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"Americans, Cover Your Sneeze" Challenge (Impossible) (hexbear.net)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by TankieTanuki@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net

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Everyone in my family just turns their head to the side and lets their sneeze rip into the house. I've only convinced one of them to cover their sneeze sometimes.

I told my sister that if she couldn't grab a tissue in time, then she could pull the collar of her T-shirt up over her nose (a move I copied from my friend from Vietnam) and she said "that's gross!" emilie-pain

...But coating the entire room in a fine mist of the same stuff isn't!? That's like opting to throw your turd at a moving house fan instead of shitting your pants.

I also had a classmate who would sneeze with so much substance that I could literally see chunks of snot hit the floor. kombucha-disgust

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[–] refolde@hexbear.net 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It's an american tradition to spread diseases.

[–] Krem@hexbear.net 12 points 5 days ago

coughing in someone's face is fine
going to work while sick is normal/necessary
vaccinations are bad
masks are evil

choose four (4)

[–] WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 6 days ago

I remember when I tried to explain to my angry, half-witted brother that masks during covid were never meant to protect you but the people around you, and said "It's sort of like covering your mouth when you sneeze except full-time," and he just looked at me like I was speaking a foreign language.

[–] Poutine@hexbear.net 14 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

If anyone covers their mouth when they sneeze on the bus here, it's with their hand, which they then use to grab the bar...

[–] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Cover with your elbow, aka the "Dracula sneeze"

[–] Owl@hexbear.net 11 points 6 days ago

I like to lean back and make sure I get the optimal upward angle to really send those germs flying.

[–] GoodGuyWithACat@hexbear.net 11 points 6 days ago

We worship the plague

[–] Chana@hexbear.net 10 points 6 days ago

Person ringing up and bagging my groceries coughed into their hand repeatedly before touching my stuff. I was too tired and zoned out to even notice until the end and didn't feel like having a conflict, so I just did the definitely responsible thing and forgot all about it in like 10 seconds (again, very very tired lol).

Anyways I always think, "how hard is it to just cough/sneeze into your elbow?"

[–] TheaJo@hexbear.net 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Everyone I know covers their mouth I think you're just surrounded by rats

[–] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yes, I am, but my family is also feral

[–] TheaJo@hexbear.net 2 points 5 days ago

Some people have families that act like they walked out the cave yesterday

[–] Commie_Chameleon@hexbear.net 8 points 6 days ago

The only thing we socialize around here is our germs, buddy