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Those masks and face shields should sport US flags and bald eagles and nationalist slogans. Not only should we all have them, distributed by the government, but
by drewcoo 5y ago
Those masks and face shields should sport US flags and bald eagles and nationalist slogans. Not only should we all have them, distributed by the government, but wearing them should be a visible form of patriotism.
- mindslight 5y agoI assume you're being sarcastic, equating wearing protective gear to fascist fashion like say the aftermath of 9/11. But when a fire alarm goes off and everybody leaves a building, you're not being clever by staying. Sometimes conditions change and it really does make individual sense for everybody to move in the same general direction. As I've gotten older, and especially as hammered home by the pandemic, I've accepted that groupthink is unfortunately going to exist regardless. As such, it may as well be nudged towards positive ends like encouraging people to protect themselves and their community, rather than destructive ends like denying that a problem exists.
- tomjen3 5y agoI haven't been in a fire alarm caused by an actual dangerous fire. I have been annoyed by several false alarms and fire tests. Staying behind had actually been the smart move.
- mindslight 5y agos/smart/post hoc optimal/ For something that has wasted perhaps ten cumulative hours of my life, deferring to commonly accepted wisdom seems like the smarter choice.