My approach was this, but I have shifted to being super nice and accommodating - without appearing suspicious. So far, I am getting nice and surprising results! People take the mask off to speak to me and some have even started confiding in me. Most people at my local stores recognise me because I have NEVER worn the face nappy. Not once. THIS is how we get the message out!
The worst ? Knowing, absolutely knowing that the KIDS are now conditioned to grab that mask. Even I got conditioned in 2020 and early 2021 before I realized. It’s habitual now. And I’m still required at work (HCW; yes I’m a bad cat it comes off as often as I can get away with it). And, in schools, it’s still school policy even in free states they’ve fought our govnr.
So the kids are psychologically and mentally harmed. Permanently. How bad? Kids are resilient, very , but still, a whole 2 years of kids now conditioned. I watch kids walk to local elementary school NO ONE except parent and obvious sibling next to them , all full on masks.
Ps unvaxxed. Will stay unvaxxed. Will leave job behind if CMS forces. See SCOTUS decision. Crappy for judges to use the argument of “transmission” stop with a jab that doesn’t prevent it AND having jabbed nurses and
I’m with you, Laura. Had a grocery store worker come offer me a mask, I refused and left, keeping my comments to myself about how I didn’t get a masters of science in nursing to let a grocery store worker in a cloth mask try to give me a lesson in public health. We wished each other a good day and off I went to Safeway, which doesn’t say anything....
I've got a suggestion for you. I brought this up elsewhere and someone provided a link to a story where a judge backed a person up in doing what I'm going to suggest.
You see, neither gov't nor a private company can force you to take a medicine that's not FDA approved. They can't force you to take something only being given on an emergency basis. The FDA approved the "Comirnaty" (just a coincidence that it sounds like "Commie-Nazi") version of the Pfizer injections. But you can't actually get "Comirnaty" anywhere. You see Pfizer wanted to be able to say that their injections are FDA approved but they don't want to give you injections that are FDA approved because they could be held liable for any problems. They legally can't be held liable for what happens with an emergency use medicine. So, they say "Hey! We're FDA approved!" But they won't give you that injection.
But what if a person whose company was trying to bully him or her into getting the injections said "Okay, I'll get the FDA approved injection" and stood on principle and wouldn't let them give him or her the emergency use stuff that they'd actually try to give you? Well, in another thread, someone provided a link to where a person did just this and a judge backed them up. Use their little fraudulent two step against them!
The masking of children is tied to federal funds. It's grotesque. They've given a TRILLION dollars to "education". my state of Missouri is getting $2B just for education. There are also alllllll these provisions for fighting inequality and suspiciously there's only one classical characteristic missing in the language. It calls for not discriminating against people for ethnicity, age, gender, etc etc...but RELIGION is just not mentioned at all. 🧐
Precisely. I ain't interested in a race to the bottom. Stay sane, Dan, mumble to yourself until this sh*t castle of lies is brought crumbling down. And then we will all ROAR.
I did that for the past 18 months... I'm over it. I'm nice to the employees because they are forced to wear the mask, but other customers that are perpetuating this nonsense can suck it.
I know what you mean, we all do. But stick with it, Doug. All free-thinking people stick together and we will not let the B*stards divide us or divide us from the rest - if it helps, just try to see them as victims. I say this even though I hate defining anyone as a victim, because I am too fond of having only myself to blame for my problems!
I'm especially bitter because my children haven't had a relationship with my parents for the past 2 years, because they are terrified of the rona and think I'm a danger by being unvaxxed. My kids are 3 and 5. Those are years are never coming back.
I tried to "be nice" and accommodate my parents. I even sourced them n95s from my doctor friend a year ago because I knew how scared they were. Now they are just being jerks and I'm done being nice. Going to flip the script and see how that goes.
They are old so if they never talk to me again then whatever, they going to die soon anyway.
Meh, don’t be bitter sounds good, but I abandoned a toxic relationship with my father before Covid and it was the right thing to do. These people are not children. They need to get their shit together or get out of the way. I am not impressed by the general lack of principles in the boomer generation. My kids aren’t missing out on any life lessons from him, except how not to treat other people. If I sound bitter, well yeah, trauma will do that to you. Best wishes figuring it out.
Don't let the bitterness get you. Then they win, and you look like a jerk, when you're just tired of the baloney sandwich. Stay kind, stay rational, stay solid. (i am repeating this to myself, also.)
It’s largely driven by your parents locked inside watching main stream media. I avoid TV but recently saw a couple news shows and was shocked at the misinformation and fear mongering. No wonder people are fearful, especially those who are not critical thinkers.
My parents are also old and I can see my father beginning to change - he is finally against vaccinating children. He got the first two shots last january but refuses the booster.
My mother is still drinking the kool aid. I got omicron and her first comment was if i had now taken the shot. She tells me that it reduces the severity to which i reply that first they told you it prevented infection and then changed their narrative. She just replies "whatever".
How sad for your parents that the media has sucked the joy of their very own grandchildren from them. It’s truly their loss and one that they hopefully will realize sooner rather than later.
I always look to see if their mask is under their nose. If it is, I say in an encouraging way that I'm so sorry they have to wear the mask, but I'm grateful to see that they still able to breathe. Cashiers, young and old, really seem to appreciate any recognition that they aren't alone. I've also noticed that a sizable number of workers who are forced to mask appreciate customers who don't. It's as though we are taking a stand for them, too. A smile and a kind word goes a long way in this very ugly world!
I have noticed this appreciation too-especially the minimum wage workers in the supermarket have shiny eyes when I interact maskless with them. They know I am standing up for them too.
And as you do your daily business maskless, give all a large, toothy grin. It’s amazing how that works. It’s saying “Look at me, I’m maskless and happy. Have a nice day!”. And when you get the sneers, move on happily.
Even up in Soviet Canuckistan where I live the vast majority 95%+ still wear the masks obediently. It's just a conditioned habit at this point. The odd time that some tells me to put one on I politely say "No Thanks" and just keep going. They must think I'm daft to treat it like it's optional LOL.
It seriously does work! I dance to the good tunes in the supermarket and I ask for help when I need it and I get Service with a capital S. It’s a kick!
I agree with Vorlic. I have first hand knowledge of what ridicule gets me. I should have stuck with the loving part at least I would have still been getting laid on a regular basis haha. I know ridicule is a tool of the left but understand it's purpose and that is to keep us SILENT (racist, misogynist, science denier, etc.) Perhaps the most effective strategy is comedy without ridicule. These people in the trance have to either admit, as Gato says, they are either a "coward or moron" so ridicule will probably only harden that position. But hell, give it a shot if you fancy, probably can't hurt. We do indeed need to recover that beach ball if we are to make it out of this without a lot more pain. I hope Gato is correct about them being clowns; steel your nerves!!
It is not just a tool of the left. I’ve seen it applied from both sides, esp when they feel threatened, like an animal cornered. And I’m pretty far “right” from most people’s perspectives.
One thing I’ve noticed however, during THIS fight is the rabid illogical attacks on these good doctors who are helping us. Take a look at Dr Succharit Bhakdi’s “google” listings or Luc Montagnier!!!! (First highly esteemed German MD and the second a Nobel Prize winner). Look at what they’ve done recently to Dr Meryl Nast and the attacks on Malone, McCullough and Kory, etal. And Mike Yeadon! (Hey Dr Yeadon) .
And just take a quick look at Twitter. The vitriol is amazing and mostly without ANY reasonable repartee or fact. I’m not willing to dismiss them all. A very few have some interesting comments about risk and benefits. But many including but certainly not limited to Steve Kirsch, Jessica Rose and Dr Toby Rogers have admitably answered those objections (here on substack) and many more.
My approach was this, but I have shifted to being super nice and accommodating - without appearing suspicious. So far, I am getting nice and surprising results! People take the mask off to speak to me and some have even started confiding in me. Most people at my local stores recognise me because I have NEVER worn the face nappy. Not once. THIS is how we get the message out!
I agree, vorlic! As fun as it would be to scoff and point and bully, it's just throwing mud. Everyone just gets dirtier.
As for me, I will "speak truth in love" and keep my muttering/grumbling to myself (if I can). Proverbs 15:1
The worst ? Knowing, absolutely knowing that the KIDS are now conditioned to grab that mask. Even I got conditioned in 2020 and early 2021 before I realized. It’s habitual now. And I’m still required at work (HCW; yes I’m a bad cat it comes off as often as I can get away with it). And, in schools, it’s still school policy even in free states they’ve fought our govnr.
So the kids are psychologically and mentally harmed. Permanently. How bad? Kids are resilient, very , but still, a whole 2 years of kids now conditioned. I watch kids walk to local elementary school NO ONE except parent and obvious sibling next to them , all full on masks.
Ps unvaxxed. Will stay unvaxxed. Will leave job behind if CMS forces. See SCOTUS decision. Crappy for judges to use the argument of “transmission” stop with a jab that doesn’t prevent it AND having jabbed nurses and
I’m with you, Laura. Had a grocery store worker come offer me a mask, I refused and left, keeping my comments to myself about how I didn’t get a masters of science in nursing to let a grocery store worker in a cloth mask try to give me a lesson in public health. We wished each other a good day and off I went to Safeway, which doesn’t say anything....
I've got a suggestion for you. I brought this up elsewhere and someone provided a link to a story where a judge backed a person up in doing what I'm going to suggest.
You see, neither gov't nor a private company can force you to take a medicine that's not FDA approved. They can't force you to take something only being given on an emergency basis. The FDA approved the "Comirnaty" (just a coincidence that it sounds like "Commie-Nazi") version of the Pfizer injections. But you can't actually get "Comirnaty" anywhere. You see Pfizer wanted to be able to say that their injections are FDA approved but they don't want to give you injections that are FDA approved because they could be held liable for any problems. They legally can't be held liable for what happens with an emergency use medicine. So, they say "Hey! We're FDA approved!" But they won't give you that injection.
But what if a person whose company was trying to bully him or her into getting the injections said "Okay, I'll get the FDA approved injection" and stood on principle and wouldn't let them give him or her the emergency use stuff that they'd actually try to give you? Well, in another thread, someone provided a link to where a person did just this and a judge backed them up. Use their little fraudulent two step against them!
The masking of children is tied to federal funds. It's grotesque. They've given a TRILLION dollars to "education". my state of Missouri is getting $2B just for education. There are also alllllll these provisions for fighting inequality and suspiciously there's only one classical characteristic missing in the language. It calls for not discriminating against people for ethnicity, age, gender, etc etc...but RELIGION is just not mentioned at all. 🧐
Precisely. I ain't interested in a race to the bottom. Stay sane, Dan, mumble to yourself until this sh*t castle of lies is brought crumbling down. And then we will all ROAR.
I did that for the past 18 months... I'm over it. I'm nice to the employees because they are forced to wear the mask, but other customers that are perpetuating this nonsense can suck it.
I know what you mean, we all do. But stick with it, Doug. All free-thinking people stick together and we will not let the B*stards divide us or divide us from the rest - if it helps, just try to see them as victims. I say this even though I hate defining anyone as a victim, because I am too fond of having only myself to blame for my problems!
I'm especially bitter because my children haven't had a relationship with my parents for the past 2 years, because they are terrified of the rona and think I'm a danger by being unvaxxed. My kids are 3 and 5. Those are years are never coming back.
I tried to "be nice" and accommodate my parents. I even sourced them n95s from my doctor friend a year ago because I knew how scared they were. Now they are just being jerks and I'm done being nice. Going to flip the script and see how that goes.
They are old so if they never talk to me again then whatever, they going to die soon anyway.
Meh, don’t be bitter sounds good, but I abandoned a toxic relationship with my father before Covid and it was the right thing to do. These people are not children. They need to get their shit together or get out of the way. I am not impressed by the general lack of principles in the boomer generation. My kids aren’t missing out on any life lessons from him, except how not to treat other people. If I sound bitter, well yeah, trauma will do that to you. Best wishes figuring it out.
Don't let the bitterness get you. Then they win, and you look like a jerk, when you're just tired of the baloney sandwich. Stay kind, stay rational, stay solid. (i am repeating this to myself, also.)
It’s largely driven by your parents locked inside watching main stream media. I avoid TV but recently saw a couple news shows and was shocked at the misinformation and fear mongering. No wonder people are fearful, especially those who are not critical thinkers.
My parents are also old and I can see my father beginning to change - he is finally against vaccinating children. He got the first two shots last january but refuses the booster.
My mother is still drinking the kool aid. I got omicron and her first comment was if i had now taken the shot. She tells me that it reduces the severity to which i reply that first they told you it prevented infection and then changed their narrative. She just replies "whatever".
How sad for your parents that the media has sucked the joy of their very own grandchildren from them. It’s truly their loss and one that they hopefully will realize sooner rather than later.
Yup, I feel very sorry for the kids at the register who have to pointlessly wear a mask.
I always look to see if their mask is under their nose. If it is, I say in an encouraging way that I'm so sorry they have to wear the mask, but I'm grateful to see that they still able to breathe. Cashiers, young and old, really seem to appreciate any recognition that they aren't alone. I've also noticed that a sizable number of workers who are forced to mask appreciate customers who don't. It's as though we are taking a stand for them, too. A smile and a kind word goes a long way in this very ugly world!
I have noticed this appreciation too-especially the minimum wage workers in the supermarket have shiny eyes when I interact maskless with them. They know I am standing up for them too.
And as you do your daily business maskless, give all a large, toothy grin. It’s amazing how that works. It’s saying “Look at me, I’m maskless and happy. Have a nice day!”. And when you get the sneers, move on happily.
Even up in Soviet Canuckistan where I live the vast majority 95%+ still wear the masks obediently. It's just a conditioned habit at this point. The odd time that some tells me to put one on I politely say "No Thanks" and just keep going. They must think I'm daft to treat it like it's optional LOL.
I admire your resolve. It’s easy for me here in Texas. You have a much harder row to hoe. Keep up the good work.
It seriously does work! I dance to the good tunes in the supermarket and I ask for help when I need it and I get Service with a capital S. It’s a kick!
I agree with Vorlic. I have first hand knowledge of what ridicule gets me. I should have stuck with the loving part at least I would have still been getting laid on a regular basis haha. I know ridicule is a tool of the left but understand it's purpose and that is to keep us SILENT (racist, misogynist, science denier, etc.) Perhaps the most effective strategy is comedy without ridicule. These people in the trance have to either admit, as Gato says, they are either a "coward or moron" so ridicule will probably only harden that position. But hell, give it a shot if you fancy, probably can't hurt. We do indeed need to recover that beach ball if we are to make it out of this without a lot more pain. I hope Gato is correct about them being clowns; steel your nerves!!
They are mostly clowns. Most Champagne Communists are not very bright people.
It's incredible to me how sheltered and gullible people are...shocking, really.
It is not just a tool of the left. I’ve seen it applied from both sides, esp when they feel threatened, like an animal cornered. And I’m pretty far “right” from most people’s perspectives.
One thing I’ve noticed however, during THIS fight is the rabid illogical attacks on these good doctors who are helping us. Take a look at Dr Succharit Bhakdi’s “google” listings or Luc Montagnier!!!! (First highly esteemed German MD and the second a Nobel Prize winner). Look at what they’ve done recently to Dr Meryl Nast and the attacks on Malone, McCullough and Kory, etal. And Mike Yeadon! (Hey Dr Yeadon) .
And just take a quick look at Twitter. The vitriol is amazing and mostly without ANY reasonable repartee or fact. I’m not willing to dismiss them all. A very few have some interesting comments about risk and benefits. But many including but certainly not limited to Steve Kirsch, Jessica Rose and Dr Toby Rogers have admitably answered those objections (here on substack) and many more.
I just go about my business and no one says anything to me.