Covid May Be The First Reason People Started Wearing Face Masks But People In This Online Group Discovered 30 More Advantages Of Them
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Publish Not your original work? Add source While professions like doctor and engineer have been, for safety and security reasons, making their workers wear masks, the pandemic has pretty much made it into a standard thing, so for most it has felt quite unreal to be wearing them everywhere they went. However, while it is a bit of an inconvenience-especially for those who wear glasses-the pros surely outweigh the cons, and there is actually quite a sizable number of people who enjoy wearing a mask, and would most likely continue wearing them for non-COVID reasons. People of Reddit have been discussing just that-reasons why people like to wear masks, outside necessity due to the pandemic. And, believe it or not, quite a lot of people found ample reasons to wear a mask, sharing these reasons with the internet. Bored Panda has collected the best and most interesting answers to the AskReddit question what's a non-COVID reason that you like wearing a mask for? and created a curated list that you can find below. So, check it out, vote, comment, and let us know if you prefer wearing a mask more than just to keep yourself safe from airborne diseases. More Info: Reddit This post may include affiliate links. #1 It greatly decreases the amount of times that I've been told by men to, "SMILE". TempestuousKat , Elvert Barnes Report Final score: 172points POST John C John C Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago I've learned I can just squint a little, and that reads as a smile. Win-win cause I'm not really smiling, I'm extremely skeptical of you. 17 17points reply View more comments #2 Protection from other illnesses too like during flu season. So many people go out and about even while sick without a mask (pre covid). I wish it could become a new normal to wear a mask if you're feeling sick and have to go out, even after mask mandates end. 123triceratops , Phillip Pessar Report Final score: 161points POST Jack Jack Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago SO TRUE 25 25points reply View more comments #3 I can talk to myself without people seeing my mouth move. Weak_suicide , A Yee Report Final score: 157points POST Hazel Joseph Hazel Joseph Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago I thought I was the only one! I mouth things I want to say but really shouldn’t, and that is gonna be hard to stop. 24 24points reply View More Replies... View more comments #4 Its nice and warm in the winter pieremaan , Kai Hendry Report Final score: 156points POST Daria B Daria B Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago (edited) Guess it depends on the climate and the material your mask is made of. Mine get all literally wet, like, water inside the mask, because of my breath condensation. It does get less painful to breath the dry cold air, though, this one I admit. It kinda feels like burning inside your nose when exposed directly. Anyway, I'm not an anti-masker, but I keep looking forward to going back to wearing masks only when feeling sick. It's uncomfortable, and I miss my make-up too. u.u 12 12points reply View More Replies... View more comments #5 Asthma. Breathing is easier if I don’t have to smell peoples crappy perfume. LiteratureOk1832 , Steve Banfield Report Final score: 149points POST Scooter Scooter Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago I would upvote this 1000 times. I am allergic to most perfumes. 29 29points reply View More Replies... View more comments #6 No one thinks I'm a Trump supporter dirtyswrk , Todd Van Hoosear Report Final score: 139points POST Yvette Desmarais Yvette Desmarais Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago I wear a U.S. flag mask. Really confuses them. 28 28points reply View More Replies... View more comments #7 I have pollen allergies, mask helps a TON UnclePiccolo , TravelBakerCounty Report Final score: 124points POST Synsepalum Synsepalum Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago I wish they helped my year-round allergies. Alas, they do not. 12 12points reply View More Replies... View more comments #8 I'm a fresh heart transplant patient and I'm required to wear one in public for the first year. Not strictly COVID, but literally any pissbaby infection that most anyone can shrug off could end me at this stage. MikoRiko , Governor Tom Wolf Report Final score: 123points POST Leesquee Leesquee Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago I had a liver transplant in 2014 and consider it my DUTY to the mother of the young man who gave me a second chance at life to do whatever it takes to protect his gift. 77 77points reply View More Replies... View more comments #9 It allows me to pull faces at people who annoy me at the grocery store without repercussions. Which actually makes the whole process more pleasant. Oeebag-a-donuts , Elvert Barnes Report Final score: 121points POST Rikke Visby Wickberg Rikke Visby Wickberg Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Remember not to do it, when the mask mandate lifts. A friend told me. 14 14points reply View More Replies... View more comments #10 Am autistic, makes it much easier to be around people because you don't have to worry about what your face is doing. reversedposterior , Elvert Barnes Report Final score: 116points POST Jack Jack Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago I TWO HAVE AUTISM AND ADHD I FEEL U 24 24points reply View More Replies... View more comments #11 Hiding my face. Just going about my business, DON'T LOOK AT ME! Warlord_of_Mom , BuddyL Report Final score: 114points POST VeninTheNonBinaryRogue VeninTheNonBinaryRogue Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Don’t look at me. Don’t acknowledge me. I don’t exist. *fades back into the shadows* 13 13points reply View More Replies... View more comments #12 Hides my acne gabrielcutler21 , Drazen Nesic Report Final score: 92points POST Katerina Huskova Katerina Huskova Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Causes my maskne 22 22points reply View More Replies... View more comments #13 Don’t have to put on a full face of makeup. Fill in my eyebrows, put on mascara and I’m good! tofueggs , Sarah Stierch Report Final score: 92points POST Jess Jess Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago We can be ugly in peace ;) 22 22points reply View More Replies... View more comments #14 thecheese14326 said:
Anxiety
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This right here. Combined with my hat I feel so much more comfortable doing my shopping. I'm out in the open, but still in my protective cocoon. Covid has been nothing but stress, but oddly it's the most comfortable and confident I've felt in public. thecheese14326 Report Final score: 91points POST Dodo Dodo Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 9 months ago Definitely helps my anxiety. I've had so many issues with my face, going back 20-odd years. Masks take care of that. Downside is that I also have anxiety about not understanding people, and masks make that worse. 8 8points reply View More Replies... View more comments #15 Mouthing along to the song I’m singing in my head without getting weird looks Proffessor_egghead , joey zanotti Report Final score: 83points POST Philenzortia Philenzortia Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Yes! I do love to do this ? 8 8points reply View more comments #16 I don't have to mind my expression as much. Like... normally, people can see your mouth and it's expected to have certain expressions. I don't have to sweat that as much with a mask on. grombleduke , ContentAl Report Final score: 82points POST Ozacoter Ozacoter Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 9 months ago This is my favourite part. I cant walk well so any light walking makes me pant. With the mask nobody sees it (so I dont get judged) and I dont need to worry about them seeing my idiot face while breathing throughout my mouth 10 10points reply View More Replies... View more comments #17 I drink coffee and don't have the best oral hygiene. Used to be that sometimes I'd realize that my breath was bad while talking and it would destroy my confidence. Now the mask takes care of that. Not only does it mask the odor well, but it makes me more cognizant of it. And my oral hygiene has actually improved for it... Gr1pp717 , Fernando de Sousa Report Final score: 75points POST Vicky Z Vicky Z Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Bad breath might hide other problems and have nothing to do with coffee though 15 15points reply View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Woman Shows How "Harry Potter" Characters Were Supposed To Look According To Book Descriptions (35 Pics) 50 ‘Weird Facts’ About The World That Might Give You A Fresh Perspective #18 Wearing a mask gives my completely deaf right ear something worthwhile to do. As I can't hear anything through it, that ear's only other function is to add handsomeness and symmetry. nosnowtho , Olgierd Report Final score: 74points POST Piet Puk Piet Puk Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago I have a sign about my hearing disability on my face mask. It is nice to not have to tell it in shops etc. 23 23points reply View More Replies... View more comments #19 Whenever I’m concentrating or working on a task I tend to stick my tongue out or leave my mouth open and I really like it when people don’t see that Conscious_Fondant634 , Baker County Tourism Report Final score: 65points POST Nina Nina Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Same. I hate it and I Will stop concentrating on the task at hand and instead close my mouth and get really self-conscious. 9 9points reply View more comments #20 Defeats the facial recognition software. rschoppe2 , Marco Verch Report Final score: 63points POST Caro Caro Caro Caro Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago In some countries that's a blessing. What's going on in Hong Kong now is sad. 8 8points reply View More Replies... View more comments #21 It keeps me from biting my nails or anxiously picking my face. kodex1717 , Phil Roeder Report Final score: 63points POST Caro Caro Caro Caro Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago That's true but sneaking candy in your mouth is hard :D 4 4points reply #22 It hides my teeth salmonsensual_69 , Bennilover Report Final score: 60points POST Rikke Visby Wickberg Rikke Visby Wickberg Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago It hides my double chin. 13 13points reply View more comments #23 Black mask goes hard with my outfit and hairstyle pineapple_boiii , Amaury Laporte Report Final score: 57points POST Daria B Daria B Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Actually, yes, in Korea, you could see young men / boys wearing masks as a fashion statement even before the corona. After the pandemic hit, I even saw some confessions on YT about how they feel about it. Like, "I used to wear it to look cool, but now, this was unexpected..." stuff like that. 14 14points reply View more comments #24 Covers my double chin Catlover2727 , Ron Frazier Report Final score: 54points POST Stephanie Keith Stephanie Keith Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Yes, and anyone who has dental issues. Masks help so much with insecurities, when it comes to missing teeth. 13 13points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Overworked Employee Quits Because He Wasn't Getting A Fair Wage, Costs The Company $40 Million 40 Embarrassing Moments People Didn't Know Who They Were Talking To And Made A Fool Of Themselves #25 My room is dry and I have been having a lot of bloody noses..if I wear a mask to bed the dry air doesn’t get to my nose and it keeps my face warm lol nisquik , Wonderlane Report Final score: 53points POST zovjraar me zovjraar me Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago ooh i need to try this... i also get bloody noses in dry air, but haven't thought of wearing it to bed. 9 9points reply View More Replies... View more comments #26 I was in New York a month ago (I live in Florida). It wasn’t cold enough for New Yorkers to wear scarfs yet, but it felt like it to me because I live in the south. So wearing a face mask was a handy way to warm my face without looking like a tourist lol selfmade117 , Eden, Janine and JimF Report Final score: 51points POST VeninTheNonBinaryRogue VeninTheNonBinaryRogue Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago face scarf 5 5points reply View more comments #27 I have a massive gag reflex that gets really sensitive in the winter, especially when moving from a warm air environment out into a cold air environment. Winter for me means painful retching and a bit of vomiting 2 to 3 times a day since I was 14 (27 now). Since wearing masks, the air I breathe is warmer and my gag-reflex calms down.
Also, with an FFP2 mask, no more black bogies bogeys when using the London Underground.
In the summer, it reduced my hay fever symptoms massively. FlatTyres , 7C0 Report Final score: 51points POST Bexxxxx Bexxxxx Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Whoa! I didn’t even know a gag reflex could be that bad, I hope OP is still able to enjoy a good quality of life 8 8points reply View more comments #28 Nobody notices if I didn't shave paulfromatlanta , Baker County Tourism Report Final score: 48points POST Lord Mysticlaw Lord Mysticlaw Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago I've waxed my upper lip like maybe twice in the past two years. It's great to not worry about the fact that I'm a woman with a moustache that would make some men jealous. 17 17points reply View more comments #29 If I'm not feeling a tinder date I just put my mask on for the walk back to the bus/taxi/car and I don't have to worry about him going in for the kiss! If I like him I leave it off, it is great! Username3029 , Baker County Tourism Report Final score: 47points POST Lord Mysticlaw Lord Mysticlaw Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Wow, just realised I'm massively uncomfortable with the thought of going on a date and kissing a stranger in the middle of a global pandemic. Eww, keep all of your nasty germs to yourself, thanks. 23 23points reply View more comments #30 Nasty smell in subway ChristianaDarkness , MTAPhotos Report Final score: 44points POST Jamma Jamma Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Or public bathrooms! 1 1point reply View more comments Note: this post originally had 33 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes. Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing! Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Add Your Answer! Not your original work? Add source Publish Change image Upload Photo Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB. Upload Upload Edit Image Error occurred when generating embed. Please check link and try again. Render conversation
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POST meowgie catster meowgie catster Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago I’ve gotten strep, the flu, pneumonia, and a bunch of other respiratory diseases, yet I haven’t gotten covid or really even anything worse than a cold since we started wearing masks 16 16points reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago And you've made the medical community very happy by noticing that correlative effect. :-) 13 13points reply Load More Replies... Lord Mysticlaw Lord Mysticlaw Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago I haven't been sick since March 2020 4 4points reply K Witmer K Witmer Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago I'm just getting over pneumonia now. I wear a mask and hardly ever leave my house. I have no idea how I got pneumonia first time I've ever had it. Scary not being able to breathe. 4 4points reply AxleMunshine001 AxleMunshine001 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago You can get the pneumonia vaccine, can protect up to about 30 odd strains. One dose only and you are protected for the rest of your life. It's not free though, £70 in UK, but worth it. 1 1point reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Never figured out where I got it my first time, either. Pneumonia is like what we call a cold. it has a lot of causative pathogens and we just gotta .... well, get through it. Sucks. Hope you're better. 0 0points reply Daria B Daria B Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago (edited) Masks are important, and I wear mine diligently. However, I'm looking forward to wearing them only when feeling sick, like we used to before the pandemic. It will feel a bit weird at first ehehehe 13 13points reply DC DC Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Guess so ... but, things aren't looking like the end is in sight. In my workplace (currently, external CAD'er, so I am the outsider, the non-permanent - that might change, but no one knows yet), there still is a mask mandate inside the building, unless you're at your desk and alone. Some obey, some very loudly don't and I'm seriously fed up with this. Corona COULD be over, if people acted reasonably this one, only one time. Yet, they act rational as within an irrational system, defend said system and find something oppressive in a literally life-saving piece of cloth. They're nuts. People in general are nuts. 1 1point reply Load More Replies... Daria B Daria B Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Those same rules apply to our office as well, but we're mostly on remote anyway. Our company provides us with 2 consecutive additional days off for each covid vaccine shot as well. The pandemic will take a while, but there is hope. 2 2points reply DC DC Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago I guess we'll be back to home office some time in january - Omikron makes the vaccine less effective, still one third of those who could aren't vaccinated, due to disbelief in reason, and, therefore, germany's numbers were at an all-time high just two weeks ago ... 70000 a day ... and yet, all these people talk about is how any attempt to end this would be compromising their freedoms, which they don't even acknowledge happening all the time, on a more profound level, with drug legislation alone (and doing damage, true damage like every attempt of prohibition that was ever looked into deep enough has proven to). 1 1point reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Let's see, witha ll the time I spend in or around sick people ---- and that's not including the hospital? .... Yeah, I've been used to masking/gloving/etc. for so long that it's just my normal. It's not "fun", per se, but neither are infectious diseases! 8 8points reply Load More Comments POST meowgie catster meowgie catster Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago I’ve gotten strep, the flu, pneumonia, and a bunch of other respiratory diseases, yet I haven’t gotten covid or really even anything worse than a cold since we started wearing masks 16 16points reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago And you've made the medical community very happy by noticing that correlative effect. :-) 13 13points reply Load More Replies... Lord Mysticlaw Lord Mysticlaw Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago I haven't been sick since March 2020 4 4points reply K Witmer K Witmer Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago I'm just getting over pneumonia now. I wear a mask and hardly ever leave my house. I have no idea how I got pneumonia first time I've ever had it. Scary not being able to breathe. 4 4points reply AxleMunshine001 AxleMunshine001 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago You can get the pneumonia vaccine, can protect up to about 30 odd strains. One dose only and you are protected for the rest of your life. It's not free though, £70 in UK, but worth it. 1 1point reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Never figured out where I got it my first time, either. Pneumonia is like what we call a cold. it has a lot of causative pathogens and we just gotta .... well, get through it. Sucks. Hope you're better. 0 0points reply Daria B Daria B Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago (edited) Masks are important, and I wear mine diligently. However, I'm looking forward to wearing them only when feeling sick, like we used to before the pandemic. It will feel a bit weird at first ehehehe 13 13points reply DC DC Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Guess so ... but, things aren't looking like the end is in sight. In my workplace (currently, external CAD'er, so I am the outsider, the non-permanent - that might change, but no one knows yet), there still is a mask mandate inside the building, unless you're at your desk and alone. Some obey, some very loudly don't and I'm seriously fed up with this. Corona COULD be over, if people acted reasonably this one, only one time. Yet, they act rational as within an irrational system, defend said system and find something oppressive in a literally life-saving piece of cloth. They're nuts. People in general are nuts. 1 1point reply Load More Replies... Daria B Daria B Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Those same rules apply to our office as well, but we're mostly on remote anyway. Our company provides us with 2 consecutive additional days off for each covid vaccine shot as well. The pandemic will take a while, but there is hope. 2 2points reply DC DC Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago I guess we'll be back to home office some time in january - Omikron makes the vaccine less effective, still one third of those who could aren't vaccinated, due to disbelief in reason, and, therefore, germany's numbers were at an all-time high just two weeks ago ... 70000 a day ... and yet, all these people talk about is how any attempt to end this would be compromising their freedoms, which they don't even acknowledge happening all the time, on a more profound level, with drug legislation alone (and doing damage, true damage like every attempt of prohibition that was ever looked into deep enough has proven to). 1 1point reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Let's see, witha ll the time I spend in or around sick people ---- and that's not including the hospital? .... Yeah, I've been used to masking/gloving/etc. for so long that it's just my normal. It's not "fun", per se, but neither are infectious diseases! 8 8points reply Load More Comments Popular on Bored Panda I Used AI To See What These 23 Popular Cartoon Characters Would Look Like In Real Life 30 Y.O. Woman Takes DNA Test For Fun Only To Discover Her Long-Term Boyfriend Is Her Full Sibling "I Just Said Thank You And Left": Man’s Nice Gesture Is Praised After Pizza Hut Driver Got A $20 Tip On A $938 Order Woman Flabbergasted At Thrift Store's Prices, Calls Them Out By Sharing 14 Examples 50 Parents Having A Pretty Miserable Day Photoshop Troll Who Takes Photo Requests Too Literally Strikes Again, And The Result Is Hilarious (17 Pics) Popular on Bored Panda 30 Y.O. 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Covid May Be The First Reason People Started Wearing Face Masks But People In This Online Group Discovered 30 More Advantages Of Them
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Publish Not your original work? Add source While professions like doctor and engineer have been, for safety and security reasons, making their workers wear masks, the pandemic has pretty much made it into a standard thing, so for most it has felt quite unreal to be wearing them everywhere they went. However, while it is a bit of an inconvenience-especially for those who wear glasses-the pros surely outweigh the cons, and there is actually quite a sizable number of people who enjoy wearing a mask, and would most likely continue wearing them for non-COVID reasons. People of Reddit have been discussing just that-reasons why people like to wear masks, outside necessity due to the pandemic. And, believe it or not, quite a lot of people found ample reasons to wear a mask, sharing these reasons with the internet. Bored Panda has collected the best and most interesting answers to the AskReddit question what's a non-COVID reason that you like wearing a mask for? and created a curated list that you can find below. So, check it out, vote, comment, and let us know if you prefer wearing a mask more than just to keep yourself safe from airborne diseases. More Info: Reddit This post may include affiliate links. #1 It greatly decreases the amount of times that I've been told by men to, "SMILE". TempestuousKat , Elvert Barnes Report Final score: 172points POST John C John C Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago I've learned I can just squint a little, and that reads as a smile. Win-win cause I'm not really smiling, I'm extremely skeptical of you. 17 17points reply View more comments #2 Protection from other illnesses too like during flu season. So many people go out and about even while sick without a mask (pre covid). I wish it could become a new normal to wear a mask if you're feeling sick and have to go out, even after mask mandates end. 123triceratops , Phillip Pessar Report Final score: 161points POST Jack Jack Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago SO TRUE 25 25points reply View more comments #3 I can talk to myself without people seeing my mouth move. Weak_suicide , A Yee Report Final score: 157points POST Hazel Joseph Hazel Joseph Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago I thought I was the only one! I mouth things I want to say but really shouldn’t, and that is gonna be hard to stop. 24 24points reply View More Replies... View more comments #4 Its nice and warm in the winter pieremaan , Kai Hendry Report Final score: 156points POST Daria B Daria B Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago (edited) Guess it depends on the climate and the material your mask is made of. Mine get all literally wet, like, water inside the mask, because of my breath condensation. It does get less painful to breath the dry cold air, though, this one I admit. It kinda feels like burning inside your nose when exposed directly. Anyway, I'm not an anti-masker, but I keep looking forward to going back to wearing masks only when feeling sick. It's uncomfortable, and I miss my make-up too. u.u 12 12points reply View More Replies... View more comments #5 Asthma. Breathing is easier if I don’t have to smell peoples crappy perfume. LiteratureOk1832 , Steve Banfield Report Final score: 149points POST Scooter Scooter Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago I would upvote this 1000 times. I am allergic to most perfumes. 29 29points reply View More Replies... View more comments #6 No one thinks I'm a Trump supporter dirtyswrk , Todd Van Hoosear Report Final score: 139points POST Yvette Desmarais Yvette Desmarais Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago I wear a U.S. flag mask. Really confuses them. 28 28points reply View More Replies... View more comments #7 I have pollen allergies, mask helps a TON UnclePiccolo , TravelBakerCounty Report Final score: 124points POST Synsepalum Synsepalum Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago I wish they helped my year-round allergies. Alas, they do not. 12 12points reply View More Replies... View more comments #8 I'm a fresh heart transplant patient and I'm required to wear one in public for the first year. Not strictly COVID, but literally any pissbaby infection that most anyone can shrug off could end me at this stage. MikoRiko , Governor Tom Wolf Report Final score: 123points POST Leesquee Leesquee Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago I had a liver transplant in 2014 and consider it my DUTY to the mother of the young man who gave me a second chance at life to do whatever it takes to protect his gift. 77 77points reply View More Replies... View more comments #9 It allows me to pull faces at people who annoy me at the grocery store without repercussions. Which actually makes the whole process more pleasant. Oeebag-a-donuts , Elvert Barnes Report Final score: 121points POST Rikke Visby Wickberg Rikke Visby Wickberg Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Remember not to do it, when the mask mandate lifts. A friend told me. 14 14points reply View More Replies... View more comments #10 Am autistic, makes it much easier to be around people because you don't have to worry about what your face is doing. reversedposterior , Elvert Barnes Report Final score: 116points POST Jack Jack Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago I TWO HAVE AUTISM AND ADHD I FEEL U 24 24points reply View More Replies... View more comments #11 Hiding my face. Just going about my business, DON'T LOOK AT ME! Warlord_of_Mom , BuddyL Report Final score: 114points POST VeninTheNonBinaryRogue VeninTheNonBinaryRogue Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Don’t look at me. Don’t acknowledge me. I don’t exist. *fades back into the shadows* 13 13points reply View More Replies... View more comments #12 Hides my acne gabrielcutler21 , Drazen Nesic Report Final score: 92points POST Katerina Huskova Katerina Huskova Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Causes my maskne 22 22points reply View More Replies... View more comments #13 Don’t have to put on a full face of makeup. Fill in my eyebrows, put on mascara and I’m good! tofueggs , Sarah Stierch Report Final score: 92points POST Jess Jess Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago We can be ugly in peace ;) 22 22points reply View More Replies... View more comments #14 thecheese14326 said:
Anxiety
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This right here. Combined with my hat I feel so much more comfortable doing my shopping. I'm out in the open, but still in my protective cocoon. Covid has been nothing but stress, but oddly it's the most comfortable and confident I've felt in public. thecheese14326 Report Final score: 91points POST Dodo Dodo Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 9 months ago Definitely helps my anxiety. I've had so many issues with my face, going back 20-odd years. Masks take care of that. Downside is that I also have anxiety about not understanding people, and masks make that worse. 8 8points reply View More Replies... View more comments #15 Mouthing along to the song I’m singing in my head without getting weird looks Proffessor_egghead , joey zanotti Report Final score: 83points POST Philenzortia Philenzortia Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Yes! I do love to do this ? 8 8points reply View more comments #16 I don't have to mind my expression as much. Like... normally, people can see your mouth and it's expected to have certain expressions. I don't have to sweat that as much with a mask on. grombleduke , ContentAl Report Final score: 82points POST Ozacoter Ozacoter Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 9 months ago This is my favourite part. I cant walk well so any light walking makes me pant. With the mask nobody sees it (so I dont get judged) and I dont need to worry about them seeing my idiot face while breathing throughout my mouth 10 10points reply View More Replies... View more comments #17 I drink coffee and don't have the best oral hygiene. Used to be that sometimes I'd realize that my breath was bad while talking and it would destroy my confidence. Now the mask takes care of that. Not only does it mask the odor well, but it makes me more cognizant of it. And my oral hygiene has actually improved for it... Gr1pp717 , Fernando de Sousa Report Final score: 75points POST Vicky Z Vicky Z Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Bad breath might hide other problems and have nothing to do with coffee though 15 15points reply View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Woman Shows How "Harry Potter" Characters Were Supposed To Look According To Book Descriptions (35 Pics) 50 ‘Weird Facts’ About The World That Might Give You A Fresh Perspective #18 Wearing a mask gives my completely deaf right ear something worthwhile to do. As I can't hear anything through it, that ear's only other function is to add handsomeness and symmetry. nosnowtho , Olgierd Report Final score: 74points POST Piet Puk Piet Puk Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago I have a sign about my hearing disability on my face mask. It is nice to not have to tell it in shops etc. 23 23points reply View More Replies... View more comments #19 Whenever I’m concentrating or working on a task I tend to stick my tongue out or leave my mouth open and I really like it when people don’t see that Conscious_Fondant634 , Baker County Tourism Report Final score: 65points POST Nina Nina Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Same. I hate it and I Will stop concentrating on the task at hand and instead close my mouth and get really self-conscious. 9 9points reply View more comments #20 Defeats the facial recognition software. rschoppe2 , Marco Verch Report Final score: 63points POST Caro Caro Caro Caro Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago In some countries that's a blessing. What's going on in Hong Kong now is sad. 8 8points reply View More Replies... View more comments #21 It keeps me from biting my nails or anxiously picking my face. kodex1717 , Phil Roeder Report Final score: 63points POST Caro Caro Caro Caro Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago That's true but sneaking candy in your mouth is hard :D 4 4points reply #22 It hides my teeth salmonsensual_69 , Bennilover Report Final score: 60points POST Rikke Visby Wickberg Rikke Visby Wickberg Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago It hides my double chin. 13 13points reply View more comments #23 Black mask goes hard with my outfit and hairstyle pineapple_boiii , Amaury Laporte Report Final score: 57points POST Daria B Daria B Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Actually, yes, in Korea, you could see young men / boys wearing masks as a fashion statement even before the corona. After the pandemic hit, I even saw some confessions on YT about how they feel about it. Like, "I used to wear it to look cool, but now, this was unexpected..." stuff like that. 14 14points reply View more comments #24 Covers my double chin Catlover2727 , Ron Frazier Report Final score: 54points POST Stephanie Keith Stephanie Keith Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Yes, and anyone who has dental issues. Masks help so much with insecurities, when it comes to missing teeth. 13 13points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Overworked Employee Quits Because He Wasn't Getting A Fair Wage, Costs The Company $40 Million 40 Embarrassing Moments People Didn't Know Who They Were Talking To And Made A Fool Of Themselves #25 My room is dry and I have been having a lot of bloody noses..if I wear a mask to bed the dry air doesn’t get to my nose and it keeps my face warm lol nisquik , Wonderlane Report Final score: 53points POST zovjraar me zovjraar me Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago ooh i need to try this... i also get bloody noses in dry air, but haven't thought of wearing it to bed. 9 9points reply View More Replies... View more comments #26 I was in New York a month ago (I live in Florida). It wasn’t cold enough for New Yorkers to wear scarfs yet, but it felt like it to me because I live in the south. So wearing a face mask was a handy way to warm my face without looking like a tourist lol selfmade117 , Eden, Janine and JimF Report Final score: 51points POST VeninTheNonBinaryRogue VeninTheNonBinaryRogue Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago face scarf 5 5points reply View more comments #27 I have a massive gag reflex that gets really sensitive in the winter, especially when moving from a warm air environment out into a cold air environment. Winter for me means painful retching and a bit of vomiting 2 to 3 times a day since I was 14 (27 now). Since wearing masks, the air I breathe is warmer and my gag-reflex calms down.
Also, with an FFP2 mask, no more black bogies bogeys when using the London Underground.
In the summer, it reduced my hay fever symptoms massively. FlatTyres , 7C0 Report Final score: 51points POST Bexxxxx Bexxxxx Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Whoa! I didn’t even know a gag reflex could be that bad, I hope OP is still able to enjoy a good quality of life 8 8points reply View more comments #28 Nobody notices if I didn't shave paulfromatlanta , Baker County Tourism Report Final score: 48points POST Lord Mysticlaw Lord Mysticlaw Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago I've waxed my upper lip like maybe twice in the past two years. It's great to not worry about the fact that I'm a woman with a moustache that would make some men jealous. 17 17points reply View more comments #29 If I'm not feeling a tinder date I just put my mask on for the walk back to the bus/taxi/car and I don't have to worry about him going in for the kiss! If I like him I leave it off, it is great! Username3029 , Baker County Tourism Report Final score: 47points POST Lord Mysticlaw Lord Mysticlaw Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Wow, just realised I'm massively uncomfortable with the thought of going on a date and kissing a stranger in the middle of a global pandemic. Eww, keep all of your nasty germs to yourself, thanks. 23 23points reply View more comments #30 Nasty smell in subway ChristianaDarkness , MTAPhotos Report Final score: 44points POST Jamma Jamma Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Or public bathrooms! 1 1point reply View more comments Note: this post originally had 33 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes. Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing! Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Add Your Answer! Not your original work? Add source Publish Change image Upload Photo Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB. Upload Upload Edit Image Error occurred when generating embed. Please check link and try again. Render conversation
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POST meowgie catster meowgie catster Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago I’ve gotten strep, the flu, pneumonia, and a bunch of other respiratory diseases, yet I haven’t gotten covid or really even anything worse than a cold since we started wearing masks 16 16points reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago And you've made the medical community very happy by noticing that correlative effect. :-) 13 13points reply Load More Replies... Lord Mysticlaw Lord Mysticlaw Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago I haven't been sick since March 2020 4 4points reply K Witmer K Witmer Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago I'm just getting over pneumonia now. I wear a mask and hardly ever leave my house. I have no idea how I got pneumonia first time I've ever had it. Scary not being able to breathe. 4 4points reply AxleMunshine001 AxleMunshine001 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago You can get the pneumonia vaccine, can protect up to about 30 odd strains. One dose only and you are protected for the rest of your life. It's not free though, £70 in UK, but worth it. 1 1point reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Never figured out where I got it my first time, either. Pneumonia is like what we call a cold. it has a lot of causative pathogens and we just gotta .... well, get through it. Sucks. Hope you're better. 0 0points reply Daria B Daria B Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago (edited) Masks are important, and I wear mine diligently. However, I'm looking forward to wearing them only when feeling sick, like we used to before the pandemic. It will feel a bit weird at first ehehehe 13 13points reply DC DC Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Guess so ... but, things aren't looking like the end is in sight. In my workplace (currently, external CAD'er, so I am the outsider, the non-permanent - that might change, but no one knows yet), there still is a mask mandate inside the building, unless you're at your desk and alone. Some obey, some very loudly don't and I'm seriously fed up with this. Corona COULD be over, if people acted reasonably this one, only one time. Yet, they act rational as within an irrational system, defend said system and find something oppressive in a literally life-saving piece of cloth. They're nuts. People in general are nuts. 1 1point reply Load More Replies... Daria B Daria B Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Those same rules apply to our office as well, but we're mostly on remote anyway. Our company provides us with 2 consecutive additional days off for each covid vaccine shot as well. The pandemic will take a while, but there is hope. 2 2points reply DC DC Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago I guess we'll be back to home office some time in january - Omikron makes the vaccine less effective, still one third of those who could aren't vaccinated, due to disbelief in reason, and, therefore, germany's numbers were at an all-time high just two weeks ago ... 70000 a day ... and yet, all these people talk about is how any attempt to end this would be compromising their freedoms, which they don't even acknowledge happening all the time, on a more profound level, with drug legislation alone (and doing damage, true damage like every attempt of prohibition that was ever looked into deep enough has proven to). 1 1point reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Let's see, witha ll the time I spend in or around sick people ---- and that's not including the hospital? .... Yeah, I've been used to masking/gloving/etc. for so long that it's just my normal. It's not "fun", per se, but neither are infectious diseases! 8 8points reply Load More Comments POST meowgie catster meowgie catster Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago I’ve gotten strep, the flu, pneumonia, and a bunch of other respiratory diseases, yet I haven’t gotten covid or really even anything worse than a cold since we started wearing masks 16 16points reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago And you've made the medical community very happy by noticing that correlative effect. :-) 13 13points reply Load More Replies... Lord Mysticlaw Lord Mysticlaw Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago I haven't been sick since March 2020 4 4points reply K Witmer K Witmer Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago I'm just getting over pneumonia now. I wear a mask and hardly ever leave my house. I have no idea how I got pneumonia first time I've ever had it. Scary not being able to breathe. 4 4points reply AxleMunshine001 AxleMunshine001 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago You can get the pneumonia vaccine, can protect up to about 30 odd strains. One dose only and you are protected for the rest of your life. It's not free though, £70 in UK, but worth it. 1 1point reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Never figured out where I got it my first time, either. Pneumonia is like what we call a cold. it has a lot of causative pathogens and we just gotta .... well, get through it. Sucks. Hope you're better. 0 0points reply Daria B Daria B Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago (edited) Masks are important, and I wear mine diligently. However, I'm looking forward to wearing them only when feeling sick, like we used to before the pandemic. It will feel a bit weird at first ehehehe 13 13points reply DC DC Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Guess so ... but, things aren't looking like the end is in sight. In my workplace (currently, external CAD'er, so I am the outsider, the non-permanent - that might change, but no one knows yet), there still is a mask mandate inside the building, unless you're at your desk and alone. Some obey, some very loudly don't and I'm seriously fed up with this. Corona COULD be over, if people acted reasonably this one, only one time. Yet, they act rational as within an irrational system, defend said system and find something oppressive in a literally life-saving piece of cloth. They're nuts. People in general are nuts. 1 1point reply Load More Replies... Daria B Daria B Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Those same rules apply to our office as well, but we're mostly on remote anyway. Our company provides us with 2 consecutive additional days off for each covid vaccine shot as well. The pandemic will take a while, but there is hope. 2 2points reply DC DC Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago I guess we'll be back to home office some time in january - Omikron makes the vaccine less effective, still one third of those who could aren't vaccinated, due to disbelief in reason, and, therefore, germany's numbers were at an all-time high just two weeks ago ... 70000 a day ... and yet, all these people talk about is how any attempt to end this would be compromising their freedoms, which they don't even acknowledge happening all the time, on a more profound level, with drug legislation alone (and doing damage, true damage like every attempt of prohibition that was ever looked into deep enough has proven to). 1 1point reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Let's see, witha ll the time I spend in or around sick people ---- and that's not including the hospital? .... 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