Most of those here didn't wear a mask. When the local mandate to wear them was imposed that just pissed people off here and I got scowled at when wearing them but I refused to react to it and that's as far as it ever went.
I never reacted any different at all to those who were not wearing them. I understood early on wearing those masks were not for my protection and I really did not want to infect anyone.
The N95 masks were a way to protect myself and others at the same time so I kept up with when they'd become available and got them as soon as I could, and made a point to use them, and we gave quite a few to others. My wife brought them to where she works and handed them out. They'd been wearing cloth masks there up until then.
You're spot on about the division. Like I said, I took a lot of guff early on for wearing a mask here. Honestly, I think no small reason that stopped happening here is because so many got infected here and after dealing with it themselves they settled down on shitting on those wearing masks or getting vaxxed.
I see a few people wearing a mask when I go to the big box stores in town now and no one pays any attention to it.
> You're spot on about the division. Like I said, I took a lot of guff early on for wearing a mask here. Honestly, I think no small reason that stopped happening here is because so many got infected here and after dealing with it themselves they settled down on shitting on those wearing masks or getting vaxxed.
> I see a few people wearing a mask when I go to the big box stores in town now and no one pays any attention to it.
I think something to this effect happens quite frequently in a bunch of different domains. Some level of emotional intensity, hype, or posturing one way or the other, until we settle on something more reasonable, with only a few still holding onto a pitchfork or whatever, it's an optimization problem.
I do have a suspicion though that these extremes will re-surface if it happens again soon, rather than be more moderate, and I hope I'm wrong because it's exhausting. At the very least I hope people and local governments remember which part of their conduct wasn't evidently helpful to the people they ostensibly serve or want to be around, but some portion of the population will be encountering that for the first time.
Based on various interactions I had during and after, I'm cautious about the people I spend time with now, because sometimes I'll get the subtle feeling that even though there haven't *yet* been extremely polarizing opinions about some inane issue, I feel like I can sense when a person is susceptible to being extremely sensitive toward something I'm not.
I think people need a break from their phones and Internet tbh.
I never reacted any different at all to those who were not wearing them. I understood early on wearing those masks were not for my protection and I really did not want to infect anyone.
The N95 masks were a way to protect myself and others at the same time so I kept up with when they'd become available and got them as soon as I could, and made a point to use them, and we gave quite a few to others. My wife brought them to where she works and handed them out. They'd been wearing cloth masks there up until then.
You're spot on about the division. Like I said, I took a lot of guff early on for wearing a mask here. Honestly, I think no small reason that stopped happening here is because so many got infected here and after dealing with it themselves they settled down on shitting on those wearing masks or getting vaxxed.
I see a few people wearing a mask when I go to the big box stores in town now and no one pays any attention to it.