Please be kind, I'm a very shy ladypede who is terrified of confrontation. This was a big step. My findings are that the impact of the NPC mask is likely minimal, and any effect it might have is completely nullified by having an adorable baby in tow. Comments on mask: 0. Comments on baby: 3.
[Sidebar- I love taking the baby out because he goes maskless with impunity and I think people love him not just because he's cute but because they're happy to just see a FACE. If this were such a deadly pandemic you'd think ONE person would chide me for bringing an infant out into this infected hellscape, but nobody ever has.]
Also worth noting is my "mask" was literally just a gray t-shirt sleeve big enough to fit over my head, with an NPC nose/mouth drawn on in Sharpie. I thought I might take heat for that, but NO, sleeve masks are A-OK.
I think my next attempt will be a mask with words on it, something that might spark conversation like "15 days to slow the spread." Ideas are welcome.
Then I'll try the overtly useless fishnet mask. Maskless venture will be Wal-Mart. I don't plan on buying anything anyway, so getting kicked out is no loss. 😎
That’s a big big step for a lady who is both shy and having to worry about her baby. Good job. If you’re married I hope your husband is going to every store maskless, because if the introvert wife is showing him up he’s got some soul searching to do.
The reason these bully tactics work is precisely becuause most people don’t want confrontation.
And then there’s me who will loudly call store employees motherfuckers for screwing with me. See I’m also an introvert and my wife and I and kids are basically hermits that fucking hate being around people. We’ve had a hard time mingling with normies for decades basically. And now, now I’m forced to be the one to lead and show an example for others? It’s mind boggling
There’s war veterans all over the place, yet my ass is fighting the mask nazis? What the fuck. Police? Nope, useless. Tall, fit, buffer guys than me? Nope, those faggots are all masked like the bitches they are. How about the fat, loud, mannerless fucks? Nah, all masked.
It’s just me and a few friends and my wife locally that fight this.
So I applaud your first steps here. Tell your man to go into stores maskless and get in arguments with staff. I’m going to go to a Walmart and carry a sign around telling people to just claim they are exempt.