But man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,
Most ignorant of what he’s most assur’d;
His glassy essence, like an angry ape,
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven,
As make the angels weep.
Shakespeare, Measure for Measure
U.S.—There’s a light at the end of the tunnel for the pandemic as vaccine distribution continues to increase, and soon the whole ordeal will be over. While most people are celebrating this development, it has filled others with worry — especially those who have taken it upon themselves to yell at people who aren’t wearing masks. They have a sinking feeling they’re never going to feel important ever again.
“I’ve never felt so alive as when I’ve gotten in people’s faces, saying, ‘Where’s your mask?! Where’s your mask?!’” said Karen Hughes. “I’m basically stopping murderers. And, let’s face it, with my lack of skills and annoying personality, this is the highlight of my life.”
“This has given me purpose and meaning,” agreed Karen Boyd. “Usually, I’m looked at as some sort of witch when I scream at kids, but now I have a reason backed by the CDC. I’m a hero. But when the pandemic is over, I’ll go back to being a crazy lady.”
“I don’t think I have the ability to do anything else,” said Bob “Karen” Shelton. “What else can I yell at people about? ‘Wear sunscreen?!’ I dunno. And I was just getting so good at mask policing. I was yelling at people for only wearing one mask. ‘Why don’t you have two?!’ I‘d shout. But those days are ending.”
Go here to read the rest. A not insignificant portion of the population lives to push other people around, a fact of life that every odious regime in the lamentable chronicle of the crimes of Man has taken full advantage of.
What these mask vigilantes are doing is basic manifestation of inferiority with much to feel inferior about. They are quite correct about one thing. When the crisis is over they will return to being a cypher in a footnote to the nothingness of their world.
It never occurred to me until reading this that the mask mandates gave people other than the dictators a sense of power they enjoy. Maybe because I’ve never worn one and not a single person has ever approached me to yell at me.
“Bob “Karen” Shelton”. I have a simple sense of humor, and I’m going to be smiling at that one for a while.
Most mask mandates are ending for us this week.
So I bumped into a family friend recently who was merrily walking around the shopping centre with his daughter mask free. I asked him if anyone makes comments to him that he isn’t wearing a mask. He took a sip of his short black and said “I just keep ordering these (coffee) and sip on them as I stroll around the shopping centre. Nobody says anything”. Ha!