I still mask, I think COVID is super serious and I work with immunocompromised patients in a hospital, and I take public transit, so it’s just generally a good idea. I am very, very, very vaccinated, but I’m still not comfortable unmasked. Two angry men on separate occasions have made comments to me about masking and how I don’t need to do it. I just stare right through them and ignore, but why are they so angry? It does not affect them in the slightest, and if they think I’m stupid have at it.

  • PhobosAnomaly
    link
    fedilink
    64 hours ago

    I’m just freestyling here and I’m sure someone with a professional experience or academic background in psychology can tear it up for arsepaper, but I wonder if it’s an innate fear?

    Like the uncanny valley with autonomous human-style robots or how AI generated pictures of faces are sending primitive recognition patterns haywire, I wonder if covering up half of the visual cues to recognise someone as friend or foe provokes an in-built negative reaction?

    I mean, it’s not rational, but then chucklefucks who complain about it don’t do rational even if it’s in their interest.

    • @lemmylommy
      link
      24 hours ago

      I have never though about it that way, it is an interesting thought.

      I believe, that some people put on that Covid denialism because they are unable to face the truth out of fear. And every mask is a reminder of that fear. I don’t have proof, but I know people who work that way with a lot of things, from climate to covid to Russia.

    • @BonesOfTheMoonOP
      link
      14 hours ago

      Very plausible in my opinion. Probably like white people who don’t like hijabs.