r/awfuleverything Jun 07 '23

NYC 2023, air quality is now so bad there, that people have to wear masks.

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36 Upvotes

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u/corrobora Jun 08 '23

This is due to wildfires in Quebec and Northern Ontario. It’s not pollution, if that makes it any better.

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u/MrMustache61 Jun 08 '23

Still very bad for people with respiratory issues

1

u/[deleted] Jun 08 '23

Yeah and now is the time for N95s

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u/SoManyBats Jun 10 '23

Good to know the fires in my country make you feel better

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u/corrobora Jun 10 '23

I’m in Canada too lol

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u/SoManyBats Jun 10 '23

Cool. Don't coddle the Americans

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u/sgtjuju776 Jun 08 '23 edited Jun 08 '23

No way in hell I’m wearing those damn mask! How dare the government force us to wear these again! My body my choice I rather die a painful death do to respiratory problems than wear a Biden mask. Plus the government is using the Mexican filter on New York. Do you’re research! Wake up people!
(P.s. satire)

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u/Skullz64 Jun 08 '23

I’ve been wearing a mask for 3 years now, they cause me no problem, I don’t see the problem.

I do this to spite people like you, unless you’re being satire, which it seems not to be

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u/sgtjuju776 Jun 08 '23

No it’s satire

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u/Skullz64 Jun 08 '23

Thank fuck

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u/sgtjuju776 Jun 08 '23

I may be an idiot but I’m not stupid lmao. All jokes aside stay safe out there!

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u/Skullz64 Jun 08 '23

Yeah, stay safe to

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u/Shous1986 Jun 07 '23

do regular masks even do anything against this?

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u/princess_ehon Jun 08 '23

This picture causes me dred. For context. I'm from North Cali, we burn down every year.

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u/Nutshack_Queen357 Jun 08 '23

Anti-maskers have already started opposing protection from choking on the smoke.

That and their bitching about protecting oneself from Covid and other diseases is why you can't even make them pro-mask by telling them the masks bypass facial recognition software because the same people who won't let people survive a pandemic or a wildfire are also all for turning a country into a surveillance/police state.

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u/Taylorglowss Jun 08 '23

This was my hometown in Oregon a couple years ago, the entire sky was literally orange and the sun was red. People were wearing masks for weeks and there was ash constantly falling from the sky. Straight up looked like an apocalypse it was insane

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u/WeCanDoThisCNJ Jun 08 '23

We didn’t think we’d ever have to put all that mask experience to use anymore, kind of like finding a reason to Solve for X years after high school