This is the proper use of masks.
Posted on 05/25/2021 12:00:47 PM PDT by conservative98
When federal health officials recently announced that fully vaccinated people no longer have to wear masks in most situations, Jaz Johnson was among those who kept hers on.
Johnson, 46, of Kansas City, Missouri, has received both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, but she has no desire to go maskless.
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In addition to helping keep her and her family healthy, masks have offered Johnson something else: the chance to hide emotions, such as contempt when someone is standing too close to her in a checkout line, or boredom when a relative tells the same story for the tenth time.
“I am one of those people that cannot lie or get away with anything,” Johnson, who works in information technology, said. “It’s been pretty fun now that no one really knows, necessarily, what I’m thinking.”
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some people are continuing to do so — having come to appreciate the reprieve they provide from stifling social expectations while out in public.
These mask-wearers say they see a multitude of benefits to covering up. No one can tell you to smile when you don’t feel like it. It gives you a break from putting on makeup. And it provides a degree of anonymity.
“It’s exhausting having to put on this smiling, very calm, brave face,” said Cassidy, 35, of Lake Tahoe, Nevada, who asked to be identified by first name only for privacy.
A Navy veteran, Cassidy has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and agoraphobia and said masks feel like a “shield” that prevent uncomfortable interactions while running errands: “I can absorb the environment in a much more controlled manner without having to think about what my face is doing, and having to think about someone seeing my face.”
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Uh, if the vax works and protects you, why are you worried if someone else hasn't got it yet?
It's because that's what the TV told them and they are so invested in "the science" they refuse to even think about it.
Face burkha.
Maybe she likes popping zits.
Translation: Hard to virtue signal w/o your mask.
This is the proper use of masks.
Mental illness is the reason.
Upset with the in-laws you have to visit? “Hey I hear there’s a Covid uprising on your block, got my mask on!”
Today a Karen gave me a mask with tongs. I started laughing.
i love her
But what about Japan?
2014 article:
Why do Japanese people wear surgical masks? It’s not always for health reasons
Main reasons: social anxiety, don’t want to talk to people, don’t want to wear makeup, warmth, and fashion accessory.
They love the virtue signal.
Keep wearing them you freaks
I am in that same boat. I have to wear hearing aids and I still have to read lips. In the past I explain that to others and they drop the mask and we can communicate. For those that don’t, I walk away.
I have rarely had any communication with someone masked that I haven’t had them repeat what they say or actually ask them to pull the mask away from their mouth. At my age hearing and recognizing words can be a struggle which people talking to me masked making them sound like the teacher in a Charlie Brown cartoon.
I agree. The eyes are the windows to the soul. The most common emotions I see on the masked are fear or anger. But not always. I’ve detected smiles from the masked on occasion.
Hope they enjoy their maskne and other skin and breathing problems that are bound to crop up.
I’m a warm-and-fuzzy kind of good person. I love smiles. I love relating to folks. I have no phobias that would keep me from relating to my fellow man. These folks are nuts, IMO.
“Couldn’t wait to get rid of mine!”
I have no masks any longer. I am not worried about someone’s cooties.
What a bunch of sad human lemmings. If biden ate dog poop so would they.
“Not true at all. I can easily detect people’s emotions even when they are wearing a mask.”
Good post. Yes, you can instantly tell a lot about folks who are still wearing masks, especially outside. Like: how smart they are? Are they independent thinkers? Are they hiding some phobia? Hair lipped, perhaps? Democrat? Dumb?
(my apologies if I offended anyone who is hair lipped.)
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