Face Masks

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  • Nairn12

    Had a chat with someone I've considered one of my best friends for at least 23 years now, even if we now live on opposite sides of our wee Isle here and have our own families and lives to be getting on with, so don't much get to speak to each other as regular as we should.

    I've mentioned on here beforehand a best friend who voted for Brexit, well, this is the same guy.

    He announced, with no small amount of pride, that he refuses to wear masks in shops. After a few ponderous moments of silence as I mulled this over and listened to him prattle on about it being unthinking drones kowtowing to The New World Order (or somesuch claptrap) I had a go at him.

    At this point, it's not even like I give a fuck about the absolutes of the science behind it or otherwise - at this point it's just about fucking manners, respect for others and social decency. Wear a mask in a shop in 2020 for much the same reason you don't spit on a shop's floor in 1920.

    I'm not long back from Italy - a country which through an arrogant lens of British superiority is borderline dysfunctional because of latin ego and intransigence - but actually, is a country where I did not see ONE person break the rules in all the shops I went to. I was genuinely humbled by how respectful and deferential people were to each other. In no small way down to how badly they were affacted and (as described by an Italian friend who has more of a right to cynicism about his own people than I do) possibly due to the threat of fines. So what.

    I took a plane back to out of London, then a train into London, then a bus from the station to my house - by the time I'd spent five minutes on that bus I was ready to baseball bat 60% of the people who got on and didn't bother in any way with a mask. Like I in any way wanted to have spent the previous five hours or whatever wearing one? I'm not going to go into the guilty demographics here - it's certainly been easy for me to pick out patterns in the type of people who simply don't give a shit about anyone else, but that doesn't matter. Italy has its share of demographic dickheads too, and all of them were compliant.

    Brexit and now this. I really don't think I have any common platform of understanding with him any more. Given his background, he should be (*and indeed once was*) one of my most open-minded friends, but nup - now he's just some UKIP-thinking provincial prick. Oh well.

    • oop, christ that was long. sorry.Nairn
    • deathboy postutopian
    • I totally get your predicament and it's tough going. But this just proves that people we once tolerated are now unjustifiably not worth our effort.Ianbolton
    • My friend can't wear a mask due to health reasons and somebody screamed at her, in her face, making her reluctant to now leave the house. She's terrifiedIanbolton
    • a goth woman walked up to a lad in the queue in the shop yesterday - only two people in the shop without masks. started talking to each other about how painfulkingsteven
    • it was to get swabbed. both mid to late 30s, i guess they work together. i am still confused.kingsteven
    • The truth is, you are appalled your friend doesn't think like you.Hayoth
    • People change, situations change. It's okay to let go of toxic relationships no matter how long they've been in your life. Period.sea_sea
    • I just don’t understand the ‘my freedoms’ stance. It makes zero sense to me.Gnash
    • @hayoth - yes.. i mean.. yes?
      Someone I've known for years who's a friend because he thinks a certain way and then.. becomes an idiot.
      Nairn
    • Like - imagine if one of your friends turned around one day and started exhibiting empathy. You'd probably shoot him in the face.Nairn
    • @sea_sea - it's not in any way a toxic relationship - I love the guy. Just.. I can't compute how he's ended up thinking as he does.Nairn
    • oh for the love of fuck, i need to start setting my tedious shit to nsfw. We need pretty pictures on the homepage, not wearied old men whingingNairn
    • #humblebraghans_glib
    • Always thought how Hayoth's extremely tolerant of differing opinions and things he doesn't understand. Very levelheaded.Fax_Benson
    • You should prolly end the friendship. No point in having anything to do with people who dont match your view on things.cannonball1978
    • obv there's been more depth to my interaction with him than I'm stating here - it's not that there's a diff of opinion, it's that he's... just fucking wrong.Nairn
    • Separate.AQUTE
    • Divide & ConquerAQUTE
    • I haven't worn one mask so far. It's still not required (Norway), although they are recommending masks on public transport (which I won't use till November).drgs
    • And if it becomes a culture wherein everyone expects each other to wear one? What will you do then?Nairn
    • I kinda get where my friend comes from (a little) - I'm amazed by how quick The West has programmed mask-wearing and nM population quarantine measures.Nairn
    • I think I said as much back in march that I couldn't envisage lockdowns as they had in China at the time, yet here we are.
      A new world order of some kind, sure
      Nairn
    • I'll wear one, not a problem. Seriously no one is wearing them in Norway (for now)drgs
    • lol. I say 'The West'. I mean that in increasingly archaic terms. I mean - 'the bits of America that still function, and the rest of the civilised world'.Nairn
    • .. he says, cast adrift on his increasingly irrelevant little isle.Nairn
    • Get yourself a snazzy one, drgs.

      We should all post masked 2020 pics.
      Nairn
    • It's not hard. 95% of people in NYC now wear a mask. Infection rate remains low, even if we're connected to the TITANIC that is the rest of the USA.DaveO
    • Does he actually vote UKIP now?jagara
    • I guarantee your 'friend' didn't go on social media and cry about how you think different. You should both be open to changing your minds.Hayoth
    • How can you guarantee that, Hayoth?jagara
    • @Hayoth and also his friend is wrong and stupid. You're one of those contrarians that gets all screechy when called out on your bullshit.garbage
    • lol of course hayoth is taking 'that' side. our own in house karen boomer.inteliboy
    • Covidiots Worldwideutopian
    • As a kid I was told not to discuss who or what I vote for with anyone. It astounds me that people publicize their positions so openly. Always leads to rubble.ayport
    • Maybe your now old friend is deathboy !i_was
    • Hayoth is going to die from a stroke, a gun in one hand and a copy of ISIS Asian Babes in the other, covered in old man's mayonnaise. FREEDOM!face_melter
    • If only TPTB hadnt flip flopped on the efficacy of masks early doors. Back then (when there was a shortage) they only worked in a clinical setting, mindPhrenological
    • Then they told us a strict protocol re placement/removal/di... had to be followed.Phrenological
    • placement/removal/di...Phrenological
    • disposal. why cant I write disposalPhrenological
    • ah, there's a limit to word lengthPhrenological
    • anyhow, inconsistent advice and good old fashioned 'fuck you authority' has led us here.Phrenological
    • re: People with differing opinions - I made friends with an honest to god Communist last year. Lovely chap. i completely and utterly disagree with him.Nairn
    • I've even argued with how 'wrong' i think he is, and him me. All Good! Makes us both consider our positions better.Nairn
    • But having a friend choose to hold positions that - by his own argumentation - are completely misguided is incredibly disappointing. I respected him once.Nairn
    • Silly me for rising to your bait, hayoth.Nairn
    • @ayport - you're not wrong.

      At the same time, you'd want to know if a friend was a genuine flat-earther, right? :)
      Nairn
    • in the end wearing masks is and will be controversial. maybe you better judge him by another topic where he can fail your expectations ;)api
    • first week mask was a mix of feeling weird, mental policing and rage against others. week 3 meanwhile. i like the mask. idgiveafuck bout the others.uan
    • i dont even take it off when i can. i got used to it. and with headphones (that i put on first time in like 3years) it‘s a pretty cyberpunk feel.uan
    • @Nairn LOL true!
      Being raised by an old school brit, he always said someone would beat the crap outa me for voting differently than them...
      ayport
    • So u don't care about your fellow pals rights to exercise liberties u find scarydeathboy
    • And if your friendship is so shallow to be based solely on political leanings than its probably not a friendshipdeathboy
  • 12xu1

    • Shame they're not on the other side so they can strike the heart when they go off accidentally.Nairn
    • what is wrong with these people???hans_glib
    • Personality compensation.Nairn
    • that mask must be strapped on tight as fuck.moldero
    • it's not concealed, easy to see if he's going to draw, and he's wearing a mask. overall winimbecile
    • Lol.PhanLo
    • Seems convenient. I can't see what could go wrong.lemmy_k
    • Takes 'shooting a load into your face' to a whole new level.face_melter
    • his natural habitat for sure is the brain-free zone.neverscared
    • just slap from behind to the left and that gun is gone, and a bullet enters the head.sted
    • Is it pointing to his heart?omahadesigns
    • A lovely powered blue. Brava, Mr. gun-face!FNP14
    • Gun held in a mask, pointing toward neck, what could go wrong....shapesalad
    • That would be super fucking annoying, having the weight of the pistol hanging on your ears.MondoMorphic
    • Nairn, guns don't accidentally go off in real life.MondoMorphic
    • Ballard would love this shit, are they going to start inserting them into their anus soon as well?fadein11
    • I'm actually surprised an intellectual like this is even wearing a mask.stoplying
    • no intellect is showing on these images
      just a nationalist trendwhore
      seriously WTF with the sunglasses indoors?!%
      sted
    • i guess he doesn't go to airport?pango
    • Why are these people so scared?scarabin
    • I hope his car has an airbag..slappy
    • @MondoMorphic - that's not what a few YouTubes i've seen over the years tell me. Perhaps they don't in capable hands, but are we seeing that here?Nairn
    • @mondo Yeah um, idiots are more prone to NDs. This guy is taking selfies with a 1911 pointed at his Carotid artery for fucks sake.garbage
    • Also he's not even carrying it hammer down. This kid is a clown, and exactly the type that will end up accidentally shooting himself.garbage
    • Murican's aren't the brightest blokes.utopian
  • bigbaby5313

    I think that those who refuse t wear a mask, complaining that they can't breath, have never gone down on a woman for any significant amount of time.

  • dbloc9
    • Want if the dayGnash
    • lolsted
    • Whip it goodmaquito
    • Not Free but Choice.CyBrainX
    • I have an uncontrollable urge to buy one of thesefooler
    • When a problem comes along
      You must buy it
      Before the Corona gets you sick
      You must buy it
      utopian
    • Buy it, goodjaylarson
  • akiersky10

    lol

  • sted6

    90% of these is garbage, protects from nothing.

    • "Use of Cloth Face Coverings to Help Slow the Spread of COVID-19."

      https://www.cdc.gov/…
      MarleyMarl
    • they protect others of you sneezing or coughing on them. they're no meant to protect the air you breath in.fooler
    • but that isn't going to sale as nice as when we say that "this KN95 FFP23456 level type mask protects you from the virus"sted
    • sted is correct - most of the ones you see out there do NOT prevent virus particles from going throughKrassy
    • They protect me from not being allowed in the grocery store.nb
    • I liked it better the way I put it... if the filter isn’t small enough, you might as well wrap toilet paper around your head.imbecile
    • They help though. That’s the point.monospaced
    • they help like a cotton t shirt helps keep you dry in the rain, when you should really be wearing a raincoat.imbecile
    • the beginning of this video illustrates the need for proper filter masksimbecile
    • https://www.youtube.…imbecile
    • yeah, you're right...just use the rhythm methodBaskerviIle
    • That analogy isn’t a good one. A T-shirt to protect against some particulate vs the same thing against a downpour? Please.monospaced
    • Of course something is better than nothing. Even a couple of layers is shown to be a great help.monospaced
    • It's true. It's like if I'm not bringing a raincoat I also don't bother with a t shirt. Weird looks on the subway, but people are idiots.nb
    • "Why are you looking at me, when you're not even wearing raincoats!?", is what I shout at them. Idiots!!nb
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  • Gardener8

    • Loli_was
    • I mean, it's a "face" mask after all; not a "mouth & nose" maskKrassy
    • good sleepapi
    • #2020garbage
    • @Krassy: The funny thing is, in German it's called 'Mund-Nasen-Schutz'. Literally, 'Mouth and Nose Protection'.Continuity
    • @Continuity good to know! German is always precise. Ha!Krassy
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  • ElizilE1

    Hey guys. I love your website. Been a longtime fan. I just recently registered to link to my new project
    https://superfacial.me/

    • hahahainteliboy
    • haha about two weeks ago i said to a buddy need to start a company that prints your face on to masks smiling because social cues going to scare peopledeathboy
    • and on that note i must have young eyes because getting ID for beer and than people are like oh wow. not sure compliment or insult...deathboy
    • Ha! Great name.bezoar
    • hahah why is this so creepymilfhunter
    • Ahah holy shit this is terrifyingben_
    • Some "Windowlicker" vibes here :)yuekit
    • @yuekit thought the same thing, could be a campaign from aphex twinmilfhunter
    • I love super facials.face_melter
    • lol. it must be extra awkward when they talkBeeswax
    • Photoshop. Twitter has banned this bs a few times.imbecile
  • microkorg4

    To the other Glasses-wearers out there. If, like me, EVERY fucking mask type causes your glasses to fog when you exhale cos of the gap, get yourself some medical/surgical tape from pharmacy and roll it up like a joint sticky side out and put it along the top of the mask so it sticks to your face.

    • Get prescriptions in these:
      https://photos.cdn-o…
      nb
    • i cant wear my shades w/ a mask ive been wearing my old uvex tactical goggles I used to use for airsoft ages ago, they get more use now than evermoldero
    • Moldy we are at war.utopian
    • A tight bandana can help with the glasses fog, but it doesn't offer any protection if you don't fold it correctly.garbage
    • fog-less snowboard gogglesprophetone
    • Lol i do have prescription goggles.microkorg
  • Gardener8

  • utopian7

    • oh boy, with this teeth he would better wear a facemaskapi
    • Why do I want this?jaylarson
  • Gardener7

    newspaper ad 1919

  • Hayoth5

  • Gardener8

  • kingsteven5

    If only Osama had worn a mask he'd still be alive today

  • Gardener7

  • scarabin6