I am finished with covid

Bummbull wrote:

Free_the_thigh wrote:

You were entering an apartment building with an elevator so I would assume it is big enough building where people could be near you in the lobby or on an elevator. Even if there are no people around, someone could be near you with very short notice.

With how people are sensitive with masks in this time, you should be wearing masks in a place like you describe. Maybe the way the person interacted was rude, but he probably thought you’re an idiot for not being able to wear a mask. Why can’t you be courteous when others care about this? Even if you think it’s stupid, it’s a courtesy to others at least.

Let’s assume masks aren’t effective or it doesnt help at all. Even if that’s the case, if enough people think it helps and it’s courteous for others, just wear it instead of trying to prove some point. Why is your opinion more important than others when obviously your action is bothering other people? What did you expect when you’re maskless in an apartment with an elevator in a large city?

Lol

It takes like 3 seconds to put on a muzzle, if someone comes out of the elevator you put it on. If there is nobody around, you don’t need to wear the muzzle.

Even the “scientists” say masks are just for when you can’t keep socially distant. Somebody 10’ away from you without a mask won’t give you covid[/quote

Lol. My post was totally about being courteous to others where if others aren’t comfortable with your mask off indoors in a very large city at your apartment, you should mask up. Nothing about if you can put it on in 3 seconds.

Didn’t the OP fail to put on the mask and therefore, someone else was rude to him?

So, let’s say that it takes 3 seconds to put on a mask. As you’re waiting on your elevator and someone comes out of the elevator that you’re waiting on, that person will feel uncomfortable as you try to put on the mask while that person walks by you out of the elevator.

Again, I’m talking about courtesy and respectful of putting on a mask when others are uncomfortable without it. I don’t know if 6 ft or 10 ft is the “safe” distance. A lot of people want to minimize the risk as much as possible.

Being courteous, it doesn’t matter if it actually hurts the other person or not. I don’t chew with my mouth open even though it doesn’t hurt anyone. I don’t want to unnecessarily annoy anyone chewing loudly.

Smorbun wrote:

californialove wrote:

This evening in the lobby of my apartment building I was not wearing a mask, but had it around my wrist for going in the elevator, or in case I knew I would have to get close to anyone. This guy walking in screamed at me, "What's the point of the mask, dickhead?" (Perhaps I'm late to the conversation on this, but this kind of thing has not happened to me a whole lot this year).

What will it take for people not to treat each other like this, and just admit--as one other poster on here said--that it's dehumanizing to have to wear a mask everywhere you go? I am a graduate student in a large city, and living in a world where you pretty much aren't allowed to be anywhere without this overarching form of control imposed on you is just wrong.

Wear your mask, dumb@ss.

Bummbull wrote:

Free_the_thigh wrote:

You were entering an apartment building with an elevator so I would assume it is big enough building where people could be near you in the lobby or on an elevator. Even if there are no people around, someone could be near you with very short notice.

With how people are sensitive with masks in this time, you should be wearing masks in a place like you describe. Maybe the way the person interacted was rude, but he probably thought you’re an idiot for not being able to wear a mask. Why can’t you be courteous when others care about this? Even if you think it’s stupid, it’s a courtesy to others at least.

Let’s assume masks aren’t effective or it doesnt help at all. Even if that’s the case, if enough people think it helps and it’s courteous for others, just wear it instead of trying to prove some point. Why is your opinion more important than others when obviously your action is bothering other people? What did you expect when you’re maskless in an apartment with an elevator in a large city?

Lol

It takes like 3 seconds to put on a muzzle, if someone comes out of the elevator you put it on. If there is nobody around, you don’t need to wear the muzzle.

Even the “scientists” say masks are just for when you can’t keep socially distant. Somebody 10’ away from you without a mask won’t give you covid[/quote

Lol. My post was totally about being courteous to others where if others aren’t comfortable with your mask off indoors in a very large city at your apartment, you should mask up. Nothing about if you can put it on in 3 seconds.

Didn’t the OP fail to put on the mask and therefore, someone else was rude to him?

So, let’s say that it takes 3 seconds to put on a mask. As you’re waiting on your elevator and someone comes out of the elevator that you’re waiting on, that person will feel uncomfortable as you try to put on the mask while that person walks by you out of the elevator.

Again, I’m talking about courtesy and respectful of putting on a mask when others are uncomfortable without it. I don’t know if 6 ft or 10 ft is the “safe” distance. A lot of people want to minimize the risk as much as possible.

Being courteous, it doesn’t matter if it actually hurts the other person or not. I don’t chew with my mouth open even though it doesn’t hurt anyone. I don’t want to unnecessarily annoy anyone chewing loudly.

Smorbun wrote:

californialove wrote:

This evening in the lobby of my apartment building I was not wearing a mask, but had it around my wrist for going in the elevator, or in case I knew I would have to get close to anyone. This guy walking in screamed at me, "What's the point of the mask, dickhead?" (Perhaps I'm late to the conversation on this, but this kind of thing has not happened to me a whole lot this year).

What will it take for people not to treat each other like this, and just admit--as one other poster on here said--that it's dehumanizing to have to wear a mask everywhere you go? I am a graduate student in a large city, and living in a world where you pretty much aren't allowed to be anywhere without this overarching form of control imposed on you is just wrong.

Wear your mask, dumb@ss.

Quit judging us please wrote:

Bummbull wrote:

You were entering an apartment building with an elevator so I would assume it is big enough building where people could be near you in the lobby or on an elevator. Even if there are no people around, someone could be near you with very short notice.

With how people are sensitive with masks in this time, you should be wearing masks in a place like you describe. Maybe the way the person interacted was rude, but he probably thought you’re an idiot for not being able to wear a mask. Why can’t you be courteous when others care about this? Even if you think it’s stupid, it’s a courtesy to others at least.

Let’s assume masks aren’t effective or it doesnt help at all. Even if that’s the case, if enough people think it helps and it’s courteous for others, just wear it instead of trying to prove some point. Why is your opinion more important than others when obviously your action is bothering other people? What did you expect when you’re maskless in an apartment with an elevator in a large city?

Why is your opinion also so important? That's the point (or at least part of). The part is the constant lecturing from the Left. We don't need it, nor want it. Leave us alone.

Bummbull wrote:

californialove wrote:

This evening in the lobby of my apartment building I was not wearing a mask, but had it around my wrist for going in the elevator, or in case I knew I would have to get close to anyone. This guy walking in screamed at me, "What's the point of the mask, dickhead?" (Perhaps I'm late to the conversation on this, but this kind of thing has not happened to me a whole lot this year).

What will it take for people not to treat each other like this, and just admit--as one other poster on here said--that it's dehumanizing to have to wear a mask everywhere you go? I am a graduate student in a large city, and living in a world where you pretty much aren't allowed to be anywhere without this overarching form of control imposed on you is just wrong.

You were entering an apartment building with an elevator so I would assume it is big enough building where people could be near you in the lobby or on an elevator. Even if there are no people around, someone could be near you with very short notice.

With how people are sensitive with masks in this time, you should be wearing masks in a place like you describe. Maybe the way the person interacted was rude, but he probably thought you’re an idiot for not being able to wear a mask. Why can’t you be courteous when others care about this? Even if you think it’s stupid, it’s a courtesy to others at least.

Let’s assume masks aren’t effective or it doesnt help at all. Even if that’s the case, if enough people think it helps and it’s courteous for others, just wear it instead of trying to prove some point. Why is your opinion more important than others when obviously your action is bothering other people? What did you expect when you’re maskless in an apartment with an elevator in a large city?

californialove wrote:

Bummbull wrote:

You were entering an apartment building with an elevator so I would assume it is big enough building where people could be near you in the lobby or on an elevator. Even if there are no people around, someone could be near you with very short notice.

With how people are sensitive with masks in this time, you should be wearing masks in a place like you describe. Maybe the way the person interacted was rude, but he probably thought you’re an idiot for not being able to wear a mask. Why can’t you be courteous when others care about this? Even if you think it’s stupid, it’s a courtesy to others at least.

Let’s assume masks aren’t effective or it doesnt help at all. Even if that’s the case, if enough people think it helps and it’s courteous for others, just wear it instead of trying to prove some point. Why is your opinion more important than others when obviously your action is bothering other people? What did you expect when you’re maskless in an apartment with an elevator in a large city?

Fair enough, I probably should wear it more often, but you can walk through the hallways in this building and nine times out of ten not see anyone, because they're all imprisoning themselves in their rooms. It feels incredibly foolish to be wearing a mask with no one around--if a tree falls in the forest . . . Secondly, in what normal universe--accept maybe traffic situations--is it acceptable to just yell at a stranger?

Everything in daily life now feels like a non-negotiable dictatorship in which you can't really stand up for yourself. So I am also wondering whether the angry feelings of this era will ever subside, or this is just how the US is now. If it's the latter, I'm very afraid, and it does more or less leave me inclined to run to the open arms of the far right, which has many issues of its own but seems to be the only social/political outlet that has a bit of agnosticism about giving up regular movement in the name of public health and cloaking that renunciation in high-flown moral language about how it's your "duty" and you're a bad citizen if you don't comply. Some have criticized our weakness for politicizing the virus, but I don't know how you can't when things like masks are so heavily moralized, and invested with such emotion (which I am also guilty of doing too I suppose, because I no longer believe, like others here, that it is a small thing).