Face masks

[cyril_smear]

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

tosser either way.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

...

 

[weepiper]

Being able to sew is bourgeois now

 

[wayward bob]

tosser either way.

srs? hand sewing is what? outmoded? beyond a teenager? beyond the working class? wasteful? impractical? impossibly coded female??

come the apocalypse i won't be relying on the government of the day 3-d printing my ppe for me

 

[wayward bob]

Being able to sew is bourgeois now

i think it's the idea that giving people (/assisting people to acquire their own) skills is... err, i dunno. hopefully cyril_smear can enlighten us.

 

[cyril_smear]

Being able to sew is bourgeois now

no, but assuming that people have the funds to buy the materials or have access to the internet is; well it's certainly a bit snotty anyway.


Makes no difference to me, I can quite easily make a face covering. I'll just use one of my wifes thongs over my face.

 

[wayward bob]

no, but assuming that people have the funds to buy the materials or have access to the internet is; well it's certainly a bit snotty anyway.

literally pound shop/library. come on

 

[DexterTCN]

i think it's the idea that giving people (/assisting people to acquire their own) skills is... err, i dunno. hopefully cyril_smear can enlighten us.

He sounds like a face-mask flat-earther. And thinks an 18-year old on benefits would have a house, in 2020.

 

[wayward bob]

Makes no difference to me, I can quite easily make a face covering. I'll just use one of my wifes thongs over my face.

Good luck with the interview.

 

[Marty1]

Given that a lot of people voted Brexit I think the government should be legislating this. A lot of the British public are self serving morons. Sad to say

Well done you - you’ve managed to conflate Brexit with Covid!

 

[existentialist]

Well done you - you’ve managed to conflate Brexit with Covid!

Hardly a challenge, given that the same bunch of clowns are in charge of both

 

[Marty1]

Hardly a challenge, given that the same bunch of clowns are in charge of both

Glad to see you’ve calmed down from your outburst on the America burning thread

 

[existentialist]

Glad to see you’ve calmed down from your outburst on the America burning thread

You can fuck off, with your faux-provocative cross-thread wooden spoonery.

 

[DexterTCN]

Glad to see you’ve calmed down from your outburst on the America burning thread

Don't mention other threads unless they do first mate. Not allowed unless you're pointing out someone following you around. Big nono.

 

[Marty1]

Don't mention other threads unless they do first mate. Not allowed unless you're pointing out someone following you around. Big nono.

Ah, ok - cheers

 

[DexterTCN]

Ah, ok - cheers

I just like a fair fight

 

[existentialist]

Ah, ok - cheers

I know your opportunities for cross-thread beef have been...limited lately , but I refuse to believe you didn't know that. Which is fine by me - you took a particularly pathetic example to try and do it with - but don't insult our intelligence by pretending to be so damn innocent.

 

[wayward bob]

I just like a fair fight

aw hun r u new here?

 

[DexterTCN]

aw hun r u new here?

Longer than you

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Dexter advising Marty about breaking the faq’s, an unholy alliance of stupid.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Don't mention other threads unless they do first mate. Not allowed unless you're pointing out someone following you around. Big nono.

That's fucking rich coming from you.

 

[nyxx]

Ideally, wear once in a high risk area, then bag it and wash carefully at home in hot soapy water. I use a carrier bag thats days old and and clean, chuck the bag away after. 2 shops with a drive in between?, then 2 masks.

I don’t think you need to chuck the back away. You can just leave it unused for 3 days. In lab conditions the virus can be detected for up to 3 days on plastic, in non lab conditions it’ll probably break down faster if anything.

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''

it’ll still prevent more deaths if enough people start wearing them now. And it’ll mean some people who are immunocompromised might be able to venture outside again some day.

 

[RubyToogood]

Ah, the Passmore pleat, a recent technological advance in the art of mask making!

The filter is supposed to be non-woven, but the reality is that two layers of cotton is hard enough to breathe through, without adding a third one. So I don't use a filter personally, although most of the masks I have made have a pocket for one. I bought a 400 thread count sheet and use that as lining.

I think my personal position may be that there is a lot more protection in a mask that you wear because it's comfortable than in one that you don't, however super duper the protection. I mean you could use plasticised fabric and nothing would get through it at all but nobody would wear it.

 

[MrSki]

 

[Saul Goodman]

I'm printing a mask now. It's designed to take 3M side filters.



Just another 20 hours left to print.

 

[quimcunx]

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

 

[Badgers]

I'm printing a mask now. It's designed to take 3M side filters.

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Just another 20 hours left to print.

Keep us posted on this

 

[Artaxerxes]

So masks won’t be mandatory in offices or for restaurant staff.

Just shops.

Some consistency would be nice.

 

[existentialist]

So masks won’t be mandatory in offices or for restaurant staff.

Just shops.

Some consistency would be nice.

Who need consistency when you've got token gestures and news management?

 

[ska invita]

So masks won’t be mandatory in offices or for restaurant staff.

Just shops.

Some consistency would be nice.