I think that the amount of political/social information that people seem to divine from observing maskers/non-maskers, as well as the signal that people think t

I think that the amount of political/social information that people seem to divine from observing maskers/non-maskers, as well as the signal that people think that they are sending by being one or the other, is one of the strangest things I've ever been made aware of. When I leave my house, I grab a mask, and I wear it basically the whole time I'm out and about. I don't notice it, it's just a non-entity to me. I genuinely barely notice whether other people are wearing masks or not, and therefore obviously don't make any judgements about them. If I'm walking alone outside during the day with a mask on, I'm not saying "I believe that this outdoor environment poses a legitimate risk to me, and based off of my 99.99+% survival chance from COVID, I'm still terrified that I'm going to catch it from some long distance passerby." When I wear a mask, my thought process is "I don't notice this thing, and if it helps mitigate the chance that I'll get sick or make someone else sick, I'll mostly wear it when I'm not in my home." I'm not constantly putting it on or taking it off based off of my immediate surroundings; I find that to be far more of a nuisance than just wearing it.