and almost 6 years later haven’t we learned anything?
No, no we haven't. Our species really shows how many of us are just... primates wearing pants.
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I went to a play recently, and I deliberately chose the performance where masks were required to be worn by the audience. Still had a dick-nose next to me, had to ask him to wear his mask properly twice.
If you don't want to wear a mask, don't attend a "masks mandatory" play, asshole.
Where on earth can this still happen?
It's a community theatre, and they have one performance of each play they perform be mandatory-masks. One performance, out of maybe 20 performances in a run, and still there are assholes ...
At this point they aren't assholes, they are idiots. They genuinely think they are wearing it the right way, it isn't from disdain for wearing the mask.
People were never fully informed or educated, so what got accepted is much harder to undo (from habit and from just approaching the topic without a backlash). I noticed both improper mask wearing and the early improper glove use for contact when it was speculated a danger, but I had been taught haz material cleanup so knew a bit more than the average person. What got me was medical personnel who wore it wrong. THEY should know better.
Masking is optional out here, doing it wrong makes people look like idiots. They don’t have to wear one.
They may just not know that they are supposed to wear it on their nose
this is the new "could care less", idk why it bugs me so much.
Because it makes the mask pointless since air still goes in and out your nose a bit while breathing through your mouth. Its like they are purposefully trying to rub it in your face that they only care about themselves.
Ngl I just take it to mean it’s not about infection control (it makes no sense) and that maybe they’re shy or paranoid.
I always figure it's simple incompetence.
If they're mouth breathers, then maybe it makes sense.
Perhaps they're more concerned about infecting others than catching something?
Well that's not going to work with your nose out, in either direction.
Maybe it's like a safety blanket thing. Makes them feel better than having nothing.