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LPBBEAR

(516 posts)
58. My wife and I
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 03:44 PM
Jan 2025

haven't stopped wearing masks in public since the start of the pandemic. We haven't been sick once. No Covid, no flu. no colds....nothing. Masks work.

We won't stop wearing them until an actual preventive solution that works 100% is provided.

A couple Summers ago we went yard sailing in our area. It was a nice day and we were just enjoying the chance to get out of the house and relax. We noticed a sign pointing to a nearby sale so we went to check it out. We were wearing our masks as we walked up the driveway to the house. Some old biddy who was apparently running the sale started yelling "What are you afraid of?" "Take your masks off." After a moment or two of this bullshit my wife and I looked at each other and decided to leave. The old bitch was still yelling as we walked back down the driveway to our car. We both gave her the one finger salute.
Down the road we once again saw her sign. I pulled over and tossed her yard sale sign down into the creek that runs next to the road.

Fuck people like that. I hope they all earn the Herman Cain Award they are so deserving of. Each award earned is a benefit to all mankind.

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4 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

Keep masking! SheltieLover Jan 2025 #1
I tbi k thr coworker is horrible. Your health and your body is none oftheir business. Trueblue1968 Jan 2025 #100
Logic Tesha Jan 2025 #2
Why take a chance? Who wants to be sick? walkingman Jan 2025 #3
I agree 👍 I still mask up I don't want to be sick 😁 TommieMommy Jan 2025 #4
It's so stupid that public health became a political issue with these idiots Walleye Jan 2025 #5
Everything is political with that cult. My Ligyron Jan 2025 #17
I'm starting to think they have nothing else in their lives if they ever did it's all gone Walleye Jan 2025 #19
Why are STOP signs mandatory? LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jan 2025 #54
Agreed - so stupid. yellow dahlia Jan 2025 #36
I agree completely.. whathehell Jan 2025 #59
I quit mine a few years ago because she's an anti vaxxer and wnylib Jan 2025 #103
Same with me timewise, although whathehell Jan 2025 #105
I was loudly told that "The pandemic is over!", yorkster Jan 2025 #6
"And thanks, Joe Biden!" Might have caused him to explode. Nt spooky3 Jan 2025 #28
Hahahahahahahahaha!! Callie1979 Jan 2025 #64
I just dont understand why anyone CARES if YOU wear one. It has zero effect on them. Callie1979 Jan 2025 #33
MYOB! Jean Genie Jan 2025 #35
The people driving in a car by themself with a mask on, may have just dropped someone off. yellow dahlia Jan 2025 #38
I hadn't thought of that FoxNewsSucks Jan 2025 #41
Ventilation - yes. yellow dahlia Jan 2025 #42
Yeah, I've gone through a lot of lysol. . . FoxNewsSucks Jan 2025 #43
Try putting a mask on and taking it off numerous times radical noodle Jan 2025 #86
Well, I specifically mentioned the "highway" because of that. Callie1979 Jan 2025 #63
Pollen or road dust. Lots of people with bad allergies benefit from masking, even in a car. Blues Heron Jan 2025 #79
If you wear a fitted N95 mask like I do... LuckyCharms Jan 2025 #82
My brother pretty much wears a mask 24/7 during TexasBushwhacker Jan 2025 #84
I hate breathing really cold air so if the car's really cold, I'll wear my mask till it heats up. -nt CrispyQ Jan 2025 #51
Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2025 #70
I don't **enjoy** masking - but it is necessary Ms. Toad Jan 2025 #74
I occasionally drive a car alone with a mask - Ms. Toad Jan 2025 #72
I have a potential answer for why someone is an "alone in the car mask wearer." Chellee Jan 2025 #75
Yeah, that is so weird. LisaM Jan 2025 #93
Tell that to the people who are getting Covid a couple of times a year, yellow dahlia Jan 2025 #37
They think long covid is caused by the VACCINE???? Oh lord. Callie1979 Jan 2025 #65
This is the kind of stuff the RW "media" feeds them, yellow dahlia Jan 2025 #73
Keep it up. Hope22 Jan 2025 #7
Sounds right to me samplegirl Jan 2025 #8
Other than that? lonely bird Jan 2025 #9
We aren't going to make it are we? Old Crank Jan 2025 #10
I'm absolutely shocked that we made it to 2025 Ray Bruns Jan 2025 #14
Respect to all who choose to wear a mask--personal choice. Timeflyer Jan 2025 #11
I still wear a mask. Clouds Passing Jan 2025 #12
"A little extra caution is no big deal"? Katcat Jan 2025 #13
Great point! Orrex Jan 2025 #88
Very smart and considerate on your part ✊🏼 benfranklin1776 Jan 2025 #15
I wear a mask much of the time, especially in winter when flu, colds, and Covid are going around. Lonestarblue Jan 2025 #16
Yep. tanyev Jan 2025 #22
My favorite bonus: happybird Jan 2025 #76
A yr ago I wore a mask from ATL: to LAX Callie1979 Jan 2025 #32
Research suggests that a single case of COVID FalloutShelter Jan 2025 #18
That must be why Old Crank Jan 2025 #34
What? Unladen Swallow Jan 2025 #52
Here ya go. FalloutShelter Jan 2025 #56
Thank you!!! Unladen Swallow Jan 2025 #57
Any time. FalloutShelter Jan 2025 #60
holy crap! i'm a "novid" and a big fan of kn95 masks. orleans Jan 2025 #92
One could deflect and say "lawyers" Tetrachloride Jan 2025 #20
Will Stop Wearing a Mask When... cenacle Jan 2025 #21
Reference to "personal choice" above--sorry it offended. Close family member died of COVID, Timeflyer Jan 2025 #24
Funny how those in the wrong... cenacle Jan 2025 #55
Vent away. yellow dahlia Jan 2025 #39
I don't phrase it quite the same way (aside from reacting, as I did above, to someone who claims masks are triggering). Ms. Toad Jan 2025 #77
No masking here. Littlered Jan 2025 #23
Yes, I know people who are fortunate like that. Orrex Jan 2025 #26
Replying to you again. yellow dahlia Jan 2025 #40
I told my pulmonologist that I'd had the pneumonia vaccine, so I wouldn't get it. rsdsharp Jan 2025 #49
Yeah I get it. Littlered Jan 2025 #48
Two words. Long covid. Dem2theMax Jan 2025 #78
We had the original Covid vaccine and four boosters and still got Covid for the first time last year. We were down and surfered Jan 2025 #27
Are there really still people moreland01 Jan 2025 #45
Same. Unladen Swallow Jan 2025 #53
Thanks for doing your part Blues Heron Jan 2025 #83
Are you testing every mild cold? Ms. Toad Jan 2025 #80
Yes I am. Every time I have as much as a sniffle. Littlered Jan 2025 #81
Perfect! Ms. Toad Jan 2025 #85
"I know way too many people not testing" Exactly. Orrex Jan 2025 #96
COVID itself wasn't nightmarish. Just the aftermath. Ms. Toad Jan 2025 #97
A few of my customers struggle with long covid Orrex Jan 2025 #98
Not sure that would have been any worse. Ms. Toad Jan 2025 #99
Wow, Littlered Jan 2025 #106
The long COVID has passed - or at least the symptomatic part has. Ms. Toad Jan 2025 #107
I totally agree about the bias factor. Littlered Jan 2025 #108
I usually say "to protect you from something I might have." surfered Jan 2025 #25
Thats really is the best response. Because its the most accurate Callie1979 Jan 2025 #30
When my son wore one for work and people asked him why... Orrex Jan 2025 #50
"Other than that, Mrs Lincoln, how was the play?" Callie1979 Jan 2025 #29
Answer: "Why is it any of your business?" Ocelot II Jan 2025 #31
If people confronted me at groceries stores or the like, I'd go for that response Orrex Jan 2025 #87
Perhaps that's a bit too snarky for work or customers, but Ocelot II Jan 2025 #90
Honestly very few customers make an issue of it Orrex Jan 2025 #91
If more people minded their own business, the world would be a much better place. Dulcinea Jan 2025 #109
I have had 8 COVID vaccinations and I still wear a mask in public LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2025 #44
I still mask when indoors in very crowded areas. Had to fly over the Christmas holidays and I masked up in iluvtennis Jan 2025 #46
My wife and I both mask. At the height of covid, I had to go to urgent care. The reason had nothing to do with covid, rsdsharp Jan 2025 #47
My wife and I LPBBEAR Jan 2025 #58
Why doesn't your coworker mind his own business? nt SunSeeker Jan 2025 #61
What stupidity. Unreal. Evolve Dammit Jan 2025 #62
You keep doing you for your family. Duncanpup Jan 2025 #66
"To help me identify morons" JoseBalow Jan 2025 #67
my body , my choice. AllaN01Bear Jan 2025 #68
"" AllaN01Bear Jan 2025 #69
Post removed Post removed Jan 2025 #71
200 recs? Yinz be trippin' Orrex Jan 2025 #89
Dr Trump recommends EricAblair Jan 2025 #94
But will that protect me from horse-worms? Orrex Jan 2025 #95
Some people are f'kn morons. CentralMass Jan 2025 #101
I continue to mask in public barbtries Jan 2025 #102
I have been lax mgardener Jan 2025 #104
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