We’ve been wearing masks for almost two years now. While they’re uncomfortable, fog up our glasses and just generally a hassle to keep up with, some people have managed to find a silver lining to being masked up.
Redditor u/VerySlump recently asked:
“What’s a non-covid reason that you like wearing a mask?”
And we rounded up some of the funniest, most interesting replies.
1. Resting concentration face
Whenever I’m concentrating or working on a task I tend to stick my tongue out or leave my mouth open and I really like it when people don’t see that. –Conscious_Fondant634
2. Laughing at yourself
Talking with myself in the streets and laughing at my own jokes. –VisualCheesecake5676
3. Covering your chin
Covers my double chin. –Catlover2727
4. Ignoring people
Allergies, and so I can ignore people. –FightingBlaze77
5. Smells
Nasty smell in subway. –ChristianaDarkness
6. No colds!
I haven’t had a cold for nearly 2 years IT’S BEEN AMAZING. –fluffofthewild
7. No acne
Hides my acne. –gabrielcutler21
8. No allergies
I have pollen allergies, mask helps a TON. –UnclePiccolo
9. No shaving
Nobody notices if I didn’t shave. –paulfromatlanta
10. Total blank
I don’t have to mind my expression as much. Like… normally, people can see your mouth and it’s expected to have certain expressions. I don’t have to sweat that as much with a mask on. –grombleduke
11. Giving your ear a job
Wearing a mask gives my completely deaf right ear something worthwhile to do. As I can’t hear anything through it, that ear’s only other function is to add handsomeness and symmetry. –nosnowtho
12. Hiding teeth
It hides my teeth. –salmonsensual_69
13. No facial recognitionn
Defeats the facial recognition software. –rschoppe2
14. Not dying
I’m a fresh heart transplant patient and I’m required to wear one in public for the first year. Not strictly COVID, but literally any pissbaby infection that most anyone can shrug off could kill me at this stage. 🤷♂️ –MikoRiko
15. Talking to yourself
I can talk to myself without people seeing my mouth move. –Weak_suicide
16. Warmth
I was in New York a month ago (I live in Florida). It wasn’t cold enough for New Yorkers to wear scarves yet, but it felt like it to me because I live in the south. So wearing a face mask was a handy way to warm my face without looking like a tourist lol –selfmade117
17. Style
Black mask goes hard with my outfit and hairstyle. –pineapple_boiii
18. No makeup
Don’t have to put on a full face of makeup. Fill in my eyebrows, put on mascara and I’m good! –tofueggs
19. Privacy
Just minding our own business. –shubham030296
20. Making faces
It allows me to pull faces at people who annoy me at the grocery store without repercussions. Which actually makes the whole process more pleasant. –Oeebag-a-donuts