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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMy response to the idiot insisting that I remove my mask, because the mandate
Last edited Tue Apr 19, 2022, 11:19 PM - Edit history (1)
has been overturned: "I choose not to listen to the opinion of a partisan, medically ignorant, judicially unqualified, hand-picked, federalist society saboteur." I know, too many syllables, but my claws needed sharpening.
Make7
(8,543 posts)niyad
(114,360 posts)Ohio Joe
(21,786 posts)I was at the supermarket today and while many (I would estimate a good 70%) did not have a mask on, nobody said anything or even gave me a funny look over my mask.
AZSkiffyGeek
(11,243 posts)And no one has ever said a word to me about wearing a mask. My response would likely be, Why do you care?
panader0
(25,816 posts)niyad
(114,360 posts)malaise
(269,750 posts)Roc2020
(1,620 posts)dchill
(38,683 posts)calimary
(81,746 posts)WELL DONE!!!!!
Thanks for this! It will be carried forth from here!
A HERETIC I AM
(24,391 posts)Why are you wearing that mask?"
Because I don't take my public health guidance from medically and scientifically illiterate people.
niyad
(114,360 posts)niyad
(114,360 posts)is the rep). So I do encounter them on occasion. I regard them as human scratching posts.
usonian
(10,133 posts)You're covered (literally) and
IDIOTS WILL BELIEVE ANYTHING THAT'S
niyad
(114,360 posts)wendyb-NC
(3,368 posts)You nailed it. She's unqualified as a medical expert and unqualified to give a legal opinion.
niyad
(114,360 posts)Timewas
(2,205 posts)Someone asked me why I was wearing a mask since the mandates were gone. I told them I wear a mask because I want to,not because someone told me I had to..
Igel
(35,425 posts)That's a good thing.
I've only heard people ask why--in the last 10 months, I haven't heard a single person complain that somebody else was wearing a mask. I also haven't heard anybody seriously object when asked to mask up when somebody asked nicely. (The only real objection was, "Sorry, don't have a mask on me." And when offered one, put it on. 10 months.)
Let's not center outliers. The periphery is, well, on the periphery.
niyad
(114,360 posts)MissMillie
(38,648 posts)...knocked me on my ass for over a week. People are depending on me and I can't get sick."
That would be my response. It has the unfortunate benefit of being true.
niyad
(114,360 posts)canetoad
(17,245 posts)Outside the house. Every day I memorise three approximate numbers for my state, all available on the state Gov. website.
1. New cases overnight (9,000)
2. Current active cases (54,000)
3. Overnight deaths (7)
Armed with these figures I can deal with any cretin who wants to know why I'm masking.
niyad
(114,360 posts)SunSeeker
(51,976 posts)People are taking home tests now, and those results are not reported to the state.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/18/health/covid-at-home-testing-data/index.html
So, the new cases overnight for your state are more like 130,500.
niyad
(114,360 posts)Seinan Sensei
(387 posts)niyad
(114,360 posts)Patterson
(1,540 posts)I have tuberculosis but Ill take it off.
Or I just want to be sure to live long enough to vote against that MF POS Donald Trump.
niyad
(114,360 posts)llmart
(15,586 posts)"I wear it to own the MAGAts."
niyad
(114,360 posts)Walleye
(31,272 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,180 posts)There are NO OTHER options.
niyad
(114,360 posts)dhol82
(9,357 posts)AND THE HORSE YOU RODE IN ON!
Accompanied by the proper finger gesture.
GoCubsGo
(32,122 posts)It's either "Fuck off" or "Mind your own goddamn business," depending on how I'm feeling at the moment.
niyad
(114,360 posts)steelyboo
(328 posts)Skittles
(153,523 posts)yes indeed
niyad
(114,360 posts)GumboYaYa
(5,955 posts)LuckyCharms
(17,490 posts)exact same thing.
NotTodayPutin
(86 posts)Already hassled you?
What an assbag they must've been.
Give us more. Where did this exchange occur (plane, bus, etc)
What made them think they had the right to just insist you take your mask off? How did even come up?
Again, what an asshat.
niyad
(114,360 posts)On a bus. This particular idiot has been a rwnj and trumpian for years. She tries to provoke confrontations about abortion and other issues wherever she is, and mostly I ignore her, but occasionally smack her down.
NotTodayPutin
(86 posts)I'm in California, in the IE...
Some wear masks... most don't.
But no one has bothered me, and I've not seen anyone else (here) be bothered yet.
I guess Cali is more of live and let live environment.. Of course, it's a blue state. Soooo... yeah.
niyad
(114,360 posts)but a few).
NotTodayPutin
(86 posts)A lot of great posts here.
niyad
(114,360 posts)halfulglas
(1,654 posts)I_UndergroundPanther
(12,526 posts)As diverse and blue as the ocean and sky.
No place on the web is like it.
Its my go to home on the web.
Do check out the forums and groups. There are political ones of course but there is a range from pets group to computer group and disability support groups.
You can find people that have the same interests .
NotTodayPutin
(86 posts)I will poke around and see what there is to see!
Glad to be here!
Celerity
(44,063 posts)for masking them.
niyad
(114,360 posts)Celerity
(44,063 posts)niyad
(114,360 posts)Doodley
(9,212 posts)including my family members, how many more do you want to die?"
niyad
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niyad
(114,360 posts)AZLD4Candidate
(5,887 posts)niyad
(114,360 posts)can be very annoying.
AZLD4Candidate
(5,887 posts)Blow it out your ass comes to mind.
Shut your f-ing pie hole would be up there too.
niyad
(114,360 posts)FailureToCommunicate
(14,051 posts)niyad
(114,360 posts)barbtries
(28,841 posts)though it's not happened yet.
"My body my choice."
i mentioned at a picnic with colleagues the other day (first time meeting them in person) that I'll be wearing a mask for the rest of my life and one woman burst out laughing. I said, "I'm not kidding." Then we discussed it further. No bad feelings around it. I will be. It's such a small price to pay for an added level of safety from any number of bugs, not just COVID.
niyad
(114,360 posts)musette_sf
(10,213 posts)that most Japanese wear masks in the airport. I thought back then that it might not be such a bad idea. Ill be masking in planes for a while to come, and in airports probably forever.
Random Boomer
(4,174 posts)Given my age (late 60s) and my health (not so good), I'll do better if I wear a mask for now until whenever I shuffle off this mortal coil. I don't socialize much, I don't go out much, so masking up when I do is a trifling inconvenience. I'd love to avoid all colds, flu, or -- god forbid -- covid.
niyad
(114,360 posts)djtexas
(29 posts)Just say "Because I am not a selfish, ignorant ass." Then walk away. No point in engaging in a discussion.
niyad
(114,360 posts)slapped down.
Talitha
(6,697 posts)Cause they'll get my cane, too.
On their head - or up their ass.
Makes no difference to me.
niyad
(114,360 posts)but will stay with my birch stick for now.
magicarpet
(14,371 posts)niyad
(114,360 posts)purse weighs more.
magicarpet
(14,371 posts)niyad
(114,360 posts)wnylib
(21,960 posts)just in case some idiot MAGAt crusader takes mine. Hasn't happened yet, but you never know.
So far, I have not been directly challenged on it, but I do get a lot of glares, smirks, and rolled eyes.
fierywoman
(7,713 posts)hueymahl
(2,515 posts)niyad
(114,360 posts)Joinfortmill
(14,621 posts)niyad
(114,360 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(146,459 posts)niyad
(114,360 posts)GB_RN
(2,493 posts)"I have COVID, would you like me to cough on you?", as you reach up to pull down your mask.
niyad
(114,360 posts)littlemissmartypants
(23,052 posts)"I don't care." I was in line at the grocery store. So, I just pushed my grocery cart at him, he was the next person in line. While I firmly said "You're going to have to back up." Otherwise he was going to get hit by my cart. That I made quite clear, nonverbally and I didn't look back.
What the issue of masking has revealed to me is that most people are stupid and the rest evil. It's been a huge disappointment. But not that surprising. Let's just say I'm glad to be a loner.
❤
musette_sf
(10,213 posts)that many passengers at SFO were continuing to mask.
Keeping my monthly KF94 mix and match order going for the foreseeable future.
niyad
(114,360 posts)albacore
(2,413 posts)niyad
(114,360 posts)progree
(10,974 posts)niyad
(114,360 posts)progree
(10,974 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,438 posts)One for me and one to compensate for idiots not wearing any.
niyad
(114,360 posts)MerryBlooms
(11,780 posts)I've still masking, and still have folks smile and open doors for me. I'm often the only person with a a mask, including staff. I live in bright red Trump southern Oregon. It may be because I frequent the same establishments days after day, for years. I am pretty sure at my local quick market, if some jerk tried to give me a tough time, the folks there would be on him instantly, and it would be his last day walking through their door. Those people are like family to me.
I have had nothing but the usual friendly interactions. Although, I thought I was going to get my ass beat down yesterday. I had backed out of my parking spot, the guy 2 spaces over in a huge truck and dark windows, starts backing out. He just kept coming, I put my car in reverse and started honking, so he knew I was there. His tires were as tall as my front end. He just kept coming, got about a foot from me, before he pulled forward. Then, he stopped and jumped out of his truck very angry, until he saw an old lady in a little red car. He gestured, "I saw you.", I waived and said okay, sorry. I really don't think he saw me, and had I been a male, he probably would have started punching my window. He was really angry when he came towards me. I was scared.
niyad
(114,360 posts)particular twit. Annoying, but not a threat so far. Like you, I tend to go to the same shops and stores, so people tend to know me.
But your experience yesterday sounds so scary. I am glad that you are okay.
MerryBlooms
(11,780 posts)Came towards me. I deal with folks daily, who do crazy or aggressive driving during my commute, I never honk or make gestures, out of fear. I only honked at this guy because had he kept coming, and would have backed over my front end, I'm sure. I was thinking this morning, had my windows been darkly tinted like his, he would have probably been pounding on my window, or maybe worse.
niyad
(114,360 posts)MerryBlooms
(11,780 posts)I am thinking about carrying something. Two young men in a new Camero, pulled up to me and asked if they could take the small dent out of my rear passenger side. I was at the south medford Walmart, parked in a handicap spot. I asked for ID or a business card, they said they were from Dallas Texas, and all that 'stuff' was in Dallas. There were plenty of people around, so I wasn't worried. I asked how much, he said $200 and to follow him. I said I didn't have that kinda cash. They said, okay, momma, have a good day. Seriously, they thought I would follow them somewhere? I watched them, and they exited the parking lot, didnt approach anyone else. I had just gotten off work, finished my bit of shopping, so was a little after 5pm. I texted my sister to let her know of the encounter, in case they followed me, or anything weird happened.
The guys may have been totally legit, and probably were, but it gave me the creeps, you know what Imean? It was just odd. Never had anything like that before, other than a guy at the pharmacy wanted to polish my headlights. He was older and on foot, also liked I still drove a stick shift. Harmless, didn't get a negative vibe.
niyad
(114,360 posts)Orrex
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Of course I wouldn't have. Voluntary mask-wearers are, by and large, more courteous and considerate of others, so we tend to scowl behind our masks at the asshole who's working so hard to help spread the pandemic.
My job brings me into dozens of homes and businesses each week, and nearly every customer tells me that I don't need to wear my mask. I have multiple replies, tailored to my audience:
1. Thanks, but then you'll see that I didn't shave this morning.
2. Thanks, but I'm just a bare skull under this cloth.
3. Thanks, but then you'd turn to stone like all the others.
4. Thanks, but then you'd be able to spot me in a line-up.
5. Thanks, but then there'll be two ugly faces in this conversation.
6. Thanks, but I have to wear it for all of pledge week
7. Thanks, but then you'll probably tell me to take my pants off.
8. Thanks, but I'm not wearing a mask.
9. Thanks, but I can't take it off until I've fulfilled my destiny.
10. Thanks, but can't remove my mask in the presence of others. This is the Way.
Or, to keep it simple, I say "Thanks, but I prefer to keep it on, all things considered."
niyad
(114,360 posts)and some days just call for claws.
Orrex
(63,339 posts)If the situation calls for claws, then claws it shall be!
childfreebychoice
(476 posts)With me she said, well I am going to my grave remaining an atheist cuz god is not letting me live to vote for Dem for md gov 22, and against t*, 24. She had a wicked potty mouth, and used it freq to describe rethugs, anti maskers, and was gravely concerned about t* judges
niyad
(114,360 posts)orleans
(34,143 posts)sounds like she would've been right at home around here.
KentuckyWoman
(6,704 posts)The niece I was shopping with has a somewhat intimidating looking and quite large husband. I think 6'6 probably over 250 and lifts kitchen cabinets all day. Big muscle type (and normally sweet as the dickens) He was not far away when it happened. He heard, walked up behind us and looked at the man giving us a hard time and said just barely loud enough for that man to hear ...
Buddy, why don't you just piss the fuck off and go bother someone in your own iQ.
niyad
(114,360 posts)I was watching clips from "Sherlock" the othet night, and at one point he tells one of the officers, "you are lowering the IQ of the whole block."
xmas74
(29,690 posts)I did that recently and no one said a damn thing afterwards.
niyad
(114,360 posts)Talitha
(6,697 posts)Depending on their IQ, they may - or may not - understand.
niyad
(114,360 posts)YoshidaYui
(41,884 posts)niyad
(114,360 posts)YoshidaYui
(41,884 posts)Most of them probably never graduated high school or even made it past high school.
niyad
(114,360 posts)SunSeeker
(51,976 posts)That's his go to line for whenever someone gives him shit about him wearing a mask.
It's a lot nicer than the asswipes deserve, but it kinda says it all.
niyad
(114,360 posts)Emile
(23,490 posts)niyad
(114,360 posts)Emile
(23,490 posts)niyad
(114,360 posts)XacerbatedDem
(511 posts)niyad
(114,360 posts)XacerbatedDem
(511 posts)niyad
(114,360 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)"Fuck off, asshole!"
niyad
(114,360 posts)BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)I expect we will come across people like this more often, unfortunately.
niyad
(114,360 posts)Iggo
(47,644 posts)
So you were only wearing a mask because they told you to? and then walk away muttering fucking sheep, I swear
That might be fun.
niyad
(114,360 posts)themaguffin
(3,834 posts)niyad
(114,360 posts)annoys me regularly.
ck4829
(35,113 posts)niyad
(114,360 posts)malaise
(269,750 posts)and 100% correct
Rec
niyad
(114,360 posts)Raftergirl
(1,294 posts)wearing masks when required. And since BA2 and rising cases more people are wearing masks again. I have never been asked why Im wearing a mask after mandate lifted.
If someone ever asks me why/insisted I take off my mask, I would have a coughing fit while choking out the words I have Covid.
niyad
(114,360 posts)appleannie1
(5,086 posts)The only other people wearing masks were some of the workers at checkout lines. I was prepared to say "Yes, I just got a positive on my COVID test and have to get food in for my quarantine." No one commented. They just stared as if I had two heads or something.
twodogsbarking
(10,103 posts)While I am not a violent person I wouldn't hesitate to unleash a verbal sling
that will make whomever came after me run for cover. Go Stillers.
niyad
(114,360 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,154 posts)niyad
(114,360 posts)FSogol
(45,635 posts)Iggo
(47,644 posts)Response to FSogol (Reply #131)
Iggo This message was self-deleted by its author.
littlemissmartypants
(23,052 posts)"Do I know you?" Then going on my merry way. ❤
niyad
(114,360 posts)certainot
(9,090 posts)- you were all mad about having tto wear a mask and now you want me to take mine off, you fascist putin lover?
- the guys who told you mask mandates were undemocratic and fascist dem bulllshit in response to a hoax also told you for 30 years that smoking doesn't cause cancer
niyad
(114,360 posts)Jilly_in_VA
(10,082 posts)would be one of mine.
"Did I ask you why you're not? No? Then buzz off, sonny." (or sis)
niyad
(114,360 posts)Hassler
(3,417 posts)niyad
(114,360 posts)MarineCombatEngineer
(12,619 posts)I would point to my USMC veteran hat and tell them I earned the right to wear my mask so fuck off.
I don't anticipate anyone doing that due to my size and demeanor.
niyad
(114,360 posts)MarineCombatEngineer
(12,619 posts)niyad
(114,360 posts)azureblue
(2,163 posts)"I dunno what disease you got that made you stupid, but I sure don' want to catch it".
niyad
(114,360 posts)Pacifist Patriot
(24,656 posts)"My body, my choice" and walked away.
I used to say something longer about choosing to wear my mask because I am an intelligent compassionate human being or something, but I don't bother with more than five syllables now. I'd reduce it to two, but all I can come up with that makes the same point is "F*** off."
niyad
(114,360 posts)Pacifist Patriot
(24,656 posts)lame54
(35,416 posts)niyad
(114,360 posts)Cha
(298,568 posts)response ready too.. if anyone tells me anything about me wearing a mask.
"My business".
I got on the bus yesterday and some were wearing masks and some weren't. I sure as hell am going to continue to wear a mask on the petri dish of a bus.
💙💛
niyad
(114,360 posts)not to risk going maskless.
LakeArenal
(28,942 posts)niyad
(114,360 posts)LakeArenal
(28,942 posts)niyad
(114,360 posts)Meowmee
(5,164 posts)No one has said anything to me throughout but when I wore goggles as well, some stares and laughs. Including a handyman making fun of me, it was the last time they were hired for anything. Great response !
niyad
(114,360 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,929 posts)Tired of these assholes. No fucks left to give,
niyad
(114,360 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,929 posts)TexLaProgressive
(12,171 posts)niyad
(114,360 posts)Moostache
(9,897 posts)My retort would have been far more monosyllabic..."F_ _ _ YOU! FREEDOM!"
niyad
(114,360 posts)Slammer
(714 posts)My ideal line to them:
"If a Democrat federal judge ends the mandate on 'wearing pants', does that mean that strangers should come up to you the next day insisting that you have to remove your pants because wearing them is no longer mandated?"
niyad
(114,360 posts)AllaN01Bear
(19,225 posts)he wasnt being mean or any thing like that and out of my mouth came " my body " my choice ." he said you are being careful arnt u and i said yes .
niyad
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LuckyCharms
(17,490 posts)niyad
(114,360 posts)LuckyCharms
(17,490 posts)Anti-masker.
They hit the rolling on floor laughing smilie several billion times.
Called DUers "constipated".
Followed by lots of words that I didn't read.
niyad
(114,360 posts)LuckyCharms
(17,490 posts)Looked like their finger went into a spasm while hitting the smilie buttons.
AllaN01Bear
(19,225 posts)johnp3907
(3,739 posts)Especially considering you wont even be here next time I log on!
Wednesdays
(17,574 posts)niyad
(114,360 posts)LuckyCharms
(17,490 posts)niyad
(114,360 posts)LuckyCharms
(17,490 posts)niyad
(114,360 posts)womanofthehills
(8,844 posts)Often they will be embarrassed to have to repeat it. Also, you dont have to take the bait and react to them at all. Being ignored can confuse them. Often its people with personality disorders and anger issues who want to start something. Luckily, I live near a very small town where most people know each other. Its kind of live and let live. You can also throw their questions back at them. A very critical of everyone neighbor confronted me - she told me she thought I didnt like her. I say back - I think its you who dont like me. Then she looked blank and changed the subject.
niyad
(114,360 posts)slapped down by me, not just over this.
But I do like your suggestions.