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I'm getting really pissed off with all the nose peekers. When I see someone without any mask at all I think 'they're probably just a selfish tosser but they could have a good reason so wind your neck in' but these cunts with their hooters poking over the top like they're not even trying are starting to wind me up. And I really wanted to have a go at some woman nattering on the phone with it casually strung round her chin. Didn't help that it was boiling on the train and starting to feel borderline busy. I am definitely riding my bike in future.
 
maomao said:
I'm getting really pissed off with all the nose peekers. When I see someone without any mask at all I think 'they're probably just a selfish tosser but they could have a good reason so wind your neck in' but these cunts with their hooters poking over the top like they're not even trying are starting to wind me up. And I really wanted to have a go at some woman nattering on the phone with it casually strung round her chin. Didn't help that it was boiling on the train and starting to feel borderline busy. I am definitely riding my bike in future.
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no, it fucks me off as well, it's like "christ's sake it's literally on your face already you clown, you clearly have a mask, you clearly don't have an exemption issue, you're just taking the piss".
 
London Transport needs big signs saying 'IT GOES OVER YOUR FUCKING NOSE!!!!'

I had to sit opposite a guy on the tube doing something even more annoying, where it was just hovering over the tip of his nose, so he was totally breathing over the top of it. Aaaagggh!
 
I’ve been waiting for the valve thing to make into general awareness but that doesn’t seem seem to have happened yet..

Masks with valves are worse than useles at protecting other people.

They make it easier for you to breathe out, but if you’ve got the virus the valve creates a narrow plume of infected and directed air.

Please don’t wear them.

This applies to N95 masks with valves too.
 
SheilaNaGig said:
I’ve been waiting for the valve thing to make into general awareness but that doesn’t seem seem to have happened yet..

Masks with valves are worse than useles at protecting other people.

They make it easier for you to breathe out, but if you’ve got the virus the valve creates a narrow plume of infected and directed air.

Please don’t wear them.

This applies to N95 masks with valves too.
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Probably useful for teachers then as kids aren't wearing masks in class anyway.
 
wtfftw said:
Probably useful for teachers then as kids aren't wearing masks in class anyway.
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I disagree.

Infection travels in both directions. What if the teacher is infected? Wearing a mask with a valve and leaning towards children would make that directed plume a problem.

And while the teacher is in the staff room or on public transport.
 
Looks like I've not been around this thread ;) since page 37 ... :eek:

But something I predicted way back on this thread, was that here in Wales, 'they' would not only introduce compulsory masks on buses here (done for a while now!), but also, that they'd introduce compulsory masks in shops, and also in my own workplace.

All the 'also' bit now done.
Since the Monday just gone.
Admittedly belatedly, but rule tightening is going on here.

I bought some quite cool new/additional cloth masks with :) nice patterned designs**.

festivaldeb is looking out for some more for me with cat :cool:/elephant/campervan designs :) -- promised birthday thing :)

**Since buying more, I've in consequence become less annoyed with masks than I used to be -- the cheap Boots (etc.) ones, while effective, can be irritating -- cloth is so much more comfortable IMO -- and also, those Boots-type ones look pretty generic to me. Almost everyone at work has cloth .....

For a lazy drunk, it's also nice not to have to wash the one or two you've got EVERY day! :hmm:
More is better :D
 
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I've said it before, but what really annoys me is people who complain that their face gets hot or something stupid like that. When I work I often have to wear more heavy duty PPE than a cloth mask while doing manual labour - so sorry that you get a little warm while doing your shopping, suck it up you fucking wimp!

(No objection to people with certain respiratory conditions not wearing masks ofc, but that is not the 50% of the population of my local supermarket who don't bother with a face covering, statistically speaking the majority of them must be just being selfish shits)
 
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spanglechick said:
I don’t thing it’s realistic to teach wearing a mask. Classrooms have a lot of noise all at once, and many children (and adults) despite not being diagnosed with impaired hearing, rely on lip reading to confirm what they’ve heard.
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Teachers at my uni all have visors. Not sure how effective they are though.
 
It struck me earlier as I'm wearing a different mask to my usual, that one reason people might object to wearing them is halitosis... :hmm:

Not that my breath stinks, but I was definitely aware of it...

.. I wonder how many people might end up self-diagnosing various health issues ...
 
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