owatnext ,
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Forever, because I look cool.

user224 ,
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I don't for quite a while anymore, but I did longer than most others. I had to stop because people were laughing at me at that point as I was basically the only one.

I simply felt more comfortable with it. It felt good to have a large portion of my face covered, people not seeing all of my face, most of my face expression. I didn't have to worry if I got too carried away with my thoughts and imaginary conversations while walking in public so much that I started quietly whispering to myself, and of course moving my lips. Or doing something else weird like licking or biting my lips. Or inappropriately smiling against my will.

When I stopped wearing it, it basically felt like being naked in public. An awful feeling so bad I wished for another wave of the pandemic only so that masks would seem acceptable again.

Maybe I wasn't the only one. Perhaps it's such psychological thing for someone else.

yyyesss ,

let them laugh, wear it anyway

Little_mouse ,

Probably until either the nurses stop panicking in my local area or the immunocompromised people in my life die of a preventable illness.

Corno ,
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I see wearing a mask in a similar light to washing my hands. It is possible to be a carrier of an infection without having any symptoms yourself, and it doesn't hurt to wear a mask in certain spaces such as crowded streets, hospitals, shops, and public transportation where there are a lot of people. There could be people around me who are immunocompromised, and if wearing a mask will help prevent others from getting sick, that makes it all worthwhile! It's a small thing that can go a long way!

Summzashi ,

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    TommySoda ,

    This is a very common thing outside the bubble that is the US. In fact, before COVID it was totally normal to see people wearing masks when they were sick in public places. A little strange to see, but still normal and nobody really cared. People didn't give two shits back then versus now where they stick out like a sore thumb. Before you'd see someone wearing a mask and think "oh, they might be sick" and move on with your life before you even had a chance to put it into your long term memory. It's not that it's weird to wear a mask. It's that everyone forgot that it used to not be weird at all. The fact that they are getting judged in the first place would seem completely ridiculous 5 years ago.

    Summzashi ,

    It's not common the way op describes it.

    wesker ,
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    I only wear one if I'm sick, or travelling by plane.

    scrubbles ,
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    I always wear them in airports. Airplanes I have stopped caring, but airports have so. many. people.

    My story is I was in Denver, sitting in a chair. This was long before covid. The only chair left was one by those moving walkways in the middle of their concourses. I was sitting there reading and some guy literally turned to his right and just sneezed directly in my face. Wet drips literally down my cheek. He just casually rolled away on it, never said anything. I was sick the next day.

    Fuck that guy, fuck gross people. Mask won't protect me against that, but ffs if your sick just wear one.

    macarthur_park ,

    The exact same thing happened to me while I was deplaning, a few years prior to Covid. Full face sneeze with no effort to cover their mouth or nose, at like 1 foot away. So I still wear a mask on planes and in the airport.

    scrubbles ,
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    Yeughh, I'm sorry, it's the absolute worst. I begudgingly understand if you need to fly when you're sick, after all - what if you get sick while on vacation? Most people can't just not go to work for an additional 2 weeks while you recover, and buy a hotel room for that long. At the very least though get a mask and just keep it contained.

    Sure I have an immune system, it doesn't mean I want to use it when I'm going on vacation!

    morphballganon ,

    You should feel more threatened by covid than by masks.

    Covid kills people. Masks don't.

    Your focus should be on how we can get rid of Covid rather than when you'll stop seeing bits of fabric that don't affect you (other than protecting you from germs).

    CaptainKickass ,

    Why do you give a shit? Are the bad mask people hurting you? Leave people alone ffs.

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