Patriot Retort –
The most damaging side-effect of the Wuhan Panic is the onset of mass Busybody Syndrome.
When the Wuhan Panic first erupted, I jokingly called these Nosy Parkers the “Friendly Neighborhood Stasi.”
And five months later, despite the decline in virus fatalities, things have only gotten worse.
Those suffering from Busybody Syndrome have decided to deputize themselves members of the Mask Police. They don’t hesitate to approach total strangers in order to lecture, scold, and even attack them for committing the unpardonable sin of walking, biking, eating or driving without wearing a mask.
Listen, I hate wearing a mask because it makes it hard to breathe. But I live in New York. If I want to go to the grocery store or the pharmacy or the bank, I have to wear a mask in order to enter. But once outside, I take the mask off.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gotten nasty looks from people twenty or thirty feet away from me. As if somehow my lack of a mask in the wide open outdoors twenty or thirty feet away from them is somehow their business.
So far none of those suffering from Busybody Syndrome have gotten up in my grill to lecture me. Maybe my shaved head, tattoos and muscles make me unapproachable. Who knows? If that’s the case, I found one more reason to be grateful Lupus took my hair and forced me to get in shape.
But not everyone gets off with just dirty looks from the Mask-Wearing Nosy Parkers. read more
Well said Dianny!!
“It isn’t the virus that is tearing the country apart. It isn’t the virus that is crippling our economy.
It was our irrational response to it. “
Fact: Masks are useless. They are decorator items, they male you think you are doing something, in reality, YOU ARE NOT.See east medical journal ;
I usually conceal carry, but lately open carry is my preferred option. People tend to leave you alone.
Them: Where’s your mask?
Me: Where’s your goggles?
Haven’t tried this but will if challenged. I don’t know if I get dirty looks because I don’t make eye contact.
Covidiot mask nazis
If their masks work why do I need one. If they believe they are in danger because I am not wearing one they can double up.
Add lots of beans to your diet and Holy Grail them (fart in their general direction).
Bonus – ensures social distancing.
I was buying some produce the other day. I took one of the plastic bags, licked my fingers the start opening it, pulled my mask off and blew into the bag just to see if I could draw out some Karen’s. If I have to wear a mask I can piss off and mock mask Nazis.
@Wiredog1837 – I asked the local grocer how I was supposed to open those plastic bags. I did wipe my fingers across a wet spot in the produce and the grocer replied that he had heard that question and had seen numerous people lick their fingers. I was the first person he had seen who used the produce sprinkler system to get a grip on the bags.
Saturday I went to Costco – who requires a mask (as does my city) – but once in the parking lot I realized that I left my mask at home. Well I wasn’t about to go home and get it so I proceeded into the store. I smiled and showed the attendant my membership card and walked right in as if it were normal times. She didn’t say anything and I kept walking.
Throughout my whole time there no one stared at me or said anything. I can’t explain it but it was very liberating walking around maskless. I think people secretly were a little envious. In fact the checkout gal complimented me for being a “rebel” – her exact term. What does that tell you when defying mask rule makes you a rebel. I intend to do it more often in the future.
“Where’s your mask?”
“I’m not sick. Are you sick?”
“No.”
“Then what’s your problem?”
(now go away, or I shall taunt you again, Eeenglish pig-dog)
Meanwhile, Duke University tested a bunch of masks. They determined that the ‘neck gaiter’, which is what I usually wear on those rare occasions when I have to go into a store and which are considered permissible, are actually worse than not having any mask. I will be sure to let people know that if they comment.
This film clip was posted as a thread here a couple of months ago, but it remains relevant as long as our elite rulers keep us shackled in masks, and worse,.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_rvE_8naJI
I haven’t been accosted by anyone and I don’t care about people giving me the stink eye. But my back pocket comeback would run along these lines: “So, you’ve run through all your family and friends and now you’re picking on strangers?” Or: “I see, your family and friends have had enough of you, so now you’re picking fights with strangers at the grocery store?” Or: “I bet this covid thing was the best thing that ever happened for you. It makes you think you have the right to boss everyone around and not just your husband (wife), right?” Or: “Oh dear, you must have mistaken me for your husband (kid).”
The ones who get physical — throwing coffee, etc — have a mental problem. I’d give them a wide berth.
So, you’ve run through all your family and friends and now you’re picking on strangers?” Or: “I see, your family and friends have had enough of you, so now you’re picking fights with strangers at the grocery store?”
I’m not ashamed to admit that I’m stealing those lines Abby.
@AA – while you have some good come-back lines, my go to reply to a mask-nazi is, “by coming over to me to express your opinion about me not wearing a mask, you just violated my space and increased the risk to both of us. If you had just walked on by and minded your own effing business neither of us would have had anything to worry about.”
@KMM:
Great comeback!
I only make contact with other unmasked rebels. We exchange subtle acknowledgments (e.g. slight grin, raised eyebrow).
A couple of days ago in the Publix where I’m a very regular shopper, the manager approached me and started to politely explain that they were requiring masks in the store. I told him I have a medical condition that prevents me from wearing a mask. He accepted that completely. Then I mentioned that if the masks were required so that I wouldn’t spread the Wuhan Fever to others, why had he approached to rather less than six feet and stood right in front of me so that when I answered him he’d be right in my exhalation cloud of nasty particles. He had the good sense to look a bit sheepish.
My local supermarket made aisles ‘one way’ with tape on the floor indicating which direction one was supposed to travel on any given aisle. I forgot an item on an aisle and so doubled back in the ‘wrong direction’ to get the item, rather than going to the end of the aisle, going up the next aisle in the ‘right direction’ and circling back to get the forgotten item. A Karen admonished me that I was going the wrong way and I just said, “Okay, Karen”. I said this in the same manner that millennials and Gen Z were saying, “Okay, Boomer”, a few months ago. I am Gen X, not a Boomer, but the scolding Karen was a millennial and the look on her face; half surprised Pikachu face, half cat butt face, was worth the price of admission.
I have to wear a mask everyday at work for 8 hours. If I refused to wear it they would tell me I couldn’t work there anymore.
This thread reminds me of the hilarious comment someone made about having to wear gloves and a mask to go into a store. Then they stated something about the mistake they made was that was the only thing they were wearing. I wish I could give credit to our funny author.