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[–] 44 points 7 months ago (21 children)

WEARING A MASK IS LIKE WEARING A CONDOM.

Would you risk a permanent disease for the sake of "ehh I dont like how it feels"?

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  • [–] 34 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    “ehh I dont like how it feels”

    Considering how well preventable STI's still get around, I'd say that sentiment is a little too common. That or a lot of people are hot garbage at risk assessment.

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  • [–] 9 points 7 months ago*

    People are, in fact, hot garbage at risk assessment. See, for example, how many people refused to mask/vax during the height of the pandemic, and the concurrent death rates...

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    I happen to know when my (now ex-) wife cheated on me, she raw dogged him... Never would have expected that from her, she's such a germophobe otherwise...

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  • [–] 8 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    I mean I would say its a heck of a lot easier. Having a condom all day would be kinda hard to deal with but wearing a mask is essentially the same as wearing a hat.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (3 children)

    A mask is like socks and underwear for me: I feel weird if I don't have it on, especially when wandering about.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah it does not have that much of a natural feel to me but its never been much of an imposition. The most difficult thing is I have glasses and live in a place that has winters so like my glasses can get fogged although my scarf does that to. I actually have an idea for next year on that. You know though it is kinda wierd though because now I kinda relate unmasked as kinda private and intimate. Like it feels a bit lewd to be walking around without one. Maybe like walking around without a shirt as a guy. So maybe more impolite than lewd.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

    For my part, I no longer have to figure out what face I should wear when around people. As someone with autism, adjusting to humanity can be troubling.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    It’s actually only a good analogy if you have an STI you’re preventing giving to others.

    Masks keep YOU from spreading what you have unless it’s KN-95 or better iirc.

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