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Give them friendly, courteous and disarming. Folks today were quick to reciprocate. Everyone you smile at is one more small crack in the farce.
I caught one lady smiling back under her mask and I said to her, "I saw that..!" She looked at me and I told her that there was a pretty smile under that mask. She liked! I got an enthusiastic "Thank you."
These are the things that will fix this mess. I hope.
Thank you for reading.
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I was in a store when the mask mandate was in full effect. The Murdocks in winter park co. The only people without masks was me and 2 black guys about 50 something. All I said was I love seeing a smile! Dude looks at me and smiles and says it's always nice to be free. I said "Yes it is"
hey im only 80 mins from there, is it a good place to ski?
I don't ski but yes.
you live less than 2 hours from winter park and don't know if it's a good place to ski? Honestly, ANY resort in colorado will be inundated with lifties.
no thanks. Backcountry for me, man.
I did a fair amount of back country skiing back in 1988-89. My ex taught me to xc ski........what a pleasure (and a tremendous workout) in the powder way up there. We hiked in the Rockies in the spring, summer and fall and then skied the same trails in the winter.
I live within 2 hours of over 20 slopes. Am i supposed to know the quality of dozens of resorts? Try not to come off as such a dick.
Was it these two?
https://s.abcnews.com/images/International/brothers-empire-ht-jpo-190216_hpEmbed_15x16_384.jpg
People are becoming starved of just normal human interaction. I've never worn a mask and invariably find people taking their masks off to speak to me. Lovely to see smiling faces and it gives others a real lift. Good on you.
In a similar tone a thing I learned is most people are to cowardly to say anything and just seethe and try to give you dirty Looks and if you don’t pay them any kind they just go back to whatever disgusting hole they crawled out of and they’re completely powerless.
That’s my exact experience.
Maskless babies are drawn to my maskless face! I get big smiles and giggles all the time from them. They are searching for maskless faces.
It’s the kids that kill me!
So true.
Not wearing mask is not a matter of heath, but one of freedom,
My message, "Reclaim you god given freedoms"
Yep, I'm the asshole that walks in and says "why the hell is everyone getting ready for Halloween so early?"
Ha! Same here!
Took my family to the Halloween store last weekend and I pretended to be startled/spooked at anyone with a mask and said, while holding my chest, “Whew! YOU have the scariest mask of all!”
Kek
I was walking in a grocery store not wearing a mask, walked past some dude wearing a mask. He looked at me, took off his mask, and said to me "i'm sick of this bullshit".
Sometimes all it takes is a little inspiration from others.
I’ve been hoping one of these day it will inspire someone to take off their mask off. I did see some guy move his mask below his nose after he saw me maskless. Baby steps I suppose
Lucky you. I feel like the more aware I am, the more pissed I am at the dumb mask mandates, knowing we don’t have to live like this. The people around me live in a bubble. They still live like it’s perfectly normal to have a face diaper on constantly. They don’t even know that there are places where people aren’t required to wear it.
On a cross country flight last week. Used mask at TSA pre-terminal, and car rental counter after landing. Maskless at all other times, including check-in. Can only assume that nobody cares, and they're just waiting for permission.
What airline and state? I find this hard to believe unless it was florida
United. Honestly I didn't expect to get far before an employee called me out, but they never did. Also I wore it while boarding before taking my seat and only removed it after I sat down. LA - Boston.
First class? I’ve noticed masks are optional in first class
Nope. I fly commoner class.
I typically fly commoner but would get upgraded during covid when no one else was flying. Flew in a plane once with two others.
This one had full occupancy.
What airline?
United. Honestly I didn't expect to get far before an employee called me out, but they never did. Also I wore it while boarding before taking my seat and only removed it after I sat down. LA - Boston.
wait y'all are still wearing masks?
OP was not wearing a mask, neither were the other commenters, but people in public are and OP is suggesting being friendly to them will help them wake up and be happy and free.
Thank you.
I can shop at a handful of stores presently. Been kicked out of every other place I USED TO spend fiat money at. Everything I use comes from Jewel Osco because they know to "Stfu" about this BS. People are super serious about mask usage in Chicago. It's dum dum land.
wait you live in Chicago? be safe, police are about to walk out due to vaccine mandate.
Also I appreciate that you call it fiat ;)
You’re a much better person than I. I’ve had it with the few remaining masked people I see out and about. I now consciously smile and talk to only other unmasked people (unless the masked person is working, obviously.) Their compliance has propelled us further into this mess and it’s time they start feeling disenfranchised and lonely.
With a smile I tell em to take off their mask and smell the bull shit.
I had a woman stop me as I entered a store - giving me a heads up "they really enforce masks here".
I said "People with a tiny bit power show their hearts, don't they? We have been lied to and I'm not falling for it anymore."
I passed her later - her mask was under her chin. I gave her a thumbs up.
No one approached me about masks - I had been asked to leave this store in the past for not accepting the mask they were handing me.
Yesterday afternoon, I wore a mask to the doctor's office. It was so I had the excuse to say that I was wearing a mask to protect myself from those who were vaccinated and were now shedding and spreading the virus. Got the attention of others in the waiting room - they looked at me like I was crazy, lol. Maybe though 1 of them might actually look into the vaxxed being spreaders.
Yes, I am seeing the same thing
it's easy to go into any public space and tell which people watch msm......
I guess I didn't realize how lucky I am to live in Texas but my first thought was, people are sill wearing masks???
It’s insane in other places!! My daughters entire high school has the “(school name) Flu”. Their throats hurt and congested. Doesn’t take much thought to figure out what’s causing it. My daughter had to stay home for ten days with no option to zoom after traveling out of state to see our family. They were ALL considered Unexcused absences. Told the principal and super, “after everything these kids have gone through the past two years, SHAME on you for putting politics ahead of the children’s education”.
Yeah and the cloth masks are bacterial paradise. Wet warm moit environment that you are constantly breathing into and from.
And all the kids have been sick as dogs getting back to school. Mines a senior and based, she keeps her off most of the day. It’s the little ones that makes me want to storm the schools.
ALL of the face diapers are portable petri dishes.
What would Jesus do?
Whip some ass with a cord, Righteously.
I do a lot of that...
Awwww yes!!!!! Perfect love overcomes fear.
Friendly teasing and flirting (non sexually) is what we need to bring back the humanity!
Yes. I always smile and comment to people ... the people in masks are usually the most talkative. The loneliness and separation is wearing on them.
Such a small but 99.7 effective action you made to help bring us back to normal.
Way to "be the change" fren
I love in NY, for one more month then I'm moving to a free state after 43 years, but I have not had a mask on for a year now, even at dr. Offices and I notice when I walk in with no mask the sheep around start lowering their masks. All it takes is one person to start dancing and the rest will follow.
Amen. Be a good human.
I have been doing this thing lately when face diaper sheep try to say anything to me.
Just repeatedly tell them you cannot understand what they are saying with the diaper on. Make them repeat themselves numerous times until finally giving up.
The frustration on their faces really gives me a.......KEK
They mumble into it, so I can't hear, so I end up leaning in close as they repeat their mumbled statement... pretty sure leaning in closer was not the intended effect.
How dare you misgender that non-binary mask wearer!
^^^YES