Yes, Another Virus Rant

[9outof10mms]

Reporting sorta live from the front lines...at the grocery store...

If I see one more dumb-butt wearing their "mask" wrong, I will not be able to be held accountable for my reaction.

Let's start with the mask itself (hence the " " marks above). I've seen dust/painter's masks, cloth masks, mask-type things that look like they were made at home on a cricket vinyl-cutting machine with cutsie designs on them, eye masks (yes, the little covers you wear over your eyes on a plane or something...that leave gaping voids on either sides of your cheeks because, you know, your mouth isn't a set of eyes), and everything else besides a true germ mask. The last 50% of the ones I've seen in the store are worn incorrectly. From not wearing it at all (i.e. down below the jaw while still strung behind their ears), to being worn on the forehead, to being pulled down just below the nose so they can breathe from behind the mask.

Add to this seeing the idiots all geared up with gloves and a mask, going the wrong way down the one-way isles in the grocery store. I don't give half a crap about the one way isles--it's the "I'm going overboard with 'protection' but I can't even follow any guidance that may make a little sense" while directly ignoring said sorta-proactive measures.

And I get looked at like *I'm* the weirdo without a "mask" and cleaning gloves walking around the store in my best sweatpants.

Maybe I'm closer than I thought to becoming an old man...

 

[B00ger]

Do what I do...just enjoy the show. Its like Monty Python come to life.

The effectiveness of the masks is really just to keep that nasty sneeze limited to a 5 foot spew as opposed to a 15 foot spew, wearing one because you believe it protects you 100% from the Rona makes you pretty gullible.

Personally...I find the Dread Pirate Roberts to be spot on...the are quite stylish and quite comfortable...effective? Who cares.

 

[Jim1392]

Man Wearing N95 Mask Passes Out While Driving Car, Crashing into Pole

The driver passed out from a lack of oxygen, the Lincoln Park Police Department said

By Jason Duaine Hahn
April 24, 2020 09:18 PM
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LINCOLN PARK POLICE DEPARTMENT
A New Jersey man passed out and crashed into a telephone pole this week, and police believe the accident could have been avoided if he hadn’t worn an N95 mask while driving.

People around the country have been asked to wear facial coverings while out in public to help stop the spread of coronavirus. But according to the Lincoln Park Police Department, wearing an N95 mask too long can cause someone to inadvertently restrict their oxygen — which is what they believed happened to a man who crashed his car on Thursday.

“The LPPD responded to a lone occupant single car motor vehicle crash yesterday,” the department said in a post to their Facebook page on Friday. “The crash is believed to have resulted from the driver wearing an N95 mask for several hours and subsequently passing out behind the wheel due to insufficient oxygen intake/excessive carbon dioxide intake.”

“Motorists and the public alike are reminded that while masks should be used in public settings to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, they are not necessary outdoors when social distancing can be maintained, and especially not necessary when driving a vehicle with no additional occupants,” they added.

 

[Aardvark]

Do what I do...just enjoy the show. Its like Monty Python come to life.

The effectiveness of the masks is really just to keep that nasty sneeze limited to a 5 foot spew as opposed to a 15 foot spew, wearing one because you believe it protects you 100% from the Rona makes you pretty gullible.

Personally...I find the Dread Pirate Roberts to be spot on...the are quite stylish and quite comfortable...effective? Who cares.

Your DPR is probably more effective self-protection. Keeps people at least 150% of the distance from you that they would have chosen otherwise.

 

[B00ger]

Your DPR is probably more effective self-protection. Keeps people at least 150% of the distance from you that they would have chosen otherwise.

My personality is all I usually need to keep people sufficient distance from me...

 

[ProfMagoo(ret)]

If I see one more dumb-butt wearing their "mask" wrong, I will not be able to be held accountable for my reaction.

Perhaps the thing to be concerned with is someone else holding you accountable for your reaction.

 

[Windini]

The driver passed out from a lack of oxygen, the Lincoln Park Police Department said

Uh huh. Yeah.

 

[Coltdefender1911]

Love to see idiots wearing the masks in a car with just themselves in the car.... Wearing gloves and touching cell phone. Like you ain’t gonna touch it with your gloves off. How about the jackoffs wearing gloves while eating or smoking? Oh the hilarity of it all. Like someone else stated, I’m the one who gets the funny looks while I have no mask or gloves on.

 

[turkeydance]

well, it's one of those things that will be with us for a while.
years from now, anyone wearing a medical-type-mask
in public will not be that strange or unusual.

 

[Aardvark]

well, it's one of those things that will be with us for a while.
years from now, anyone wearing a medical-type-mask
in public will not be that strange or unusual.

 

[9outof10mms]

Perhaps the thing to be concerned with is someone else holding you accountable for your reaction.

Naahhhhhhhh.

 

[9outof10mms]

To add: the nurse at my allergy doc. This same practice who is requiring all patients to wear masks yet the check-in nurse stationed at the front door doesn't have a mask to be seen.

You sir need a new allergy doc. Mine does not require this shenaniganry.

 

[Tailhunter]

Freedom, baby.

 

[Windini]

If he's a bad COPD'er, it's entirely possible he passed out.

I missed the part where they reported the driver had bad COPD.

 

[GoWolfpack]

If I see one more dumb-butt wearing their "mask" wrong, I will not be able to be held accountable for my reaction.

You need to learn to let things go, man. Get a hobby or something. Try quilting.

Stop giving other people power over your emotions.

And I get looked at like *I'm* the weirdo without a "mask"

If you're so worried about how other people wear their mask, wear your own and show them the right way.



Think about it like this: take a note of all the people who are living their lives wrong. Then judge those people every time you see them. It won't make any difference, but it's all you can do.

 

[9outof10mms]

You need to learn to let things go, man. Get a hobby or something. Try quilting.

Stop giving other people power over your emotions.




If you're so worried about how other people wear their mask, wear your own and show them the right way.



Think about it like this: take a note of all the people who are living their lives wrong. Then judge those people every time you see them. It won't make any difference, but it's all you can do.

Lighten up, Francis. It was tongue in cheek.

 

[noway2]

My personality is all I usually need to keep people sufficient distance from me...

Psst... It’s not the personality .... it’s the farts.

 

[gsimmons]

Love to see idiots wearing the masks in a car with just themselves in the car.... Wearing gloves and touching cell phone. Like you ain’t gonna touch it with your gloves off. How about the jackoffs wearing gloves while eating or smoking? Oh the hilarity of it all. Like someone else stated, I’m the one who gets the funny looks while I have no mask or gloves on.

 

[HMP]

Why worry about them, worry about you and move on

 

[B00ger]

Psst... It’s not the personality .... it’s the farts.

Nah, those are kinda like an angle 642...if my primary goes down, I have a secondary. Cuz Im all tactical and stuff.

 

[Dale Gribble]

MY MAN!

 

[9outof10mms]

Why worry about them, worry about you and move on

It's not a worry. Like others have tried to relay here, it's an examination of just how sheepish the sheep really are. It shows me that you're not thinking for yourself. That's not a commentary on what I think of the virus; it's a commentary of them being an idiot. If I believed I was in a heightened state of danger and were compelled to wear protective gear, I'd:
1: wear it correctly
2: wear truly protective gear
3: follow other precautions to increase the effectiveness of my actions

So when I see someone altering their life relatively drastically, yet doing it half-assed, I worry (more) for the state of our society that these are people that vote, run for office, and sway popular opinion which has a direct impact on my life.

While my post here was--as I identified a couple posts up--tongue in cheek, the underlying message is "this is friggin ridiculous" and "we're truly humped when something more dangerous than a virus with a 0.25% chance of contraction hits us."

 

[HMP]

Eh, I say it's a worry when you claim you wont be able to control your actions due to it.

 

[9outof10mms]

Eh, I say it's a worry when you claim you wont be able to control your actions due to it.

For feck's sake...it's a gorram joke, people.

Y'all need to get outside and breath some fresh virus air. You've been breathing quarantined air for too long. Do I come across as that big of an A-hole to start harming people for wearing a mask incorrectly in a grocery store? (don't answer that)

 

[HMP]

Do I come across as that big of an A-hole to start harming people for wearing a mask incorrectly in a grocery store? (don't answer that)

Ye....oh, wait, saw the part at the end

 

[J R Green]

I missed the part where they reported the driver had bad COPD.

That would ruin the story.

 

[J R Green]

2: wear truly protective gear

You won me back with the Firefly reference.

 

[NKD]

It's like worrying about and feeling obligated to scold people for what kind of tongue-in-cheek threads they post while bored on forum...

Irony

 

[Tailhunter]

Voting will no longer change anything for the good. Maybe temporarily but not for the long haul.
Writing your fearless leaders in hopes it will change their minds is futile.
I'm not even sure running for office would do any good.

There is only one way it will happen and people are not ready for that.
So yes we are truly "humped", as you put it.

So when I see someone altering their life relatively drastically, yet doing it half-assed, I worry (more) for the state of our society that these are people that vote, run for office, and sway popular opinion which has a direct impact on my life.

While my post here was--as I identified a couple posts up--tongue in cheek, the underlying message is "this is friggin ridiculous" and "we're truly humped when something more dangerous than a virus with a 0.25% chance of contraction hits us.

 

[9outof10mms]

You won me back with the Firefly reference.

I would totally wear that to the grocery store...with a paper/cloth mask over the helmet, and rubber gloves over the metal gloves (that this guy forgot to wear).

 

[Windini]

The driver passed out from a lack of oxygen, the Lincoln Park Police Department said

Uh huh. Yeah.

If he's a bad COPD'er, it's entirely possible he passed out.

I missed the part where they reported the driver had bad COPD.

Hm.
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politi...s-pose-serious-risk-to-healthy-people-n392431

Pass the salt!


O, Woe! My snarkastic cynicism hath failed me!

I stand corrected.