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"Masks are psychologically damaging and dehumanizing in many ways." If a tiny little mask is causing you this much trauma you should seek professional psycholog

"Masks are psychologically damaging and dehumanizing in many ways." If a tiny little mask is causing you this much trauma you should seek professional psychological help because that is not a reasonable or healthy response to something so trivial.

logicalmonster 5y ago
Have you asked why so many people are so strongly resistant to a "tiny little mask"? Put yourself in another person's shoes and try and realize why being forced to cover yourself, especially going on 2 years now with no end in sight, feels so unnatural and distressing to so many. Think about how the masks impacts all human communications, not only in terms of facial expressions and body language, but even just communicating in immigrant communities where English is a second or third language and clear communication is already difficult in the best of times when people aren't masked. This is not a small or trivial deal to many people. Use your empathy and talk to some mask-critics about how its psychologically damaging to them.
- freshpots 5y ago
  Anecdotes are not data. It is trivial and at most a minor inconvenience. You are the one that needs to re-calibrate themselves and have some empathy, rationalizing this situation is reprehensible: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29813465 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29813465 "I'm not saying that pulling a gun on anybody for this reason is in any way reasonable or proportional. What happened to your sister sounds horrific and her former-employer sounds awful beyond words. But I have to say, I understand why people asked to mask up in some cases flip out. Does it make sense to anybody that society has somehow decided that the way to be safe in restaurants is to put on a mask so a host can walk you 10-15 feet to your table for 10 seconds where you then proceed to take your mask off for over an hour? The mask ritual especially in this case is dehumanizing performative theater that doesn't make a lick of logical sense. Most people wouldn't be so uptight about the Covid rules when they make any sense: but many of them are beyond nonsensical."
  - logicalmonster 5y ago
    > It is trivial and at most a minor inconvenience. You can dismiss my anecdotes if you want, but this is not a small or trivial matter to me and a lot of other people. Having this concern completely dismissed does nothing except harden my resolve to avoid complying with this dystopian medical theater.

logicalmonster 5y ago

Have you asked why so many people are so strongly resistant to a "tiny little mask"? Put yourself in another person's shoes and try and realize why being forced to cover yourself, especially going on 2 years now with no end in sight, feels so unnatural and distressing to so many. Think about how the masks impacts all human communications, not only in terms of facial expressions and body language, but even just communicating in immigrant communities where English is a second or third language and clear communication is already difficult in the best of times when people aren't masked. This is not a small or trivial deal to many people. Use your empathy and talk to some mask-critics about how its psychologically damaging to them.

freshpots 5y ago
Anecdotes are not data. It is trivial and at most a minor inconvenience. You are the one that needs to re-calibrate themselves and have some empathy, rationalizing this situation is reprehensible: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29813465 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29813465 "I'm not saying that pulling a gun on anybody for this reason is in any way reasonable or proportional. What happened to your sister sounds horrific and her former-employer sounds awful beyond words. But I have to say, I understand why people asked to mask up in some cases flip out. Does it make sense to anybody that society has somehow decided that the way to be safe in restaurants is to put on a mask so a host can walk you 10-15 feet to your table for 10 seconds where you then proceed to take your mask off for over an hour? The mask ritual especially in this case is dehumanizing performative theater that doesn't make a lick of logical sense. Most people wouldn't be so uptight about the Covid rules when they make any sense: but many of them are beyond nonsensical."
- logicalmonster 5y ago
  > It is trivial and at most a minor inconvenience. You can dismiss my anecdotes if you want, but this is not a small or trivial matter to me and a lot of other people. Having this concern completely dismissed does nothing except harden my resolve to avoid complying with this dystopian medical theater.