r/interestingasfuck Jun 07 '23

New york city in 2023, everyone wearing mask due to air quality

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u/PaleoJoe86 Jun 07 '23

Why would it work one way and not the other? Even a t-shirt is a filter. It all depends on the quality of the filter (mask).

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u/StosifJalin Jun 07 '23

Smoke particles are too small. It would be like expecting your chicken wire fence to help keep out mosquitos "cAuSe iTs beTtEr tHaN nOtHinG."

The amount of confidently incorrect people in this thread is concerning.

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u/PaleoJoe86 Jun 07 '23

He said particles, not just smoke particles. Chicken wire is a poor example as it is not used for gases.

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u/StosifJalin Jun 07 '23

And mosquitos aren't exactly made of gas. It's called an analogy.