I saw a masker get totally owned this weekend. I was at this Irish pub in Cape Charles, and this guy walks in wearing a mask and asking to order takeout. Lady says no they don't do takeout, and few do in that town. Masker acts all stunned, and then says OK then we'll come over and sit outside. Lady says when you get your group together and sitting out there, we'll come take your order. They go outside and the lady and bartender roll their eyes at each other.

Then about 10-15 minutes later what I assume is the masker's teenage daughter comes in and says their party is all outside and ready to order whenever she's ready. Lady says fine OK we'll be out. Teenage daughter leaves, and lady goes out back as the bartender chuckles.

About 15-20 minutes later some other lady comes in, evidently the sister of the masker. Sister says we've been waiting to place our order, and if you're not going to take it we'll have to leave. Bartender says that's fine, leave. Mind you there are just a few people in the pub; Lady and Bartender had plenty of opportunity to take the order. Sister leaves in a huff and then I see the whole group getting up from out the window--like 7 or 8 of them. Meanwhile the bartender and lady are laughing about all these losers wearing masks when Covid's been gone for like a year, and how hilarious it was to own the libs. Bartender says WTF are you doing coming into town wearing your mask all over the place like you're better than everybody.

So yeah, there are consequences for wearing your mask. You don't get to eat. Or worse, you DO get to eat what the MAGA serve you LOL.

Anonymous wrote:I went tubing a few weeks ago in New Braunfels, TX. There was a woman who wore a mask for her entire float down the Comal River. I felt bad for her.

I feel bad for you. As the other PP said she could have a chronic condition or a weakened immune system. She could have allergies or asthma that is triggered by air pollution. Maybe the mask is the thing that allowed her to go tubing. Maybe she’s sick of the tut-tutting, faces and rude comments from know-nothings who don’t know anything, don’t care to learn and still want “their team” to win.

Anonymous wrote:I infer that mask wearers have a physical reason for wearing a mask-medically fragile, chronic illness, or has family member who is.

This is my cousin. Except for he takes it off all the time to go to baseball games, fairs, etc. Then yells at people because they aren’t wearing one and potentially exposing him. He’s had four jabs, immunoglobulin, etc. At this point, there is so much virtue-signaling, who knows what’s the truth.

And then you get sick, and develop an autoimmune disease afterwards, and now need to mask.

Some people's immune systems react well to getting sick over and over again, some don't, as I found out the hard way in my 30s. Whoops.

My mask wearing has nothing to do with my politics.

The biggest problem of wearing masks to not get a virus is that you need to get sick once in a while. No really, to be 100% healthy without ever getting a cold just means that when you do get sick your body won't know what to do. I'm not suggesting not taking precautions if you can't get sick but to simply say you don't want to get anything because it's inconvenient is really short sighted. You need to develop your immune system. My family gets sick 1-2x annually maybe only once a year really. We have 2 kids. We don't do all that hand washing every time we go out and we don't go nuts with hand sanitizer and I think it's why we are all so protected from getting viruses often. Even as little kids, they never got sick much. We always wanted them to not be super clean because on some level being exposed to germs isn't going to kill you. Of course it's all relative but Im suggesting that nature is not to be totally ignored. There's only so much risk you are ever going to manage in life, you gotta be a bit more willing to live without so much fear and restraint.

I assume mask wearers are intellectually superior.

I infer that mask wearers have a physical reason for wearing a mask-medically fragile, chronic illness, or has family member who is.

At this point I assume mask wearers are medically fragile or actually have COVID & are doing the responsible thing.

febegaj wrote:We all know that the issue of mask wearing has been a hot topic these years, with Democrats being pro-mask and Republicans being anti-mask.
It would be interesting however to see how the choice of (not) wearing a mask can potentially reveal an individual's political ideology.

For example, during the pandemic, with most people wearing masks, if you saw someone not wearing a mask (esp. in indoor and/or crowded place) you could infer that he or she is a Republican (of course with some confidence X).
Similarly, now the pandemic is over and masks have mostly gone away, if you see someone wearing a mask, you can infer that he or she is a Democrat (again with some confidence Y).

What do you think? Would be interested to see if there are any studies about this.

It's a far reaching generalization. Especially if you make assumptions today about mask wearing. Quarantine is not necessary anymore if you test positive, but many people may choose to wear a mask, even if they would not wear one if asymptomatic or negative. Even hardcore anti-maskers may wear a mask in indoor public settings if testing positive.

Anonymous wrote:I went tubing a few weeks ago in New Braunfels, TX. There was a woman who wore a mask for her entire float down the Comal River. I felt bad for her.

Unfortunately, she may have really wanted to go tubing but has a chronic condition.

My cousin who has just finished chemo wore her mask when camping when they were near others.

I went tubing a few weeks ago in New Braunfels, TX. There was a woman who wore a mask for her entire float down the Comal River. I felt bad for her.

Anonymous wrote:I wear a mask even when I’m alone in the car. It doesn’t bother me to wear it, and it’s more of a hassle to keep taking it off and on. So I just leave it on.

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Anonymous wrote:It's really shitty that the right wing politicized masks and vaccines.

I think the left wing shares a huge portion of blame too for politicizing masks.

Nope. Sorry. It’s not a both sides in this scenario.

NP. PP is a typical DCUM loyal-Democrat eunuch. It’s a sad truth that the Biden administration has plenty of misdeeds regarding masking and Covid. Among others, Walensky told people they could stop wearing masks if they were vaxxed. They’ve also pushed getting workers back to work sooner (5 vs 10 days of isolation).

The administrations are not identical, but only a loyal moron thinks the Biden administration has been good at protecting people.

Don’t you have a Proud Boys meeting? The Democrats aren’t anti-democracy PoS like the GOP.

Lazy Democrats love to assume their critics come in one flavor. Thanks for making it clear that DCUM is mostly lazy, unthinking Democratic Party loyalists who are hostile to most of the country and most of humanity.

If you are in opposition to the party platform, you are a member of the GOP. It's a two party position. You must support the entirety of the platform. No deviation.

The politicization of masks was stupid in 2020 and it’s stupid now.

If you need or want a mask, wear one.

No ideology (I think both parties have gone bonkers just in different aspects) but only wear masks if required