Face Masks

[idunnosomename]

Lee hurst trending on twitter for getting owned and are old friend biggy arguing about covid conspiracies in his comments lol

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Lee hurst trending on twitter for getting owned and are old friend biggy arguing about covid conspiracies in his comments lol

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What's Biggy's twitter name?

[BlodwynPig]

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What's Biggy's twitter name?

Lee Hurst, obvs.

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Lee Hurst, obvs.

Hurst not bald enough.

[Jollity]

I saw someone on the bus wearing a (full face) Halloween skull mask from the Co-op. I know it was from the Co-op because the label was still on it.

[Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth]

I was just on the bus. A pair of youths disembarked, minus masks. An old man called after them, "Buy some masks."

"He's a racist." muttered one of the youths.

The youths were both black and the old man was white. If I could parse this exchange, I feel like I could solve all of society.

[Sebastian Cobb]

How frequently are you all washing your masks and how? The stats suggest most people are not doing this well.

I've been lobbing it in with my washing which is too infrequent and not hot enough. Obviously nobody's going to spin a washing machine at 60 for a fucking mask. I've heard leaving it sit in a bowl of near boiling water is good, but I think chucking it in my electric pressure cooker might be good, uses similar amounts of electric to boiling a kettle and will keep it hot and pressurised longer so a better clean.

[Uncle TechTip]

The UV boxes are turning up in Home Bargains, maybe one of those is best unless your mask is smelly.

[olliebean]

How frequently are you all washing your masks and how? The stats suggest most people are not doing this well.

I've been lobbing it in with my washing which is too infrequent and not hot enough. Obviously nobody's going to spin a washing machine at 60 for a fucking mask. I've heard leaving it sit in a bowl of near boiling water is good, but I think chucking it in my electric pressure cooker might be good, uses similar amounts of electric to boiling a kettle and will keep it hot and pressurised longer so a better clean.

I'm just washing it by hand with warm water and hand soap every time I come in. A quick Google suggests this is fine, according to numerous sources including the CDC.

[Jollity]

I wash them after each wear, like underwear. I got a net bag to put them in with my bras so they don't get lost in the wash. Of course, this means you have to have more than one so that you have one to wear while waiting for the others to dry (as with bras, I don't think you're supposed to put them in the tumble dryer, certainly not if they've got a nose wire) and I think many people just have the one that they keep until it breaks or falls out of their pocket (I have seen washable masks lying in the street a couple of times, and I assume that's what happened to those).

[Sebastian Cobb]

I wash them after each wear, like underwear. I got a net bag to put them in with my bras so they don't get lost in the wash. Of course, this means you have to have more than one so that you have one to wear while waiting for the others to dry (as with bras, I don't think you're supposed to put them in the tumble dryer, certainly not if they've got a nose wire) and I think many people just have the one that they keep until it breaks or falls out of their pocket (I have seen washable masks lying in the street a couple of times, and I assume that's what happened to those).

I don't think that's hot enough from an infection control point (neither is what I've been doing really), the advice generally suggests hot washes over 60c.

[Poirots BigGarlickyCorpse]

I have forty of them and wear each one once (like if I go into work I wear one but if I go to the shop after work I put on a fresh one) and when I get home I put the worn masks in a bag marked "Dirty Masks". Every couple of weeks I do a great big mask wash, then bag them up in little sealable bags as soon as they're out of the tumble dryer.

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If you run the mask under  the tap so it's sodden then bung it in the microwave for 5 muns on full power that would sterilise it, surely.

[dissolute ocelot]

I used to be scrupulous about washing after every wear, but I'm really falling behind now.

If you do want to sterilize it without necessarily going through the washing machine, use the microwave (on a wet mask) or put in boiling water. Here's a paper that recommends:

3 minutes at temperature above 75°C (160°F).
5 minutes for temperatures above 65°C (149°F).
20 minutes for temperatures above 60°C (140°F).

EDIT: You can also follow general instructions for disinfecting laundry: use a laundry sanitiser/disinfectant/bleach in a cool wash, or soak in disinfectant/nappy sanitiser or bleach (30 mins to 1 hour should be enough; check instructions, don't use bleach on coloureds, and don't leave in bleach too long).

[nugget]

I have several on rotation and just bung em one per week in the washing machine on a warm wash with underwear, etc. If 20 seconds washing with soap and warm water is enough to kill this virus on our hands then an hour or so in the washing machine will be more than enough.

[imitationleather]

Just like my undies, I never wash mine. It improves the flavour.

[beanheadmcginty]

I have never washed mine, but then again I did only start wearing one for the first time on Wednesday when a racist man on the bus told me to.

[Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth]

I have several on rotation and just bung em one per week in the washing machine on a warm wash with underwear, etc. If 20 seconds washing with soap and warm water is enough to kill this virus on our hands then an hour or so in the washing machine will be more than enough.

This has been my policy so far and it hasn't let me down... so far.

I could switch to boiling them in a pan of soapy water, but running the washing machine for over an hour, just to clean my masks seems terribly wasteful.

[JaDanketies]

I chuck 'em in the washing machine with the reusable nappies.

[Wanking Monk of Kefalonia]

Being forced to cover your face by an absolute cunt like Matt Hancock is pathetic and demeaning, the justification for which is based on extremely shaky scientific evidence. So why do you regard such a humiliating garment as a fashion accessory?

[BlodwynPig]

Being forced to cover your face by an absolute cunt like Matt Hancock is pathetic and demeaning, the justification for which is based on extremely shaky scientific evidence. So why do you regard such a humiliating garment as a fashion accessory?

Ban this sick cunt.

[DrGreggles]

Being forced to cover your face by an absolute cunt like Matt Hancock is pathetic and demeaning, the justification for which is based on extremely shaky scientific evidence. So why do you regard such a humiliating garment as a fashion accessory?

[buttgammon]

How fragile must someone's masculinity be if it's destroyed by a piece of fabric? Cock the size of a bookies' biro.

[jobotic]

Being forced to cover your face by an absolute cunt like Matt Hancock is pathetic and demeaning, the justification for which is based on extremely shaky scientific evidence. So why do you regard such a humiliating garment as a fashion accessory?

Bet you do though, don't you?

[Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth]

Ninjas wear masks. Peados don't.

QED.

[Dusty Substance]

Ninjas wear masks. Peados don't.

QED.

Ever heard of a guy called Michael Jackson?

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Ever heard of a guy called Michael Jackson?

Who is Michael Jackson? Isn't there an operetta called Michael Jackson?

[Chedney Honks]

Feel like pure shit just wanna catch an predator and not wear mask

[DistressedArea]

Being forced to cover your face by an absolute cunt like Matt Hancock is pathetic and demeaning, the justification for which is based on extremely shaky scientific evidence. So why do you regard such a humiliating garment as a fashion accessory?

You know you're supposed to wear the mask on your face and all your normal clothes as well, right?

[Jollity]

The government is forcing you to wear clothes in public! There's no medical reason why you should, but they've got everyone blindly following the rules like sheep!