Whenever you come across a toxic and angry person, are you able to remain calm? How?

[Anonymous]

An example would be the girl who went into Starbucks and started making fun of the cashier wearing a face mask. She posted the video herself and everyone started donating thousands of dollars to the Starbucks employee.

That is Amber Lynn and Lenin Guiterrez. Was a hilarious video that she recorded herself but then deleted it after receiving harsh backlash.

[NewsReader]

Yes. I work in an environment where I come across messed up people on a daily basis. I'm used to it. The best solution depends on the situation. The best policy is to ignore them or escape the scene by saying that you are busy and pretending to be doing something. If that's not possible, say you don't speak their language. I say "No English" with an accent. And they leave me alone. Another is to say something like "I don't know" or "I'm sorry, but there is nothing I can do". If there is something around you that can be used as a distraction, use it.

[Guy13]

Nice. There’s more in this than meets the eye. But yeah, a good strategy for pity money collection. Modernist version of cardboard sign at stoplights at major intersections

[Agape93]

Yeap. I don't care why there angry or toxic, it doesn't concern me. But if you push too hard, you'll find out exactly how toxic and angry I can be.

[gorydetails]

She should have made fun of him wearing a mask. What a dope.

[AngryCarl2]

So you support freedom of speech but not the freedom to wear a mask? Sounds logical.

[gorydetails]

@AngryCarl2 You have the freedom to wear a mask. I have the freedom to make fun of you for being mentally ill.

[Asker]

Don’t be a Karen.

[gorydetails]

Don't be an idiot wearing a mask

[Asker]

This was in 2020

[gorydetails]

Still applies. You are stupid to wear masks.

[Echosoul]

Masks are important particularly at the height of the pandemic. Selfish people don't care about the wellbeing of others and assume they know better because reasons. The pandemic showed how selfish people can be

[gorydetails]

@Echosoul lmao, there is no scientific evidence that masks are effective at preventing the spread of respiratory viruses.

Shove your "SeLfIsH PeoPlE DoN'T CaRe" shit up your ass.

[Echosoul]

Yes there is.
"The method used in this study was to measure the change in relative humidity when wearing a mask, compared to no mask, in various scenarios, based on the assumption that as the virus is air-borne the smaller the increase in humidity the less the spread of the virus. The results above show that the use of a mask, excluding some simple home-made ones, significantly reduces the spread of humidity."

scholar.google.com/scholar

[Echosoul]

Direct link doesn't work hmm. www.tandfonline.com/.../03091902.2020.1797198

[gorydetails]

@Echosoul The largest metadata study of 78 randomized controlled trials found the following:

The pooled results of RCTs did not show a clear reduction in respiratory viral infection with the use of medical/surgical masks. There were no clear differences between the use of medical/surgical masks compared with N95/P2 respirators in healthcare workers when used in routine care to reduce respiratory viral infection. Hand hygiene is likely to modestly reduce the burden of respiratory illness, and although this effect was also present when ILI and laboratory‐confirmed influenza were analyzed separately, it was not found to be a significant difference for the latter two outcomes. Harms associated with physical interventions were under‐investigated.

www.cochranelibrary.com/.../full