I am very late in asking this question, but 10 months in to this pandemic it is obvious that face masks will be a normal part of life in shops and transport etc for the foreseeable future. Currently I'm walking around like Bane from Batman in a painter and decorators mask. I have seen very few patterned or 'nice' looking masks, mostly people are using the generic surgery looking ones which just depress me a bit. Which do you have / use? Do you think it is trivialising to have a 'fashion' mask or doesn't it matter?
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You’ll notice responses from younger people talk about fashion and us oldies would likely use something just functional.
Ever wonder if the fashionable ones are akin to a baby’s pacifier ? Ensuring younger people wear them ?
One wonders who exactly is making money from the sale of these things.
The other thing that bugs me personally is that I change my face mask every store I go into. As I’m sure is the point. That way you don’t take anything you may have picked up at one place and then risk transferring to another.
Can’t imagine those who wear fashionable ones doing the same. Or maybe they do 🤷♂️
@Picklebobble2 I don't see it that way at all, they both do the same job so it's not like those who want one that looks a certain way aren't concerned with the safety of it too. A lot of the designed ones in the UK at least, are sold supporting a charity.
You are right about those who just put them on and reuse them again and again without actual thought for the cleanliness, but even that is better than nothing.
@Picklebobble2 [quote]You’ll notice responses from younger people talk about fashion and us oldies would likely use something just functional.[/quote] Not necessarily true, though most of us older folks who I've seen wearing custom ones are the ladies. I've seen a few guys with other than plain coloured ones. Like you, I don't much care how it looks as long as it works. What i do find disgusting is seeing them on sale for $12.95 for 1 single cloth mask, someone is making a LOT of money off of a piece of cloth and some elastic that maybe cost 25 cents to make! Shame on Hanes!
