# Fucking maskholes and vaxholes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [July 14, 2020, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339 "2020-07-14T21:26:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/601 "2021-04-06T12:17:10Z")

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> [@Steve\_McQwark](#):
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> I said the exact same thing the other day to my wife… Morgan Fairchild.

Damn, this board skews old. Ms Fairchild is a fine fantasy wife but I don’t think I’ve heard her mentioned in at least one decade.

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**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/602 "2021-04-06T12:51:20Z")

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> [@Folacin](#):
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> Ms Fairchild is a fine fantasy wife but I don’t think I’ve heard her mentioned in at least one decade.

She’s very discreet. /s

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**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:** [April 6, 2021, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/603 "2021-04-06T13:45:15Z")

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> [@Folacin](#):
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> Damn, this board skews old. Ms Fairchild is a fine fantasy wife but I don’t think I’ve heard her mentioned in at least one decade.

What’s depressing is that I can remember 30-year-old gags from Saturday Night Live, but can I remember to buy milk at the grocery store without a written list? No. Thank goodness for modern technology. I’d be lost without pencils and paper.

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/604 "2021-04-06T15:49:55Z")

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> [@Steve\_McQwark](#):
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> Thank goodness for modern technology. I’d be lost without pencils and paper.

Man, that’s old tech. Even the ancient Sumerians had Personal Digital Assistants.

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**Author:** ![moes\_lotion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@moes\_lotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moes_lotion)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/605 "2021-04-06T18:21:07Z")

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> [@Senegoid](#):
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> Even the ancient Sumerians had Personal Digital Assistants

Sun dried rapid set clay tablets.

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**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/606 "2021-04-07T03:40:18Z")

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> [@Folacin](#):
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> > [@Steve\_McQwark](#):
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> > I said the exact same thing the other day to my wife… Morgan Fairchild.
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> Damn, this board skews old. Ms Fairchild is a fine fantasy wife but I don’t think I’ve heard her mentioned in at least one decade.

The board DOES skew old but it also skews scholarly, and if you are going to quote a Jon Lovitz “Tommy Flanagan” sketch, you _must_ reference Morgan Fairchild.

> **[SNL Transcripts: Chevy Chase: 11/16/85: Pathological Liars Anonymous - SNL...](https://snltranscripts.jt.org/85/85bliar.phtml)**
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>  Saturday Night Live Transcripts  Season 11: Episode 2

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**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/607 "2021-04-09T13:38:24Z")

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> [@Joey\_P](#):
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> AND somehow, on top of that, they complain that he hasn’t put any laws in place to help deal with the virus while ignoring the fact that [literally] every law he attempts to pass gets dragged into the supreme court by the GOP.

Standard GOP tactic. Obstruct any activity, then decry the inaction of their opponents. “The Democrats are so evil for not reducing their bill package and refusing to negotiate with Republicans after the election prior to the administration change!” Um, what about the time from June to November where the Republicans refused to take up any legislative activity, even though the House passed a bill? 6 months of stalling and bad faith and obstruction, yet it’s the Democrats who decide to wait 3 months instead of water down their plan yet again who are the obstructionists. Right.

Maskholes… more and more people without masks all over the place. Everybody out partying like the pandemic is over while new strains are spreading faster than the old ones.

Some dumbass on TV being interviewed about his vaccine reluctance was asked what it would take for him to get the vaccine, and he replied something like “If I thought I was hurting someone by not getting the vaccine, I would get it. I’m not flying anywhere. If I were, then I’d get the vaccine.” 🤦‍♂️ You dipshit! That’s exactly the point! You don’t have to be flying anywhere to be a potential spreader.

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/608 "2021-04-18T09:08:54Z")

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Hutchinson, Minnesota:

> **[The Latest: Minnesotan charged with attacks over mask demand](https://apnews.com/general-news-bbbbaa25a2eec2942480b6fbdc26a529)**
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> Prosecutors have charged a Minnesota man with felony assault and allege that he attacked a home improvement store employee and a police officer after the store worker told him to wear a mask.

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> The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that the incident began Wednesday afternoon when a cashier at a Menards in Hutchinson told 61-year-old Luke Oeltjenbruns that he couldn’t check out unless he put on a mask, according to a criminal complaint. Oeltjenbruns tried to leave with his merchandise, prompting the cashier to grab his cart.
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> The complaint alleges that Oeltjenbruns hit the cashier with a piece of lumber. Police later found Oeltjenbruns sitting in his pickup truck in another store’s parking lot.

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> After a slow-speed chase, officers surrounded his truck with their squad cars, but he refused to get out. Officer Steven Sickmann got up on the truck’s running board and reached through the window. The complaint says Oeltjenbruns closed the window on the officer’s arm, trapping him, and drove off, crashing into squad cars.
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> The complaint says Sickmann tried to use a rescue hammer to break the window, but Oeltjenbruns took it from him and hit him on the head with it.
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> Oeltjenbruns was eventually arrested. The complaint says the officer’s injuries included a head wound.

This should prolly go in the CEBLE&C thread too, come to think of it.

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**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/609 "2021-04-18T16:45:07Z")

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> [@Irishman](#):
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> Everybody out partying like the pandemic is over while new strains are spreading faster than the old ones.

Yes. Walking/cycling around Brooklyn, you’d hardly know there was still a pandemic. Regulations about indoor dining and drinking are widely ignored. Bars are full, at least in the hipster neighborhoods. Masks are optional. Nobody cares.

Not a good situation.

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**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/610 "2021-04-18T23:37:19Z")

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> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#):
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> Hutchinson, Minnesota:  
> [The Latest: Minnesotan charged with attacks over mask demand | AP News](https://apnews.com/article/world-news-pandemics-pakistan-coronavirus-pandemic-bbbbaa25a2eec2942480b6fbdc26a529)
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> > [@](#):
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> > The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that the incident began Wednesday afternoon when a cashier at a Menards in Hutchinson told 61-year-old Luke Oeltjenbruns that he couldn’t check out unless he put on a mask, according to a criminal complaint. Oeltjenbruns tried to leave with his merchandise, prompting the cashier to grab his cart.
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> > The complaint alleges that Oeltjenbruns hit the cashier with a piece of lumber. Police later found Oeltjenbruns sitting in his pickup truck in another store’s parking lot.
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> > [@](#):
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> > After a slow-speed chase, officers surrounded his truck with their squad cars, but he refused to get out. Officer Steven Sickmann got up on the truck’s running board and reached through the window. The complaint says Oeltjenbruns closed the window on the officer’s arm, trapping him, and drove off, crashing into squad cars.
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> > The complaint says Sickmann tried to use a rescue hammer to break the window, but Oeltjenbruns took it from him and hit him on the head with it.
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> > Oeltjenbruns was eventually arrested. The complaint says the officer’s injuries included a head wound.

Even ten years ago, few would have felt justified in behaving as this person did.

Today, with 100% support from the media they listen to and read, thousands feel justified and righteous about behaving this way. And more and more are joining their ranks each day.

It’s not a positive development.

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/611 "2021-04-19T17:49:48Z")

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If there is any justice/karma in the Universe we are setting up for the collective Darwin Award to top all Darwin Awards.

It’ll be kinda like an inverse Rapture; in a comparative historical eyeblink (really 6 months) the selfish stupid half of humanity will disappear, leaving the sensible ones walking the Earth. Sadly the selfish stupid half will also take at least 10% of the other half with them.

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**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/612 "2021-04-20T23:24:23Z")

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Today at work I was treated to the sight of a face shield-wearing employee stuffing fistfuls of popcorn under the shield while strolling through my department. There was so much popcorn falling everywhere, and the bottom of the face shield was smeared in fake butter.

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**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/613 "2021-04-22T03:18:14Z")

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> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> If there is any justice/karma in the Universe we are setting up for the collective Darwin Award to top all Darwin Awards.

We can only hope but somehow they will rationalize their way around it. Ironically their refusal to be vaccinated means they will have to wear masks longer.

> **[Thanks to Republican Anti-Vaxxers, the U.S. May Never Reach Herd Immunity](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/04/republicans-anti-vaccine-herd-immunity)**
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> The huge percentage of GOP voters refusing to get vaccinated is likely to drag out the COVID-19 pandemic.

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/614 "2021-04-22T12:47:32Z")

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> [@Whack-a-Mole](#):
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> Ironically their refusal to be vaccinated means they will have to wear masks longer.

“have to”, or be asked/required to but ignore that and do what they please at great cost to the rest of us?

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**Author:** ![gnarator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gnarator/32/8266_2.png) [@gnarator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarator)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/615 "2021-04-22T17:01:12Z")

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Here’s a Maskhole who took it a bit too far:

> **[Bloomington hockey coach dies from single punch following dispute about...](https://www.startribune.com/bloomington-jefferwson-hockey-coach-michael-ryan-fatally-punched-following-dispute-st-paul-bar/600047865/)**
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> The altercation stemmed from a disagreement over social distancing rules.

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**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/616 "2021-04-22T17:06:36Z")

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Jeez, what an asshole. Charged with 2nd degree murder – maybe he can learn to distance in prison.

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**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/617 "2021-04-22T18:26:54Z")

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And he fled the scene? Twice? Coward.

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**Author:** ![gnarator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gnarator/32/8266_2.png) [@gnarator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarator)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/618 "2021-04-22T18:34:08Z")

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Came back to pick something up. I wonder what that was?

He did turn himself in, though.

This is the most egregious example, but I keep running into these stories where a disagreement goes too far and the aggressor punches the victim who hits his head and ends up disabled or dead. Of course, alcohol is usually involved.

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**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/619 "2021-04-22T18:39:42Z")

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> [@RitterSport](#):
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> Jeez, what an asshole. Charged with 2nd degree murder – maybe he can learn to distance in prison.

I’m thinking solitary confinement cells are wider than six feet, but not by much.  
[https://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/wnpr/files/styles/x\_large/public/201702/replica\_solitary\_confinement\_cell.jpg](https://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/wnpr/files/styles/x_large/public/201702/replica_solitary_confinement_cell.jpg)

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**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:** [April 22, 2021, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/620 "2021-04-22T19:39:37Z")

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Here’s a non-paywalled article:

> **[Minnesota barroom dispute leaves girls’ hockey coach dead](https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/ny-bar-fight-hockey-coach-dead-killed-20210421-yvimsl3oinbitkdjesa3nihzxm-story.html)**
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> The alleged assailant reportedly flouted pandemic restrictions in the bar's bathroom

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