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I wouldn't say it costs us "NOTHING". Most no longer make eye contact. Or shake hands. I can't tell whether someone is genuinely smiling or laughing. Voices a
by aantix 6y ago
I wouldn't say it costs us "NOTHING".
Most no longer make eye contact. Or shake hands. I can't tell whether someone is genuinely smiling or laughing. Voices are muffled. They're a distraction.
I miss face to face conversations with strangers. I miss talking fast, getting excited, and not having my glasses fog up because I apparently breath fast when excited.
There's an element of humanity that's simply been lost.
EDIT: This isn't a response to what is the appropriate trade-offs for lives lost.
It's specifically a response to the idea that "nothing" is lost when wearing a mask.
- disgruntledphd2 6y agoSo do I. I desperately want to get back to being able to see random strangers, and my colleagues in an office. I want my newborn to see her grandmother and my family. I'm just not willing to trade off a bunch of deaths for that.
- snazz 6y agoI can't wait for them to be gone too, but I happily wear one if it protects the people around me.
- aantix 6y agoFor how long? 5 years? Ten years? The rest of your life?
- snazz 6y agoI expect that the pandemic will follow Bill Gates's prediction—the developed world will be back to "normal" sometime near the end of 2021. For at least a decade, I expect it to be socially acceptable to wear a mask. However, I think that we'll be comfortable going to concerts and grocery shopping with no social distancing or masks long before then.
- bavell 6y agoI do my part and wear a mask in public but I can't wait to stop breathing so much re-circulated CO2... I can practically feel my blood-oxygen levels dropping after prolonged use (perceived or actual)...