Loading ...Observations on shopping in Vancouver now that mask mandates lifted
Walked 2k up to London Drugs, this branch is a huge store and often busy. I had not brought the damn muzzle with me but as I approached the store I thought “oh no, they must still have the mandate” as every single person entering and exiting had one on. But no, the sign outside now reads “masks strongly encouraged” so in I walked bare-faced.
I was probably there for 15 min, during which time I’d have seen at least 100 people. It seems hardly anyone here wants their freedom, because out of, say 100 people in the store, I counted 6, myself included, that were not muzzled.
That means given a choice, 94% chose to keep wearing the damn things.
It got even more interesting at the local Choices grocery market. Their signage said “masks strongly recommended for those not fully vaccinated”, and the propaganda ads that are broadcast over their PA system every 5 minutes repeated that message over and over.
I was the only person in the entire store without one on, and I was in there for probably 25 min.
Are there any psychology types out there who would like to weigh in on this? I am curious as to why people continue to wear these things like a security blanket when the governments that they (blindly) trust no longer mandate them.
Is it fear, is it virtue-signalling, or is it “I don’t want to but I don’t want to be the only one not going along with the crowd”?
Everyday you will see fewer masks. May take a few weeks before they finally realize their freedom has always been there but their courage needs booster shot.
In my area in the US NE the same thing. It started out many but now fewer and fewer.
I would not be complacent. All they have to do is XYZ and turn on the propaganda and many people react, I am afraid.
The collective mindset could just be dumb as bricks.
Or they cannot think their way out of a paper bag.
Or they have sold their souls to the devil.
The insanity of government controlled/mandated public education fully revealed.
It is worse, all the kinds of psychology in operation. Someone on ZH commented about getting the jenocide jab prion prick quack-zine kill-shot whatever you want to call it that the situation reminded him a lot of that people who were temporarily back from Viet Nam would (and hated it he thought) would urge other people to enlist, or I suppose more simply the way some people too drunk at a party urge others to drink too much.
Another is that it is a fad. The newest and the latest. Like getting the newest gadget.
Personally, I am reeling and have received some of the worst news of my life. Somehow one of my sons managed not to get a shot despite being in graduate school in the UK. He just arrived back for vaca last night and the wife and his brother — knowing full well what I would have counseled and knowing that I have my reasons for wanting to stay a bit away from him right after the shot — rushed him off for a shot today before he could talk with me. I was taunted a little, including, ‘Dad’s a Conservative now’ etc. (I retaliated by lecturing on Marx. That will teach them.) Sorry if too personal.
I had just been thinking of a meme I recently saw on in the Off-Guardian comments section: “Honey, I vaxed the kids!” with as I recall an image of a graveyard and hands reaching up, possibly the same one you use sometimes, Fully.
All of the above but the majority are most likely “I don’t want to but I don’t want to be the only one not going along with the crowd”? Unfortunately too many sheep who just go along to get along. That’s fine for being sociable in gatherings but the overwhelming going along with destructive mandatory BS is what has ruined most western civilized countries. I hate “politically correct Bullshit” and those who go along with it because they can’t or won’t think for themselves.
“In my area in the US NE the same thing.”
I’m now down in the red state mtns of NC. Went to a popular lake with a swim beach. 500 folks there today. Saw not one mask, but I did see one lady wearing the face diaper at the grocery nearby.
Its all about how much of the kool aid folks drink. Blue staters still trust the MSM.
My take is that the more formal education you’ve gotten, the more you’ve hard wired in that “training” (trust others with paper degrees) and the less you rely on your instincts and critical thinking skills.
All my friends who are educators got jabbed, all of them. They blindly accept whatever is put in front of them like a trained seal for a treat.
It’s a Security Blankey
It’s a soother
These people are infants not adults
They probably still poop their pants
need potty training all over again
They are frigging afraid of fresh air !!
lol, right on, been looked after their whole lives and dependent upon uncle sam to wipe their ass
Grocery store today, very few masks (mid west) – I thought to myself, how refreshing to see people’s faces again. I still see loners in subarus with the diaper on but for the most part people have shed the mask, question is, when they start fearmongering in the fall, business’ in fear of keeping their licenses will make it once again compulsory. We truly live among zombies fellow tenters. Thanks for your anecdote GMG.