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Midnight Writer

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3. Unmasked young man at Walmart walked up to me, a perfect stranger (and masked) and said

Reply to central scrutinizer (Original post)

Sat Nov 20, 2021, 07:18 PM

Nov 2021

"I will not conform. You cannot make me. I am a free man." in an almost robotic monotone.

I said nothing.

Later I saw him in a different part of the store saying the same to another masked customer.

I saw no point in engaging.

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Mixed messages [View all] central scrutinizer Nov 2021 OP

This is the new normal. dchill Nov 2021 #1

I don't talk much lately either... lisa58 Nov 2021 #2

Unmasked young man at Walmart walked up to me, a perfect stranger (and masked) and said Midnight Writer Nov 2021 #3

I think I'd just shrug & give him my "are you nuts?" look, which translates perfectly even w a mask Hekate Nov 2021 #4

Best to just walk away, but it would have been tempting to ask him, Ocelot II Nov 2021 #5