I had a stash of N95 dusk masks (no valve, those are more expensive and I’m a cheapskate) from before.

Viruses are mainly carried by water droplets, which are different from scents. If you’re looking to block viruses and asbestos, you’re using a particulate filter. If you wanted to block organic vapors and gases, you’ll need a chemical cartridge for the mask.

If you are wearing an actual respirator with cartridges and can smell cinnamon buns, it’s not effective. I remember getting fit for one when I was in the Navy. We had to go into a tent that had a rag with banana oil on it. If you could smell bananas, you had to get with the instructor and correct the fitment or try a…

Agreed. 50% effective is exponentially better than 0% effective. If it’s all you’ve got, use it!

It comes from the ‘Anything that’s anti-Trump must ipso facto be good!’ section of the internet that lost it’s critical thinking skills a long time ago.

Hence you get people parroting CCP propaganda and telling you to just forget about all those indigenous people Nicholas Maduro shot.

CPM has published a lot of…

Right? If everyone’s wearing masks with a valve, they’re still effective.

Yes yes yes...but any mask is better than none. We need to stop this “well technically this mask isn’t blocking virus” talk. Folks wearing them are better off period. Here in Thailand most are just using loose hospital type masks...less than 3k for 12 million people and 50 deaths...

On a related note, aliexpress is a great place to get knock off minifigs for cheap, plus original ones based off various licenses that LEGO doesn’t have (anime, , sci fi and horror properties, a surprisingly deep catalog of various Marvel and DC characters, etc., etc.). Warning though, it can lead to a weird…

If it keeps the mask on your face instead of dangling around your neck, it's not worthless. Focus on getting everyone wearing better masks. Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

I was about to mock you Americans because this vid is both hilarious and spot-on, but then I remembered I’m Brazilian, our president is a Trump butt-licker sociopath, and thanks to Brazilian government following the exact same lunacy, we’ve already surpassed China in casualties. So I’ll just curl up and cry...

This looks like the rally Trump held a couple weeks ago where he laid out a timeline that only showed his active decisions and ignored all the missed opportunity to limit damage. Maybe if governments were more interested in protecting their people than assigning blame to anybody but themselves there would be less than…

Some of these valve masks can be closed. If the interior of the valve has a arrow on it, there’s a good chance that’s a operable valve that can be twisted to close. Then you are using the filter both ways (or if the seal is loose, then you’re using the gap in the seal). 

Okay I get that you guys hate tar sands and oil in general but only referring to Fort McMurray as the Tar Sands capital when they got hit by a major flood seems dickish and petty. You didn’t refer to Houston as the oil company capital when it got flooded. There are many people who lived in Fort McMurray who don’t have…

“The Little-Known Gondwanatherians” would be a great band name.

Hey now, the Kardashians descend from a long line of Lizards 

Did you just call that noble reptile a Kardashian?

It has been called the Tar Sands for decades.

I’m glad it was mentioned, because my first thought of the name “crazy mammal” and the artists depiction, was also honey badger... they just dont give a fuck;

Oh hey!

I think Ryan was referring to Masiakasaurus knopfleri which has been reconstructed to look like this: