# Gas masks are freaking creepy. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 19, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-masks-are-freaking-creepy/681734 "2014-02-19T21:16:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [February 20, 2014, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-masks-are-freaking-creepy/681734/21 "2014-02-20T15:11:25Z")
[Then there’s the DIY variety . . .](http://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/22/12/31/4761202/3/628x471.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-masks-are-freaking-creepy/681734/22 "2014-02-20T15:31:06Z")
Rule 34 applies. Damn, why did I search that? I won’t post a link. You don’t want me to. ---
**Author:** ![SarahRodriguez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@SarahRodriguez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SarahRodriguez)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-masks-are-freaking-creepy/681734/23 "2014-02-21T16:02:25Z")
I think gas masks look cool. Except the one with that beak on it, that thing is creepy looking. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-masks-are-freaking-creepy/681734/24 "2014-02-21T16:07:08Z")
> [@SarahRodriguez](#): > > I think gas masks look cool. Except the one with that beak on it, that thing is creepy looking. See, my reaction was the opposite. I thought the beak-y one (a plague mask, apparently) was less creepy because it was weird by design. Gas masks are freaky because they are functional by design, and end up being wicked creepy as a consequence. > [@ducati](#): > > Rule 34 applies. Damn, why did I search that? > > I won’t post a link. You don’t want me to. I meant to confirm that myself…thanks for the reminder, I now have an agenda for the evening. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-masks-are-freaking-creepy/681734/25 "2014-02-21T17:47:29Z")
[One shudders to imagine what inhuman thoughts lie behind that mask](http://youtu.be/WUhOnX8qt3I) ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-masks-are-freaking-creepy/681734/26 "2014-02-21T23:00:41Z")
I can’t find the image through Google, but the UK comic series [Charley’s War](http://sundaycomicsdebt.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/war-hearse.html) had a great image in one story of cavalry men advancing through a gas attack, with horse and rider both sporting protective masks. There’s also the 2000AD strip [Rogue Trooper](http://dagamerstable.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/rogue-trooper-tabletop-28mm-wargame.html), where the two sides battling over the planet nu-Earth are easily identified by the gas masks everyone wears outside, all the time. The evil Norts use masks that completely cover all by their eyes, the more benign Southers have a mask that’s a cross between a Brodie helmet and transparent cover for the rest of the face. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-masks-are-freaking-creepy/681734/27 "2014-02-22T07:06:23Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > I don’t think I can ever watch that ever again. I was _freaked out_. > > Are you my Mummy? I can’t even watch the whole clip - [Are you my mummy?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38DgjKQhhys) Gah. So yes, I agree with the OP - so very, very creepy. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-masks-are-freaking-creepy/681734/28 "2014-02-22T07:22:10Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > That’s nothing. Have a look at the Mickey Mouse gas mask: > > [http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/images/mo/MOFTLchemical\_dk1576\_720x480.jpg](http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/images/mo/MOFTLchemical_dk1576_720x480.jpg) > > [Military Museums of Fort Leonard Wood, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri](http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2017) > That’s not a catchy name for a chance design – they really did try to make it look like Mickey Mouse in order to be kid-friendly: > > More on the Mickey Mouse Gas Mask: > > [http://gasmasklexikon.com/page/USA-mil-mikey.htm](http://gasmasklexikon.com/page/USA-mil-mikey.htm) [It worked out poorly](http://slimebeast.com/stories/room_zero.php) (This is from one of my favorite online horror series. See also [Abandoned By Disney](http://slimebeast.com/stories/abandoned_by_disney.php) and [A Few Suggestions](http://slimebeast.com/stories/a_few_suggestions.php)) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-masks-are-freaking-creepy/681734.md?page=1)