Right? I can;t imagine wanting to be around that long. No surfing, no skiing, = fuck it.Quote:
Originally Posted by hawkgt
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Right? I can;t imagine wanting to be around that long. No surfing, no skiing, = fuck it.Quote:
Originally Posted by hawkgt
Many n95 masks have a valve. All p100 respirators have a valve.Quote:
Originally Posted by The SnowShow
The valve lets unfiltered air spew out. It’s the same as wearing no mask. Except that it does help to protect you. Not me.
With the way 3/4 of the people treat wearing masks I'm more concerned at this point about protecting me and mine. If it's ok for them to barely even cover their mouths it's ok for me to not be the least bit concerned about protecting them but to worry about what they're spewing in my direction.
I'm starting to make appts to get back on the road working this week and I've had a few biz owners tell me their place is no masks required. One even told me to leave mine in the car or don't bother coming in. These are the people we need to worry about.
Yeah but that's why it's the right mask for him in that situation. Because fuck you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Core Shot
Absolutely.Quote:
Originally Posted by iceman
People at risk should wear real masks. Not bandannas or paper masks.
But if you wear a mask with a port, don’t act righteous and cry about folks with no mask.
I'm confused, I have a mask with one of those plastic things (a "port"), but my breathing out very clearly is restricted and goes through layers of material, surely as much as or more as a homemade cloth mask or a bandana.
All right, Karen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Core Shot
You're right, the bullet must hurt for a split second. You don't think those folks are planning to wait for the Covid to kill them. They'll finish the job when they start getting too sick.Quote:
Originally Posted by Benny Profane
Not everyone owns a gun. Or has the balls.
Why not? Save the masks without vents for being around people who care about mask wearing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Core Shot
If you're not worried about getting sick from your other 6 coworkers, one dude with a vented masks shouldn't bother you at all
Would you go ski touring with a bunch of people who didn't have rescue gear and chops?
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Originally Posted by The SnowShow
Why do you get to be a constant twat but others can’t be selfish?Quote:
Originally Posted by Core Shot
If no one in my work group was masking up, I’d wear as n95 w a port. Fuck them. They are the selfish twats for refusing to wear a mask to protect others.
^^^this is the approach used by my wife, who has to take meds that compromise her immune system. She wears a cotton mask when she goes to places where people are generally mask-compliant, but an n95 with port at the local BiMart where neither employees nor patrons see the need to mask.
And yes I am accepting of that. Good on ya for being healthy.
But others need to stop the virtue signal bandanna scarf wearing do nothing fucking nothing fucking.
I rock a non-ported N95 while working and while indoors in public. My beard has looked absolutely ridiculous for weeks. But I can now say with confidence that I rarely have bad breath, so I got that goin' for me, which is nice.
Now I'm curious: what do you mean by ridiculous? Did you shave a track for the edge of the mask?
My beard is long enough that I get some weirdness going on from the edge of the mask and the straps. If the straps shift upward across my cheeks for any reason, it makes me beard stick straight out, which is the accentuated by the parts of it that are smashed flat against my face by the edge of the mask. Plus, it pushes my goatee back so that it looks like I have a hirsute second chin when I take my mask off.
Still beats the 'rona though.
Does bandana really do nothing?
N95 + beard = ordinary surgical mask, or worse, depending on the bearQuote:
Originally Posted by glademaster
I know. I get a pretty good seal with my mask, but I am aware that my beard is detrimental to its effectiveness.Quote:
Originally Posted by old goat
We should get him his own beard sub forum.
N95s do not offer any protection against bears. You've been hoodwinked.Quote:
Originally Posted by old goat
I may need a hearing aid. Trying to communicate at a distance with a mask on sucks. It's necessary and I follow it, but I can't hear very well. I have to very consciously mind my distance. I do it for the greater good. And I was probably reading lips a lot more than I realized. Bad hearing runs in part of my family. The other part has ridiculously bionic super human hearing. I got the wrong inheritance. One of my sons inherited the bionic hearing. It's freaky.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danno