Face masks

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Thought they might be. I'll stick with the paper ones then.

Bought 100 paper ones and they feel fairly comfy, but with four of us that is only 25 each and we’d soon get through those. I really dislike the throwaway nature of single use stuff, so a mixture of paper and cloth masks is how we’re going, depending on how long you need to wear it in a given situation.

 

[cyril_smear]

I know. And I am struggling. But I still buy face masks. And will make them a priority as someone who is immumocompromised. I have done without other essentials in order to have masks.
And it really boils my piss that I have heard people going round giving out about having to buy a mask or wear a mask whilst in their designer tracksuits queueing up outside offlicences.

On that note maybe the fact people are pissed off about having to buy masks now, four months and 40k+ dead later, is probably because it's too little too late.... There's a facebook meme going around ''wearing masks in shops 4 months into the pandemic is like bringing condoms to the baby shower''

 

[Aladdin]

On that note maybe the fact people are pissed off about having to buy masks now, four months and 40k+ dead later, is probably because it's too little too late.... There's a facebook meme going around ''wearing masks in shops 4 months into the pandemic is like bringing condoms to the baby shower''

Not really. We had managed to get the r rate well below 1 over here.
Now people are fucking that up by just being irresponsible.
There is no way that hospitals will cope with a second wave. And masks will prevent transmission if used properly.

Anyway. I will leave it. I am not in the best form.
Sorry for rant

 

[cyril_smear]

Just a rant. .

I've had massive run in with neighbours who insisted on having a fucking house party fuelled with alcohol til 5am while my mum is lying in her bed literally dying in front of us.
Wouldnt mind only I had said to them how ill she is.
And the scumbags went ahead. Not a fucking mask in sight. Selfish pricks.

Not having a good day.

But I am not ranting at anyone here.

Sorry to hear about your mother.

People are really getting fed up with it all now, not that that excuses acting the idiot.

 

[Aladdin]

Sorry to hear about your mother.

People are really getting fed up with it all now, not that that excuses acting the idiot.

Thank you. I've had the hardest night of my life and its only going to get worse.

It's fucking depressing how people are behaving.

 

[Numbers]

Not really. We had managed to get the r rate well below 1 over here.
Now people are fucking that up by just being irresponsible.
There is no way that hospitals will cope with a second wave. And masks will prevent transmission if used properly.

Anyway. I will leave it. I am not in the best form.
Sorry for rant

Rant away.

 

[Saul Goodman]

Apparently, a squirrel in Colorado has tested positive for the bubonic plague.
#endofdays

 

[Argonia]

Yes, and some kid in Mongolia has just died from bubonic.

Bubonic plague: Teenage boy dies from 'Black Death' disease

 

[Aladdin]

Yes, and some kid in Mongolia has just died from bubonic.

Bubonic plague: Teenage boy dies from 'Black Death' disease

Shit

 

[existentialist]

On that note maybe the fact people are pissed off about having to buy masks now, four months and 40k+ dead later, is probably because it's too little too late.... There's a facebook meme going around ''wearing masks in shops 4 months into the pandemic is like bringing condoms to the baby shower''

But at least bringing condoms to a baby shower might prevent or reduce the risk of a second wave of baby...

 

[cyril_smear]

But at least bringing condoms to a baby shower might prevent or reduce the risk of a second wave of baby...

surely being pregnant would prevent that? Hence, pointless as fuck haha

 

[existentialist]

surely being pregnant would prevent that? Hence, pointless as fuck haha

 

[Steel Icarus]

Bubonic plague is still around, it's treatable with antibiotics.

 

[Saul Goodman]

Bubonic plague is still around, it's treatable with antibiotics.

If it's caught within the first 24 hours of symptoms appearing.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Yes, and some kid in Mongolia has just died from bubonic.

Bubonic plague: Teenage boy dies from 'Black Death' disease

Remind me....when are the giant murder hornets due to show up?

 

[cyril_smear]

Remind me....when are the giant murder hornets due to show up?

it's the alien invasion first; murder hornets wipe out the aliens.

 

[wayward bob]

Who's paying for all these masks? It's all well and good if you can afford the rip off prices many shops are charging to buy a mask every day, but what if you're on a tight budget?

any firm/tight woven cotton can be doubled (trebled)* and hand stitched in about 15 mins (2 side channels to contain elastic/lace ties, top and bottom hem if you're feeling fancy. an old pillowcase is ideal.

*doubled is very easy to breathe through ime, trebled is our official advice in wales but i already made mine double

 

[Mrs Miggins]

it's the alien invasion first; murder hornets wipe out the aliens.

Oh of course! Silly me

 

[wayward bob]

Sorry for playing devils avocado but an 18 year old who lives alone knows how to make a face mask do they? You have to think about it from the aspect of all different corners of society. If we have to wear masks in shops then masks, individually packaged, along with hand sanitiser for after the packaging has been touched, should be provided on entry to the store.

"disposable" masks are incredibly wasteful. much rather teach my 18 yo to sew than hope for plastic/paper masks from the powers that be.

 

[Saul Goodman]

Remind me....when are the giant murder hornets due to show up?

You'll know before they get there. farmerbarleymow will be at the front, banging his drum, leading them into battle.

 

[wayward bob]

That's the point I was getting at. And as if single parents can just afford to start cutting up their clothes to make masks.

i dare you to find a parent (single or otherwise) with growing children who doesn't have access to reasonably significant quantities of outgrown/surplus clothing...

 

[cyril_smear]

any firm/tight woven cotton can be doubled (trebled)* and hand stitched in about 15 mins (2 side channels to contain elastic/lace ties, top and bottom hem if you're feeling fancy. an old pillowcase is ideal.

*doubled is very easy to breathe through ime, trebled is our official advice in wales but i already made mine double

like i said, what 18 year old that lives alone, on benefits is gonna know how to do that?

 

[wayward bob]

like i said, what 18 year old that lives alone, on benefits is gonna know how to do that?

there is a thing called learning how to sew. it takes a needle and thread (c. £1 total). it might seem old fashioned but you never know when it might come in unexpectedly handy. learning resources are widely available on the internet.

most people can learn to hand sew in a spare evening.

i understand that not everyone has their evenings spare, maybe they could extrapolate...

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

But at least bringing condoms to a baby shower might prevent or reduce the risk of a second wave of baby...

Your baby showers sound a lot more fun than ours

 

[cyril_smear]

i dare you to find a parent (single or otherwise) with growing children who doesn't have access to reasonably significant quantities of outgrown/surplus clothing...

I'll take your word for it.

 

[weltweit]

"disposable" masks are incredibly wasteful. much rather teach my 18 yo to sew than hope for plastic/paper masks from the powers that be.

And they are probably going to end up in the sea somewhere ..

 

[cyril_smear]

there is a thing called learning how to sew. it takes a needle and thread (c. £1 total). it might seem old fashioned but you never know when it might come in unexpectedly handy. learning resources are widely available on the internet.

most people can learn to hand sew in a spare evening.

i understand that not everyone has their evenings spare, maybe they could extrapolate...

I'll take your word for it.

 

[wayward bob]

I'll take your word for it.

awesome, enjoy the sewing circle, can be surprisingly empowering

 

[cyril_smear]

awesome, enjoy the sewing circle

Get a grip you bourgeois tosser.

 

[wayward bob]

Get a grip you bourgeois tosser.

i have a fantastic grip on a needle and thread thanks. i think you'll find that makes me an artisan tosser