She sounds like a “down there” kind of person.

I’m not an unsympathetic person and I don’t mean to sound like a dick about it either, but when you allow loopholes everyone is going to find one. I mean I get it and I really don’t want to sound like I’m trivializing it, but the minor inconvenience of wearing a lightweight surgical mask in public places is being…

How else would they drive engagement (read: clicks) if not by framing this in a way that would invite discussion and conflict?

This is THE BEST PODCAST! I LOVE IT!

Yup. I was abducted by my dad, from my mom, when I was 2. Also of 10 friends I had in high school at least 4 ran away at one point or another. Anecdotal evidence I know, but please.

I used to work for Wayfair when I lived in Texas.

I think it’s a youth pastor, but someone connected to my wife from when she was younger is constantly posting how covid, BLM, and the latest movie are all distractions from the good work Trump is doing fighting human trafficking. Because if there’s one thing we all know about Trump, he is the type of man to spearhead t…

Probably true but they are 95% runaways and uncomplicated custody issues

As someone who has been sexually assaulted, you know what makes me fear going out? All the assholes walking around without masks!

That’s world wide. Not in the US, and as I’m sure you know, because not stranger danger, wearing or not wearing a mask won’t help or hinder those cases.

I do not understand the Chrissy Tiegan thing at all, except she’s a happy, succesful, cute WOC who owns her own sexuality and most people like her.

well, that’s probably true. Quick Google search says 800,000 kids a year go missing (reported). A lot of them end up back home; some are running away; only 115 of these are stranger danger cases. But most child trafficking isn’t by strangers, it’s by family. And a lot of kids are never reported missing in the first…

I can’t help noticing that people who refuse to wear masks also seem to be the most gregarious people in the store: talking loudly and CLOSELY to strangers, literally getting up on people, leaning into cashiers and being extra chatty. Maybe just what I’m seeing, but I have considered packing my small vial of pepper…

Yeah Jez really had to go all out with that title.... 😐. I’m surprised the Trumpers haven’t swarmed in already.

That last sentence is everything!

Everyone needs to wear a mask but not all masks are suffocating. I’d recommend that people study different shapes and try different kinds. I now own bandanas (for exercise), surgical masks, and three different kinds of cotton masks, some with darts and some more shaped with a specific nose piece that have room at the…

I spent 8 years taking care of a sick mother. Her immune system was compromised and i saw for myself how fast an infectious disease could spin out of control. Her last infection, I saw her crash and be put on a ventilator. I have been traumatized by what I've seen. My anxiety is triggered by people who don’t wear…

You’re rights end where mine begin. I.E. You can’t put my life at risk because of your trauma. Order your groceries for delivery or pick up and move on please.

their concern about being confronted for not wearing a mask in public has led them to avoid going going out: