• Whatsit_Tooya@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It blows my mind how upset people get about masking. During the two primary years of Covid where I isolated and masked religiously, I didn’t get sick once or even have allergies (despite visiting parks often).

    Now companies have RTO and try to get everyone in on the same days so illness spreads like wildfire. People sitting right beside me hacking their lungs out.

    • assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      It blows my mind how upset people get about masking

      The pandemic is when I gave up on the notion that diehard conservatives had even a shred of intelligence or morals. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing from them.

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      1 year ago

      People do not want to be told what to do. They do not want to be inconvenienced.

      Personally I hated wearing a mask. it was a huge pain in my ass, and mostly unnecessary most of the time except on public transit or in like a very crowded place like a grocery store.

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        1 year ago

        Where exactly were you wearing a mask other than crowded public places? Nobody ever told you to wear it at home.

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          1 year ago

          In my country, there was a mask mandate in all enclosed areas except private residences, even when you were the only person there.

          • whats_a_refoogee@sh.itjust.works
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            1 year ago

            In what non private residence enclosed places are you alone? I can’t think of any. Are you talking about hotels or… Because yea that would be ridiculous. But also, since you’re alone it’s not like anyone can enforce the mandate or even know you’re not following it.

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              1 year ago

              In my case, it was a hackerspace. It has windows to the street, so if the police would have happened to go along the street and see that, they could have intervened.

              There was one report in the newspapers where they fined a small card playing organization due to that, but of course they were a group of people.

    • adeoxymus@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I wear masks but I absolutely hate it. Maybe if you work from home you don’t notice, but wearing that thing for 9-10 hours can be a real pain. On top of that you miss a lot of a person’s face, I had to meet a lot of new people during that time and it was hard.

      • Whatsit_Tooya@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        I’m not saying it’s enjoyable. It’s especially awful when it’s hot & humid, if you wear glasses, or when wearing for a long period of time. But when the alternative is increasing the chances of catching/spreading a dangerous virus… well there isn’t much of an argument against.