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.

Hows go fornicate yourself sound ?

I love masks though, they make me feel good about myself - when I drive alone with one on like all the other Thais I feel particularly superior to all the dirty farang who don't wear one

19 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

Hows go fornicate yourself sound ?

They said to wear a mask doing that too.

I love masks though, they make me feel good about myself - when I drive alone with one on like all the other Thais I feel particularly 

1 minute ago, johng said:

They said to wear a mask doing that too.

Sounds like sensible advice to me - I am always amenable to taking on the advice of a country where people think it's sensible to ride a motorbike with no helmet and a face mask. Thais are infinitely more intelligent and better educated than us dirty farangs and it is time we accept this harsh truth,

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• Don’t want to shave? Mask.

• Hate making small talk? Mask.

• Want to signal that you're morally superior and scientifically enlightened? MASK.

• ...

• [/quote]

 

You forgot other benefits:

* Don't want to breath in polluted city air - mask

* Don't want to swallow a fly while riding your motorcycle - mask

* Don't want to breath in nasty germs when in confined space (lifts, planes etc) - mask

* Don't want to make your lung illness worse - mask

 

There are many reasons why it's beneficial to wear a mask 🙂

You must be new to Thailand.

Thais have worn masks for years due to dust and poor air quality.

 

Same concept as wearing trousers, and I assume you wear trousers.

4 minutes ago, johng said:

 

2 minutes ago, johng said:

 

 

Outdated, irrelevant, still stuck in a timezone.
The world has moved forward, try getting out more.

4 minutes ago, Liquorice said:

You must be new to Thailand.

Thais have worn masks for years due to dust and poor air quality.

 

Same concept as wearing trousers, and I assume you wear trousers.

Yes I remember coming here in 2010 and seeing half the population covered in face masks, thinking to myself - "wow I really have arrived in the land of smiles" - these people are the pinnacle of health, especially those who take their masks off to smoke cigarettes. 

7 minutes ago, Liquorice said:

You must be new to Thailand.

Thais have worn masks for years due to dust and poor air quality.

 

Same concept as wearing trousers, and I assume you wear trousers.

And yes, I alwasy wear trousers - since my bottom half is used to communicate with other humans as well as inhale necessary oxygen 

1 minute ago, Liquorice said:

Outdated, irrelevant, still stuck in a timezone.
The world has moved forward, try getting out more.

Not at all outdated or irrelevant  they are trying to bring it all back again  

(Take a look at the new most dangerous variant thread)

never forget what they did and resist this time or they will make us all wear them forever !!!

6 minutes ago, MaskLover2025 said:

Yes I remember coming here in 2010 and seeing half the population covered in face masks, thinking to myself - "wow I really have arrived in the land of smiles" - these people are the pinnacle of health, especially those who take their masks off to smoke cigarettes. 

 

You must brighten up every room you walk out of.

10 minutes ago, johng said:

Not at all outdated or irrelevant  they are trying to bring it all back again  

(Take a look at the new most dangerous variant thread)

never forget what they did and resist this time or they will make us all wear them forever !!!

Don't apologise or be sorry, you're just being your usual self.

28 minutes ago, MaskLover2025 said:

since my bottom half is used to communicate with other humans

ha ha I'm  reminded of that old joke

 

Is that a canoe in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me.

 

40 minutes ago, MaskLover2025 said:

And yes, I alwasy wear trousers - since my bottom half is used to communicate with other humans as well as inhale necessary oxygen 

 

Well, assume we all didn't wear trousers and ran around butt naked.

 

If we were talking face to face, and I took a piss, your legs would get wet.
However, if you'd worn trousers, then your leg would only get partially wet.

But if I also wore trousers, only my legs would get wet and your legs would stay dry.

 

Same concept with masks.

49 minutes ago, MaskLover2025 said:

Yes I remember coming here in 2010

If Thailand is so disagreeable, you can leave whenever you want.

4 minutes ago, Liquorice said:

Same concept with masks.

What about a life vest to make sure

 

 

1 hour ago, johng said:

 

As a result of that thread... the girls at home now enjoy anal.... sans mask of course.

12 minutes ago, johng said:

What about a life vest to make sure

 

What!

Without a mask ........... Noooooooooooooo!

1 hour ago, johng said:

Not at all outdated or irrelevant  they are trying to bring it all back again  

(Take a look at the new most dangerous variant thread)

never forget what they did and resist this time or they will make us all wear them forever !!!

Lol, don't follow the rules = fine/deportation.  Up to you......

53 minutes ago, Liquorice said:

 

Well, assume we all didn't wear trousers and ran around butt naked.

 

If we were talking face to face, and I took a piss, your legs would get wet.
However, if you'd worn trousers, then your leg would only get partially wet.

But if I also wore trousers, only my legs would get wet and your legs would stay dry.

 

Same concept with masks.

Yes, not breathing clearly, and having a tiny bit of saliva going on my face occasionally is comparable to being soaked in urine - how could I be so foolish? Where exactly did you acquire these impeccable critical thinking skills? Was it from the prestigious University of Life?

28 minutes ago, simon43 said:

Lol, don't follow the rules = fine/deportation.  Up to you......

We were only following the orders

up to you..