Literally, the world around them is warped. They can't see the lower half of people's faces. I can't imagine what that must be like not to be able to fully "read" their family and friends.
I've had this discussion with my husband. Its extremely unnatural to go around covering your face as a human. Our facial expressions are how we communicate both conciously and subconciously things like mood, emotion, etc. It can't be healthy for children to grow up in an environment where they can't learn to read these mannerisms.
Also it really sucks for people with hearing issues.
I have some pretty significant hearing damage and I rely a lot on reading faces and lips to help me understand people better. These masks have made basic interactions much more difficult. Combine the lack of seeing ones lower face with the muffled noises coming out of their mask and at times I’m completely lost in conversation. Of course this leads to the person getting pissed off, writing me off etc. This is especially true when it comes to interacting with government workers (as if you couldn’t make the DMV any worse).
One of the people in our local post office has the same issue. I can see how much harder he has to work to communicate. He's an excellent lip reader and now he can't use that tool. So wrong.
And let us not forget our good friend Autism and its buddy Aspergers, too. They already have a significant difficulty reading emotions and faces, and process face images very differently than us. Toss in the masking, and their issues will only get worse. People with these issues can learn, with effort time and difficulty, to read facial expressions and be a bit more "normal"... But that ain't happening now.
My gram is the same way. She’s very hard of hearing but she can read lips pretty good. With masks she’s had such a hard time conversing with others and understanding them. Breaks my heart.
Literally, the world around them is warped. They can't see the lower half of people's faces. I can't imagine what that must be like not to be able to fully "read" their family and friends.
I've had this discussion with my husband. Its extremely unnatural to go around covering your face as a human. Our facial expressions are how we communicate both conciously and subconciously things like mood, emotion, etc. It can't be healthy for children to grow up in an environment where they can't learn to read these mannerisms.
Also it really sucks for people with hearing issues.
I have some pretty significant hearing damage and I rely a lot on reading faces and lips to help me understand people better. These masks have made basic interactions much more difficult. Combine the lack of seeing ones lower face with the muffled noises coming out of their mask and at times I’m completely lost in conversation. Of course this leads to the person getting pissed off, writing me off etc. This is especially true when it comes to interacting with government workers (as if you couldn’t make the DMV any worse).
One of the people in our local post office has the same issue. I can see how much harder he has to work to communicate. He's an excellent lip reader and now he can't use that tool. So wrong.
And let us not forget our good friend Autism and its buddy Aspergers, too. They already have a significant difficulty reading emotions and faces, and process face images very differently than us. Toss in the masking, and their issues will only get worse. People with these issues can learn, with effort time and difficulty, to read facial expressions and be a bit more "normal"... But that ain't happening now.
Branch Covidians are hateful to the disabled.
My gram is the same way. She’s very hard of hearing but she can read lips pretty good. With masks she’s had such a hard time conversing with others and understanding them. Breaks my heart.