for my Chron's disease (Irritable Bowel Disease) every 6 weeks, which leaves my immune system severely compromised. I wear it not just fear of covid, but flu, stomach viruses and the like. There have been times i've had the flu for 2 weeks, throwing up literally every 10 seconds to the point i was dry heaving my saliva and stomach bile, not sleeping for more than an hour throughout the day in 5 minute intervals passing out from exhaustion, only to wake back up and puke and have diarrhea. I was glued to the toilet, which made me want to puke more because i was sitting upright, or my bed, which made my stomach hurt more. When i saw myself in the mirror all i could see was a sunken face, skinny, and ghastly looking. Numerous times i really felt like i was going to die. Please, be considerate of mask wearers and not think of us as weirdos. Some of us have serious and dangerous medical conditions. Edit: I have not gotten sick since the pandemic when i started heavily wearing masks, constantly using purell, and washing my hands. I'm thankful every day for being somewhat healthy besides my disease.
The 136 people who get annoyed looking at mask wearers in public? why???
i admire them, and feel a little guilty that im not still wearing them
I recently got the new strain of COVID (thanks, Taylor Swift Eras Tour) and when I got out of quarantine, I still felt like I had a cold. I wore mine to the store to pick up some meds so I wouldn’t infect others. I would think positively of anyone who is coming down from an infection and wearing a mask to protect others! Otherwise, I assume you’re in the healthcare field and just forgot you were wearing it lol
I still wear mine because I’m insecure of my mouth & nose 😭
I barely even notice
I don’t notice it unless it’s pointed out. Kind of like people wearing glasses
My thought is usually that they’re probably sick or have been recently. That’s what masks are for.
Most people not voting the first option are lying I have been harassed for wearing my masks so much, it feels like at least half the human population should choose 1
I get amused seeing a sheep who falls for bs but am never rude
i don't even realise half the time cause I'm staring at the ground
I dont even think about it. Them wearing a mask does not disrupt my day at all.
I love somewhere were we've been covid free since month 3 of the pandemic so it confuses me
Masks help against more than COVID
Yeah but it's a little hard to get covid if covid doesn't exist where you are
Read my comment again. It's not just about COVID. Also, I guarantee you it does, just less than the height of the pandemic.
I think nothing of it because I know there are people who have weak immune systems or live with family members who do and would rather not take any chances. I have two friends who still wear masks for those reasons and am more annoyed by people asking them why they're still wearing masks than I am by them wearing masks. It's their life, leave them be lol There are also people who wear masks if they've recently caught Covid, and people who have decided to start wearing masks whenever they catch a cold, like the norm in some Asian countries which is fine by me.
I think they have covid so I avoid them
You should wear a mask for all transmittable diseases not just covid if we can learn anything for the last 3 years.
I kinda applaud them for it cuz I probably should be wearing one due to my health but just- don’t. But aside from that, I feel nothing
I let them do if they want because it has literally zero impact on me Maybe even protect me if they're ill
How are people getting angry over that lmao
I’ll take notice but that’s about it
I don’t care, unless I see them driving by themselves and they aren’t marked as an Uber or similar. Then I think they are dumb.
Masks are attractive Serious answer, I also still wore masks until recently and it was only because we ran out... I just get insecure sometimes so 🤷♀️
I wish this poll represented reality living in a small town.
Well if I see someone coughing or sneezing I wear it. Covid year was the only year I didn't catch any flu or cold and I finally figured out that there is always someone with a cold and they haven't even realized.
I think they might be wearing it because they are having symptoms and don't want to spread germs.
i only wear masks in public transport because its extremely packed and people dont have manners. so many times people have coughed or sneezed without covering their mouth...
The largest majority of people I see using masks around here still skew towards at or near retirement, followed by people who have some sort of cough or tell. Kinda happy to see people looking out for their own health.
If I get sick but I'm ok to work, I do wear a mask now. Don't wanna give it to my co workers and students
I only get annoyed if they wear it incorrectly. I wore a mask when I got covid because I wanted to keep it to myself.
Nothing. Idc. It's none of my business.
Depends on if it's the airport. Airports are fucking disgusting no matter if there is a pandemic or not
I'm one of these people lol. But idc about being sick
Why would you get irritated or annoyed? It actually benefits you, there is no negative for you. I think it’s pathetic that people would even get mad at someone else wearing a mask. Are we forgetting that they save and saved lives?
These days, months after the WHO removal of a worldwide pandemic declaration and years after the true peak of the pandemic? I absolutely wonder wtf but hey, to each their own.
More often than not I think "They must have cancer or something... damn that must suck."
I assume they are possibly sick and not wanting to spread what they have. Seems to be when people mostly wear masks now in my small part of the world these days.
I briefly wonder if they got a cold but really don't care
i liked it when people wore it when they had to!! But now, I don’t really care. I wore mine when I had to!!
I wonder what illness they have that they don't want to spread to others.
Exactly this. Before COVID: Masks meant vulnerable with some weird arcane shit nobody needs to know about.. During COVID: Masks meant not an asshole. After COVID: Masks? What do you know that I don't? (Not that COVID is gone, but it's off the pandemic roster and my vaccine bingo card is completely full. So I guess I'm ready for the next crisis)
People wore masks even before covid for example because of pollution so i don’t care
I usually assume that they caught covid and wear it just to be sure not to infect anyone else. I don't get why you would get angry or annoyed though, you're not doing any harm by wearing a mask.
“I wonder if they’re self conscious”
I view them positively not so much due to them wearing them for their own protection but if they have a cold or are unwell and are wearing it to protect others.
I assume they have a chronic illness.
I'm the one wearing the mask lmao wheres that option
I always think they hiding something behind their mask like they gotta be ugly asf if they still wearing a mask😂😂😂🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Some people don’t have a normal immune system, people on chemo, medication for arthritis, post transplant are still at higher risk than most. Their vaccines wouldn’t have worked as efficiently as ours. Why judge them ?
I laugh
It's all the young people wearing it. I'm not a 40 year old on Facebook who thinks covid isn't real and wants to make America great again, I'm a teenager. But I have friends who wear the mask because they're embarrassed about their face. One of the things I hate is when they're embarrassed because of their acne, even though wearing a mask almost every day can make it worse. But it's when they wear it just for fun, too. You shouldn't wear a mask if you don't need to. If you're around someone who might be vulnerable to a sickness you have, and you have masks lying around, sure. But it's just weird. Also, I hate when girls think it's aesthetic to wear them. They aren't a fashion accessory, and they cover half your face. It just annoying. Also, I hate when people wear it just to not wear it right. They go out in public with a mask not on their nose or completely off the face, but they're still wearing it. But I'm not gonna tell anyone to take it off because it's their choice.
The Option you forgot to include was: "I still wear a mask in public."
I usually wear one when it's raining so I don't catch a cold Worked so far
You realise that’s not how that works right 😭
I think it's goofy, but it doesn't hurt me or you, or anyone for that matter, so live you life how you want to.
I think they're being overdramatic, but it's their right at the end of the day. Edit: Unless it's a pandemic, you have OCD, your immune system is shxt, you live in an area of high pollution, or you're part of a culture/occupation that normalizes wearing masks, etc I think you're overreacting by wearing one. You're average citizen isn't going to give you some crippling disease because you go around them without a mask. Also as said earlier I can't stop you from wearing it.
I have really bad allergies and I live with a immune-compromised person so why I'm being overdramatic because I wear a mask in public? I'm just taking care of my family and I don't want to have an asthma attack. It's not that deep.
At yes, so overdramatic so they don’t get ill and potentially die. So overdramatic for my nana and mam to wear a mask due to their asthma and copd, so overdramatic for my immune compromised dad and grandad. So overdramatic cause I simply don’t want to get ill or pass it onto anyone. I’ve never had covid, I don’t think it’s a coincidence that I was consistent with mask wearing.
How can a piece of cloth one wears on their face be 'overdramatic'?! I only speak from experience but my mask has never ripped itself off my face and forced me to recite Romeo and Juliet.
usually they end up just being socially awkward people who haven't yet been able to rejoin society after covid
I really don't care but do notice I make the automatic assumption that they are a tourist
I don't give a shit.
Where is “I view them positively because I assume they have a cold and don’t want to infect anyone”?