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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There actually are "cloth" masks with multiple layers that are comfortable and at least as protective as KN 95s.  All of these posters scoffing about cloth masks have no way of knowing just how protective these masks are just by glancing at them in a supermarket, unless they know the brands.   It's funny how many people think that this is about peer pressure or being "performative".  [b]Until reading this thread I hadn't realized how many presumably educated adults rely on projection -- when healthy curiosity might be a preferable strategy. [/b] [/quote]

What are you talking about? Of course mask wearing in general is about peer pressure for a lot of people. Probably the majority of people in this area are still wearing them only because they don't want to be judged as "anti-maskers". And of course there is peer pressure in schools to wear the "right" masks by kids indoctrinated by their parents. I get you don't want to be judged for wearing your $25 Happy Mask either by people thinking all cloth masks are created equal, so you want them to have "healthy curiosity" about it, but what we really need is to get to a point where nobody judges anybody for the mask they wear or don't wear.[/quote]

Nope.  I make my own decisions as best as I can -- as do most of the people I know.  I don't care if some anonymous person "judges" me or not.  So: judge away!  [/quote]

You may be the exception, but I guarantee you that most people at this point would stop masking in stores if they weren't worries about what others think - not people on DCUM, but other people out in public with them.[/quote]

Must be a lot of people who don't care what other's think.  I was in the grocery store yesterday and almost everyone was unmasked.[/quote]
I’m genuinely surprised that there are adults in this world who are worried about disapproval coming from random strangers at Whole Foods. Or, heck, some obsessed weirdo in the PTA.

I mean, why?[/quote]

I am genuinely surprised though that you are genuinely surprised that this should be the case. It is human nature to want to fit in with the people around you, especially when it comes to such a heavily moralized and politicized issue as masking during a pandemic, and especially in the DC area where there are so many politically minded people.
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I guess I just don’t get it. People in Whole Foods aren’t my friends, and have no impact on my life. Why should I care what they think about me? Why should I care about “fitting in” with them? Similarly, some bored SAHM who fills the void in her life with the PTA gets a say in how I live my life? Hell no.

Unless you’re signing my pay check or sleeping with me, I couldn’t care less what you think of me.[/quote]

Resentful you have to work?  Trying to justify how  much  you don't like to parent?

We don't think much of you, don't worry.[/quote]

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