Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾Jan 29, 2023

Someone just called me a "victim and a slave" because my profile pic had me wearing a mask. On #Mastodon , sadly.

Trolls do exist here too, sadly.

Didn't bother engaging, just blocked & reported. Sayonara, dweeb.

Anyway, as bizarrely as this sounds, I used the photo cos I simply thought I looked nice. 😆 I wasn't making some weird political statement. In #Malaysia most folks are still wearing masks indoors and even outdoors.

#COVID #Trolls

Show threadDwight Williams (💉 x9)+😷🇨🇦Jan 29, 2023

@liztai We knew the trolls were going to come hunting us here, I thought.

I'm still masking. Kindness, while I can still choose at all.

Show threadElizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾Jan 29, 2023
@DEWLine #Masking is helping the immunocompromised too. My parents are both at that age where they have to be careful. I'm just surprised it's such an issue in the West. Something that puzzles me till this day.
Show threadDwight Williams (💉 x9)+😷🇨🇦Jan 29, 2023

@liztai Toxic individualism is as real as toxic collectivism. There seems to be a tradition of thinking that those of our forebears who came from European nations took over Turtle Island AKA North America in order to escape practicing more responsible forms of conduct.

This is a theory I have. I admit to a lack of evidence to support it.

Show threadElizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾Jan 29, 2023
@DEWLine I did read somewhere that Americans descended from people who were breaking social conventions and wanted to live life their way. So, perhaps this is deeply ingrained in your culture and DNA.
Show threadDwight Williams (💉 x9)+😷🇨🇦
@liztai There are some differences - some subtle, others not - between Canadians, Americans, Mexicans, etc. on such matters. By and large, though, it seems clear that you may be correct.
Jan 29, 2023 at 1:13amWeb