# Making a Selfie Mask! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [May 1, 2020, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-a-selfie-mask/852970 "2020-05-01T12:38:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-a-selfie-mask/852970/1 "2020-05-01T12:38:53Z")
Just saw this on Maddowblog. You definitely need to look at it: > **[Selfie-mask: Smiles to the fore!](http://services.ayespee.net/selfie-mask)** > > The best thing about all the masks > people are wearing is that it saves our lives. The worst thing is that we can't see smiles > anymore! The Selfie Mask solves this problem by taking your smile from in back of the > mask to the fore! > [@](#): > > The best thing about all the masks people are wearing is that it saves our lives. The worst thing is that we can’t see smiles anymore! The Selfie Mask solves this problem by taking your smile from in back of the mask to the fore! You can help us get this mask idea trending on your favorite social media app by giving us a public mention, using our #Smiles2the4 hashtag. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-a-selfie-mask/852970/2 "2020-05-01T12:43:17Z")
I find this concept disturbing in an “Uncanny Valley” sort of way. :eek: YMMV ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-a-selfie-mask/852970/3 "2020-05-01T13:01:30Z")
Spooky. I’d far rather see tassels or decorative beads; fashion, not something easily confused with the absence of a mask. If you simply must have a face, make it Guy Fawkes or Harley Quinn. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-a-selfie-mask/852970/4 "2020-05-01T13:01:51Z")
In another thread, I talked about masks. I was somewhat surprised at how much it bothered me that no one could see my facial expressions. I’m extroverted and I thought it hampered communication. This is a really creepy solution, though. I would never do it. ---
**Author:** ![Esprise\_Me](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprise_me/32/2947_2.png) [@Esprise\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprise_Me)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-a-selfie-mask/852970/5 "2020-05-02T01:04:52Z")
Ugh. Reminds me of those Japanese burger wrappers with the elegantly closed ladies’ mouths printed on them: > **[A Japanese Fast Food Chain Invented A Wrapper To Help Women Feel Comfortable...](https://www.businessinsider.com/japan-freshness-burger-liberation-wrapper-2013-11)** > > Freshness Burger, a Japanese burger chain, has invented a hamburger wrapper that covers a woman's mouth and helps her eat more politely. ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-a-selfie-mask/852970/6 "2020-05-02T20:41:34Z")
I proposed awhile back that this might be mandatory, the new normal, so folks can’t disguise their identities from facial recognition systems. Wearing any other mask design is evidence of intent to evade justice. Book-em, Danno! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-a-selfie-mask/852970/7 "2020-05-02T21:37:04Z")
I like the ones with a window, for the sake of deaf people who need to read lips.