Supine
Newt Member
none will say non disposable but they can be reused for ages if you accept any very small risk of contamination.
ive been using my current one all week.
Will you continue using a face mask after 19 July?
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none will say non disposable but they can be reused for ages if you accept any very small risk of contamination.
ive been using my current one all week.
scifisam
feck! arse! girls! drink!
You can't see all invisible disabilities! That's kinda part of the definition
This bloke probably was just an arsehole but it's not on to expect that all disabled people should wear a label for everyone to see, and if they don't then they're fair game.
souljacker
innit
I've been on tubes and trains lots again this week and my main observations are a) it's getting loads busier and b) lots more people aren't wearing a mask or are wearing them under their chin. Still probably only around 1 in 10 though.
mojo pixy
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Of course not, but just because someone considers their disability 'invisible', doesn't mean it is, or that it can't be noticed in other ways than by sight. I wouldn't expect anyone to signpost any disability, but a lack of signposting doesn't necessarily mean someone can't perceive someone else for themselves.You can't see all invisible disabilities! That's kinda part of the definition
Then again, a macho idiot anti-masker tends to stick out like a sore thumb.
elbows
Well-Known Member
ONS survey says:
Two-thirds of adults still plan to wear masks in shops and on public transport - Office for National Statistics
Limits on social contact and many other coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions will be eased in England and Scotland from 19 July 2021 and in Wales from 7 August. What are people looking forward to, and which coronavirus restrictions will they continue to follow?
www.ons.gov.uk
scifisam
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I really don't think you're understanding the word invisible, you know.
mojo pixy
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I am, but what one person considers invisible, someone else may be able to see, or at least pick up on in some way.
scifisam
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Or they might be describing their own disability accurately.
scifisam
feck! arse! girls! drink!
Am I writing in code or something?
I said:
This bloke probably was just an arsehole but it's not on to expect that all disabled people should wear a label for everyone to see, and if they don't then they're fair game.
Steel Icarus
ersatz maven
Supermarket yesterday & today, one yesterday out of about twenty customers and two out if perhaps thirty today. Plenty of people masked up in the town centre between shops, too.
mojo pixy
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They may well be, but how someone describes themselves is not always exactly what someone else might perceive in them. We don't get to tell other people what to notice or pick up on. What's important is that we pay attention to each other and try to behave with empathy.
Today I didn't, and that was a conscious choice on my part because I was annoyed at seeing a large, bolshy man flouting rules that are for the benefit of eg people with invisible disabilities, who can't wear a mask.
Men are always being exhorted to deal with each others shitty behaviour instead of letting it go on unchallenged. I can hardly apologise for doing that. Still, I'm regretting it more and more with each post.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
I can advise that my white FFP2 masks seem to have survived a wash cycle with no apparent loss of performance (obviously, for all I know, the washing process has made them useless, but they seem to present exactly the same resistance to air passing through them, and that's good enough for me)
krtek a houby
Kick me again Jesus
They do.
Fellow non-national walks past this self daily, without a mask, chin up in the air in his swanky shirt and tie. Never an acknowledgement. Said hello once and he just sauntered by, too cool for school.
2hats
Dust.
Probably not ideal from an electrostatic performance point of view.
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
20 staff at school today, last day, inset day. Relaxed 'wellbeing' day and they were all going to the pub at 12 anyway.
I was the only person wearing a mask.
I came home.
I was the only person wearing a mask.
I came home.
miss direct
misfungled
Popped to the hairdresser today as thought I ought to get a trim before twat day on Monday (also the day I start a new job so good to look smart). Hairdresser said she will continue to wear a mask and doesn't feel safe.
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Probably best to use a cool wash ...
I ordered black ones so the dirt won't show - plus I will only be wearing mine for half an hour every so many days.
I was thinking I might come up with something like a WW2 gas mask case so I don't have to keep flattening them ...
bimble
floofy
If you look at the Exemptions list on the Gov website it includes this, which I think might quite easily stretch to span both.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
Ah.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
some people would suffer serious panic attacks from having their mouth covered, as it could trigger their PTSD. you can’t see that in someone now matter how much intuition you boast ofSevere distress
Being intubated in a HDU is severely distressing, as more people will soon be finding out.
mojo pixy
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I recognize that. But I don't see how it is the focus when bloke this morning was not that. Do we never challenge antisocial behaviour for fear of crossing someone's red line? I don't think so, I think we judge a situation and whether it's appropriate. Or not. I'm having a moment of reflection, because at the end of the day, what do we allow to pass unchallenged then?
Doesn't really matter now, after Sunday nobody really has to wear a mask any more so there's no reason to challenge it anyway.
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
the point is that you have no way of knowing if this bloke had a hidden disability or not.
you can have your suspicions but you have to keep them to yourself
2hats
Dust.
...vapour, moist heat, dry heat, ozone, or UV. But none that practical for the average consumer.
mojo pixy
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That means we don't challenge anyone at all for not wearing a mask. Fair enough. That's not how I've approached it every single time, but it's over in two days anyway.
scifisam
feck! arse! girls! drink!
Fine, you know better than them, due to your magic disability-detecting crip-dar.
And I haven't criticised you for talking to this particular bloke.
weltweit
Well-Known Member
I will continue to wear them in my local shop, the supermarket, and if I am on public transport.
edited to add: and also at work
Generally I will wear it as a courtesy for other people so that if I have it I am less likely to infect them, but where others are present and not wearing a mask I will wear mine in an attempt not to be infected by them.
edited to add: and also at work
Generally I will wear it as a courtesy for other people so that if I have it I am less likely to infect them, but where others are present and not wearing a mask I will wear mine in an attempt not to be infected by them.
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mojo pixy
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I'm not sure why you feel it necessary to mock how anyone perceives anything. "Magic disability detecting cripdar ", what? Is it a bad thing to pay attention to people? "Invisible disability" doesn't mean invisible to everyone, all the time, for ever. It means it's not immediately obvious to most people and may not be accounted for in day-to-day interactions. Autism is "invisible" but for anyone who understands the condition and is familiar with a lot of people who have some kind of autism, it isn't invisible at all.
Some things are far less noticeable all the way to not at all noticeable, and I never said anything about magic (wtf even) I said what some people may not see, or may believe other people can't see, may be seen or otherwise noticed, in some circumstances.
