The thing that gets me...

[senseandsensibility]

So, like many of you on here I have had a few frustrating experiences with anti-maskers lately. Depressing and infuriating. Of course I live in a blue area, so many of you face MUCH worse.

However, yesterday at the grocery store (a madhouse even though I went early), there were 3 unmasked shoppers striding through the store. Everyone else was masked and trying to social distance. Any guesses what race/gender these fine Americans were?

But what got me was the expression on their faces. Pride. They were enjoying themselves. As they strode around trying to make eye contact with other shoppers (who were all avoiding them and trying to maintain social distance), they were in their element and feeling very superior indeed.

While the rest of us, 99% of the shoppers, were acting responsibly to PROTECT them as well as ourselves, they were oblivious. Some rightwing tool had told them to own the libs and they were reveling in it.

[Walleye]

1. I, for one, hope they get sick and die. And I mean it

[I_UndergroundPanther]

20. Me too

Not only are they devaluing the other lives around them.. they are bad people,narcissistic people and I am happy when sociopaths,authoritarians and narcissists die off.

Less bad uncurably evil people in the world the better.IMHO

[Demovictory9]

21. lol... I'm bad for laughing at that comment

[Chautauquas]

3. Where I live I'm surprised if 40% of shoppers wear masks

Makes me angry every time I shop, but all I can do is try to get my shopping done quickly and get the hell out of there. Like a lot of people, I no longer feel sorry for people who won't get vaccinated or wear a mask if they end up getting Covid.

[senseandsensibility]

5. They stood out like a sore thumb

here and I honestly think people were too shocked to say anything. Sorry you have to endure that.

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

6. I noticed the rate of masking has tripled here in rural Eastern TN...

It's gone from 3% up to about 9% so people must really be getting worried.

[senseandsensibility]

12. Sorry you have to go through that

It's really unfair. I guess I should be grateful for the area I live in since others have it so much worse.

[Cracklin Charlie]

7. Remember when Hillary spoke of the "basket of deplorables"?

They revel in their ignorance. They are out searching for your displeasure at them. They are craving the negative interaction. I have no time for them, so I usually set to ignore. They don’t deserve my attention.

That’s what they really don’t like. Being ignored.

[mopinko]

10. she never should have backed down on that.

she should have doubled down.

[FakeNoose]

8. I live in the City of Pittsburgh - heavily BLUE and almost 90% vaccinated (adults)

... and yet in the retail stores I'm seeing probably 50% unmasked, maybe more if I shopped more often.

Among those without masks, I'm seeing mostly younger ones. The older shoppers are almost all wearing masks, men and women alike. Of course the store employees must wear masks while working but it seems the younger employees are sneaking breaks without their masks. I don't know, it scares me now with colder weather. There are no outdoor restaurants or shopping now, it's all indoors and not enough people are back to wearing masks. They got lazy in the summer months and now they won't go back.

[senseandsensibility]

9. Around here it's all

late middle aged/ older white males. Everyone else, including teenagers and twenty somethings of all races, are masked. At least, that's my experience. However, they are so much in the minority that the vast majority of older white males are still masked. These are the real outliers.

[Beastly Boy]

11. Sure beats three unmasked shoppers shooting their way through a crowded mall in the heat of winter

to protest Biden's victory in the presidential election!

[2naSalit]

13. Anymore...

I just look at them with a resignation that they will likely end up getting seriously ill, much like I view drivers who blast past me on an icy road thinking they got one up on me as I realize I'll probably see them in a ditch up ahead.

[senseandsensibility]

14. I agree

but I guess it's so rare around here that it really stood out, and look of smug superiority was something else.

[peggysue2]

15. I went to my local Target this morning

Lo and Behold, all but two people I saw were . . . masked! That's a huge difference from a short week ago where only about 50% were masked and the place was mobbed.

Can it be that these anti-vaxx, anti-mask fools are catching on, now that the case load rolled in at a half million+ yesterday?? Or were people slacking off because they thought the Omicron variant was a nothingburger?

Whatever the case, I'm glad to see it. From all predictive accounts, the next few weeks could be rough.

Was dismayed to hear my brother-in-law was recently exposed. His daughter-in-law tested positive for Covid on Monday. Everyone was vaxxed, primarily because my brother-in-law has progressive lung disease. He's hoping to get a lung transplant in the spring. An infection now, could easily be the end of him.

Stay safe everyone! A few moments of 'happy hour' isn't worth it.

[moondust]

16. IMO they have a lot in common with

gun humpers: sociopaths who don't care how many people die or become disabled as a result of them demanding that they can do whatever they want no matter how others are affected. I would guess that many of the anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers are in fact selfish gun humpers as well. They just don't care about "society" or the "greater good." It's all about me me me me me me me me...

[PufPuf23]

17. Getting very hard to hold the belief that the USA will not

fracture as a nation.

I see the MAGAT's as brainwashed agents of discord.

[gratuitous]

18. I see the selfish twits and think

"And that's why we still have to do all this stuff."

[chowder66]

19. I went to one of my grocery stores this morning and it pissed me off.

All of the under-the-nose, under the chin mask-holes were men. I saw two out of about a dozen who had well fitted masks.
I didn't see a single woman there that wore their mask incorrectly with the exception of few that had ill-fitting masks.

Some guy got in without a mask but he was escorted out. People were wondering aimlessly and not distancing. I had to move out of the way every time I turned a corner. No one moved out of my way once.

I really, really, really dislike inconsiderate people.

If I get Covid - this morning will be why. Luckily I have a very efficient well fitted mask but it isn't perfect. There is the slightest gap around my nose which I have struggled with on just about every mask.

I won't be going inside that store anymore.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

22. I wear

A neck gaiter over my mask for a closer fit and it covers beyond the mask and down my neck.
Just make sure it is is a spandex one. It keeps my mask snug.

[chowder66]

24. My mask is snug except at the bridge of my nose.

I can't take wearing anything over it because I have pretty severe hot flashes. If I get one while wearing a mask it nearly takes my breath away.

I have some new masks coming that I hope fit a little better.
The one mask I have that deals with that is the most uncomfortable and smashes my face. That's the 3m hard cup N95. It's definitely the best one but I can't stand how tight it is.