Do you still regularly see folks in face masks where you live/work?

[UK till Death]

Very rarely for me, but I'm not in a big metro area.

Curious about others' experiences... there were comments on a national news article and many people in the comments reported still seeing lots of folks masking. I do not.

 

[CastleRubric]

Work at the UK hospital now and they dropped the mandatory mask wearing throughout the facility about 3-4 weeks ago I think maybe more

I still see people riding bikes with masks occasional though 🤣🤣

 

[WeWant9]

I live outside Denver and see a few masks, usually older people. Overall, I don’t really see them too much anymore.

 

[DSmith21]

Older people only. I laugh at the ones wearing them while driving their cars.

 

[RunninRichie]

People still wear masks?

 

[UKWildcats1987]

I live n TN so we haven't worn masks here since fall 2020.

 

[Ron Mehico]

No, it’s very rare. I’d say maybe 5% of people if that.

 

[J_Dee]

Nope. Not in many months.

 

[Wesley91581]

I would say yes

My doctor appointments they do (not sure why)
Maintenance lady at work (maybe she was sick?)
Random people at grocery store

I feel like there is a segment that always will or at least for the foreseeable future

 

[vhcat70]

Only when I venture into lib areas.

 

[Magilla Gorillla]

Immunocompromised people wearing masks is disgusting. Don’t they realize how many people’s feelings they’re hurting by wearing a mask. They definitely need to get their priorities in order.

 

[Freetaxreturn]

Most of us southerners laugh at the idiots in masks but the Japs have been wearing them for years 😷🍺

 

[Magilla Gorillla]

Most of us southerners laugh at the idiots in masks but the Japs have been wearing them for years 😷🍺

A mask would be a good cover for your Mountain Dew teeth.

 

[Nightwish84]

No, but I personally don't understand the contempt some online have if someone wants to wear a mask occasionally. Have I seen a few in the past wearing them while driving? Yes, and that's odd, but again, I don't really give it a second thought. I certainly wouldn't run to the internet to put a stranger on blast for it either. I've got my own life to live rather than worrying about others who still want to mask. Their decision. My decision was to move on with my life.

 

[UKBrassowTipIN]

No, but I personally don't understand the contempt some online have if someone wants to wear a mask occasionally. Have I seen a few in the past wearing them while driving? Yes, and that's odd, but again, I don't really give it a second thought. I certainly wouldn't run to the internet to put a stranger on blast for it either. I've got my own life to live rather than worrying about others who still want to mask. Their decision. My decision was to move on with my life.

Exactly, which is what most of us said from the beginning. If you're fat, old, and compromised stay out of the way. The rest of us are moving on with our life...but some of you got this idea we could make things vanish completely or no one would get sick and get over it...then tried to shame everyone and bar them from society.

 

[Nightwish84]

Exactly, which is what most of us said from the beginning. If you're fat, old, and compromised stay out of the way. The rest of us are moving on with our life...but some of you got this idea we could make things vanish completely or no one would get sick and get over it...then tried to shame everyone and bar them from society.

You're doing the thing I've actually been guilty of in the past, which is taking someone's post and using it as a springboard for a mini-rant. I'm not sure anyone has ever said "if you wear this mask, COVID will vanish and you will not get sick." To me, it's done and over with. We want to talk of how strong we are as Americans but then whined about masks for what, three years now? I wasn't mentally scarred or felt oppressed wearing one and with a few months left in 2023, I'm not going to focus on masks, who is wearing them, and why are they wearing them. I'd encourage everyone to do the same at this point.

Honest to god, with everything this country has been through since 2001, masks aren't even a blip on the radar for me.

 

[Ron Mehico]

No, but I personally don't understand the contempt some online have if someone wants to wear a mask occasionally. Have I seen a few in the past wearing them while driving? Yes, and that's odd, but again, I don't really give it a second thought. I certainly wouldn't run to the internet to put a stranger on blast for it either. I've got my own life to live rather than worrying about others who still want to mask. Their decision. My decision was to move on with my life.

If im being honest I do hold some contempt (or more benignly I internally roll my eyes) when I see people wearing cloth or paper masks. If they are wearing an N95 I assume they have a health condition and try not to judge. I think it just had to do with the experience we went through. I remember taking my 2.5 year old daughter to the Disney store and her not being let in because she wouldn’t stop playing with the mask they gave her and her ensuing meltdown. I know that sounds incredibly stupid but it was one of 100 examples of the nonsense forced on us. Just this morning funny enough at Starbucks one of the girls working was no older than 20 and half assed under her nose wearing a paper mask and I just couldn’t help but judge her very negatively. I don’t want to, and it’s getting better, but I still have some PTSD associated with it. Luckily we’ve for the most part moved on from the insanity.

 

[roguemocha]

I see them prob once a day on average, at the gym or grocery or them driving.

I truly think they so don’t want to believe they got duped LIKE A MFER so they just keep hoping that the rest of us die so they can be right…

 

[Magilla Gorillla]

If im being honest I do hold some contempt (or more benignly I internally roll my eyes) when I see people wearing cloth or paper masks. If they are wearing an N95 I assume they have a health condition and try not to judge. I think it just had to do with the experience we went through. I remember taking my 2.5 year old daughter to the Disney store and her not being let in because she wouldn’t stop playing with the mask they gave her and her ensuing meltdown. I know that sounds incredibly stupid but it was one of 100 examples of the nonsense forced on us. Just this morning funny enough at Starbucks one of the girls working was no older than 20 and half assed under her nose wearing a paper mask and I just couldn’t help but judge her very negatively. I don’t want to, and it’s getting better, but I still have some PTSD associated with it. Luckily we’ve for the most part moved on from the insanity.

The damage they’re doing by wearing a mask is unspeakable. I see why you hold them in contempt. There’s a special place in hell for these evil mask wearers.

 

[ukalum1988]

I live in the suburbs on the west side of Evansville, and I might see one or two people wearing masks when I go out. Just got back from grocery shopping at Walmart and a cashier was wearing a mask, and that was the only one I saw.

Even my doctors and dentist offices in the past 6-8 months have dropped the mask requirement.

 

[Ron Mehico]

The damage they’re doing by wearing a mask is unspeakable. I see why you hold them in contempt. There’s a special place in hell for these evil mask wearers.

I don’t agree with this statement, seems to be an extreme viewpoint

 

[roguemocha]

^not sure if serious or sarcastic, articulate better please or don’t make poor attempts at jokes…

This was aimed 3 posts up at magilla just fyi.

If you’re still advocating masks you sir are touching stupid. We never needed them and def don’t now.

 

[Magilla Gorillla]

I saw a guy wearing his seatbelt the other day. It hurt me as bad as these evil mask wearers.

 

[Magilla Gorillla]

There should be a safe space where no masks are allowed to keep people’s feelings from being hurt. It’s sad in this day and age people have to deal with others wearing masks.

 

[ukalum1988]

I saw a guy wearing his seatbelt the other day. It hurt me as bad as these evil mask wearers.

I just remember the good old days of seeing people in their car by themselves wearing a mask. Fun times.

 

[roguemocha]

I saw a guy wearing his seatbelt the other day. It hurt me as bad as these evil mask wearers.

“With a mortality rate of 47% for those who choose not to, wearing a seatbelt is absolutely critical to driver and passenger safety.”

Covid less than 1%.

GREAT COMPARISON!

You’re only hurting your own argument with dumb shit like this.

 

[Ron Mehico]

I saw a guy wearing his seatbelt the other day. It hurt me as bad as these evil mask wearers.

I actually would like to thank you for inadvertently proving my point. When I see a post like yours, comparing the efficacy of seatbelt use to making a 3 year old wear a cloth mask my mind goes to a bad place. I start to think this person probably supported children not going to school, firing young healthy people for not getting vaccinated, maybe he was even one of those ugly people that would say “told ya so!” when an unvaccinated person died. It was a very ugly time in this country, and a lot of it was the way people attacked others for not complying with nonsense. So if I see a 20 year old half wearing a paper mask at Starbucks I think “WTF is this idiot even doing?!” And then I start to think “This girl was probably one of those people accusing people of being a grandma killer and wanting to mask my 4 year old at school”. I cant help it, I just do, and I would never admit it outside of this anonymous MB. It’s the same thoughts I had when I read your post. I know I’m probably a weirdo but just being honest that’s what goes through my head. Hopefully as time marches on all our feelings will continue to dull.

 

[UnfrozenCatfanLawyer]

I’m an NFL football player, so - yes.

 

[roguemocha]

I’m an NFL football player, so - yes.

I’ve heard you get in trouble for touching another persons face mask at your work…is that true?

 

[cmarion77]

My wifey and I wear masks when we go out cause of my autoimmune disease and having no immune system to speak of. We only wear them in the buildings we go to, no mask in the car.😂

 

[sluggercatfan]

Very rarely for me, but I'm not in a big metro area.

Curious about others' experiences... there were comments on a national news article and many people in the comments reported still seeing lots of folks masking. I do not.

Still do especiallyat grocery and Dr. My PC still wears one. Saw a lady driving alone in an suv this week wearing one.

 

[roguemocha]

If there’s a place that requires them now (MD office did until a month or two ago) I’d say sorry I haven’t owned one in over a year.

If they don’t have one for me I say okay, bye.

Or sorry I’m from south Florida, we only did that for a few weeks…

 

[LowerLevelSeatA]

“With a mortality rate of 47% for those who choose not to, wearing a seatbelt is absolutely critical to driver and passenger safety.”

Covid less than 1%.

GREAT COMPARISON!

You’re only hurting your own argument with dumb shit like this.

Lol Magilla is not allowed to think on his own so no researching on his own to make a decision on his own. Magilla does whatever the government tells him to do. And is a great mouthpiece for the government who will repeat their lines. Government loves people like him!

 

[WTF Cat]

Unless you're immunocompromised... wearing a mask is just a modern version of "Here's your sign".

 

[bigblueinsanity]

I don’t agree with this statement, seems to be an extreme viewpoint

He's trolling because he is a mask proponent but has no ammo to back it up. So instead they'll just troll, strawman, then eventually launch personal attacks that get the thread locked. Same 4 or 5 do it every time

 

[CaptainBoogerBuns]

I see a handful of ppl at work wear them and I totally respect their choice.

 

[WildcatFan1982]

Occasionally at the grocery I see some elderly people wearing them.

 

[megablue]

Occasionally at the grocery I see some elderly people wearing them.

I see the same thing, more so at the grocery store. Also, people who have tested positive should wear N95 masks for five (5) days after symptoms have ceased as a protocol to help prevent infecting others.
That is my understanding and what my wife and I did for protection of others in public.

 

[roguemocha]

Hold on…you’re still currently testing yourself for Covid? Why?

 

[Wesley91581]

Hold on…you’re still currently testing yourself for Covid? Why?

I missed that post but I think everyone has been exposed at least once over by it - I understand the people that people have been told masks help but they are just as likely to come in contact with it by other means such as handles at grocery store etc.