# Chinmask rant **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 21, 2020, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinmask-rant/854265 "2020-05-21T22:55:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinmask-rant/854265/41 "2020-05-22T14:13:30Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > The mask fogs up my glasses. I have tried every remedy I can find on the internet, and none of them work. So when I’m driving, it comes off. When I’m walking the dog, I don’t wear one (I need to read street signs), but I also have very little reason for opening my mouth. If I go into a store, I put on the mask, and wear my glasses on my head. I can pull them down if I need to read a sign or fine print, and hold my breath for half a minute. Fortunately, I see well enough without them, that I don’t bump into things. Wash them with soap. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinmask-rant/854265/42 "2020-05-22T16:14:41Z")
I wear mine properly when indoors but after I leave a building I pull it down to my chin since the outdoors is not nearly as prone to spreading the infection as indoors. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinmask-rant/854265/43 "2020-05-22T16:27:54Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > What the hell is wrong with these people! They are selfish and they don’t care whether you live or die horribly. Get over it, that’s just how humans are. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinmask-rant/854265/44 "2020-05-23T03:57:17Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > I’m with you one hundred percent. > > However, I am in your camp, sporting an enormous bushy beard because I cannot go to a barber for a trim. And I refuse to go at it with my moustache scissors because my face is reflected in a two dimensional mirror, and my head is in three dimensions. > > I’m nervous that my various masks…both homemade from tee shirts (DRINK WINE) and decorative…don’t seal properly. Wear a [shemagh](https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/how-to-tie-a-military-style-shemaghkeffiyeh/)? I keep several around, amazingly useful. I also have the dinky little disposable ones, my oncology office hands them out like candy, but I prefer the wrap. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinmask-rant/854265/45 "2020-05-23T11:48:06Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > However, I am in your camp, sporting an enormous bushy beard because I cannot go to a barber for a trim. I’m letting my corona-beard and corona-hair go nuts until the crisis ends. My girlfriend says I look like Zeus. I’ve only seen her a few times in the last two months, though. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_McQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinmask-rant/854265/46 "2020-05-23T13:34:41Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I’m letting my corona-beard and corona-hair go nuts until the crisis ends. My girlfriend says I look like Zeus. I’ve only seen her a few times in the last two months, though. Zeus is a him. > [@RivkahChaya](#): > > The mask fogs up my glasses. I have tried every remedy I can find on the internet, and none of them work. So when I’m driving, it comes off. When I’m walking the dog, I don’t wear one (I need to read street signs), but I also have very little reason for opening my mouth. If I go into a store, I put on the mask, and wear my glasses on my head. I can pull them down if I need to read a sign or fine print, and hold my breath for half a minute. Fortunately, I see well enough without them, that I don’t bump into things. The only thing that works for me is pulling the top of the mask up a little higher on my nose and using the bottom of my glasses to hold the mask in place. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinmask-rant/854265/47 "2020-05-23T13:53:39Z")
> [@Steve\_McQwark](#): > > Zeus is a him. Did I get whooshed or did you misunderstand his posting. **Bryan Ekers** says his, **Bryan Ekers** ’s, girlfriend says he, **Bryan Ekers** , looks like Zeus and that he, **Bryan Ekers** , has only seen his, **Bryan Ekers** ’ girlfriend a few times in the last two months. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinmask-rant/854265/48 "2020-05-23T14:10:14Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Did I get whooshed or did you misunderstand his posting. **Bryan Ekers** says his, **Bryan Ekers** ’s, girlfriend says he, **Bryan Ekers** , looks like Zeus and that he, **Bryan Ekers** , has only seen his, **Bryan Ekers** ’ girlfriend a few times in the last two months. Well maybe he, **Bryan Ekers** , should be looking for his, **Bryan Ecker’s** gf instead of posting on message boards! ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinmask-rant/854265/49 "2020-05-23T14:12:39Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > Wear a [shemagh](https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/how-to-tie-a-military-style-shemaghkeffiyeh/)? I keep several around, amazingly useful. I also have the dinky little disposable ones, my oncology office hands them out like candy, but I prefer the wrap. Wow…GREAT idea! I have a large grey-blue silk wrap I bought in Marrakesh and used to tie around my head Berber-style, for camel-riding in the Sahara, in the style shown at your link. I completely forgot I had one. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinmask-rant/854265/50 "2020-05-23T14:14:20Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Well maybe he, **Bryan Ekers** , should be looking for his, **Bryan Ecker’s** gf instead of posting on message boards! He can’t see her through all the hair. Zeus had the same problem, which is why he was always turning into swans, bulls, showers of gold, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_McQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinmask-rant/854265/51 "2020-05-23T15:22:13Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Did I get whooshed or did you misunderstand his posting. **Bryan Ekers** says his, **Bryan Ekers** ’s, girlfriend says he, **Bryan Ekers** , looks like Zeus and that he, **Bryan Ekers** , has only seen his, **Bryan Ekers** ’ girlfriend a few times in the last two months. Eh, I was amused by the idea that Bryan Ekers had seen Zeus, but only a few times in the last two months. I don’t think it counts as a whoosh if the joke is really weak. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinmask-rant/854265/52 "2020-05-23T15:45:34Z")
I keep reading the title as “Chipmunk rant.” Yeah, Alvin pisses me off, too. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinmask-rant/854265/53 "2020-05-23T16:06:51Z")
Me - “Chinamask”, I will shame-facedly admit. :o (Can already hear Don intoning that.) ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinmask-rant/854265/54 "2020-05-26T16:34:31Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I’m letting my corona-beard and corona-hair go nuts until the crisis ends. My girlfriend says I look like Zeus. I’ve only seen her a few times in the last two months, though. I have some serious 1970s “Anchorman” style hair going right now. I’ve started what I’m hoping will be a porn-stache to go with it, but right now, it’s more cop mustache than Ron Burgundy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinmask-rant/854265.md?page=2)