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they/them might be giants ☭@babadookspinoza.bsky.social |
A lot of people who don’t want to mask associate masks with the fear we all felt at the start of the pandemic. I get that! But you need to adjust your mindset to the reality: you should feel SAFER when wearing a mask—because YOU ARE. I’m much less fearful of Covid when I’m protecting myself!
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Jay Holloway, PharmD AAHIVP (they/he)
@jaypharm.bsky.social
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This! I feel so much safer and I work better at the pharmacy while wearing a mask! I know my patients are protected, and I am less likely to get sick from anything, which throws everything off when I get sick.
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Brother Mike
@brothermike.bsky.social
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As a Chronic Asthmatic, I’ve realized that a mask works well for me and my allergies too, I wished I’d did it sooner. Now I know why it’s popular in Asia.
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Aya Shameimaru 射命丸文
@asyameimaru.bsky.social
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I wear my mask to not want to be perceived and to be left alone. Did that while I was in Japan, do it while I am stateside.
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Andy Operandi
@andyoperandi.bsky.social
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Yes yes yes thank you 🔥✨
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Charlotte Freeman
@cmf406.bsky.social
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I would LOVE to see someone do a study about neurotypical people who freak out that a subset of humans find eye contact difficult, and who freak out about wearing masks (see also burkas).
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they/them might be giants ☭
@babadookspinoza.bsky.social
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So many people have told me they don’t want to “live in fear,” but even if you won’t admit it to yourself, your brain KNOWS that the pandemic isn’t over, it KNOWS going maskless is a risk, and I promise you that cognitive dissonance is doing much more harm than good.
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Celeste Labedz
@celestelabedz.bsky.social
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Bingo! A person was coughing a bunch on the train this morning during my commute. In 2019, I would have thought, "ugh, am I going to get sick and miss out on a bunch of stuff again??" Now, I just think, "wow, glad I have my N95 on; hope they feel better soon."
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@bike4evr.bsky.social
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Seat belts = helmets when bicycling = masks in shared spaces.
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Kenyesi Uume
@turdlet.bsky.social
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Nah people don’t want to mask because it’s useless and stupid for most. The oldest and most vulnerable are the only ones that should
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Jeannels
@jeannels.bsky.social
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I see so few people in person now. Invited by a friend who works from home to a first ever game night and she invited another friend. Had dinner, games. Fun night! Until the next morning when I got a message that the invited friend is Covid+. On Covid watch now. Fuck.
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Nicole
@iheartmuseums.bsky.social
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It's definitely something that has shifted to a "smart health thing" for me - I ride the subway every day and I'm going to wear a mask on there foreverrrrrrrr.
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Worms & Snakes
@worms-and-snakes.bsky.social
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It's also not all-or-nothing. I think many people have the idea that if they admit there's any risk at all, that means they have to go back to wearing masks 100% of the time and stop doing things like eating at restaurants. In reality, if everyone wore a mask 20% of the time we'd all be safer.
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Emerence
@damemyniah.bsky.social
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Last year I wore a mask on a plane to protect myself from Covid, not realizing I’d already been infected- my mask protected others from me!
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Mayor of the Moon
@moonmayor.bsky.social
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Wearing a mask is great! It really lessens my anxiety in public. It blocks the disgusting smells of others and I hardly get sick! Why wouldn't anyone want to wear a mask? So many good things.
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RobBoyBlunder
@robboyblunder.bsky.social
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See I feel unsafe without a mask in public actually because I’m immuno compromised and love not having peoples germs go in my mouth. I wound up sick because of my family who weren’t masking; I really really wish everyone would go back to masking my god lol
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Pat G
@patg63.bsky.social
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When back to work and back to school started, I had stopped masking and came down with a non-COVID respiratory infection that laid me out for a month. Masking in crowded conditions just makes sense. And wash your hands and don't touch your nose.
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Alice
@alcrocker.bsky.social
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I don’t want to mask, but I do it anyway.
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Holly 🇺🇸
@hollyhock17.bsky.social
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You do you…the rest of us will choose freely.
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The Estrogen-Based Menace 🦑
@sexi-squidward.bsky.social
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I have ultra conservative family out in Ohio that mask due to the fact they nearly died of COVID. They get harassed if they are masking in public. They even had to quit going to church because they were being harassed so bad :/
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R Lee Griffin
@evilbraininajar.bsky.social
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My family managed to avoid COVID for years. My youngest brought it home from school and we didn't realize what they had until we all had it. It flattened us. I am still masking because I don't want it again and I don't want anyone else to have to deal with it. It just seems both safe and considerate
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Chris G.
@iamchrisgam.bsky.social
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The dummies won that battle long ago. It was almost the second trump said that he wouldn't be wearing a mask. The messaging on masking was an abject failure. Possibly worse than vax messaging (in the US).
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@reddog2.bsky.social
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I can't really wear a mask due to lung issues. I appreciate others that do.
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Paul Driggere 🦋
@writerwithcats.bsky.social
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I admit I'm a little self-conscious if I go out someplace and I'm the only one wearing a mask. There's a temptation to bow to societal pressure, but then I realize I'm the smartest one in the room right now so I just roll with it. 😁
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sebben
@sebben.bsky.social
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"I don't want to live in fear" (Has cameras, security system and guns ready to defend his quiet suburban homestead from the girl scouts knocking on the door)
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Wanderfreundin
@luzie2307.bsky.social
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Yes, me too. And I dont understand the people asking me, if I am ill - the only one with wearing a mask when everybody else is coughing and sneezing🤷♀️
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drilliam wallace
@oliveenjoyer.bsky.social
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you're doing a public good wearing one by protecting others but it does very little to protect yourself
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@hawkslight.bsky.social
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furthermore, masks are a social courtesy more than they are self-defense. you're protecting OTHERS from the germs YOU may have and don't know it yet. unfortunately, social courtesy is even less respected than proper pandemic self-defense...
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ZeroChill
@deathchurch9000.bsky.social
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I smoke hellacious amount of pot, I am thrice protected. I use masks like napkins. I will also stare at you driving in your car with a mask. But in the end; you do you if it works. I will smoke more anti viral weed.
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Katie Mack
@astrokatie.com
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“I don’t want to live in fear” they say, uninstalling their seatbelts, throwing away their sunscreen, unlocking all their doors, ignoring stop signs, leaving raw chicken on the counter all day, picking up rattlesnakes, flying kites in thunderstorms…
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Eternal Cat War
@eternalcatwar.bsky.social
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I stopped giving a fuck about those people in April 2020
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Alex
@alexkendziorski.bsky.social
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I wear masks to protect other people (healthcare job), which may explain why anti-maskers object to the concept.
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Brian Smith
@theactualbrian.bsky.social
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Using their brains isn't exactly their strong point and they're literally driven by fear.
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Krista Koeller
@kristalerista.bsky.social
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I think some people see mask wearing as a new expression of germophobia, not PPE like sunglasses or a raincoat. People have expected me to want hand sanitizer, not be ok eating from a communal food dish, and to not want hugs. They think my masking is based more on anxiety than evidence.
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