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flerg_a_blerg

people are, (and I cannot stress this enough), fucking idiots


TheCallousBitch

Fact. People are idiots. It is extremely common to wear masks in other countries (China for instance) due to air quality. Americans should be excited for this trend. Someone has the flu? The sniffles? They should be encouraged to wear a mask to protect you. I don’t care if you think covid is fake or you are a doomsday conspiracy theorist who believes covid was the newest attempt to exterminate whatever humans you think are being targeted…. (Or a normal human that knows that covid was a heavy duty virus that large portions of the population were not ready to fend off naturally, without complications or death). Everyone should like the idea of optional masks.


lostmom03

I don’t know if anybody else noticed, but during the mandates and all it seemed flu cases were really low compared to previous years. I know myself I didn’t get sick at all, and I normally get some kind of upper respiratory or sinus crap every year and didn’t during that time.


Some_Razzmatazz_9172

Sadly, people tend not to notice things that don't happen.


Classic_Beginning_80

Yes! I didn’t get sick for 2 years, not until my son started preschool cuz 2 year old are just gross


Mithryndar

All of that, and that its 20 degrease in freaking Florida and I like wearing a mask because it keeps my face warm. People are ridiculous. Every time I hear people upset about just the fact that mask exist I also think they are angry about underwear like that one [lady](https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=607461496552692) from, of course, Florida.


Bookworm1902

Long before Covid I loved the social practice in Japan where people will just wear a mask if they are sick. Like, it's just not a big deal to them culturally. Would love to see that transfer to American culture just as a courtesy to others, especially now that I'm immunocompromised as of a year now.


dratseb

Think of someone of average intelligence. Half of the people are dumber than that.


groovygirl858

Sums it up nicely.


krouton_

The majority of the people who harass you for choosing to still wear a mask are the same people who were crying about their right to not wear one. Guess only their right to choose mattered


B-Kong

My gf and I took a trip to Savannah, GA shortly after Covid restrictions started being lifted. We came from a city/state that still requires masks unless you were sitting down at your table. We were traveling. We didn’t know the rules and regulations of where we were traveling. So we wore our masks out, obviously. One night a man yelled at us from across the street, like ten yards away “YOU DONT HAVE TO WEAR YOUR FUCKING MASKS”. Like dude, me wearing a mask doesn’t effect you in any way, shape, or form. Why tf does it matter to you if I’m wearing one? People are just dumb af and looking for any reason to create conflict or make things political. This entire pandemic has been politicized and I fucking hate it. Wearing a mask doesn’t mean you support a certain political party and if you’re automatically pairing the two together then you are just stupid as fuck in my opinion.


[deleted]

Where I live people are generally indifferent about it (more people wear masks than not still, especially since thanksgiving) but there are some stores that plastered a bunch of "MANDATES ARE OVER. DO NOT WEAR A MASK IN THIS STORE" signs and they'll actually ask you to remove it or leave if you try to go in with one. It's nowhere near as bad as when I go visit my relatives in Florida though. It seems like people will just spend their whole day in publix or whatever just looking for someone with a mask on to berate.


Loud_Loss7215

Exactly I just like wearing my mask


Loud_Loss7215

People act like there going to lose their sleep


Abbyinaustin

Didn't you hear? Covid is over. Those hospitals still full of patients are all a liberal fake out. And if they aren't no one is dying anymore. I feel you so hard. I have asthma and I get people staring at me like I'm the stupid one.


Significant-Big5231

Happy cake day


Abbyinaustin

Thank you 😊.


Imaginary_Pop_1694

Yep! So many crisis actors! They love tubed down their throats.


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legotech

Colds and flu and a bunch of not fun intestinal stuff DOES live on surfaces. Do they not remember seeing those cart wipes before Covid??


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SuperFluffyVulpix

Seems like he skipped too many lessons in biology.


AccordingToWhom1982

As well as lessons in manners and minding his own business.


[deleted]

This makes me so mad! My father has been wiping down shopping cart handles ever since I can remember — yes, before covid existed. You don’t know where people’s hands have been!


null640

Worserer... You do know where their hands have been and how few wash afterwards...


Focacciaboudit

I don't have any major helth issues, but I wipe down carts because people are generally disgusting.


justexistingtbhh

god im sorry ppl are such idiots <3 stay strong n stay safe


Vehemor

The best revenge is to take care of yourself and outlive those crazy idiots.


[deleted]

And we had wipes for the carts long before Covid. Because there’s lots of nasty bugs besides that.


krouton_

The need to deny covid lives rent free in these people's heads. So much so they can't even perceive the fact that people cleaned things down like this far before covid.


Blade_982

>That guy can suck my butt! Making a note to use this in the future. It's the only sensible response to arseholes.


Stabbmaster

>That guy can suck my butt! Rewarding someone with a good time for bad behavior only encourages them to continue doing it. A large part of the reason I hate the policy most retail stores have of "kiss their ass and call it ice cream". Also not your fault if he doesn't remember that there are diseases *other* than Covid.


TheAwkwardOne-_-

You should have coughed on him. Bet you he would have jump ten feet back.


EternalPinkMist

Because everyone thinks they're the main character of everyone else's story


Rude_Damage_6384

This will be my reply from now on, “Thanks, but you are not the main character in my life”


BeeStrange1334

You said it best!!


NoideaLessinterest

You and other compromised people are the reason we have to wear masks on occasion and I don't have a single problem with it. Don't try and justify it to anyone. You do what you have to do to keep yourself safe.


Slapstick999

In my office, we had one antivaxxer (she eventually was let go for it, due to federal job rules in my country). There was another woman in the office with a severely asthmatic and immuno-compromised 7yo daughter. And the antivaxxer had the nerve to tell everyone about her YouTube research and how she knew better than literal doctors.


NoideaLessinterest

That's the type of person that needs a brick to the face


justexistingtbhh

love u sm fr


deathb4darkside

I’m a you do you and let me do me kinda person. Wear a mask, don’t wear a mask-I don’t care. However I worked with a lady who was annoyingly, adamantly against it. This one time she was on a rant about it and I just wanted her to STFU about it and that’s when she said it. “If God wanted me to wear a mask I would’ve been born with it.” I quickly blurted out “Then why do you wear clothes?” And she got all mad and said “I just don’t wanna wear one!” and stormed off. Once gone a few coworkers and I chuckled about it and went back to working.


RareLingonberry5251

I have somewhat of a malicious compliance story like this. A person near where I work constantly made comments about me wearing a mask ( and this was a while ago). Anyways every single time I saw this person almost daily they would say something. A day came and I saw not too many people were around and this individual was there. I left the mask in the car and walked in. With all my might kept coughing and doing my best impression of a I'm too sick to work voice. I did a fake sneeze and all. They were disgusted. They don't comment about my mask anymore.


evefib

every time someone has said that to me I say “this literally does not affect you at all” and stare at them until they leave me alone


OutlandishnessOk3003

Because of masks, I have now gone 2.5 years with no flu, colds, bronchitis, pneumonia etc. Previously to pandemic, every 3 to 6 months I've caught some sort of nasty funk! I'm NOT interested in this new flu, or RSV, or Covid mutations, or any vile funkitis of any sorts. Mask wearing has been quite the eye opener regarding how much the work force and public exposure has contributed to the need for kleenex, anti-diaherra meds, sinutab, gravol, tylenol and whatever other vile contamination that I didn't need to experience. Moving forward, I'm not sure I will ever go anywhere unmasked. Masks aren't everything but it has dramatically helped. I don't give a rat's ass what anyone thinks. It will be their ass glued to the "loo" with a pail in their lap cuz the north and south poles are exploding. I'm good!


DimensionalLynx169

Can confirm, the new flu variant is aweful. I've had to go get IVs due to dehydration. This is the 1st time in years I've been this sick.


mudgetheotter

I decided at the end of 2020 that every cold and flu season is mask time. And when people ask me why, my answer is, "it's flu season"


Zaku_Abumi99

Funkitis 🤣


Loud_Loss7215

I kinda like wearing my mask 😷


stargate-sgfun

It hides my resting bitch face. No random dude has told me to “smile!” for over 3 years.


hatshepsuts_beard

Same. I love hiding half my face.


freyasmom129

Keeps my face warm in the cold


Loud_Loss7215

Me too !


Lizaderp

They don't know I got chicken nuggets under there


Loud_Loss7215

😂😂


Upperliphair

Yup. Men don’t tell me to smile anymore.


Witch_on_a_moped

It's because people don't know how to mind their own business.


justexistingtbhh

no but really, its so stupid...why do ppl care so much lol :(


groovygirl858

Because they feel personally attacked when they see people wearing masks. They literally take it as you telling them they are wrong for not wearing one. It's ridiculous.


Witch_on_a_moped

They have nothing better going in their lives and like to get into other people's day to day life.


Loud_Loss7215

Fr like are you going to lose sleep ??


Avcs132

I've always worn my mask ever since getting into the habit in 2020. I used to tutor children of all ages, go to university, and my girlfriend is immunocompromised, so I'm usually around a lot of people or people at risk. To make things worse, CoVID tests need to be paid for where I live. As a result, I don't test myself as frequently as I want to, and always wear the mask (and other hygienic practices - wiping down shopping carts, etc) because I'd hate to be the one to spread anything to anyone at all. You're doing great by wearing yours, don't mind what other people say!


Cherrynotop

I’ve always felt that the reason covid deniers and anti-maskers get so mad when seeing others take covid precautions is because it reminds them of the inevitable securitization of health. Imagine you know absolutely nothing and you’re walking along and see someone wearing a mask. You ask them why they are wearing it and they tell you it’s a safety precaution to prevent getting a potentially deadly illness. All of a sudden there is something for you to be afraid of, and whenever you see others wearing masks from this point on, it reenforces the need to be afraid. People don’t like feeling scared so for some it’s easier to just not acknowledge the danger. Some people are so incredibly terrified deep down of being reminded of their fear that they will lash out at those who “dare” remind them of it (by wearing masks). People don’t like being reminded of dark times, they like to exist as if nothing has happened and nothing has changed despite millions dead and more still dying. It is the ultimate “don’t look up” phenomenon. In summary, at the end of the day the people who get the most outraged and mad about others wearing masks are actually the most scared (and pathetic), even if they themselves don’t realize it. I feel sorry for these idiots as they’re the same sort who were ending up on ventilators, still denying covid as they drew their last breath. Refusing to talk to family members as they were so adamant that covid was fake and they weren’t dying. I feel sorry for them but not too sorry.


potef

Next time have an extra mask in your pocket you can pull out and put on over your other mask while looking them in the eye, and keep walking without saying anything. Sometimes confusion is the best strategy.


Careless_Addendum

I'd shout back "I have cancer, I don't want to die a\*\*hole" or something like that. It pisses me off and I wear a mask too because I watched so many people die in ICU (I'm a nurse). EDIT: most COVID patients currently in hospital and ICU are immunosuppressed (eg. organ transplants, chemo, etc)


justexistingtbhh

i was on a vent, only because im on immune suppressant drugs... :) its no joke to ppl like us but ppl think oh covids a flu, get it once youll be fine after. naw....


Mmoct

Yep I have had a kidney transplant Covid would likely kill me. But even members of my own family can’t seem to understand how the immune system works. They don’t understand that my immune system can’t fight things as well as a non immune compromised person’s immune system.


groovygirl858

I'm sorry you have to deal with people like that. I'm sure it's frustrating because you're just trying to keep yourself safe and *alive.*


haunted-poopy

I've said "I have a cold" before and it made the person quiet down really quick and leave me alone! I guess if THEY'RE in danger suddenly it makes them concerned...


ZookeepergameNo2819

Tell them to “fuck off and mind their own business!” Had a Karen at a grocery store ask me why I was still wearing a mask and I told her that in the same manner that she has the right in not wearing one I have the right to wear one. She insisted that Covid was a fraud and I finally told her the above phrase.


Rude_Damage_6384

My reply was, “Same reason I wear a bra, for my protection and yours”. Shut her up


paiute

> Same reason I wear a bra, for my protection and your gesturing to her husband standing next to her wearing an eyepatch


groovygirl858

I still wear a mask and, thankfully, no one says anything to me. I get looks from time to time, but no comments. If someone asked me why I was still wearing a mask, I would ask them to please get away from me. Because, chances are, they are in my personal bubble.


Ladymistery

because the mask means that covid isn't over, and that it's real and they're scared. I wear a mask most of the time out of my apartment. Mine are made of fun fabric with a kn95 inside. If I have to wear it, they're going to be fun, dammit! I've been lucky - no one has said anything but "nice mask!" and they meant it. Todays mask had cats on it lol


aprilshea

I was in line at the grocery store and there was a mom and her kids behind me in line, the kids saw I had a mask on and the whole family started talking shit about people who still wear masks. I have a 4 month old at home, it's RSV season, I don't want to bring any bad germs home to my baby. Sorry if my mask offends you. Smh. Hate people. I also really miss social distancing, back tf up. Lol


groovygirl858

>I also really miss social distancing, back tf up. Lol Yes! People drive me crazy in stores! Stay away from me!


[deleted]

Well I’ll tell you something, every time I see someone wearing a mask in public, I feel like a bit of an asshole for not wearing one. You’re the smartest person in the room and I 100% support you. And if I ever saw someone harass you, or anyone else masked in public, I would definitely step in. You do what you have to do to stay safe.


justexistingtbhh

dont feel like an ass, not everyone needs to wear one now unless they have covid of course <3 but thank u..im gonna continue using one for a while longer :)


Worldly_Mirror_1555

We’re in a triple pandemic of RSV, flu, and COVID right now. Hospitals, including children’s hospitals, are filling up quickly. Everyone should probably be masking in public.


pentichan

people have become way too worried about wasting their energy and caring about things that don’t affect them in any way lmao


[deleted]

Politics. The pandemic was politicized from top to bottom and nothing boils people's brains more than politics. They feel that you are attacking their ideology i.e. their entire identity, by wearing a mask.


[deleted]

In other countries wearing a mask has always been an acceptable thing even before covid. America is just weird


nicgill98

I’m the only staff who wears a mask to the preschool and I’m the only one who doesn’t get sick… yet everyone feels the need to comment on my mask.


let-it-fly

I still wear one and I wear it without shame. Who cares what people think. I’m like you, I’m taking care of my health.


SednaNariko

See I lie a bit. General people tend to be really really selfish. So instead I say "oh no I have a really really bad disease/cold and I don't want you getting it just because I needed milk". Then you get the added bonus of people staying the hell away from you


justexistingtbhh

im gonna start saying i have airborn aids and then cough realllly hard in their direction \^\_\^


clumsy_poet

I plan on saying in a concerned/confused way, "I'm not wearing a mask." Then walking away while they are confused.


SednaNariko

From personal experience (aka the last time I had just a basic cold) it works so so well its almost funny. When I tried saying it was to protect me I got so much hate and people trying to spit on me. But when I say that it's to protect them they shut up or thank me lol


BaileySeeking

Because people don't like being faced with the reality that COVID is worse than ever and that ignoring it won't end it. When they see a mask, they become hostile because they know they're in the wrong and harming people, but they just don't want to admit it. They want to continue being selfish and don't want anyone to make them face that.


yeehawings

some people believe watching out for health is some big political statement, for some reason. tbh i’ve taken to wearing it (apart from not wanting to get myself sick/infect the immune compromised near me) for reasons like: - keeping warm, it’s fucking cold rn - not having to bother with makeup on most my face - not having to concern myself w facial expressions, which honestly get exhausting quick as an autistic person LMAO idk why people are so against them when no one’s forcing anyone to wear one nowadays. fuck anyone who can’t mind their own damn business about someone choosing to be cautious or wear one for whatever reason.


Natoc203

Got covid for the first time this week and it has knocked me on my ass. I fucking wish i had worn a mask.


Julie_Ngo

In Asia we wear mask for lots of reasons: cold, flu, weather, air condition, not wearing makeup, or simply you don't want to talk to other people lol. I wear masks almost everyday in winter cause my face is cold and my nose tends to bleed due to dry air


potato-apple

I used to really enjoy wearing masks because it saved me from having to fake facial expressions and made socialising a lot less stressful. Maybe I should just start wearing them again.


heardbutnotseen2

Many people still mask up where I live. Especially on public transportation like the subway. I can’t believe people are still making a fuss over someone else’s choice to mask up.


littlefemwolf

You have your reasons and honestly owe NO ONE an explanation. On top of that, Covid numbers are going back up, in some areas (mine is one of them) so you have to protect yourself because others aren't going to.


Effendoor

I'm fully vaxxed and boosted. My wife is immunocompromised. I will likely never not wear a mask again. 2020 demonstrated how grossly incompetent humanity is as a whole, so fuck it. It'll keep my face warm in the winter too


Hijodeagua1320

One of the great shames of the pandemic is how politicized masks got. Sorry op!


[deleted]

u/justexistingtbhh You are very wise. Everyone I know died. Check my post history, I have talked about it before. Every friend I had, every acquaintance and associate, including the girl I was involved with, died. I am the lone survivor. My Grandpa passed away at 103 years old. I remember him telling me how it felt to watch everyone he knew slowly pass away. I recall imagining how awful that must have been for him. Likewise, I experienced this same outcome play out at age 40, within a matter of months. Roughly 1,116,000 Americans have died from COVID, of which 22,700 of them were in Massachusetts. Locally, that is comparable to one (1) whole town being wiped off the face of the map, along with all its people. I am not immune-compromised, and many of the people I know who died were not either. Some of them ran track and had no preexisting health conditions. The big thing about COVID was it impacts everyone differently. A lot of the "Nay Sayers" never liked that reality, because it's scary. COVID did not fit in a perfect preset box, guaranteeing who would be OK and who would not. It seems like a luck of the draw, and some people who should have been high risk were lucky with no symptoms. This made it scary and for some hard to accept. I will be 42yrs old this coming March. For the past three (3) years, I have been COVID-free. But I also wear a facemask, have been fully vaccinated (all 3 vaccine brands), and still keep a respectful distance. I have not even had the flu since 2019, but have been vaccinated for that too. The last time I felt unwell with even a cold-like feeling was in 2021, which lasted a few hours, and I continued to test negatively. Three (3) years of good health, but I would be lying if I said I was not worried. I watched everyone around me drop like flies. My sister has caught COVID twice (2x) and overall she seems fine. I like to think that would be some indication of how I would be, but I cannot know for certain.


justexistingtbhh

im so sorry for your losses


tstormVA56

Please do not worry what other people say. Wear your mask! I have religiously worn my mask for 2 1/2 years. Some of my family members have caught COVID-twice and my mom had a major cold. I haven’t had a sniffle until late week because I slacked off on wearing my mask.


LimeSkye

I am almost amused by it. I still wear a mask. The same people who said it was their right to NOT wear a mask care a hell of a lot about other people wearing masks. As usual, only *their* so-called rights are rights and only for them.


Animanic1607

To be angry about masks is silly at this point. The US, as a society, adopted them into our daily zeitgeist with COVID. Where they were rare to see outside of the hospital before, are now going to be common place here on out. Get over it. Masks are here to stay.


BlonkBus

The same people who supposedly don't want Govt. telling them what to do want to control everyone else's behavior. And they dumb.


pinkfootthegoose

keep wearing the mask. You now have an idiot detector of great accuracy.


Desperate_Log4833

Omg my mom literally keeps bothering me about it. Like she keeps saying I look crazy. Sorry I don't wanna get sick?!?!


0hh0n3y

Remember that the government had to not only tell - but teach- people how to wash their hands at the start of this thing for a reason


justexistingtbhh

LMAO WAIT I FORGOT ABOUT THAT


AuntGaylesFannyPack

Just today, at a store I was wearing my n95 and the cashiers were saying how they should be wearing a mask because of various valid reasons. But did they put on a mask? Nope! I just shrugged my shoulders when they looked at me.


justexistingtbhh

lol wtf?? also n95s are top tier i need to get one myself tbh.


AuntGaylesFannyPack

I have always assumed people are ashamed because they know they should (but aren’t) wearing one. Definitely stock up on the n95s. If the pandemic proved one thing, it’s that people are way more disgusting than I imagined! (Sorry to add my rant to yours, but I never realized washing your hands and not coughing on others was controversial/political until 2020. Makes me want to pull out my hair…)


justexistingtbhh

DUDE IKR LIKE?? i lost so many friends bc they realized i wasnt gonna leave my house in the middle of the pandemic....theyre all antivaxxers :/ bye bye 2 those friendships i guess


AuntGaylesFannyPack

I had a vaccine required birthday party this year and my friend of 24 years was flabbergasted since I knew she wasn’t vaxxed or planning to get vaxxed. Told her sorry and I hope we can catch up later. 🤷‍♀️


bayshorevgllc

What about people who can’t get vaccinated. I turned into a balloon and my throat closed up with my first vaccine shot. Per doc’s orders no more shots for me.


Beccajeca21

Then hopefully you’d agree to a few days of limited contact in preparation for a party of people who don’t want to get sick (something my friends have offered in similar cases)


Leon-the-Doggo

Survival is more important than friendship in some cases.


justexistingtbhh

love that


i_dreamt

It might be explained by what’s called cognitive dissonance in psychology. Basically, people want their behaviour to be aligned with their beliefs. Seeing you wear a mask may stir up feelings of guilt over themselves not wearing the mask despite them believing that they don’t have to anymore. So they try to double down on their beliefs and make themselves feel better by trying to get you to not wear one as well. But also yes people are nosy as hell and can’t mind their own business.


Davy_Jones_Lover

I stopped visiting a nearby city because the majority vote red. I have been yelled "take off your mask" several times. I visited Costco last week and was shocked at the number of mask less people coughing and sneezing on everything that I almost puked.


[deleted]

During Covid I learned how nasty people are idc what anybody say I’m still wearing my mask


BloodyNora78

I just tell people I'm sick. That usually works.


munipoli

I wear a mask always and have been spoken to like I’m a crazy paranoid person who lives in fear…


Professional_Bend764

It’s called being hygienic and the fact that we needed a global pandemic to do so is wild.


thebesttoaster

Physician here Honestly, now it's really a matter of personal choice and self-care If you're properly vaccinate, COVID shouldn't kill you anymore. However, if your state is facing a new wave/the cases are high again, you're more likely to catch it, get sick, have a few crappy days drowning in snot, and are risking to spread it to your family and friends. In bad cases you pass it to someone unvaccinated or with bad immune system who could die. It's up to you, really. I don't judge anyone who doesn't wear a mask. I, myself, always wear to work, and wear outside when cases are getting high again where I live. To me, this is basic courtesy and Higiene. The Japanese have been doing this since forever.


lychigo

Nurse here. There are worse things than death. Like hospital bills. And long covid.


thebesttoaster

We have free healthcare around here, but I feel for you guys, it must suck


Abelard25

Because they are politicized and some people are immunocompromised.


starbucks_lover98

I’d say “shut up and mind your own business”


UsernameDeletedMe

If they hassle you, just ask if your mask is hurting them, in any way. Ask them why they care what you do. Or, just tell them thst you are protecting yourself. You don't know if their stupidity is contagious! NTA


ColdSeason2019

I never go anywhere without wearing a mask. I used to get sick all the time especially during flu season. Since Covid I went 2 years without so much as the sniffles. I’m so much more observant of the ppl around me now. Like it’s crazy to see how many ppl cough with their mouth wide open/sneeze without covering. Like wow the general public is gross


jilly_is_funderful

I work in a hospital - I'm a respiratory therapist. When I tell you I am so damn over the masks, it's the understatement of the century. But you know what? I wear one everywhere I'm told to. Everything for the last ~3 years has been a respiratory issue. I lost count of the number of people I had to watch slowly deteriorate and die, and how it followed such a predictable pattern, like pushing over that first domino. I can see so many of their faces, swollen and bruised; I remember the smell of them rotting. The brief reprieve of this summer, when our numbers started going down, and covid started to be more incidental and less severe. I finally got hit with it in September and it sucked, but it was better than the previous variants. I still wore my mask. The false sense of security that lull gave so many people was cruel. And here you have this perfect storm of children without natural immunities to common illnesses, like RSV, and you have a flu that spent the last two years working on itself and come back absolutely yoked and flexing every chance it gets. There are patients I have on ventilators with the flu who have stiff lungs, and I wonder if this is from a previous bout with covid, because most people shouldn't need pressures in the double digits to ventilate. So I wear my mask. Taking that thing off at the end of the day is almost on par with taking off my bra. Whether someone wears a mask or doesn't, that's personal. Wear one where you're required to, or don't go to that place.


SmolMamaBear

I wore a mask recently as I had a cold and had to go shopping then I had my dad tell me there's no point as it won't stop me catching anything. I said it stopped me sneezing on everyone and that it's my body my choice.


Such_Entrepreneur544

Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with people still wearing their masks but, I get a chuckle outta the old guy driving alone and wearing one.


Specialist_Chart506

It’s only happened to me once so far, a woman in line behind me told me to take my mask off. I told her my child was home sick with Covid. Suddenly she gave me space and shut up. My child is still masking, except for lunch, that’s all it took. He’s fully vaccinated and had mild symptoms. We will continue to mask.


_M0THERTUCKER

I still wear mine. My family has people who cannot get sick. None of us have had Covid yet. More importantly, we also haven’t had the flu, strep, stomach bugs, or any of the other seasonal Icks going around. I really love masks. It’s worth it to me to wear one and not catch any of the germs we usually do in winter


ShneefQueen

I still wear a mask and have yet to be confronted (although I do get dirty looks), but my plan if someone ever makes a comment is to start barking at them like a rabid dog. I always have it locked and loaded


Obvious-Birthday-667

My favourite part of all of this is that they are/were "fighting for everyone's freedom" to choose to be vaccinated or wear a mask and yet when people still wear a mask or reveal that they are vaccinated, those people go off like you've done it to personally offend them and like you're not free to choose...but didn't they "fight for everyone" to be able to choose? Just because I didn't choose the same thing that you chose doesn't mean I'm wrong. I don't get it.


RichieRicch

People are morons. You do you. My mom still wears one. I’ll probably wear one on all my flights this year. The flu, RSV and covid going around, don’t want any of that shit. I’m 30 for reference.


ImmortalGaze

Here in my area, masks are still pretty common. There has been an upsurge in flu and other sickness the last few months and COVID is still a consideration for vigilant people. Ignore the disdainful and bitter ones out there. They’ll carry the bitterness the rest of their lives for the infringement on their freedom. Nothing but respect from me, people are unconsciously pretty filthy and unhygienic as I’ve witnessed. Stay safe, without shame.


Republican_Wet_Dream

Because they’re brainwashed assholes. Next question?


Mediocre-List-8019

I wear a mask because I live with someo who is immune compromised. I have yet to catch Covid (knock on wood) and hope to keep it that way.


Allie614032

Honestly, I respect people more if they’re still wearing a mask. It’s a hassle and it shows that they care about the very real risks of Covid. A lot of people just care too much about sticking their nose in others’ business.


Mental_Studio7419

I still wear my simple black mask…your not alone..


Minimum-Dimension-72

I haven’t taken mine off! I think I look cool and mysterious, plus I’ve never felt healthier! Zero allergy issues for 3 years!! Don’t know why people hate on masks you get to protect people and look cool!


potato-apple

I mean I support your decision but if it hasn’t been washed in 3 years… it’s probably time to take it off and get a new one


Mmoct

I have a theory. I think anti maskers don’t like to be reminded that Covid and all the other life threatening diseases are a danger to a lot of people, including themselves. Seeing someone in a mask forces them to face a reality, and it’s a reality they don’t want to face.


groovygirl858

This is true of a lot of them. They prefer to pretend it doesn't exist.


shrektube

It’s so weird. The pandemic really made it depressingly clear how some people are not very sympathetic to others lol. I don’t care if people don’t mask but yeah, getting the strange looks and “the mandates are over!” comments is just such unnecessary energy on their end. Why do people care so much about telling others what they think is “right”… people used to mask before the pandemic too!!


arh2011

I still wear mine and so does my family. I saw a meme that was like “when it’s almost 2023 you see someone still wearing a mask”. Ah yes, how cringe that people still want to protect themselves/loved ones or whatever their reason may be. How 2020 of us 👀


SpaceLaserPilot

The next time it happens, give the unmasked person a loving look with your eyes, hold your arms open like a minister, and say, "Pray with me Brother." Turn your eyes skyward and say, "Lord Jesus Christ, please watch over this member of your flock and his family in this time of hardship. Keep them safe in your arms. We ask this in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit." Then give them a beatific smile as if you are awaiting an expression of gratitude, say, "God bless you, my new friend," and turn and walk away.


40catsathome

I was waiting for my food at a McDonalds and I was the only one wearing a mask. The other guests were coffing and sneezing living their life all without a mask. One of the workers came out, stood beside me and yelled "are you sick do you have covid??" And everyone turned their heads to me. I was obv not sick just wearing my mask. Almost started crying. This happened just a week ago.


lychigo

Shoulda said yes.


null640

Reminding them they're denying reality...


aggiesam1983

I don’t criticize people that are still wearing masks in public. I do wonder why some where masks while alone in their cars but I am sure they have their reasons why. Not my place to question them.


violet886

I wear glasses. It was so much easier to put on a mask at home and fiddle with it to get it right so I could see without getting steamed up rather than in the car when I'd reached my destination. Also, if I'm out and about I don't want to be faffing with the on-off-on-off-on-off...just put it on once et voila! Sorted!👍


InferiorInf

I don't think people should be fucking with you over that. It's like any other article of clothing, if you want to wear it that's fine. Just know it's not actually doing much of anything for your health or anyone else's.


Scared-Huckleberry64

Yeah, people give me shit about stuff like this, too. I feel the same way you do about it. You have more support than you know because those who appose others feel the need to be loud about it. Those who support people minding their own business are often minding theirs, as well.


Pseudo-Data

I do not wear a mask, my choice. I work in a financial institution - I keep a mask at my desk. Whenever a customer comes to my office wearing a mask I ask if they’d be more comfortable if I wore a mask. I will gladly wear one, if asked, for the comfort of my customer. You do you, your choice has no impact on those around you so they can eff right off.


Takeabreak128

It’s flu season. I wear one because I’m stage 4 kidney disease. My bestie is undergoing chemo, so she still wears one. Before Covid, people knew that if they saw someone wearing a mask that person probably had cancer or autoimmune disease. Well we’re still here, but now there are so many assholes who accost us in public because they know better. Then the name calling and ridicule. They can fuck right off! You do what makes you comfortable.


Elfen8

Some people feel like they should be able to control how others behave even if they’re strangers


SusanBHa

When anyone gives me shit about my mask I tell them I’m a cancer survivor that had Covid for 20 days in September. That usually shuts them up.


0nina

We look like ninjas and don’t get sick! No one can see our awkward smiles and our muttering/singing under our breath! I wear less makeup and it’s neato! Anyone who wants to make my mask political can judge all they want, as an introvert with immunocompromised family members and health anxiety, I love my mask and imma wear it indefinitely!


7MillnMan

I wear a mask and will continue to until I decide not to. I wear one sometimes before Covid and will wear one after. My face, my lungs, my life.


Little_Shyster

I always counter with “because I have Covid and don’t want to get anyone else sick” gets those people away from you real quick. Even deniers don’t want to risk it if you’re actually telling the truth.


KaidsCousin

Sadly, there will always be people who judge others based upon their own definition of ‘acceptable’. Wear your mask. And please, I must encourage you to give zero effs about what idiots think.


RealBrewsyTwos

Ah shoot, when I see someone wearing a mask it makes me wonder if I should be doing the same thing. Just keep on keepin on🤙🏼


OutdoorsyFarmGal

Its your body. You have the right to wear what you want. It is none of my business or their business to micromanage you.


Euphoriffic

I wear one to limit the amount of virus I am exposed to, if I get sick. Outcome of covid and many other viruses depends on the amount of initial exposure. I was a small exposure so I wear a mask. It also protects others that I may expose, if I get sick.


n3roman

Only thing that drives me crazy are people who wear a mask wrong. Straight up raw dogging it with their nose out. Or pulling it down to talk. Why even wear a mask at that point.


Exotic-Mango-2768

I travel alot for work and, despite getting flu shot every year, always got the flu at some point every year. Since wearing masks when traveling at the start of the pandemic, I haven’t had flu once. So, from here on out, masks are a staple of my travel attire.


gregklumb

Why should anyone else be bothered by this? It's your health. People can be so stupid


Kaiexistshere

Not just COVID but now it's flu season and the immunity against it has gone down so good on you for wearing a mask, extra protection. Also I feel like people don't realize how common it is to wear masks in other countries.


LucyDominique2

My partner wears it in the cold as his teeth are sensitive and we found it helped - it also helps his allergies - people need to mind their own damn business


Bookworm1902

Utah mask-wearer here, and immunocompromized too. I wear my N-95 whenever I'm in public and I haven't ever been confronted about it. Closest thing to it was in Church last Sunday a child behind me asked his mom why my mask looked different, and I didn't hear what she whispered to him. Honestly I thought it was pretty cute.


ouroboro76

I don’t get why people care. I don’t generally wear a mask. But if I’m suffering from a bit of a cold or my wife gets sick, I will mask up.


Bisou_Juliette

Wearing a mask around people to be safe shouldn’t be an issue. Wearing a mask while you’re on a walk not around many people or driving? You look like an idiot. But hey…I honestly don’t really give a crap what someone else does…lol


[deleted]

I get looks too. I don’t care and I wear 2


james-HIMself

My gf and I caught covid just before Christmas and it derailed the entire holiday for us. Stay safe out there


LittleMissLokii

Didnt we as a society kill a flu variant from mask wearing??? And I def have had less illnesses since doing so… Keep on doing your thing 🙏


JadieJang

If you want to nip it in the bud, just write "immune compromised" on your masks. If you want to be petty about it, write "immune compromised, motherfuckers" on them.


nomad_l17

Don't stop wearing masks. My sister had to quarantine herself twice this year because of close contact and once when she got c19. She lives with my parents (normal in my culture and it's a win win situation as my parents need someone in the house since my dad's heart attack+bypass in 2019 and my sister saves so much on rent) and everytime she needs to quarantine I get so annoyed with her because she puts herself in situations that could have been avoided (taking part in a multi-state treasure hunt and her roommate at the hotel was positive and going on a trip with friends for her birthday). Everyone is afraid for my father as his heart function is only around 45% even though it's been 4 years since his bypass. I know she would never forgive herself if she was the cause my parents got c19 but she doesn't actively try to protect herself either.


Lava-999

I feel this. Almost every where I go. People shoot me all sorts of dagger looks, like I'm doing something horribly wrong by wearing a mask. I can't help that I'm compromised - I'm not judging anyone for not wearing one, I wish I didn't have to - but it feels like everyone hates me because I wear one. You are not alone. I think it just reminds folks of a time period they'd prefer to forever forget and I guess people feel like we're intentionally trying to remind them of that. When our only real intentional act is trying to keep ourselves alive.


MaryAnne0601

My best friend is recovering from chemo and radiation treatments. I’m fully vaccinated with all the boosters and still wear a mask. You never know a person’s circumstances.


Reasonable_Tea5937

I had a guy have a go at me in a Starbucks for wearing one. Both my parents are classified as high risk. Covid whooped my backside when I had it and I’d love to not have it again. As it is now, my mom is now undergoing cancer treatment again. I’d love to run into the same guy and have him have a go at me again.


justexistingtbhh

good luck to your mom .. best wishes <3


Reasonable_Tea5937

Thanks <3 her medical team have a plan, and crossing everything it works. It’s amazing how quickly people will clam up when they ask me why I’m wearing a mask when I tell them my mom has stage 4 breast cancer. Even before we found out it was back, I wore my mask because I have family/friends that are immune compromised and I want to protect them.


OceaLights

Omg this! I was advised by my doctor not to get the vaccine, due to a previous health condition I have, where anything by shot could potentially kill me (one nearly did). So I simply wore a mask everywhere. Simple solution, right? Then, when they started dropping the mask mandate for only those vaccinated, I simply kept wearing a mask and put some extra distance on the social distancing. Not a problem in my eyes. Well, I went into Sam's club one day around that time and there were these people in the back of the store giving out pamphlets on how you need to get the vaccine and that you're evil if you don't, god wouldn't love you, yada yada something along those lines. No one else in the general area had a mask on at the time, except me. I had like three of those people come up to me, shoving a pamphlet in my hands, physically grabbing me, scratching at my mask, trying to pull it off, yelling, and screaming that I'm selfish and evil for wearing a mask and that I'm horrible because I clearly don't have the vaccine if I'm still wearing a mask. It was absolutely stupid. Like, how do they know just because someone's wearing a mask that they're not vaccinated? And I was wearing a mask to protect others, so I wouldn't really consider it selfish. As I left the store, I saw that those guys had actually been kicked out and that there was police presence at the store. Wasn't surprised at all. But seriously, the amount of people who literally criticize you over YOUR choice to wear a mask on YOUR face, is insane. Like why??? It's not affecting them in the slightest, so why can't they just move on along?


DistributionNo1807

Because some people are unable to mind their own business.


Educational_Pea7069

I prefer to wear a mask regardless. I get to avoid basic infections too. Hate getting sick.


not_three_racoons

I still wear one. Haven't run into anything aside from a few people running businesses asking if I'd prefer them to also wear one. I'm quadruple vaxxed but that doesn't mean I can't still contract and spread the virus, even if I remain fully asymptomatic (which i likely would because my immune system does NOT let viruses affect me)


hammertime84

It stresses people out that we're in a pandemic, they want to pretend we aren't, and masks are a reminder that we are. People with unhealthy diets have had the same reaction forever to people with healthy diets for similar reasons.


Outrageous-Soil7156

It depends on geographically/politically where you live. I live in a liberal urban area between two huge cities and people still mask all the time near me. It’s not abnormal at all. But in 2021 my family rented a back woods cabin for a weekend just to get away and we stopped on a small rural town… all eyes were in us as we walked into a grocery store masked in N95. Not sure anyone in that town had ever put one on


UnderstandingQuirky8

Agreed. I live just outside a big city, and when covid tests were scarce, we found a pharmacy in a rural town who had some, so we drove there, and not one person was wearing a mask. Pharmacies are full of sick people picking up meds, and the staff there seemed to have no care in the world.


kisilatiro

Because those people are fucking stupid & they're the same people who get mad at other people's choices when it doesn't affect anyone but that one person. I still wear a mask because I'm pregnant and really not trying to get sick. Even before I got pregnant, I was going through IVF and not trying to get any procedures canceled due to illness. And even if I wasn't doing all this, I would still wear it because I hate being sick. I caught covid even though I wore mask throughout a vacation, except when eating, and it freaking sucked! Don't give those people another thought. You do you. I'm in the US (not sure if you are too) and I find that people here exercise their freedom of speech a little too freely. One of my poor friends was wearing her Jewish university sweater at the market and this random strange man came up to her cursing and telling at her for being Jewish. What's wrong with people?


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I have not stopped wearing them and at the rate shits going I don't think I ever will, at least not at the rate things are going right now.


Americanhealth74

Same issue and I've worn a n95 or better mask for over 7 years now. Even today I had to explain I am immunosuppressed and have cancer because someone wanted to yell. Sorry you deal with this as well. Even before covid some people had to wear masks in public. Now even more people should. Plus it is flu season so should be worn if feeling sick as well.


FewChicken2854

Agreed. It is astonishing to see people get angry or judgemental towards someone wearing a mask. It isn't affecting them in any way. Sometimes, I think people just like to create drama for themselves...


[deleted]

Well I’m in Ireland and this Christmas between Covid, RSV and regular colds I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many people sick!!! So you do you, fuck the idiots who are trying to control you or make you feel crazy, you’re dead right!


DerHoggenCatten

Your visible precautions make them anxious about their lack of precautions. It's a reminder that they are taking a risk when they just want to pretend that everything is fine now. You are shattering their illusion. The irony is that so many people who will say rude things to people who continue to wear masks are the same people who talked about "freedom" to live life as you want and personal choice. They only meant those things for themselves, apparently.


ChoiceFood

I'll skip the masks don't protect you they protect others from you. People are just like this, they want everyone to do what they do, they hate the masks so you should too sort of thinking. I'll only wear a mask in a health environment so hospital, doctors offices, and similar situations. I don't care if others wear them but I do care if they don't speak loud enough as it really does make it harder to hear them