It’s just super frustrating seeing people who are supposedly my brothers and sisters, who I’ve been there to the hilt, who know that my partner is struggling, who know that I’m terrified. We’ve gone through the science and racial and class inequalities together and they’ve voiced how they should mask a hundred times. And then they come to meet me IRL totally fucking unmasked, without even a fucking apology.

Well, if you’re “back to normal”, I’ll sit and watch you eat outside, but I’m not taking my mask off in front of you. I’ll wait till you finish your meal, and I’ll head home early. If I’ve complained about no masking two times already, you heard it enough, I’m not going to complain again.

Am I overreacting?

Edit: for those of griping that you’re not allowed to do COVID minimisation in this comm. These would be valid answer:

  • Maybe your friend forgot
  • Maybe your friend was tired
  • Maybe your friend was hung over
  • Your friend made a mistake but you should forgive him
  • I’m not yet fully covid conscious, but I’m trying
  • We can’t all be perfect. Hopefully they do better next time.

Not acceptable:

  • Oh here’s a tidbit about masks that’s been disproven in the science literature 10x already
  • Oh the chuds and libs aren’t masking, and I feel peer pressured
  • AssortedBiscuits [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    21·
    5 months ago

    There are people on this very website who sit inside the Covid death traps called movie theaters to watch their slop and expect you to just ignore the fact that they’re sitting in the Covid death trap. They can’t even patiently wait a couple of months to watch a pirated copy of the slop. No, they insist on sitting in the Covid death trap to watch their slop.

    Forget the outside world, Covid normalization has thoroughly penetrated even here. Just look at all the posts that are being removed in this very thread.

    • MaoTheLawn [any, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
      111·
      5 months ago

      really… We’re calling cinemas COVID death traps? Most movies I go to have no more than 10-15 people in the hundred seat auditorium.

      The last COVID rates in the UK Winter period were 1.6%. The chances of one of them being in your proximity at a dying cinema is not very high.

      • barrbaric [he/him]@hexbear.netMEnglish
        13·
        5 months ago

        Unless you know the theatre’s ventilation specs, yes, they’re an indoor public place and should be avoided. Immunocompromised people can still die of COVID, and regular people can still get long COVID even from mild cases. In March 2024, 17 million americans reported currently having long COVID, with disproportionately high numbers among trans people and disabled people.

        As for case numbers, if it’s anything like the US, the testing and reporting infrastructure has been completely destroyed, which leads to there being fewer cases on paper. I’d say to look at wastewater data to get a better idea of levels of COVID in the general population, but it looks like the UK hasn’t done that in 2 years.

      • ButtBidet [he/him]@hexbear.netOPMEnglish
        8·
        5 months ago

        To build on what Ivysaur said, the UK government published that Corbyn was a massive anti-semite and that trans health care is bad. Oh let’s not forget the war on terror.

    • ButtBidet [he/him]@hexbear.netOPMEnglish
      8·
      5 months ago

      Covid death traps called movie theaters

      You are right. I just care must less since I personally can avoid theatres. There are so many things that I used to do regularly before 2020 that I’ve just stopped forever. And honestly, I’m mostly fine for it.