LogFAQs > #941814999

The problem, I would say, is that he's lumping us in with the buffoons.

I cannot control anyone else's decisions, but I can control my own.

The rules and restrictions exist because there are people who are stupid and need to be protected from themselves. (Or at the very least, everyone else needs to be protected from.) They are the people who won't even follow the rules, and we have to exercise repercussions on in order to even provoke any semblance of compliance. They're the Karens who cry on the floor of Target. They're the protestors who attend rallies without a mask. They're the angry white guys who storm the state assembly and accost their legislators over closing the state. Simply put, they're the idiots who don't see the situation and don't consider who they're hurting or how.

My state reopened businesses, including gyms, in my county last week. I have no control over that. I would not disagree with anyone who told me that they shouldn't be open, that coronavirus cases in my state spiked 25% last week after being fairly stable for so long, that the rules controlling the least common denominators and bad apples of the world are being too relaxed.

But I do have control over how I conduct myself. I have control over whether or not I maintain social distancing. I have control over whether I wipe down surfaces and maintain sanitary practices and stop every fifteen minutes to go wash my hands. And I have control over the fact that I am otherwise not putting myself or anyone else at risk, and consequently further spreading the virus....and consequently, I have control over whether or not I decide that the restrictions that are in place are too confining and therefore I need to take my energy elsewhere.

Basically all I'm hearing is "anyone who attends the gym is unilaterally a buffoon, mask or not, but especially no mask." And frankly, that's insulting. There are plenty of buffoons out there, but I have done my best to not be one of them.

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