Honestly, I can’t imagine going back to the days when we actually saw each other’s faces in public. Smiling? Reading facial expressions? Gross. It’s 2025, who needs human connection in an already atomised and fragmented society when you can sweat into a synthetic face diaper all year round?
Nothing screams "mentally thriving" like teaching toddlers that the outside world is one big germ-filled panic zone. And for adults? Nothing says “relaxed and well-adjusted” like constantly scanning the BTS for the one guy not wearing a mask, the audacity! Worse than Hitler in my eyes.
And the benefits!
Don’t want to shave? Mask.
Hate making small talk? Mask.
Want to signal that you're morally superior and scientifically enlightened? MASK.
Let’s just make it law: Mask for life. Birth to cremation. Photos for your ID? Masked. Wedding day? Matching couple masks. Need CPR? Sorry, protocol, my mask is more important.
Forget nuanced conversations about risk, data, or personal choice. Blanket fear is so much easier. Besides, it's not like anyone ever used non-verbal communication to bond with strangers in Thailand... right?
So yes, let’s embrace it. After all, a society that treats the human face like a biohazard must be the pinnacle of psychological well-being. Oh and lets mask kids forever too, who cares about them learning how to read and understand basic human emotion, we have AI to do all of that now anyway.