Wearing A Mask: Now a Cultist Following

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Muse

Lifer
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it have to do with individualism. Lets us forget about any argument about rights and talk about how American society is all about individualism. What was asked of American overnight was to give up thinking about individualism and instead think about group of people. That is not how we been brought up in this country. That is what caused all fights about mask, social distance etc the fact that we are being asked to think about someone else other then just our self.
You're a pretty confused person. "Individualism" is a mental disease. "Just our self," is an illusion. We are interdependent. The whole world is interdependent. All life is interdependent. To worship at the alter of individualism is to dwell in an illusion.
 

NWRMidnight

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it have to do with individualism. Lets us forget about any argument about rights and talk about how American society is all about individualism. What was asked of American overnight was to give up thinking about individualism and instead think about group of people. That is not how we been brought up in this country. That is what caused all fights about mask, social distance etc the fact that we are being asked to think about someone else other then just our self.
You obviously don't understand America if you believe America society is about individualism, or per your own explanation, selfishness. Our country was not built on thinking about yourself, and our society never was built on selfishness. Individualism is one small element of our society, but it is not what our society is about in America. Our society has always been about freedom, patriotism, the common good for all people, and what's best for our country. Our constitution was based on the understanding that to have freedom, where everyone can live together in harmony, that it had to be written with the flexibility to allow people to be different, with their own ideas and beliefs which allows people to work towards the same common goal of what's best for America and all it's people. America society has always been about what's best for everyone as a whole. But selfish ideas, such as your selfish ideology of individualism has been trying to erode that foundation and prevent us from evolving to be better.
 

Moonbeam

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I am a member of the cult that washes hands, brushes their teeth, and eats food that isn't rotten. I do this because I was brainwashed by common sense, science, and experimentally valid theories. I am a cult member of a branch of humanity that was taught how to think and found value in those teachings. Fucking brainwashed to the core.
 
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MichaelMay

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You will never eliminate the virus, at this point that is wishful thinking. Covid will be endemic, world reacted too slow, took too little action etc.

We could, it's not like it's a fast mutating virus (coronaviruses never are) and we have done it before, many times.

But we have people like you that will inevitably prevent it, don't we?
 
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MichaelMay

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Incorrect.

What happened was there was an absolute abhorrently ton of misinformation that came out - including the head-honcho that everyone is supposed to listen and obey - saying that masks weren't needed. See my original post for the full string of looney toons that was the US government's management of this outbreak.

There were two well known reasons for that and you probably know them but he was mean to Trump and you Q-tards just can't have that.

1. The science on the issue was very young and it was not believed to be an airborne but rather a contact driven infectious disease. It made no sense to use masks in that case, social distancing and washing your hands along with hand sanitizer was plenty and that was what was recommended.

2. There was a shortage of masks, hell there was a shortage of toilet paper at one point, and the idea was that masks were better used by medical institutions to avoid secondary infections.

Now you know what literally EVERYONE knew a year ago, but you will ignore it. Your ignorance is wilful and persistent, you don't actually give a fuck about anything but disparaging Fauci who was mean to your Dear Leader.

Tell me, have you injected disinfectants inside (as opposed to injecting them outside?) yet? Got yourself a UV light dildo? Might as well because you really need to go fuck yourself.
 

uclaLabrat

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There were two well known reasons for that and you probably know them but he was mean to Trump and you Q-tards just can't have that.

1. The science on the issue was very young and it was not believed to be an airborne but rather a contact driven infectious disease. It made no sense to use masks in that case, social distancing and washing your hands along with hand sanitizer was plenty and that was what was recommended.

2. There was a shortage of masks, hell there was a shortage of toilet paper at one point, and the idea was that masks were better used by medical institutions to avoid secondary infections.

Now you know what literally EVERYONE knew a year ago, but you will ignore it. Your ignorance is wilful and persistent, you don't actually give a fuck about anything but disparaging Fauci who was mean to your Dear Leader.

Tell me, have you injected disinfectants inside (as opposed to injecting them outside?) yet? Got yourself a UV light dildo? Might as well because you really need to go fuck yourself.
Just stop. Hes already shown an abject lack of capacity to understand ANYTHING, let alone the difference between science and policy.
 
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Made this post in May - and I can definitely tell it's still a thing.

It's apparent we have lost all sense of logic and reasoning - completely forgetting that the point of a vaccine isn't to make a virus magically disappear - but rather to make our bodies equipped to handle it. At this point, why aren't we wearing masks all the time for Influenza as well? Anyhow, I can tell the cult is still strong - especially amongst the bastion of idiots in P&N.



Even now the left wing media is still going with their conspiracy theories - as a biker gathering happens they are already giving the hilarious term "Super-spreader" to it lol.




Good write up on the "safety dance" the public keeps doing: https://www.thespectrum.com/story/o...they-want-their-safety-dance-back/5494770001/
 
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Fenixgoon

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If only there were a way to reduce the risk of ever getting infected altogether...

On a related note, my employer has gone back to requiring masks for all employees because the local case rates are up significantly
 

ondma

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Made this post in May - and I can definitely tell it's still a thing.

It's apparent we have lost all sense of logic and reasoning - completely forgetting that the point of a vaccine isn't to make a virus magically disappear - but rather to make our bodies equipped to handle it. At this point, why aren't we wearing masks all the time for Influenza as well? Anyhow, I can tell the cult is still strong - especially amongst the bastion of idiots in P&N.



Even now the left wing media is still going with their conspiracy theories - as a biker gathering happens they are already giving the hilarious term "Super-spreader" to it lol.




Good write up on the "safety dance" the public keeps doing: https://www.thespectrum.com/story/o...they-want-their-safety-dance-back/5494770001/
Well, I *do* agree with you on one thing. We (at least the ones resisting the vaccine) have lost "all sense of logic and reasoning", or maybe it is just any sense of responsibility to anything but one's own "rights" to do his own thing with total disregard for the safety or well being of others. If the stubborn vaccine resisters had gotten the vaccine when it was available, we most likely would have been well on the way to suppressing the virus by now. Instead, the delta variant is spreading like wildfire in the non-vaccinated, and since the virus is so highly infectious and so prevalent in the unvaccinated population, we are getting the unavoidable spillover infections into the group who followed the science and their social responsibility to get vaccinated. As far as mask mandates are concerned, we are going to have to go back to universal wearing of masks, again in large part due to lack of social responsibility by the unvaccinated to continue to wear masks. Thanks guys, you got a twofer: runaway infections among yourselves and breakthrough infections to the rest of us.
 
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nakedfrog

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Made this post in May - and I can definitely tell it's still a thing.

It's apparent we have lost all sense of logic and reasoning - completely forgetting that the point of a vaccine isn't to make a virus magically disappear - but rather to make our bodies equipped to handle it. At this point, why aren't we wearing masks all the time for Influenza as well? Anyhow, I can tell the cult is still strong - especially amongst the bastion of idiots in P&N.



Even now the left wing media is still going with their conspiracy theories - as a biker gathering happens they are already giving the hilarious term "Super-spreader" to it lol.




Good write up on the "safety dance" the public keeps doing: https://www.thespectrum.com/story/o...they-want-their-safety-dance-back/5494770001/
Stupid as always. Astonishingly so.
1) Explain what the "conspiracy theory" is here
2) From the literal fucking headline: "heightening delta superspreader fears". That's not calling it a superspreader event, it's saying people are worried it COULD be a superspreader event. It's already a high community transmission area, there's no mask mandate, and hundreds of thousands of people are going to be traveling to and from there. If you're into the whole "logic and reason" scene, that would seem to lend itself to a reasonable fear that it could become a superspreader event.
 
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ondma

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Stupid as always. Astonishingly so.
1) Explain what the "conspiracy theory" is here
2) From the literal fucking headline: "heightening delta superspreader fears". That's not calling it a superspreader event, it's saying people are worried it COULD be a superspreader event. It's already a high community transmission area, there's no mask mandate, and hundreds of thousands of people are going to be traveling to and from there. If you're into the whole "logic and reason" scene, that would seem to lend itself to a reasonable fear that it could become a superspreader event.
Well, if I recall correctly, there were several outbreaks in various parts of the country last year traced back to the Sturgis rally. With the even more contagious delta variant running wild this year, it is only reasonable to expect more of the same.
 
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Well, I *do* agree with you on one thing. We (at least the ones resisting the vaccine) have lost "all sense of logic and reasoning", or maybe it is just any sense of responsibility to anything but one's own "rights" to do his own thing with total disregard for the safety or well being of others. If the stubborn vaccine resisters had gotten the vaccine when it was available, we most likely would have been well on the way to suppressing the virus by now. Instead, the delta variant is spreading like wildfire in the non-vaccinated, and since the virus is so highly infectious and so prevalent in the unvaccinated population, we are getting the unavoidable spillover infections into the group who followed the science and their social responsibility to get vaccinated. As far as mask mandates are concerned, we are going to have to go back to universal wearing of masks, again in large part due to lack of social responsibility by the unvaccinated to continue to wear masks. Thanks guys, you got a twofer: runaway infections among yourselves and breakthrough infections to the rest of us.

Incorrect. The delta variant is spreading across everyone. Vacciend and non-vaccinated.

You've been indoctrinated into stupidity - just like the others. As I said in my reply that you quoted - the purpose of the vaccine isn't to make the virus magically disappear.

You obviously can't wrap your head around that.





Israel has some of the highest vaccination rate in the world - and Delta is spreading rampantly



After a rapid vaccination drive that had driven down coronavirus infections and deaths, Israelis had stopped wearing face masks and abandoned all social-distancing rules.

Then came the more infectious Delta variant, and a surge in cases that has forced Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to reimpose some COVID-19 restrictions and rethink strategy.

Under what he calls a policy of "soft suppression", the government wants Israelis to learn to live with the virus - involving the fewest possible restrictions and avoiding a fourth national lockdown that could do further harm to the economy.
 
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soundforbjt

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Unfortunately contact tracing wasn’t done after the rally and the bikers went home, 650 or more cases were directly linked to the Sturgis rally.
 

Paratus

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Made this post in May - and I can definitely tell it's still a thing.

It's apparent we have lost all sense of logic and reasoning - completely forgetting that the point of a vaccine isn't to make a virus magically disappear - but rather to make our bodies equipped to handle it. At this point, why aren't we wearing masks all the time for Influenza as well? Anyhow, I can tell the cult is still strong - especially amongst the bastion of idiots in P&N.



Even now the left wing media is still going with their conspiracy theories - as a biker gathering happens they are already giving the hilarious term "Super-spreader" to it lol.




Good write up on the "safety dance" the public keeps doing: https://www.thespectrum.com/story/o...they-want-their-safety-dance-back/5494770001/
We should. We should stay home when sick and if we go out when we are sick we should wear a mask.
 

Jaskalas

Lifer
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Made this post in May - and I can definitely tell it's still a thing.

You strike me as a "!@#$ other people, I am not washing my hands" type.
Because that's really what masks are all about. While COVID still spreads and vaccinations are only half complete.
 
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Pohemi

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You strike me as a "!@#$ other people, I am not washing my hands" type.
Because that's really what masks are all about. While COVID still spreads and vaccinations are only half complete.
Except....with his stupid clown-ass, it isn't enough to just refuse to wash his hands.

He insists on telling everyone else that they also should refuse to wash their hands, and are idiots if they wash their hands anyway despite HIS wishes on what they should or shouldn't be doing. He obviously has no self-awareness, so the irony is completely lost on him.
 

Amused

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According to the modern right-wingnuts you are now in a cult if you:

Are not anti-vax

Believe the earth is round

Believe the evidence based consensus of work from ANY experts in ANY field of medicine or science.

Follow the advice of every single immunologist, virologist, epidemiologist and 99.99% of medical doctors in every country on earth over some agit-prop hack on Rumble.

Anti-vaxxer logic:
Every auto mechanic in town is telling you that you need new brakes.
The massage therapist says that you don't need new brakes and that brakes are a conspiracy by big auto to kill you. That all you need to do is drive faster.
You believe the massage therapist.

Anti-masker logic:
Every auto mechanic in town is telling you that you need new brakes.
The massage therapist says that you don't need new brakes and that brakes are a conspiracy by big auto to control you. That all you need to do is drive faster.
You believe the massage therapist.
 
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Paratus

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There is something highlighted here that is not currently being observed by the mob mentality.
Wearing a mask while being vaccinated for COVID but not for flu (unless sick with the flu) makes sense.

  • Covid is 8-10 times more lethal than seasonal flu (1918 flu pandemic excepted)
  • The delta variants is about 5 times more transmissible than seasonal flu.
  • To protect others who are to young for the vaccine, can’t take the vaccine, or too irresponsible to get the vaccine because Delta is transmissible from asymptotic vaccinated people for a few days

Get vaccinated and wear a mask. If everyone did the pandemic would be over inside 2 months.
 
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cytg111

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If I had a chance to set off some maga morons i’d wear a mask just for that. Payday. Unfortunately it doesnt quite work like that here…
 
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