Am I weird to be disappointed at left-wing friends who stopped masking? (hexbear.net)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by ButtBidet@hexbear.net to c/covid@hexbear.net

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It's just super frustrating seeing people who are supposedly my brothers and sisters, who I've been there to the hilt, who know that my partner is struggling, who know that I'm terrified. We've gone through the science and racial and class inequalities together and they've voiced how they should mask a hundred times. And then they come to meet me IRL totally fucking unmasked, without even a fucking apology.

Well, if you're "back to normal", I'll sit and watch you eat outside, but I'm not taking my mask off in front of you. I'll wait till you finish your meal, and I'll head home early. If I've complained about no masking two times already, you heard it enough, I'm not going to complain again.

Am I overreacting?

Edit: for those of griping that you're not allowed to do COVID minimisation in this comm. These would be valid answer:

Maybe your friend forgot
Maybe your friend was tired
Maybe your friend was hung over
Your friend made a mistake but you should forgive him
I'm not yet fully covid conscious, but I'm trying
We can't all be perfect. Hopefully they do better next time.

Not acceptable:

Oh here's a tidbit about masks that's been disproven in the science literature 10x already
Oh the chuds and libs aren't masking, and I feel peer pressured

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[-] fart@hexbear.net 29 points 7 months ago

masks are a good litmus test cuz it's something that actually makes a material difference at the cost of your social capital and looking cool. Really easy to see what people value more. I know so many people that love posting radical stuff on instagram but somehow cant put on a mask.

[-] Shinhoshi@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 7 months ago

Not to mention the fact that it takes only a few seconds of effort. It's much less effort than voting, for instance.

[-] wild_dog@hexbear.net 4 points 7 months ago

masks are a good litmus test cuz it's something that actually makes a material difference at the cost of your social capital and looking cool.

i disagree bc you can make wearing a mask look good (especially if you wear a cloth one over a n95.) that's one of the things that annoys me about people not masking, it's actually a really good accessory if you put a little thought into it (and you know, it helps saves lives.)