Poll of the Day > How irritating do you find it , to wear a mask?

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how much do you think it is?

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Very irritating

Fogs up my glasses, feels claustrophobic when Im around other people, makes my face sweaty and I feel short of breath

Im still willing to wear one though to try to mitigate this and other diseases

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I find wearing masks fun.... oh wait, is this about facial coverings and medical masks? Those suck =x


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I wear one at work, normally.
(Even before the outbreak)

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Bothers me significantly less than covid

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It's awesome, it's like living in a village of ninjas.

I'd prefer wearing a mask if it was socially acceptable.

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Not too irritating. It does make my face sweaty but my glasses don't get foggy. If they did, I'd probably find it more inconvenient. I've only had to wear it once though because I don't go out very often at all.

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I like wearing masks. I've however never tried wearing a COVID 19 mask.

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Not as irritating as people putting spaces before commas. But seriously, it's inconsequential. Wearing the mask I mean.

Its bothersome since it smudges makeup and it makes my face sweaty, but I dont really go out often and where I am masks are encouraged but not mandatory.

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Not very. I use two paper clips and a rubber band to tie it around my head so it doesn't bother my ears.

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I dont like it. My glasses fog up a lot. And I feel like I cant breathe sometimes...
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It puts a weird line in my beard when I take it off.

9/10

I have severe allergies this time of year and sometimes its hard to breathe even without a mask, so I avoid wearing one if I can. I will wear one if I absolutely have to.

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It's like wearing a face condom without a happy ending.

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I cannot sweat cause of medical problems so I'm thinking it might actually be somewhat dangerous. I end up feeling dizzy and gasping for air after about 3 minutes of wearing one. I've still been doing it to the best of my ability but it's quite awful and eventually I just have to take it down for a few seconds and get some air. I try to do that away from people if at all possible and I only go out to the hospital.

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Not too bad, but I wear one for hours at a time at work so I was already used to it.

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EvilMegas posted...

I wear one at work, normally.
(Even before the outbreak)

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I haven't worn a Halloween mask in over a decade. Tough to breathe, can't drink booze readily.

It's very irritating. Been wearing one at work for the last few weeks because it is required. Now that it's getting warm it's uncomfortable to breath with it on and the band have been irritating the backs of my ears. So all this week I haven't really been wearing the damn thing.


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Not at all, and I have to wear one for about 9 hours 4 days a week. A lot of people at work are complaining about then and half assing it when it comes to wearing one

If you're forced to wear a N95 and can make the switch to a surgical one, do it, they're so much comfier


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Haven't worn one, wouldn't know.

I have a few that were given to me, just in case.

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Super annoying work is requiring us to wear them but has the thermostat at 85 so it makes you unable to breathe and close to passing out. Not to mention it fogs my glasses. Fuck those masks and the people who want me to wear them.

I've been wearing a P100 respirator. It's big, bulky and rather heavy (3/4 pound). Plus it's rubber and plastic, so my face gets all sweaty if it's even mildly warm. Nobody can understand a word I'm saying because the mask totally muffles the sound of my voice. And P100 vapor filters aren't exactly easy to breathe through.

On the plus side, the exhaled air is directed downwards so no matter how hot and humid it is, my glasses never fog up. And I look and sound like Darth Vader on a budget.

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Surgical masks were not meant to be worn 8+ hours straight. -_- I'm breaking out from the oil that just builds up.

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Extremely irritating. Both because of personal annoyance (mainly fogging up my glasses), but also because I'm fully aware it serves zero useful purpose in my case. Because a) it's not really protecting me from getting infected, and b) it's not really protecting anyone else either, because -I'm- not sick (I self-quarantine for weeks at a time, and only go out to grocery shop, so the odds of me being asymptomatic and contagious at any point are pretty much nil).

I don't object to the idea of requiring people to wear masks in public, though (as long as masks are relatively accessible and available for people to buy, because the idea of requiring people to make their own is kind of bullshit), because it does have a positive effect on limiting transmission for people who ARE asymptomatic and contagious, or who are symptomatic but refuse/are unable to self-isolate until they're clear.
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I have not seen a single person wearing any kind of mask in the past few months.

Living on an island is nice.

The only masks I wear are welding masks at work.
Because inhaling that shit is really bad for you.
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Mead posted...

Fogs up my glasses, feels claustrophobic when Im around other people, makes my face sweaty and I feel short of breath

ParanoidObsessive posted...

(mainly fogging up my glasses),

Take a Kleenex/tissue, fold it over multiple times, then place it under the mask where it sits on the bridge of your nose. That will keep your glasses from fogging.

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