• NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.net
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    2 days ago

    WEARING A MASK IS LIKE WEARING A CONDOM.

    Would you risk a permanent disease for the sake of “ehh I dont like how it feels”?

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      1 day ago

      It’s actually only a good analogy if you have an STI you’re preventing giving to others.

      Masks keep YOU from spreading what you have unless it’s KN-95 or better iirc.

    • AngryDeuce@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      “I can only breathe with a mask on my face when im hiding my identity to beat up on people of color!!! Any other time though, fuck off!!!”

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      2 days ago

      I mean I would say its a heck of a lot easier. Having a condom all day would be kinda hard to deal with but wearing a mask is essentially the same as wearing a hat.

      • SabinStargem@lemmy.today
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        1 day ago

        A mask is like socks and underwear for me: I feel weird if I don’t have it on, especially when wandering about.

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          1 day ago

          Yeah it does not have that much of a natural feel to me but its never been much of an imposition. The most difficult thing is I have glasses and live in a place that has winters so like my glasses can get fogged although my scarf does that to. I actually have an idea for next year on that. You know though it is kinda wierd though because now I kinda relate unmasked as kinda private and intimate. Like it feels a bit lewd to be walking around without one. Maybe like walking around without a shirt as a guy. So maybe more impolite than lewd.

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            1 day ago

            For my part, I no longer have to figure out what face I should wear when around people. As someone with autism, adjusting to humanity can be troubling.

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              24 hours ago

              its kinda nice to because you see someone else with one and you give a little nod or such. I sorta miss hanging in a subculture and in a way this provides that nice little thing.

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      2 days ago

      “ehh I dont like how it feels”

      Considering how well preventable STI’s still get around, I’d say that sentiment is a little too common. That or a lot of people are hot garbage at risk assessment.

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        2 days ago

        People are, in fact, hot garbage at risk assessment. See, for example, how many people refused to mask/vax during the height of the pandemic, and the concurrent death rates…

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        2 days ago

        I think it’s people believing it won’t happen to them. There is risk, but I will be an exception.

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        2 days ago

        I happen to know when my (now ex-) wife cheated on me, she raw dogged him… Never would have expected that from her, she’s such a germophobe otherwise…