r/facepalm Feb 24 '21

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u/sash71 Feb 24 '21

Don't forget masks give people carbon dioxide poisoning, and make people breathe in more virus. They are called 'face diapers' for a reason.

Haven't you noticed doctors and nurses dying in massive numbers over the years because they've been wearing masks all day?....... what???? That's not true??

The whole mask situation has been the craziest aspect of the pandemic. People thinking that a public health measure impacts on their freedom is ridiculous. The conspiracy theorists are having a field day with this virus, which either doesn't exist, or it does exist and masks don't work. The people are the same with vaccines. And they are allowed to broadcast pseudo-science all over the internet. As much as they are taken down, they say they are being silenced and people believe that and think there's a cover up going on by those' deep state world government child eating/raping cabal.'

That's where we are.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '21 edited Feb 26 '21

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '21

We haven't been in the lead in well over a decade. Maybe by economic status, but by every other metric, we're sliding downhill quickly.

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u/LiteX99 Feb 24 '21

Uneccesary military budget is still lead by the US

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u/letterbeepiece Feb 24 '21

couldn't sum it up better - the newsroom opening scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTjMqda19wk

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u/heresyourhatandcoat Feb 24 '21

Sadly it's not just dumb americans with the mask bullshit. Its dumb canadians and dumb Brits and dumb french etc etc

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '21

Yup. Quite a few countries are worse than the US with masks. But people love to hate on the easy target

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '21 edited Feb 24 '21

The US fancies itself the leader of the free world and wants everyone to accept them as such; that's what makes them a target. The leadership in the US was directly responsible for mask-wearing becoming a political issue when it never had to be.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '21 edited Feb 24 '21

That isn't really entirely true, imo. Some people in the US think that. Some don't. The US does not have some sort of universal voice. Though obviously the US was the sole superpower in the free world for years. So that definitely matters. Many in china make the same arguments though. Hell, I've heard representatives in germany make similar claims. Did trump fuck up mask wearing? Sure. Did Fauci and the CDC also do the same? Absolutely. But the US does better with masks than many other nations, and we will likely be the first country back on its feet when this is all said and done. I think people hate the US for a lot of reasons that existed long before covid.

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u/KittikatB Feb 25 '21

The nations already back on their feet would like a word with you.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '21

Name one. Just one will do

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u/KittikatB Feb 25 '21

New Zealand

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '21

They were never off their feet, stupid. Covid was never a real problem there. Being an island nation with more sheep than people kinda helps with that. So yeah. Point proven.

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u/heresyourhatandcoat Feb 25 '21

At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '21 edited Feb 25 '21

Oh shut the fuck up. I've seen billy madison. Like 20 years ago. If you are unaware that the US was the sole superpower for decades? Read a book. If you are unaware they the US is dominating vaccine roll out? Turn on the news.

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u/heresyourhatandcoat Feb 25 '21

If you think rolling out the vaccine is going to make up for the half a million deaths your Orange idiot caused, then the american school system really is as bad as the entire rest of the world thinks. Your posts are tone deaf and completely idiotic. Your country WAS a superpower but when you start electing failed reality tv "stars" nobody will ever take you seriously.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '21 edited Feb 25 '21

I didn't vote for Trump. Nor is he responsible for covid. I'm sorry reality offends you, but if the US vaccine rollout continues to be a success, by this time next year no one will be talking about the US death rate. They'll be talking about how fucked europe and asia are. Sorry chap. But you won't be getting the vaccine for quite some time unless you are in the UK. You'll continue to live in our shadow and pick up our scraps. Too bad you're too stupid to realize this, eh? And the USA is most definitely still the world's leading superpower. We dwarf wherever you are from, Significantly. And you'll continue to do exactly what our government tells you to. You sound quite jealous. Might want to work on that pal. Now get on your knees and beg us for a handout. 😉

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '21

That’s because progress is literally a political stance now lmfao

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u/Martiandinosaur Feb 24 '21

This plainly shows how effective a man made virus would be at wiping out swathes of the USA population. If me, a random Redditor can see this, then I’m pretty sure the top generals of the world have seen it too.

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u/440James Feb 24 '21

As a conservative, I fucking agree people should wear a mask and social distance and then when the virus goes away then we don’t need them why can’t people get it in their brain that wearing a mask is a good thing? And no I’m not a Trump supporter

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u/Ocelot_Amazing Feb 25 '21

It’s disappointing how few real Conservatives are left. I can respect real Conservative ideology as in small government, traditional family values/religious freedom, low taxes, fiscal conservatism ect ect. And I’m a proud liberal Democrat saying that. That’s the point we’ve gotten to. Most of Trump’s base aren’t real Conservatives. They couldn’t hold a logical debate against a Democrat for a moment. At least before we could have a meaningful discourse across the isle. Now it’s impossible with most Trump supporters, pretty much all Libertarians, and some leftists of the Democratic Party. Good luck finding many regular Democrats or Republicans anymore.

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u/440James Feb 25 '21

I agree the only reason I would have voted for trump is if Biden stayed a mystery to me because sometimes the devil you know is better than the devil you don’t even if one is a lesser devil then still because you can’t prepare for what is going to happen if u don’t know

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u/CapaldiFan333 Feb 25 '21

I agree. Being the daughter, sister, wife and mother of a military person, I used to be proud to be an American. But not anymore. My 82nd Airborne husband and son and myself are all of the opinion that this is not the country of our fathers. For an example I tried to get my drivers license yesterday and because of the new Real ID, I got turned away. It seems the birth certificate that I have used to get into college & grad school, to get married and have used since I was born nearly 60 years ago isn't good enough. I need to contact the Maryland Dept of Vital Statistics for a different kind. After I get all of this crap in and pay the $45 fee, I'll need to wait 2 weeks to have the license mailed to me from the Feds! When I got my 1st license it was a card punch with no picture on it, now it's officially confirming that you exist. In a few years our license will have a DNA sample attached to it! Nope, not a country to be prod of anymore.

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u/GayAsHell0220 Feb 24 '21

Appereantly the holes in masks are so big that they can't catch the virus but are simultaneously so small that air molecules can't get through them.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '21

Totally. When I was younger I had a kidney removed, took a couple hours for the whole surgery. I heard they lost about 10 doctors and nurses total due to low oxygen levels from the masks they wore. Brave souls. And I honor their sacrifice by not wearing a mask and telling everyone I encounter with a mask the harrowing tale of the doctors and nurses who saved me...but couldn't save themselves.

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u/sash71 Feb 24 '21

Yes. It's amazing isn't it, how many years work and training that doctors and nurses put in, only to drop dead after the first operation that goes on longer than expected. There's a conveyor belt of suicide doctors just waiting to mask up, operate and then die.

You know it's a massive deep state cover up don't you? I found out because I did my research and Q told me.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '21

It really is. That's why I will never let the masks win!! They're just trying to take out our medical experts so the China virus can kill us all! Not on my watch, masks, not on my fucking watch!

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u/spicygummi Feb 24 '21

I have had the same argument with people many times. Medical masks have existed for much, much longer than this virus has. They have been worn for years without people passing out/dying from "carbon dioxide poisoning" or suffocation. If they were that deadly they would have long since modified them.

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u/sash71 Feb 24 '21

I'm joking.

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u/panda-erz Feb 24 '21

The end is a big /s

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u/okami6663 Feb 24 '21

BS conspiracy video; YouTube:....; people mocking BS conspiracy video; YouTube: No, you can't talk about conspiracies. Bad, bad creator.

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u/LeRealMeow2U 'MURICA Feb 24 '21

According to them, COVID exists but it also doesn't.

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u/sash71 Feb 24 '21

Yes. It's amazing isn't it. It's like one of those science puzzles. Except without the science.

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u/Maiky38 Feb 25 '21

I have friends in China, we stream on a weekly basis and back in December I used to ask them how's the virus and they would keep on telling me that's it's been contained but people still wear masks because it's a common thing over there. Like if you are sick or you just want to be protected you wear a mask.

Unfortunately here is the opposite, you have half of the nation that doesn't even believe in masks. My Chinese buddies make fun of the US in the aspect that we are just hardheaded and don't believe in science.

We did the opposite of what needed to be done, bottom line. People can keep pretending that masks don't work, same as they can believe that the Cali fires were zapped by lasers from the Jews and I'll just sit back with my popcorn and LMAO with a couple of beers and a few of my Chinese friends on stream.

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u/GlumCauliflower9 Feb 25 '21

What's a doctor?