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Freelancer

(2,107 posts)
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 05:01 PM Sep 2020

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Really?! Fuck those people, and please avoid them! Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2020 #1
It was instantly better, once there was a madate. Ms. Toad Sep 2020 #23
Yes, I'm pretty much expecting some "mask fatigue"... Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2020 #24
Losers gotta lose. dchill Sep 2020 #2
Too Bad You Weren't Wearing A Biden/Harris Shirt sfstaxprep Sep 2020 #3
You definitely do not want THEIR used shit Blue Owl Sep 2020 #4
What part of the country do you live in? Silent3 Sep 2020 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author Freelancer Sep 2020 #7
Me, too. I can vouch that maybe 30% of the people I see in stores do not wear masks. Midnight Writer Sep 2020 #10
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I'm seeing a new sticker on cars and trucks that say F**K PRITZKER. Midnight Writer Sep 2020 #15
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Have You Seen The... ProfessorGAC Sep 2020 #27
Yes, I have seen those. Also saw a sticker with a middle finger coupled with TRUMP 2020. Midnight Writer Sep 2020 #28
They're mental. They've stopped seeing the mask as a public health or BusyBeingBest Sep 2020 #6
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+1000 smirkymonkey Sep 2020 #11
An adult form of oppositional defiant disorder for most of them, I'm guessing. BusyBeingBest Sep 2020 #17
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I don't know, but it's clear that they've got something BusyBeingBest Sep 2020 #25
It slays me that these folk strut around unmasked and give everyone ELSE the stinkeye. Midnight Writer Sep 2020 #9
I hope you told the jerk it's a shame you were leaving because you had a big wad of cash to spend. Vinca Sep 2020 #13
Wow, I live in a red county in NC, never had that kind of thing happen. cwydro Sep 2020 #14
You could always start coughing. C_U_L8R Sep 2020 #16
This message was self-deleted by its author Freelancer Sep 2020 #18
I'm considering starting to cough uncontrolably whenever I'm around someone who isn't wearing a OregonBlue Sep 2020 #20
Lol! Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2020 #22
This works. Claire Oh Nette Sep 2020 #29
I believe it LiberalLoner Sep 2020 #26

Buckeye_Democrat

(15,526 posts)
1. Really?! Fuck those people, and please avoid them!
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 05:06 PM
Sep 2020

If you feel unsafe, then you probably are.

It's different in my area. I assumed the non-maskers would be even worse, given the angry "stink eye" that I used to get, but the compliance has been very good here ever since DeWine finally announced a statewide mandate in Ohio.

Ms. Toad

(38,607 posts)
23. It was instantly better, once there was a madate.
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 05:56 PM
Sep 2020

It's slacked off recently - as stores refuse to enforce the mandate. The county (and major city in it) have had to pass piggy-back orders to impose fines on businesses not enforcing the mandate.

I think the orders (at least the County one) are partly the result of my complaints - both to the board of health and to my spouse who sits on the board. My corporate complaints also seemed to have urged better compliance with one national chain.

Stay vigilant.

Buckeye_Democrat

(15,526 posts)
24. Yes, I'm pretty much expecting some "mask fatigue"...
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 06:00 PM
Sep 2020

... among the least-disciplined, like what's apparently happening in Europe more often lately.

Not me!

And thank you for reporting the violations!

dchill

(42,660 posts)
2. Losers gotta lose.
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 05:06 PM
Sep 2020
 

sfstaxprep

(10,599 posts)
3. Too Bad You Weren't Wearing A Biden/Harris Shirt
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 05:08 PM
Sep 2020

Who knows what they would have said then.

Nice that someone holding a garage sale is willing to refuse customers because of a mask. Pathetic.

Blue Owl

(59,040 posts)
4. You definitely do not want THEIR used shit
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 05:12 PM
Sep 2020

Let 'em have their "freedumb" and die for tRump.

 

Silent3

(15,909 posts)
5. What part of the country do you live in?
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 05:17 PM
Sep 2020

Even with a fair number of Trumpers here in New Hampshire (although probably not enough for Trump to win this state) mask wearing is very common, close to universal in places like the stores that I go to, and I've not once seen mask wearing shunned.

Idiots with their noses hanging out over the tops of their masks? Unfortunately, a bit too much of that.

Response to Silent3 (Reply #5)

Midnight Writer

(25,385 posts)
10. Me, too. I can vouch that maybe 30% of the people I see in stores do not wear masks.
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 05:25 PM
Sep 2020

And in my rural county, our confirmed infection rate is higher than in Chicago.

Response to Midnight Writer (Reply #10)

Midnight Writer

(25,385 posts)
15. I'm seeing a new sticker on cars and trucks that say F**K PRITZKER.
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 05:37 PM
Sep 2020

As well as F**K YOUR FEELINGS TRUMP 2020.

The Family Values Party keeping it classy.

Response to Midnight Writer (Reply #15)

ProfessorGAC

(76,643 posts)
27. Have You Seen The...
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 06:46 PM
Sep 2020

..."Trump 2020:No More Bullshit" signs.
There's a lunatic here in town with that little gem in his front yard.
No more BS, from supporters that have been totally BS'd by their idiot king.
There's delusion mixed with the stupid.

Midnight Writer

(25,385 posts)
28. Yes, I have seen those. Also saw a sticker with a middle finger coupled with TRUMP 2020.
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 06:54 PM
Sep 2020

Like they are going to win over voters by cussing at them.

They are truly pathological.

Also seeing several full size flags with Trump's head on Rambo's body, complete with machine gun spitting fire.

These flags can't be cheap, I wonder what they are paying for them.

BusyBeingBest

(9,173 posts)
6. They're mental. They've stopped seeing the mask as a public health or
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 05:20 PM
Sep 2020

personal protective measure, but as purely a political statement now. People like that are to be avoided, because they are suffering disordered thinking and may become aggressive or violent. I'm being completely serious. Every single person I pass by in the supermarket (one of the few places I go every week) with no mask is a person who wore one through the door to get in and then took it off--in short, an antisocial dishonest malevolent danger to society. At this point, 8 months and 200,000 deaths later, they are TRYING to spread the disease deliberately. They're complete psychos. Edit to add: It's interesting to see just how many people in your community are suffering from a personality disorder, though. Just from a purely scientific standpoint.

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smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
11. +1000
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 05:30 PM
Sep 2020

Seriously, these people are just out there looking for a fight. They are so filled with hate and bitterness that they can't contain it. It just flows out of them effortlessly.

I am glad I live in an area of the country where most people don't have a problem with masks and social distancing and don't get hostile toward people who wear them. I think I would have a really hard time being surrounded by people like that.

BusyBeingBest

(9,173 posts)
17. An adult form of oppositional defiant disorder for most of them, I'm guessing.
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 05:44 PM
Sep 2020

Deliberate rule breaking, angry at the world, spoiling for a fight as you say. Non-maskers in April were possibly just slow to catch on or ignorant. Non maskers now are trying to draw attention to themselves for some sort of gratification that I find unnerving.

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BusyBeingBest

(9,173 posts)
25. I don't know, but it's clear that they've got something
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 06:02 PM
Sep 2020

psychological going on in common. Nobody enjoys wearing masks, but most people do when asked to, whether just to follow the norm and not make trouble, or to protect oneself, or to be courteous to others. It's a good measure of how someone fits into society. The people strutting around bare faced are aggressors against society and social norms. It's not just political/Trumpian bullshit, because there are probably plenty of Republicans out there quietly wearing their masks (if only for self-protection).

Midnight Writer

(25,385 posts)
9. It slays me that these folk strut around unmasked and give everyone ELSE the stinkeye.
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 05:22 PM
Sep 2020

I saw one big gomer at the grocery the other day just glaring at people, like he was challenging them to say something.

Also strange to see a family group, with the Mother and children wearing masks, and the Dad not wearing one.

They know they are being stupid and reckless, and they are proud of it.

Vinca

(53,953 posts)
13. I hope you told the jerk it's a shame you were leaving because you had a big wad of cash to spend.
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 05:34 PM
Sep 2020

A few weeks ago I went to a yard sale at a house that's had them before and discovered they're Trumphumpers. That's a real rarity in my neck of the woods. I'll never stop there again.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
14. Wow, I live in a red county in NC, never had that kind of thing happen.
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 05:35 PM
Sep 2020

Sorry it’s that way where you live.

C_U_L8R

(49,357 posts)
16. You could always start coughing.
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 05:37 PM
Sep 2020

They'll scatter quickly.

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OregonBlue

(8,210 posts)
20. I'm considering starting to cough uncontrolably whenever I'm around someone who isn't wearing a
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 05:51 PM
Sep 2020

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mask. Coughing and saying "so sorry, I haven't been feeling very good for several days now".

Buckeye_Democrat

(15,526 posts)
22. Lol!
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 05:56 PM
Sep 2020

Claire Oh Nette

(2,636 posts)
29. This works.
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 07:38 PM
Sep 2020

THis is what I do.

I'll comment to a dick nose nearby that the mask is useless, and use the penis/underwear analogy, then when they say they hav e medical condition, or they've been tested negative, I let them know I'm feeling so much better, but still testing positive.

They're only tough because they can't see it.

Put exposure in their face. They're cowards.

LiberalLoner

(11,467 posts)
26. I believe it
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 06:31 PM
Sep 2020

I saw it at the doctors office where even the med tech trolled me by pulling her mask down below her nose. I’m pretty sure she got fired though, which is good. Any medical person who endangers their patients willingly needs to be fired.

These people are getting insane. Some of them absolutely want to hurt us, I am sure of it.

Don’t know what’s going on but it’s getting ugly.

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