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How to ask a seatmate to mask: The new etiquette for maskless flights
Washington Post ^ | 05/04/2022 | Nathan Diller

Posted on 05/05/2022 1:32:32 PM PDT by Drew68

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To: Drew68

FR humor and wisdom at its best.


41 posted on 05/05/2022 2:03:38 PM PDT by Socon-Econ (adi)
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To: Drew68

MYOB.

What? Doesn’t your mask work?


42 posted on 05/05/2022 2:04:33 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: Drew68

Beat the paywall: https://archive.ph/j91p2


43 posted on 05/05/2022 2:05:05 PM PDT by upchuck (The longer I remain unjabbed with the clot-shot, the more evidence I see supporting my decision.)
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To: cgbg

Or Swahili.


44 posted on 05/05/2022 2:05:35 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Miss you Rush!)
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To: Drew68

I flew last week, ~85% wore no mask. Even those that did seemed to be lax about it, pulling it down for periods.

A passenger next to me was mainly wearing one, which was appreciated as he had TERRIBLE bad breath. Every time he removed it...ugh - but I couldn’t care less otherwise.

My response to anyone that asks, “micrometer protection doesn’t stop nanometer viruses”. There’s zero evidence wearing them had any meaningful effect on cases.


45 posted on 05/05/2022 2:07:04 PM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: Drew68

We were traveling through the Adirondacks today, in the middle of absolute NOWHERE, during a beautiful sunny, clear, breezy day with virtually no one else around, and we saw a woman walking to her car masked up.

Words fail me at that point.

I cannot fathom how someone can live in that kind of bondage to fear.


46 posted on 05/05/2022 2:07:08 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: OHPatriot

You are why I travel with a lavender-infused hanky...just in case. 😆


47 posted on 05/05/2022 2:08:02 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Miss you Rush!)
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To: Drew68

Trust me,there’s no good way to ask me to wear a mask. The FIRST time someone asks me to wear a mask, if im in a good mood,I’ll probably respond,
“No thank you, I’m breathing”

Any follow up request will be met with a loud,

“Don’t touch me there!!!”


48 posted on 05/05/2022 2:08:15 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: mewzilla

Good one!


49 posted on 05/05/2022 2:09:47 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Miss you Rush!)
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To: Drew68

Ask the idiot why he or she is not triple masked.


50 posted on 05/05/2022 2:10:29 PM PDT by Mark (Celebrities... is there anything they do not know? Homer Simpson)
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To: mewzilla
Or this picture...

Her highness Hillary Clinton looks on while peasant in mask tends to her gown.

51 posted on 05/05/2022 2:10:51 PM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: mewzilla

Or this one...

https://www.bostonherald.com/2021/03/17/john-kerry-caught-without-a-mask-on-boston-to-dc-flight/


52 posted on 05/05/2022 2:11:38 PM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: Drew68
If you are nervous about flying on an aircraft full of bare faces, you can take steps to make the journey less daunting.

Xanax would work.

53 posted on 05/05/2022 2:13:16 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: mewzilla

Or this one...

https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/2021/09/14/new-york-governor-hochul-under-fire-for-school-mask-policy-after-this-photo-goes-viral/


54 posted on 05/05/2022 2:13:18 PM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: Drew68

Works for me too. Not that i plan to ever fly again.


55 posted on 05/05/2022 2:13:30 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: Drew68
""No, I'm good." will be my reply."

My rely is a standard one: "Only criminals, fools, and the Lone Ranger wear masks."

56 posted on 05/05/2022 2:14:40 PM PDT by mosaicwolf
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To: mosaicwolf
My rely is a standard one: "Only criminals, fools, and the Lone Ranger wear masks."

Or at Halloween.

57 posted on 05/05/2022 2:16:25 PM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is i)
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To: cranked

“Please leave yours on as you kiss my A$$” sounds good to me.


58 posted on 05/05/2022 2:20:08 PM PDT by hardspunned (former GOP globalist stooge)
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To: upchuck

Thanks for the link! “ If you’re going to ask someone, Plante said, you should “appeal to their goodness and say, ‘I hate to bother you with this, but I’m visiting my elderly relative and I’m really worried about the virus’ or ‘I’m immunocompromised. Would you be willing to mask up for this trip?’”
Plante said you can bring extra masks in case they don’t have one. “I think most reasonable people, when asked with great respect and compassion, would say, ‘Sure, why not?’”....She said passengers can also introduce themselves and attempt to establish a rapport beforehand to make the other person feel comfortable.”

MY ANSWER: Sure would love to help out. But first, please supply me with at least 2 randomized trials that show they work for viruses.... cause I have 16 that show they don’t.


59 posted on 05/05/2022 2:21:41 PM PDT by consult
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To: Drew68
Looks like she's in severe pain:


60 posted on 05/05/2022 2:23:25 PM PDT by upchuck (The longer I remain unjabbed with the clot-shot, the more evidence I see supporting my decision.)
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