I put it on in my bathroom, before i leave the house, then i take it off and wash my hands when i get home. It’s easier not to worry about where to put it, or if I’ve handled the dirty parts, or if it will get dirty from something in the car, or whatever.
If you need to wear a tie somewhere, do you leave it in a heap in your car and then put it on in the parking lot, or do you just put it on in front of the mirror at home?
I follow the guidelines as they are amended. Right now it is to wear a mask in indoor public spaces. So I do that. My state has a very high rate of vaccination and a very low rate of new infections. I am not worried for myself, but I have a strong interest in supporting government efforts to control the pandemic, and the way I can show that is to adhere to the guidelines and try not to be an asshole.
I don’t care. Everyone should do what they feel comfortable with. But I reserve the option to think they look silly wearing a mask in a car, usually with the windows rolled up, in a car by themselves. 
A lot of people don’t want to bother taking it off until they’ve washed their hands.
I have the opposite reason. No matter how I adjust my mask, it remains prone to random bouts of eyeglass fogging. That’s not a problem if I’m walking but it could be a serious hazard if it happened while I was driving. So I don’t wear my mask in the car. Being as I am virtually always driving alone, I am putting nobody at risk by doing so.
I am one of the laziest people I know. Once I have my mask on to my satisfaction, its just too much bother to take it off and then fuss around with it again in five minutes. Plus, do you have any idea what a bother it is to manually reset my mirrors after they have been moved?
Besides…why would you even care?
Oh, well, that’s just fine then. I mentally mock folks for their garb or behavior on a regular basis and can’t find it in myself to get upset that some random stranger thinks I look silly. Wanna discuss flannel pajama bottoms in the middle of summer? I really laugh at that, but only mentally.
Masks are not required here in Southern Maryland, so I don’t wear one.
Lazy people often look silly. It’s okay, we don’t care if you think we look silly.
I’ve told my wife if she ever sees me going out in pajamas to the store that I’ve completely given up on life. Yeah, I don’t get it, either. Then again, seeing photos of what people wore to casual outings like ballgames and the like back in the 30s, they’d probably think the same of my casual ware.
As for masks and driving — I generally take it off if I’ve been wearing it, but I’ve certainly caught myself mid drive not realizing I’m still wearing it. When you’re busy or just completely used to it, you forget or don’t feel like taking it off. Why bother?
Maybe I just never found the right mask, but I take mine off at the earliest possible minute. I wear one everywhere I’m supposed to, but I hate every second of it. [slight exaggeration, but only slight].
That’s right! I’m too lazy to care if anyone thinks I look silly.
I didn’t answer the question in the OP, though. Currently, there are no mask mandates in Arizona. I am one of those people who likes wearing a mask. No make-up needed (lazy), no sun screen needed (lazy) and I don’t have to smile (I don’t like people).
When the CDC said we could stop wearing masks, I spent a couple of weeks barefaced and didn’t like it at all. Smiling is a lot of work and foundation costs money (plus takes the effort to buy and wear).
Currently I am masking when indoors and avoiding being indoors. I’m not masking outside, but also not standing/walking close to people.
@Procrustus while I don’t want to get personal or anything, but are you male? I’m only asking because women could be more used to wearing uncomfortable things (bras, high heels, corsets, etc.) than men. No judging here, just wondering.
Yep. The worst thing I ever wear is a tie. I do get used to that, though.
While it’s true for many it’s uncomfortable and conspicuous, the point is more is it really hard to imagine that it’s not the case for all—that for some or even many it simply blends into the background and is forgotten? Like I said, I take it off when I can, but sometimes even I forget because I forget I’m even wearing it. Or that it’s more of a nuisance to take off and out not back on in ten minutes than just to keep it on for the car ride? Part of what irritates me about people is that they have a difficult time putting aside their preferences and experiences and imagining that other people may not have the same discomforts. (This is a general statement—not to you specifically.) So somebody wears their mask in the car. So the fuck what?
And do you put it on when you get dressed, or in the car, immediately before you need it?
For me, this is a huge part of the value of SDMB - reading about the opinions, preferences, and informative experiences of a whole lot of very different people. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to ask why people wear masks alone in cars, as long as it comes from a genuine sense of inquisitiveness rather than an attitude of “WTF is wrong with these people, amiright?”.
Agreed. I learn a lot here. (many men urinate sitting down) People find it a hassle to put on a mask to get the right fit. I don’t experience that, but I understand it now that I’m hearing it. Many people don’t find mask that uncomfortable, or at least have gotten used to it. Not my experience, but it makes sense.
I never had to wear a mask for very long. The main reason I wore a mask for over a year was probably shopping for groceries. In and out in 10 minutes, no big deal. In my office I was the only one there most of the time, and we kept to ourselves if others came in. So I never really embraced wearing a mask, or got used to it. Last week I was on an airplane for the first time in the COVID era. I had a mask on for over 3 hours. I adapted, but it was a mild ordeal.
As long as it’s genuine inquisitiveness, of course. Still, sometimes/often SDMB threads come down to questions of why do people like or do things I don’t like and vice versa where the person isn’t really interested in the answer “others are different than me” and simply fight the explanations. I guess for me it’s just a little odd in this case that the simple idea that other people are not bothered by a mask and forget they’re even wearing it or can’t be bothered to take it off isn’t an initial thought. I suppose one can explore to see if it goes any deeper than this.
Around here, a lot of people are wearing P95s due to the shitty AQI. We used to have four seasons but we’ve now added a fifth: Smoke season.
If you have asthma, or don’t want to develop asthma, it might be smart to wear one, even in your car.
So many that German has a word for it:
In contrast, I entered the covid era with most of a box of surgical masks in my cupboard, because I’ve been wearing them on long airplane flights for years.
I initially bought a case when SARS (1) was in the news, thinking that if it wasn’t contained, it might become hard to buy masks. Then I had this case of masks sitting in my closet, and one day, when I had a mild cold but needed to fly somewhere, I decided to wear a mask so I didn’t spread my cold on the plane.
THAT WAS THE MOST COMFORTABLE FLIGHT I’D EXPERIENCED IN YEARS.
I realized that a lot of what I had chalked up to “jet lag” was actually dehydration, and the face mask kept me from becoming dehydrated. And, added bonus, not only did it work better than drinking a lot of water, I also didn’t need to get up and use the rest room.
So I’ve been wearing face masks on long flights ever since. Until covid, I carefully explained it to my seat mates so they weren’t worried that I would give them TB or something. But I used enough facemasks flying that I had recently purchased another case of masks shortly before covid hit the news.
So I’ve been accustomed to wearing masks for decades, and unless it’s really hot and muggy out, or actively raining, I don’t find them particularly uncomfortable.