This is why I prefaced it by explaining that mask use is extremely rare here and has been for a long time. It is most certainly a sign of a person who is living in the alternate reality game provided by their television and phone, and not by any reasonable observation of the world as it is.

Beyond that, wearing a cloth napkin on your face is absurd, and always has been. One of the more troubling transformations--I would argue, on the level of post-9/11 disorderings--was the widespread acceptance of such a blatantly ridiculous ritual, in such a brief timespan. The marching orders were rolled out, accepted, then made mandatory in many places in short order.

In motherfucking America. The United States. Fucking Americans from coast to coast gleefully cheered on Government mandates to strap napkins on faces, including those of children. For years. Like I said, troubling, deeply troubling.