@blaineg@shahnm
so sad that what would once have been a ‘no-brainer’ snarky/humorous comment about humanity in general now has to be qualified to keep half the population from having their heads explode… and the other half from nodding in agreement so hard they risk ending up like Bob Sagat…
How does wearing a mask make it harder to unlock your phone? Also, for me it’s that the ear straps tend to make my glasses fit more loosely on my face. Very annoying.
@Ignorant I hadn’t even considered that. I use my fingerprint or sometimes a passcode. Until recently my phone didn’t even have the ability to read my face.
@Ignorant@PooltoyWolf
In theory, mine can read my face, but I refuse to rely on any tech as fragile as that. Fingerprint sensors are often pretty useless for security, too. I picked up a friend’s phone to hand it to him, accidentally touched his phone’s sensor, and it unlocked immediately.
@Ignorant@PooltoyWolf@werehatrack When Microsoft’s Surface PC tablets introduced face unlock they specifically bragged it couldn’t be defeated with a picture on a phone.
So of course I tried it.
The phone picture consistently worked about a third of the time. And no penalty (lock or timeout) for failed attempts.
In other words, the phone picture hack was guaranteed to easily defeat their “security”.
@kjschweitzer
The ones on Side Deal are KN95, not N95. Which one is better, in this specific instance, is a matter of debate. These are useless for me; they won’t fit right.
@haydesigner@hchavers
Frankly, at this point, I revel in the scorn of the maskless and unvaxed. I actively hope they get full-on Delta and end up with a permanent case of STFU.
Putting them on to go into a restaurant, taking them off to eat. Putting them on to board a plane, taking them off to drink. Putting them on to attend the game, watching the politicians and elites go about without them.
The fact that people are so brainwashed by the media that they think masks protect them (and those around them) from virus particles “because science”.
@tjwbiowa FYI… those that watch the Fake News of FOX=Fake On Xtreme, (BTW FOX Corp. has a Vaccine & Mask mandate to work there!) at the ones that are Brainwashed.
The Cloth masks it is only good to protect others against you!.
BUT if you have a K95 or a KN-95 & it fits all around your Mouth/ Nose with out a gap, Yes it does protect you!
Of course if you wear your mask under your Nose… why even wear a mask. as what you are wearing is useless!
@mycya4me Congratulations. You can spew the same nonsense as the media. It doesn’t take much thought process to understand that virus particles are so miniscule that they literally go right through cloth. Enough is enough. Please wake up before we have no freedom left. Also, I do not watch Fox News, but thank you for assuming. Sounds like it is time you shut off your TV and begin to have thoughts of your own for a change.
They do not promote my chronic diet coke drinking habit when out and about. Maybe I’ll invent the first real sippy mask with an N95 and a life straw running through it!
Maybe this is the best forum to ask this question. I have seen people… outdoors… by themselves… with fresh air and a breeze… walking down the sidewalk wearing a mask.
My question is, Why? Indoors where “social distancing” is a challenge, I understand. But when I go outside and have fresh air and room to “social distance”, I pop that thing off.
@sjk3 just speculation, but maybe they’re going from one masked place to another and don’t want to bother with taking it off and figuring out what to do with it in the interim. Same reason people wear them alone in their cars.
@sjk3
And a whole lot of us have discovered that our allergies to So Fucking Goddamn Many Things will pretty much just STFU and stop bothering us when we are breathing air that doesn’t have all that crap in it. Don’t underestimate that factor, there are LOADS of folks who are mildly allergic to dust in general, and all the tree sex, grass sex, and weed sex in particular. For them, the masks are “OH FUCK I CAN DO SHIT AT LAST!”
@sjk3
Many reasons. Maybe they’re allergic to tree sex. Maybe they know they’ll be stopping at corners and may end up standing next to someone. Maybe they’re quickly hopping from one masked errand to another and don’t want to touch the mask and have to sanitize their hands until they’re home. Maybe their acne is bad today. Maybe they’re medically vulnerable and know that there’s a small chance someone infectious may come stand next to them. Maybe they have a cold and don’t want to spew germs on anyone they pass. Maybe they just feel it’s the polite thing to do to put on a mask when you might be near other people.
In the beginning of lockdown/mask-wearing, public outdoor masking was either strongly encouraged or required in some large high-density cities in which most people who go out either walk to their destinations or walk to transportation, instead of just jumping in the car.
(As with Manhattan and other congested portions of NYC, and similar places).
Some people just got into the habit, and now still do the masks, either for their own health, or as a form of public courtesy.
Maybe I’m not easily annoyed but there’s nothing that really bothers me about them.
This whole pandemic has been great. Less social interaction, less people bothering me and always an excuse to not have to go anywhere. And with masks I don’t get hit on or leered at by random dudes when I’m shopping.
If I had to pick something, I’d say having to put on a mask when I go back into the office while I’m still breathing heavy after a long run (on the days I go into the office).
I like the people who wear them, and are self righteous about it, and also the mask is under their nose.
Or anyone who thinks a cloth mask does anything at all at this point.
Or the time I was wearing a surgical mask and got COVID because it’s an airborne disease and not droplet based.
Anyways, N95 are a great tool for people serious about preventing respiratory disease, I’m glad they’re getting to the point the price is reasonable for those who want them, maybe now those who want to wear them can and leave everyone else alone.
Ha! Wouldn’t that be funny if that was how the world worked?
Or the time I was wearing a surgical mask and got COVID because it’s an airborne disease and not droplet based.
More specifically, airborne via aerosols that are relatively easy to stop, but can travel significant distances and hang in the air for a lot longer than the larger “droplets”. When somebody started testing the air returns of convention center AC systems whose intakes are at 35-foot ceiling levels, and found the virus was just coating the filters like crazy, that pretty much proved that droplets were absolutely not the only transmission route. Not that this convinced a bunch of the High And Mighty Official Experts that they were Wrong Again As Usual, mind you. There’s still a strong contingent in the medical hierarchy whose position remains “I Am Right And I Will Continue To Be Right Until I Myself Prove That I Am Wrong, And Your Proof Is Not Good Enough.” This is not the only such topic to have that problem. (OBTW, even those crappy air filters were doing a pretty good job of stopping the aerosols.)
@jdcrn
Oh, and while cloth masks are better than nothing against aerosols (usually), the N95 masks do a pretty good job with them, and both N95 and the real KN95 masks are better than cloth by far. There are crap “KN95” masks out there which won’t stop much of anything, and a couple of websites have been trying to track them, but Chinese manufacturers are so adept at counterfeiting each other’s merchandise appearance that it’s difficult to be sure which is what. Korea is taking a bit more serious approach, and the KF94 masks generally have better results than KN95.
maybe now those who want to wear them can and leave everyone else alone
Yeah, outta be purely individual pref with zero social or medical pressure. Right?
I read the quote to a friend who works in home health services for a renowned children’s hospital.
His response was this:
That It would take more time that he had today to count up the # of kids under kindergarten age he’d dealt with during the past year …
who were fine a year ago (healthy, no known risk factors), and who now need to use heavy duty respiratory med equipment/services for very extended periods, or indefinitely.
He only deals with those kids and their families after they are home from the hospital.
Those kids didn’t have much choice about other people’s public masking.
Permanently physically and socially isolating young kids is also not great for them.
Friendly reminder that we are over 2 years into this thing and there is zero chance that you are going to change anyones opinion about wearing or not wearing a mask here on the Meh forum, save your energy for something else.
@JohnnyBairstow
Particularly in South Florida, where “summer” can run from January 15 through December 28. (The break in between is not exactly a different season.)
The people wearing them.
I mean this in a non-political, tongue-in-cheek, general anti-people sense. I’m not trying to make any deeper point at this time…
@shahnm The people wearing them…
under their nose.
@blaineg @shahnm
so sad that what would once have been a ‘no-brainer’ snarky/humorous comment about humanity in general now has to be qualified to keep half the population from having their heads explode… and the other half from nodding in agreement so hard they risk ending up like Bob Sagat…
@blaineg @chienfou
/giphy preach!
How does wearing a mask make it harder to unlock your phone? Also, for me it’s that the ear straps tend to make my glasses fit more loosely on my face. Very annoying.
@PooltoyWolf phones that use any type of Face ID to unlock.
@Ignorant I hadn’t even considered that. I use my fingerprint or sometimes a passcode. Until recently my phone didn’t even have the ability to read my face.
@Ignorant @PooltoyWolf
In theory, mine can read my face, but I refuse to rely on any tech as fragile as that. Fingerprint sensors are often pretty useless for security, too. I picked up a friend’s phone to hand it to him, accidentally touched his phone’s sensor, and it unlocked immediately.
@Ignorant @werehatrack That’s disconcerting.
@Ignorant @PooltoyWolf @werehatrack When Microsoft’s Surface PC tablets introduced face unlock they specifically bragged it couldn’t be defeated with a picture on a phone.
So of course I tried it.
The phone picture consistently worked about a third of the time. And no penalty (lock or timeout) for failed attempts.
In other words, the phone picture hack was guaranteed to easily defeat their “security”.
You can Sixty For $20 on side deal?!
@kjschweitzer
Side Deal has KN-95s, these are N95s.
Sweating. Sometimes it’s not so bad if the temperature in the room is cooler.
But since I’m in Florida, sweating in general is one of the most annoying things.
Non-N95 masks (ie. those with ear loops instead of head loops) and hearing aids.
@baqui63
I hear you!! At least until I take off my mask and fling an appliance across the room!
Most annoying thing….You can get 60 For $20 on Side Deal?!
@kjschweitzer
The ones on Side Deal are KN95, not N95. Which one is better, in this specific instance, is a matter of debate. These are useless for me; they won’t fit right.
Not seeing facial expressions. Which sometimes, admittedly, is a relief. But mostly I miss it.
@katbyter
And, as is the case for baqui63 and I, seeing lips move helps your understanding if you wear hearing aids…
The cops telling me to stop or they will shoot. They are just mad I got to the bank first and got the free donuts with my withdrawal.
@yakkoTDI One good thing about the plague: I was able to fulfil my daydream of walking into a bank wearing a bandana. They didn’t even blink.
I just wish I’d had the guts to wear the appropriate hat too.
When other people get viscerally angry at those who wear them.
@haydesigner The reverse play.
@haydesigner @hchavers
Frankly, at this point, I revel in the scorn of the maskless and unvaxed. I actively hope they get full-on Delta and end up with a permanent case of STFU.
Putting them on to go into a restaurant, taking them off to eat. Putting them on to board a plane, taking them off to drink. Putting them on to attend the game, watching the politicians and elites go about without them.
@hchavers Agreed. Politicians and elites proving that masks are just theater and not “Science”.
@hchavers @sjk3 “theater”
Jesus are you two believing the wrong people…
Harder to flirt!
(I’ve got a great smile…)
@ELJAY Well they do make clear ones and sell them to schools for the deaf, teachers…
I don’t know.
I stopped wearing the damn things.
The worst thing was wearing them, ever.
That after two years of the pandemic, there are still dumbasses that think its a fucking chinstrap.
@mike808 That after two years of the pandemic, there are still dumbasses that think masks work.
@TrophyHusband Stay out of hospitals then. Or you’re just a full of shit troll.
@TrophyHusband
@mike808 – I’m pleased that I was able to get a froth-spewing profane response from you this morning. Mission Accomplished!
@mike808 @TrophyHusband: “ I’m pleased that I was able to get a froth-spewing profane response from you this morning. Mission Accomplished!”
Say the guy who originally wrote “dumbass” in his comment. Hypocrite.
@haydesigner
is that addressed to M808 or TH? Seems like they both used that phrase…
@chienfou True enough. But only one of them was sanctimonious enough to clutch their pearls about it.
@haydesigner
I took it to mean the ‘full of shit troll’ line personally. But either way… not the place or time for that.
That I can smell every nuance of my own breath.
@SpyreFox This!
The fact that people are so brainwashed by the media that they think masks protect them (and those around them) from virus particles “because science”.
@tjwbiowa FYI… those that watch the Fake News of FOX=Fake On Xtreme, (BTW FOX Corp. has a Vaccine & Mask mandate to work there!) at the ones that are Brainwashed.
The Cloth masks it is only good to protect others against you!.
BUT if you have a K95 or a KN-95 & it fits all around your Mouth/ Nose with out a gap, Yes it does protect you!
Of course if you wear your mask under your Nose… why even wear a mask. as what you are wearing is useless!
@mycya4me Congratulations. You can spew the same nonsense as the media. It doesn’t take much thought process to understand that virus particles are so miniscule that they literally go right through cloth. Enough is enough. Please wake up before we have no freedom left. Also, I do not watch Fox News, but thank you for assuming. Sounds like it is time you shut off your TV and begin to have thoughts of your own for a change.
Just bought these on morning save for $29!! Ughhhhhhhh
Not being able to understand what someone is saying because their voice is either muffled or you can’t see what they are saying.
They do not promote my chronic diet coke drinking habit when out and about. Maybe I’ll invent the first real sippy mask with an N95 and a life straw running through it!
Eyeglasses fogging is number one for sure. Gotta find a good mask with a good flexible nose strip to make a good seal.
Constantly smelling my own breath after lunch is definitely my number two problem.
@sjk3
Um, it may not be your breath that you’re smelling…
@macromeh @sjk3
And if that’s inside the mask, you’re definitely doing something really wrong.
@macromeh @sjk3 @werehatrack
Maybe this is the best forum to ask this question. I have seen people… outdoors… by themselves… with fresh air and a breeze… walking down the sidewalk wearing a mask.
My question is, Why? Indoors where “social distancing” is a challenge, I understand. But when I go outside and have fresh air and room to “social distance”, I pop that thing off.
@sjk3 just speculation, but maybe they’re going from one masked place to another and don’t want to bother with taking it off and figuring out what to do with it in the interim. Same reason people wear them alone in their cars.
@sjk3 or possibly that they are out in public and may encounter other people and want to avoid the awkward ‘put the mask back on’ scenario.
@sjk3
And a whole lot of us have discovered that our allergies to So Fucking Goddamn Many Things will pretty much just STFU and stop bothering us when we are breathing air that doesn’t have all that crap in it. Don’t underestimate that factor, there are LOADS of folks who are mildly allergic to dust in general, and all the tree sex, grass sex, and weed sex in particular. For them, the masks are “OH FUCK I CAN DO SHIT AT LAST!”
@sjk3
Many reasons. Maybe they’re allergic to tree sex. Maybe they know they’ll be stopping at corners and may end up standing next to someone. Maybe they’re quickly hopping from one masked errand to another and don’t want to touch the mask and have to sanitize their hands until they’re home. Maybe their acne is bad today. Maybe they’re medically vulnerable and know that there’s a small chance someone infectious may come stand next to them. Maybe they have a cold and don’t want to spew germs on anyone they pass. Maybe they just feel it’s the polite thing to do to put on a mask when you might be near other people.
@ketchupqueen @sjk3
In the beginning of lockdown/mask-wearing, public outdoor masking was either strongly encouraged or required in some large high-density cities in which most people who go out either walk to their destinations or walk to transportation, instead of just jumping in the car.
(As with Manhattan and other congested portions of NYC, and similar places).
Some people just got into the habit, and now still do the masks, either for their own health, or as a form of public courtesy.
Maybe I’m not easily annoyed but there’s nothing that really bothers me about them.
This whole pandemic has been great. Less social interaction, less people bothering me and always an excuse to not have to go anywhere. And with masks I don’t get hit on or leered at by random dudes when I’m shopping.
If I had to pick something, I’d say having to put on a mask when I go back into the office while I’m still breathing heavy after a long run (on the days I go into the office).
I like the people who wear them, and are self righteous about it, and also the mask is under their nose.
Or anyone who thinks a cloth mask does anything at all at this point.
Or the time I was wearing a surgical mask and got COVID because it’s an airborne disease and not droplet based.
Anyways, N95 are a great tool for people serious about preventing respiratory disease, I’m glad they’re getting to the point the price is reasonable for those who want them, maybe now those who want to wear them can and leave everyone else alone.
Ha! Wouldn’t that be funny if that was how the world worked?
@jdcrn
More specifically, airborne via aerosols that are relatively easy to stop, but can travel significant distances and hang in the air for a lot longer than the larger “droplets”. When somebody started testing the air returns of convention center AC systems whose intakes are at 35-foot ceiling levels, and found the virus was just coating the filters like crazy, that pretty much proved that droplets were absolutely not the only transmission route. Not that this convinced a bunch of the High And Mighty Official Experts that they were Wrong Again As Usual, mind you. There’s still a strong contingent in the medical hierarchy whose position remains “I Am Right And I Will Continue To Be Right Until I Myself Prove That I Am Wrong, And Your Proof Is Not Good Enough.” This is not the only such topic to have that problem. (OBTW, even those crappy air filters were doing a pretty good job of stopping the aerosols.)
@jdcrn A cloth mask is useful for checking the box.
@jdcrn
Oh, and while cloth masks are better than nothing against aerosols (usually), the N95 masks do a pretty good job with them, and both N95 and the real KN95 masks are better than cloth by far. There are crap “KN95” masks out there which won’t stop much of anything, and a couple of websites have been trying to track them, but Chinese manufacturers are so adept at counterfeiting each other’s merchandise appearance that it’s difficult to be sure which is what. Korea is taking a bit more serious approach, and the KF94 masks generally have better results than KN95.
@jdcrn
Yeah, outta be purely individual pref with zero social or medical pressure. Right?
I read the quote to a friend who works in home health services for a renowned children’s hospital.
His response was this:
That It would take more time that he had today to count up the # of kids under kindergarten age he’d dealt with during the past year …
who were fine a year ago (healthy, no known risk factors), and who now need to use heavy duty respiratory med equipment/services for very extended periods, or indefinitely.
He only deals with those kids and their families after they are home from the hospital.
Those kids didn’t have much choice about other people’s public masking.
Permanently physically and socially isolating young kids is also not great for them.
It USED to be eyeglasses fogging up, but I got LASIK and don’t have that problem anymore. Now it’s that I can’t hear people
@aliasdenied
I wish LASIK could address cataracts.
That they don’t cover the entire face of the wearer.
Friendly reminder that we are over 2 years into this thing and there is zero chance that you are going to change anyones opinion about wearing or not wearing a mask here on the Meh forum, save your energy for something else.
@Ignorant
@blaineg @Ignorant
I’ll change my uid any min now.
To: @WrongOnTheNet
@blaineg @f00l @Ignorant
That would for sure be easier than changing your own IUD !
The most annoying thing about any mask is that sometimes they get to much specially in summers! It gets all sweaty!
@JohnnyBairstow
Particularly in South Florida, where “summer” can run from January 15 through December 28. (The break in between is not exactly a different season.)
@werehatrack Agreed!
My big headed husband says that the straps around the ears are generally too small to fit his big head.
@Mominator
Vise grip?
@f00l sounds painful.
/buy
I’m in because the straps go over the head instead of around the ears, and SWBMO fights both glasses & hearing aids with the over the ear type.
@blaineg Sorry, I’m not sure what you’re trying to buy. Make sure you’re posting in today’s deal topic.
@mediocrebot Ok wise guy.
“captcha”
I installed CAPTCHA to save my fellow robots from wasting money on this crap.
The ultimate internet authority is a redneck with a beer in his hand.
Bonus points for fire.
@blaineg
But yeah… the conclusions are correct
@chienfou Yep, that’s why I like it. Redneck with beer & fire confirms “science”.
Seriously? My breath.
Holy cow, does it really smell that bad?