I somehow managed to make it to 2024 without having anybody snark at me about wearing a mask once.
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I somehow managed to make it to 2024 without having anybody snark at me about wearing a mask once.
Today, that record was broken.
@moira and I, masked up as always, went down on our bikes to the local Sunday farmers market. And as we were securing our bikes at the bike rack, a lady went by us and yelled, "THERE ARE NO GERMS OUTSIDE!"
I yelled back at her, "I'M AN ASTHMA PATIENT, LADY, FUCK OFF!"
Dara also yelled at her, and a couple of passersby did at least give her a look like JESUS THESE PEOPLE. Dara firmly asserted that she's out of patience about all this.
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And I'm just as pissed off about THERE ARE NO GERMS OUTSIDE as I am about being snarked at in general. I mean goddamn, what an asinine and WRONG thing to say.
Germs don't magically stop existing just because you're not in a fucking building. The risk is reduced outside, yes, but it is NOT eliminated.
And when I've got fucking asthma AND a history of cancer AND I'm prediabetic AND I'm overweight AND I'm in mid-fifties AND I cannot afford to fuck over my ability to work with Long COVID, it's still not a risk I'm willing to take.
Wear a fucking mask. And if you can't be arsed to wear a mask yourself, at least don't give other people shit for wearing one. You CANNOT know what risks a stranger in a mask might be having to deal with.