I went to a King County (read:?) Home Depot yesterday, walked mask-free into the outdoor garden center area first, chittin’ the chat with a (masked but) helpful employee; good times, no hassle, I’m liking this.
And then I asked, in earnest (if also contemptuously dismissive) curiosity, “so are they still doing that mask thing inside?”
His reply was “Well, if you’re vaccinated, it’s up to you.” And with that, my [child] and I went inside, strode the aisles for 1/2 hour, free-breathing like kings (or, really, just like actual human beings used to do), hoping that just one of the still-masked shuffling sheep would say something to my handsome, glorious uncovered face… in which case I could then helpfully educate them on the “new rules”. Nobody did. Sigh.
So thank you Donald Trump for the warp-speed vax or whatever. Hell no, I ain’t taking it, and I’ll inject a bureaucrat with lead before I let them inject my kids with this grotesque science experience. But it has hilariously defanged the maskhole totalitarians, even in a risk-averse chain store in blue-hell King County.
And the smile-inducing kicker is that, despite probably 95% of the people in the store having already been jabbed, 95% of the people in the store were amazingly still wearing masks… and the 5% who weren’t were probably the same 5% who haven’t been jabbed. ? Sheep gotta sheep, and real humans gotta breathe free.
And yes, of course the totalitarians will likely soon realize the reality, that the free people are reclaiming their freedom, while they are still humiliatingly chained to fear. And so they will indeed likely try to push some “vax passport” just for the transparently-obvious sake of control. But it’s too late. There’s truly no going back.
Also… at the same time, it’s becoming more and more clear every day that the cabal has been epically set up, and are going to be smashed in short order. Totally.
I love it when a plan comes together.
During the entire pandemic my wife and I have never worn a mask. We refused to. We go all the normal places and if they are assholes we just leave and shop somewhere else.
The only really bad encounter was a barista in Charleston SC. He demanded a mask after I had endured the wrath of folks all day... bad timing. I admit it, I lost it with this guy. Told him to fuck off and walked out. He followed me... his 2nd mistake. I was highly irritated. So I told him A) I wasn't going to wear a mask and he could not make me, and B) I wasn't going to move from his table on the sidewalk. (My wife was freaking... she has never seen me angry -EVER, after 10 years of marriage). So looked him dead in the eye with my "Make my Day" look and said "Make me Pal!"
He never gave up. A lot of barking. I really think I was about to hit this guy and my wife grabbed my arm and drug me away. I haven't been in a fight since grammer school. I am about as laid back as they come. I just don't do angry by choice. But ya know, enough is enough.
This was my Christmas tree shopping. At an OUTDOOR nursery!
I heard there is an art form to not throwing the first punch. NEVER go first.