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[Iwasamwillbe]

stop being a fat out of shape fuck

sorry, fatties, maybe if you lost that blubber you'd actually be able to breathe better

Is there something in Pennsylvania that is making you act spergier than usual, were you always this much of an angry autist, have you taken drugs (like meth) lately, and/or are you trying to "trigger and own A&N" for internet good-boy points?

 

[ConfederateIrishman]

>Everyone is arguing about stickers again
Nooooooo....

 

[The Sauce Boss]

sorry, fatties, maybe if you lost that blubber you'd actually be able to breathe better

I'm in shape and have trouble breathing through a mask. Any mask better than the borderline useless 'one-use disposables' is gonna be thick, and it's going to cover both of your major air passageways. It's just a matter of deciding whether you value the life and well-being of others enough to suffer through the discomfort. I am more than willing to make that sacrifice. Some people aren't, and I can't stop them from doing so.

I can, however, react to their posts on the internet with puzzle pieces, because that totally solves the underlying issue.

 

[Iwasamwillbe]

I'm just going to leave this here:

https://c19study.com

Reminder that you can read the linked website. It seems that HCQ is quite useful after all.

 

[Lurker]

I'm in shape and have trouble breathing through a mask. Any mask better than the borderline useless 'one-use disposables' is gonna be thick, and it's going to cover both of your major air passageways. It's just a matter of deciding whether you value the life and well-being of others enough to suffer through the discomfort. I am. Some people aren't, and I can't stop them from doing so.

I can, however, react to their posts on the internet with puzzle pieces, because that totally solves the underlying issue.

working a physical job wearing a mask makes me less sympathetic to the "i can't breathe through muh mask" plight. i realize i should be more sympathetic, because it's a matter of one's personal tolerance to wearing a mask. however, it's an excuse i hear so fucking often for people simply not wearing a mask that i automatically disregard it. unfortunate how selfish assholes use that excuse to the detriment of people who actually do have trouble breathing for reasons other than weight, like asthma.

i mean. lol ur fat.

 

[Iwasamwillbe]

It's just a matter of deciding whether you value the life and well-being of others enough to suffer through the discomfort

Why do you people constantly try to moralize wearing a piece of cloth on your face, as if anyone who doesn't wear a mask is some sort of sociopath? Personally, I don't care if anyone wears a mask or not (although I currently do bring a mask when I go to a store, if only because [at least on paper] all the stores I go to require it), because, as @It's HK-47 explained, it's mostly a placebo anyway as nobody is following the correct procedures regardless.

 

[The Sauce Boss]

On the contrary. Nigga, I've been losing weight. Dropped 16 lbs (198-182; went from slightly overweight to healthy weight) during this whole sha-bang-bang. I've never been healthier in my life than I have been now. I walk outside every day, exercise, I am a STRONG MAN.

The only reason why this happens to me is because it's hot outside and I fucking sweat a lot. And often the sweat absorbs the mask and usually having that trapped in one little piece of paper is a little annoying. Also, it scratches your face a lot. Paper and fabric like that irritate me because I have eczema. The plastic material from the N95s are much better than the sorta paper and fibers from the surgical masks.

also IDK if this is feasible for you, but there are cloth masks made of different material. If you can't get N95s for some reason, I'd recommend looking around and seeing if anyone in your area is selling. I made my own, and I'd offer you one if shipping wasn't a bitch.

Make sure if you get an N95 that you don't get the ones with valves- those have breaches around the lip of the valve that allow particles out. It's a very small amount, but it's enough that it compromises the mask.

 

[muh_moobs]

I don't disagree with that first point. It's been tried, and it's been found not to work, or if it does work, the side effects only exacerbate the problems rather than fix them. Why would the FDA *not* want cheap, easily manufactured American drugs. Big Pharma, with HQ's in switzerland and Europe, I can understand, but including the FDA in that is farcical.

Lobbyists. The FDA is funded by the government and continues to exist ad infinitum. However, the humans that work there can be bent by the offer of cash.

 

[The Pink Panther]

unfortunate how selfish assholes use that excuse to the detriment of people who actually do have trouble breathing for reasons other than weight, like asthma.

It's not an issue of morality.

Stop trying to associate it with morality. I really don't give a shit whether or not someone doesn't wear a mask. You shouldn't moralfag about that kinda shit. You shouldn't moralfag about any kind of shit, tbh. Makes you look like a faggot. You've been on this site long enough to know that people like you are spergs, so why are you doing this now?

 

[Lurker]

It's not an issue of morality.

Stop trying to associate it with morality. I really don't give a shit whether or not someone doesn't wear a mask. You shouldn't moralfag about that kinda shit. You shouldn't moralfag about any kind of shit, tbh.

caring about other people is gay.

 

[The Pink Panther]

caring about other people is gay.

Yea, so why do you care about whether or not someone wears a damn mask or not.

It's not a life or death situation if the nigga across the street isn't wearing it, or the nigga in front of you.

 

[The Sauce Boss]

Why do you people constantly try to moralize wearing a piece of cloth on your face, as if anyone who doesn't wear a mask is some sort of sociopath? Personally, I don't care if anyone wears a mask or not (although I currently do bring a mask when I go to a store, if only because all the stores I go to require it [at least on paper]), because, as @It's HK-47 explained, it's mostly a placebo anyway as nobody is following the correct procedures regardless.

Who, prithee, is 'you people'?

And really, I see it as a human decency thing. If you're wearing a mask out and doing the proper procedures, good on ya! Thank you for being a decent person and caring enough not to get your neighbors sick. I just think that not taking the proper precautions, be they not wearing a mask or not social distancing, or both, shows a lack of concern for the people around you. I'm not saying you're a sociopath by default, but maybe said people aren't really thinking about it, or think 'ah, what's the worst that can happen'?

I'll admit it's a totally objective sense of morality on my end. It's the least I can do to put on a mask for five minutes to make grocery, stay the fuck away from everyone else, and run back home. If you and whatever sense of morality you hold says it's fine to go without, well, as long as you don't get my family sick, the most I'll do is just roll my eyes at you.

It's not an issue of morality.

Stop trying to associate it with morality. I really don't give a shit whether or not someone doesn't wear a mask. You shouldn't moralfag about that kinda shit. You shouldn't moralfag about any kind of shit, tbh. Makes you look like a faggot. You've been on this site long enough to know that people like you are spergs, so why are you doing this now?

But see sir, I am a faggot, so I can Moralfag all I want.

 

[Iwasamwillbe]

Who, prithee, is 'you people'?

People who constantly try to turn wearing a mask into a moral issue, and wearing it (or not) as a signifier of a person's morality (or lack thereof).

And really, I see it as a human decency thing. If you're wearing a mask out and doing the proper procedures, good on ya! Thank you for being a decent person and caring enough not to get your neighbors sick.

I don't think it's about being a "decent person", because that's frankly just more moralizing about what is frankly (in my eyes) a non-issue. Or at least something far less relevant than the real issues at play here (namely, getting the economy reopened so that it doesn't fall apart soon).

I just think that not taking the proper precautions, be they not wearing a mask or not social distancing, or both, shows a lack of concern for the people around you. I'm not saying you're a sociopath by default, but maybe said people aren't really thinking about it, or think 'ah, what's the worst that can happen'?

To be blunt: if I were to be a staunch anti-masker, is there something that should *make me* care about the people around me, most of whom would either be complete strangers or very loose acquaintances at best? What obligates me to care for other people (especially in this climate), and not just leave them alone (since their state of being is, frankly, none of my business), as I look out for myself and my immediate family members and friends? It's not like the Wuhan coronavirus is that deadly, in any case. And again, nobody is "correctly" following the protocols for this sort of thing anyway, so it's pretty laughable to make this about "concern for other people".

It's not like I don't care about the state of society at large, it's just that I can't be personally concerned with every random stranger that happens to cross the street next to me. I don't think you're much different in that regard either.

I'll admit it's a totally objective sense of morality on my end. It's the least I can do to put on a mask for five minutes to make grocery, stay the fuck away from everyone else, and run back home.

Don't you mean "subjective"?

 

[It's HK-47]

Lol that you actually believe the CDC isn't credible, nor is Fauci, but yet you believe everything out of Trump's mouth. You couldn't be more of a Trump cultist caricature if you tried.

The curious part to me is that a decent chunk of the people who profess to support him actually don't. They'll swear up and down that everything he does is planned out ahead of time, that his every step is 4D Chess, that he's 20 moves ahead of the opposition, and they'll even pull the lever for him when the election rolls up, but they don't actually support him. They support the idea of him that they've built in their heads, but you'll see them veer off-course all the time with shit like, "If Trump knew what was good for him he'd do X." "I can't believe Trump isn't doing Y." "All he has to do is Z and he'd have them on the ropes."

How narcissistic do you have to be to assume that someone is a mega-genius who is able to take on the head of every alphabet agency, the head of foreign governments, half of Congress, half of the Senate, all of Hollywood, the opposing political faction and even huge chunks of his own political faction, and still think that you're smarter than he is from your potato chip encrusted armchair, because you poked at a Twitter thread or two or caught a FOX news segment?

I may easily be one of the biggest Trump nerds on this entire forum, but I have to look at people like that in complete bewilderment. How could you possibly put someone on a pedestal that fucking tall and still sit there assuming that you're smarter than they are, or that you with your complete lack of any insider information, are somehow more well-informed than the President of the United States? It makes me laugh every single time I see it happen.

"Yes, Bubba, I'm sure that through your haze of corn chips, YouTube videos and Facebook posts, you've cracked the code. By golly, Trump needs to hire you as a consultant because he just has no idea what he's doing without someone like you behind the wheel."

 

[AnOminous]

People who constantly try to turn wearing a mask into a moral issue, and wearing it (or not) as a signifier of a person's morality (or lack thereof).

"I'm completely unwilling to do the simplest fucking thing imaginable to lower the chance of other people dying and this has no moral implications whatsoever."

 

[Hollywood Hulk Hogan]

Why do you people constantly try to moralize wearing a piece of cloth on your face, as if anyone who doesn't wear a mask is some sort of sociopath? Personally, I don't care if anyone wears a mask or not (although I currently do bring a mask when I go to a store, if only because [at least on paper] all the stores I go to require it), because, as @It's HK-47 explained, it's mostly a placebo anyway as nobody is following the correct procedures regardless.

People who don't wear them are being a sort of sociopath. Wearing a mask has been shown to prevent the spread of covid. Even though you're against masks, you probably say "all lives matter", which is hypocritical as you don't think that high-risk lives matter.

It's really not hard to put a damn mask on. If I can wear a mask at the gym, your fat manlet ass can wear it going to Walmart

 

[Iwasamwillbe]

"I'm completely unwilling to do the simplest fucking thing imaginable to lower the chance of other people dying and this has no moral implications whatsoever."

People are already negating the purpose of the masks even while they wear them, still continuing the spread of Covid-19. If "the simplest thing imaginable" isn't working because of the behavior of people who wear it, why should it matter to me whether I or anyone else wear masks or not?

People who don't wear them are being a sort of sociopath. Wearing a mask has been shown to prevent the spread of covid. Even though you're against masks, you probably say "all lives matter", which is hypocritical as you don't think that high-risk lives matter.

It's really not hard to put a damn mask on. If I can wear a mask at the gym, your fat manlet ass can wear it going to Walmart

I didn't say I was against masks, I said I don't care whether people wear masks or not.

 

[The Sauce Boss]

People who constantly try to turn wearing a mask into a moral issue, and wearing it (or not) as a signifier of a person's morality (or lack thereof).


I don't think it's about being a "decent person", because that's frankly just more moralizing about what is frankly (in my eyes) a non-issue. Or at least something far less relevant than the real issues at play here (namely, getting the economy reopened so that it doesn't fall apart soon).


To be blunt: if I were to be a staunch anti-masker, is there something that should *make me* care about the people around me, most of whom would either be complete strangers or very loose acquaintances at best? What obligates me to care for other people (especially in this climate), and not just leave them alone (since their state of being is, frankly, none of my business), as I look out for myself and my immediate family members and friends? It's not like the Wuhan coronavirus is that deadly, in any case. And again, nobody is "correctly" following the protocols for this sort of thing anyway, so it's pretty laughable to make this about "concern for other people".

It's not like I don't care about the state of society at large, it's just that I can't be personally concerned with every random stranger that happens to cross the street next to me. I don't think you're much different in that regard either.


Don't you mean "subjective"?

I did mean subjective, excuse me. My bad!

I'll admit, I'm a bit tuckered out of this so I'll make it brief. I can't really tell you what to think or do, and frankly, nobody should. I just, personally, believe that the sacrifice of wearing a mask and staying a few feet away from everyone around you, even if you're the only one that seems to much care about following procedure, is not only a nice thing to do, it's also really easy to do. If you don't want to deal with that? okay.

Also, I agree with your point on the economy. I think that businesses should be reopening, with social distancing guidlines /etc in place. A full reopening may be better for the economy, but a partial reopening now would at least soften any further economic damage.

 

[Jonah Hill poster]

I happened to see a glimpse of an NBA game on a hi-def screen TV and it looked depressing.
Seeing “virtual fans” clap and cheer while a huge “BLACK LIVES MATTER” paint was on the court, next to the copious amounts of ads and product placement showing Adidas, Nike, Tisson Watches, Mountain Dew, etc.

It legit looked like a dystopian science fiction movie, though without Ryan Gosling screaming in pain.

 

[Ineedahero]

Nobody wears a mask in Queensland, and unlike Victoria or New South Wales, there is no covid outbreak. Social distancing and washing your hands are more than enough to keep it at bay.