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[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 172 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (21 children)

They even stated the correct reason to wear a mask: to trap the germs against my face, so others don't get infected

It's like they don't compute the idea behind it, it stops at me me me

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 26 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (7 children)

Someone once told me that the box in which masks came in says "doesn't protect from viruses", as if it was hidden-in-plain-sight proof that masks don't work.

Yeah, they don't protect the user from viruses, they protect other people. The box is technically correct, Patricia, there is no conspiracy here.

[–] JCreazy@midwest.social 20 points 10 months ago (3 children)

It is humorous that these people think that they have some secret knowledge that only they know and they feel so much power because of it. Except that the information they know is incorrect and they just end up looking like an idiot.

[–] OpenStars@startrek.website 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Not in their own minds, and that is all that matters. Also not to their church members, sadly:-(.

[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Perception is reality and they cannot perceive a reality in which they aren't always correct.

[–] OpenStars@startrek.website 2 points 10 months ago

I mean, I would not say that it is reality, just that they act like it is - except even that much is not true, b/c when they get REALLY sick, they finally show up at a hospital begging to be saved. So even they know, deep down, where the medicine is at. Cognitive dissonance is a horrific, terrible thing:-(.

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