I went to my optometrist this morning. They don't require customers to mask anymore, but were happy to have all their staff wear masks, including receptionists.
After my appointment finished, I noticed that all the waiting patients had masks as well, which I originally thought was just good luck. However, the receptionist told me that every customer had entered without a mask, and within a few minutes they all either put on their own mask or asked for one from the receptionist, noticing that they were the odd one out.
This experience powerfully showed me that for many, the decision to mask or not is heavily influenced by peer pressure.
food mentioned
I'm sure someone's already said this before, but why is it easier for advertisers to warn us about MAYO of all things when
(gestures to a list of commonly used TW/CWs)
before anyone jumps in I know that,
"graphic material might be ahead proceed at your own caution"
type of warnings exist, but it's the vaguest warning almost nobody pays attention to
what counts as "graphic"? gore? sex? violence? t-shirts?
nobody fuckin' knows
life really does have tragic misunderstandings that could've been easily avoided if someone bothered to ask a few carefully worded questions, huh
I'm used to pushing through harsh neg attitudes for info
but sometimes I see a series of comments that restores my base line faith in humanity/society
Pepe is a fascist dog whistle
Some people actively go out of their way to defend pepe by saying they are just a "funny little frog" and so not worth the time to remove from our spaces.
The thing is though, if they were "just" a "funny little frog", then there would be no reason to spend that much effort defending them. Even if you disagree about something being fascist, if you think it is inconsequential you would stop using it as others ask you to or actively ban it. The fact that these people spend so much time defending it shows not only are they lying about it being "just a funny little frog", they know it is a fascist dog whistle and are protecting its usage as that
Do time give these people the time of day. Do not try to debate them. Fascists never cared about truth and are never going to.
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