I was just forced into retirement at 62 due to a run in with my employer for not wearing a mask at work at a large defense contractor in AL. It seems I could run around without a mask and slide by since March, but once you declare you are not going to wear one, then the fireworks started. For me it's really not about the mask, its the start of resistance to all the things that are coming. I my discussions with sympathetic people talking big about the coming civil war, I tell them I can't count on them by my side if they can't even ditch the mask now out of fear. Also a weird thing I noticed was in the last month everyone seem to gravitate to wearing black masks. I think there is something behind that phenomena but would like people to chime in on that.
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I'm sorry that you are forced into retirement at 62. As for the black masks, personally believe people are going through the motions (at least where I live). Deep down people know it doesn't do much for them, they are just told to wear face coverings. Black "goes with everything" and it's less "scary" than medical masks. Also, medical grade masks or N95/P100 are expensive and since most people don't want to stand out with crazy designs or no mask at all, black it is.. I could be wrong and if there's something more nefarious going on, it wouldn't surprise me at this point.
Agree with your take on the masks. If you go looking for cloth ones black is the neutral choice.
However I did read an article about people covering their masks with their hands in a ritualized way when encountering a mask free individual.
Black is not a neutral color.
It is in terms of fashion and interior design
And when presented with masks with florescent colors, animal prints and sequins, it's definitely the choice that goes with everything.
Not in my fashion or interior design.
My mask is only to ward off the Karens. I stopped wearing it at the supermarket and no one said anything. Work, I don't wear it in my office, but I'm supposed to wear it down the hall, etc. Some businesses enforce it, some don't. Some people are assholes about it, some aren't. The assholes need some comeuppance.
I never went for those flimsy POS masks. I wore a plague doctor mask for a few months. Got laughs and was irreverent, but was hard to see in. Then I found something I bought a couple winters ago.... a combination hat/muffler. Actually bought it before the pandemic because it was cold outside and that mask was for a different purpose: actually keeping my face warm. I use it now. I can wear it as a hat, and can pull the muffler down, if necessary, or keep it up if its not. And easier to breathe through.