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แอท-ทริดi might just carry n95 masks for the rest of my life. they're great. weigh nothing, take up no space, fix so many problems. stinky? smokey? pollen? pet dander? forgot to shave? want to avoid face rec? have to be around sick people? dont want to have to show emotions? cold nose? nbd! one piece of paper fixes all of these problems & more!
Michaela Sue@astrid Plus at this point it's pretty clear the highly contagious brain damage/heart failure virus is going to be super common for long long time
@astrid but I *really* do appreciate how I suddenly got taken far more seriously as a woman! Don't want to give that up!
@beige_alert that goes without saying and I don't like thinking about it, so please don't bring it up again, i'm talking about how a mask is an incredibly useful edc tool!
Clare Harris 🍁That name is exactly as specific as it should be!
aj@astrid I feel soooo much less anxiety walking past people with that itty bitty barrier around my lower face. Never giving it up.
Shanya (Over at BlueSky)@astrid also you can wear a throwaway over it to give your face
~aesthetic~
거윈 🍉🌾
Irvin Lin@gowin oooh! Tell me about the vflex. What part of it keeps your glasses from fogging up? Why does it work better?
This has been a struggle for my husband throughout the pandemic (I wear contacts). He resorted to the bandaid/tape hack early on but now he’s just resigned to foggy glasses.
I’m always on the look out for new n95 styles that might help.
@eatthelove @astrid The 3M vflex has a flexible wire that helps it hold the mold to your nose, and the mask material itself is thick, so it stays put, even when I'm moving a lot (biking, yoga).
There's also the 3M Aura mask, which is thinner, but has extra foam for the nose bridge, for catching sweat, and kinda prevents fogging, but I like the Vflex better.
There's also the 3M Aura mask, which is thinner, but has extra foam for the nose bridge, for catching sweat, and kinda prevents fogging, but I like the Vflex better.
Kev
PCUsed one clearing out dead leaves from the side yard. Worked great.
Blippy the Wonder Slug (MOVED)@astrid
🤣 They're great for keeping a clear space around me on a crowded train!
(I keep a supply of masks in my backpack)
Ruth [☕️ 👩🏻💻📚✍🏻🧵🪡🍵]@astrid sit in a room full of men and not worry about what my face is doing???
Xillian Salgado@astrid before COVID only Ravers and Doctors were cool.
skua@astrid
Drove past a couple of fools, unmasked fools, using a demo-saw to cut concrete pavement to allow utilities to be installed.
No water used to suppress the silica containined in the clouds of dust.
Any pedestrian with a N95 would have been better protected than those guys.
And might avoid getting to know a lung specialist in 30 years time.
Kagan MacTane (he/him)@astrid And as a side benefit, wearing one works as a great asshole detector: anyone who gives you any shit about it outs themselves as an asshole, and then you know to avoid them! 😄
Allan Chow@astrid feel like lip syncing to your favorite songs but not accidentally swallow flies?
Carlos SolísNot sure if it’s because of the brand, but some members of my family do smoke and my N95 masks do jack all to reduce the smell
tometaxu
Sunanda@astrid so many Bangalore folks were wearing those in traffic years before the pandemic. Better than inhaling construction dust and polluted air!
Sinnamon (despicable arc 😈)@astrid I agree about the positive qualities, no doubt, but how can the ears cope with the sustained pressure/wearing caused by the strip? That's the worst part of wearing an FFP2/N95 mask.
@cinnamon i like the ones that strap around the back of my head for that reason! they seal better too, anyway :)
Lars Marowsky-Brée 😷@astrid I've got allergies.
I've forgotten that I've got allergies this year, because all my rooms now have air purifiers and they ... work.
Same for masks; I put the masks back on after indoor shopping on my way home to make the allergies stop.
Amazing. Why hasn't anyone told me before.
I've forgotten that I've got allergies this year, because all my rooms now have air purifiers and they ... work.
Same for masks; I put the masks back on after indoor shopping on my way home to make the allergies stop.
Amazing. Why hasn't anyone told me before.
f*cking b*tch club
BlueDotAZ@grammasaurus @astrid I know, right? So many up sides!
Yuki "neige d'aout" Hazuki 膤 ❄️ 
@astrid I tried that the other day and I told everyone I had a cold but not enough to have to stay home so I figured wearing a mask was enough and surprisingly everyone was okay with that
Thad@astrid I started keeping them onhand when I was doing computer repair and started to realize how much damage breathing in all that dust was doing to my respiratory health.
Fortunately that left me well-stocked when the shortage hit in 2020.
seachangedSing it, sister. I'd rather smell my own face than anybody's cologne.
I had this discussion with partner last night, after being in the 2% mask-wearing minority in a full, stiflingly hot, likely under-ventilated auditorium of 500 for 90 minutes. Yes, I'm wearing them forever now.
I started wearing them when 2018 PG&E wildfires polluted the air so badly that particulate filtration was needed inside cars and poorly sealed buildings. Had a good supply when the pandemic began.
Hugo 雨果@astrid They're a lifesaver when there's some asshole smoking in a public space.
Canadian CroneWhen you're on an airplane, you can use an N-95 like a horse's feedbag. Just pour the pretzel snacklets into the mask and ruminate on them in private from in there.
It's fun at least once.
Pierric@astrid keep in mind though, they are not paper, they're made of non-recyclable plastics (polypropylene fibers). I make mine last as long as possible (probably a bit beyond the reasonable to be honest 😅).
c.reider 
@astrid not enough people are talking about the benefits of masks for warming one’s nose in Winter
Colpizen@astrid black kn94 here :)
NiciHW🦋@astrid they’re so good if you’ve got terrible allergies!
And of course smoke… on the west coast of the North American continent.. so many fires… every year
Madame Aronow@astrid @JonChevreau I was just saying the same thing to my mom today
JonChevreau 🇨🇦@JonChevreau @astrid about carrying masks 😷