Ok, here it is, just for fun. Something us shrews can do while having a cup of coffee sitting in Tim Horton’s, or McDonald’s parking lot.
The Mask Game
This is just a counting game, nothing else. Points are accumulated by how many people you see wearing a mask in certain situations. You add up all of your points and then divide by the number of 10 minute increments you were “watching” (hopefully you have better things to do.)
You can play the game forever, adding up points for months if you like, just keep track of your watching minutes and your score will reflect the number of masked morons you saw within a ten minute interval (average.)
Here is the scoring rubric.
A person in a moving car alone in a mask (obviously must be driver). This score is high because the car itself acts as a giant metal mask, and the mask on the face is therefore redundant 25 pts
A person on a bicycle or motorcycle in a mask 20 pts
A person in a car in a mask with other people in the car (it doesn’t matter if the other people are in a mask or not, and the person in the mask does not have to be driving) 15 pts
A person walking in a park, a field, a desert or a forest 10 pts
A person walking on the street or some other outdoor public place 5 pts
A person indoors (store, theatre, etc.) 1 pt
A person in a medical facility 0 pts (sorry, just too easy)
100 point bonus!! If you spot a person inside their house, alone, with a mask!
Keep track of your time playing the game in 10 minute increments and when you want to submit your score divide your total mask score by the number of ten minute increments you were looking for masks. For example, if you watched for masks for 20 minutes, divide by 2. If you watched for an hour, divide by 6. This will then show how many masks (scored as above) you saw in ten minutes average.
For example. If in 20 minutes I saw 3 people in cars alone in masks, 2 with a mask in a car with 1 or more other people, 2 on bicycles, 5 on the street, and 1 hiking in the woods, my final score would be 180, divided by 2, which equals 90
You may submit a score any time! And you may keep updating your score if you want to…your score may stay the same since you are dividing by the number of ten minute watching intervals, but it may go up or down!
When posting, post each scoring category with the total number of points so we can all see what you observed. Copy and paste the above and replace the scores with your score…
Have fun! I expect to see some interesting scores!!
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i'm gonna use a few days ago, the friday, as my scoring day. i prob spent about 40 minutes total throughout the day focused on masked people at work and then a busy 9km bike ride through downtown toronto for about 30 minutes.
10 public walkers on the street masked (50 pts)
3 cyclists masked up (60 pts)
1 person indoors at work i fought the urge to question about the mask all day (1 pt)
It doesn't seem like too many people want to actually play this game!! I thought that might be the case...Anyway...I did today, and this is what I got:
3 car masks 75 pts
3 people walking on the street 15 pts
a bunch of people on a bus in masks, which doesn't count for anything, but thought I would mention it
A woman in a car with a mask not on her face, but tied around her neck ready for action (no points, but interesting)
And I am going to include the kid on the skateboard here that I captured last week just for yucks 20 pts
Since the skateboard masker was a separate event, I will add it into my 10 minute slot (I know that is cheating but what the hell).
All this took about 20 minutes, so divide by 2...110/2 = 55 pts total. Again, I am a cheater, but even if half that, it is a decent score. I am flabbergasted that I saw THREE people in cars in masks in 20 minutes....good lord.
If I ever have an hour with nothing to do (ha ha) I will sit in my car by a busy street and observe. I did this last week, but it was pouring rain. Maskers don't like to go out in the rain, terrified of pneumonia I guess, or waterborne bugs.
Come on folks...let's see some scores! And you can cheat a little if you like (for example, if you see a car go by on your way to get coffee with a masker, go ahead and count that in your total.)
I went out today to play the game and was pretty unsuccessful due to the rain. No one was out walking, and I wonder if masked people do not like the rain for obvious reasons (unsafe, dangerous, etc.)
I did, within the first 20 minutes, snag TWO people with masks alone in their car. But since I sat in the same spot casually observing for another 20 minutes my points got watered down.
I will try again later to see how I do.
(What about people on buses with masks? I saw a lot of them...maybe we can add them for 10 points each...??)
My report so far: in the last couple of days I have spent 6 ten-minute periods playing "the mask game" (I have spent considerable time out these last couple of days to allow me to do that). In that period of time I have counted 37 points for a score = 6.17 points per 10 minute period. The overwhelming majority of "sightings" have been "5 pointers" of people wearing masks while walking outdoors.
My beloved and late hubby wanted me to wear a mask because he wanted to be protected from germs. I tried and I did that in stores and in school. Hard to do. When I didn’t wear one and he got sick, I felt bad. I still wonder at times if me not wearing one every time at school and then coming home or going to the hospital caused him to get sick and die. Like I brought him germs. When I was sick, I didn’t go to the hospital and it was torture not to be with him. When we both got covid before he took the poison, I would double glove, masks, lots of napkins, and no retouching to feed him. I slept in the other room or opposite him with a mask to try to help. Late 2020. He was a person who lived as a quadriplegic. What an amazing man!
d'ya think the following would reverse the march of the face diaper brigade...gellerreport.com /2023/05/study-reveals-most-peoples-lungs-now-riddled-with-microplastics-found-in-disposable-face-masks.html/
Study Reveals MOST People’s Lungs Now Riddled With Microplastics Found in Disposable Face Masks 5/19/2023
A shocking new study has revealed that most people have microplastics, commonly found in disposable masks, in all areas of their lungs. For those of us who refused the “vaccine” and the mask, it’s vindication but we continue to be punished by these toxic lemmings.
Also: Possible toxicity of chronic carbon dioxide exposure associatedwith face mask use, particularly in pregnant women, children andadolescents – A scoping review
There were 12 types of microplastic found in samples.
The 4 microplastics present in the most considerable quantities included:
polypropylene (PP): found in carpets, clothing, automotive plastics, and surgical masks
polyethylene terephthalate (PET): present in clothing, beverage, and food containers
resin: a constituent of protective coating and paints
polyethylene (PE): a component of food wrappers, milk containers, toys, and detergent bottles
In 2020, the amount of disposable face masks littered into the environment increased by a staggering 9000 percent. Billions of people strapped polypropylene masks to their faces every day for two years and sucked their air through plastic fibers for 8 hours or more. To not have discovered plastic in lungs would have been surprising.
The confirmation of microplastics in the lungs also backs up a study conducted in 2020 which predicted a microplastic inhalation risk posed by wearing masks...'
Did you know that authorities started playing this game in 2020. By "game" I mean issuing fines and closing businesses that got too few points.
You know that authorities study us constantly, how to influence us, how we react to provocations, stimuli, techniques of psychological manipulation. It is the basis of the field of behaviorism, behavioral science. The study of our behavior is the science.
Take the example of masking. Having different approaches in the different states and cities to get people to wear them were experiments in and of themselves. That were studied in real time. Studying different types of controls and behavioral modification techniques
Did you know that many local jurisdictions hired observers to stand outside and inside supermarkets and other businesses to mark down the number of customers, if masked, type of facial covering, if worn above or below nose, etc, all of those data points were captured and reported back to authorities.
Authorities set compliance rates that business operators had to meet in the heavier-handed jurisdictions, commonly was set at 93% masked to avoid fines and penalties. It's why the larger businesses with hundreds of customers in an hour could be easier for unmasked customers to ignore the demands they mask than the smaller businesses, where just one unmasked customer out of ten that might walk in an hour would earn them a fine and penalty. Many of the large proprietors (like Walmart) invested in video monitoring cameras trained on detecting masked/unmasked faces, the data reported back to authorities without needing human observers.
Even states without mandates offered a control model for the behavioral scientists studying compliance rates. Without mandates, without risk of fine or penalty, no enforcement mechanisms whatsoever observing mask compliance rates informed them of the efficacy of messaging programs, television news, individual advice offered from "experts" in a community, pastors telling congregations to wear them as a kind, Godly act of service, billboards, movies, advertisements, sports, business managers, all of the points of influence on a society nudged people into compliance even without financial sanctions or criminal sanctions.
My observational experience in a "blue" authoritarian county in a "red" free state where all mask penalties were removed by executive order about 6-8 months into the pandemic was when it was mandated compliance was around 95%. When mandates were removed compliance slowly went down to about 70%. Compliance then fluctuated between 50-85% as new "variants" were reported on the news and then faded. All voluntarily. Induced by influencers like TV and those listed above. I would remark to my partner that the news must be dialing up the fear of a new variant each time I noticed more and more masked faces. It was like a fear volume dial on a stereo.
And my anecdotal observations were scientifically captured and reported by official observers back to authorities. A control group in "free states" that demonstrated how powerful influencers are on the public mind even without official enforcement regimens. Still ongoing. The dedicated maskers for life hold steady at about 15-20%. Goes up to about 30-40% based on news reports about Monkeypox or any other fear chatter that begins to make the rounds, before the fear chatter fades and drops back to that 15-20% maskers for life. It's sad to behold. Heartbreaking, actually, for those of us who love humanity and see people willingly shutting themselves out of human connection with masks. Heartbreaking, indeed.
So, the "free" states were a part of the scientific study of human behavior that behavioral scientists use to refine their applied control mechanisms and techniques. They study us as we study and learn about them. I have no illusion that Substack itself is either an intentional vehicle or opportunistic vehicle for capturing data on public sentiment, what influences we respond to, allowing authorities to craft targeted messaging appeals, influence campaigns on different audiences, targets for behavioral change. They have the resources. And are in it for the long term. Taking the time to get past us troublesome humans standing in their way. They are probably pretty satisfied with themselves.
The thing we have going for us is their satisfaction is their Achilles Heal. Arrogance is always what totalitarians, the "elite" trip over. Their egos. Pride. A deadly sin for a reason. They believe they are in control with all of the mechanisms of control they build and wield. Hubris. Man as God level arrogance. God knows better. We are his creation. And as we turn to him and away from "experts" he will protect us from their wicked intentions of human bondage.
While I've been anti-COVID fraud since the beginning, I have appreciated liberals revealing their political and thinking proclivities via wearing a face diaper without even having to engage with them. Like zombies, it signaled that I should steer far clear of them. In that respect it will be sad if they eventually drop this and one will actually have to talk to these people and then be unpleasantly surprised when they reveal themselves as insane.
I'm over it......I, or my family never played the mask game when it was "mandated." I never EVER wore one. I went to stores and wherever else I wanted and never was refused service or entry. I walked past cops, and firemen wearing masks and I laughed in their faces, because they were weak. I don't do "fantasy acting," and was not going to comply with "un-scientific" exhibitions of childlike foolishness. I refused to support the hoax. Never got sick, none of my family, and to this day I cannot grasp the utter stupidity of it all. The mask is a symbol of submission, and in fact during the middle ages in Europe the "commoners" has to wear masks in order to approach royals. Same today. I was, and am, willing to physically repel anyone, anywhere, at any time who tries to physically assault me, whether it be with a mask or a needle. Trust. Its an assault, that results in injury, just the same as a baseball bat, gun or knife.
I am in the game, Todd. I will probably post my score in a couple of days, in order to have enough 10 minute periods to average out. I see a LOT of under the nose masks these days. I will count them as 1... or extra points as per the rubric you gave us.
I had to go to the Clinic one day and she put a thermometer to my forehead and handed me a mask I had to wear.
As I came out I offered it to her and said, "Do you want this for the next guy?"
She shook her head no and laughed and so did a guy sitting in a chair waiting for his wife.
I thought after, "I wonder what she would have done if I had put an ice pack on my forehead for a few minutes in my truck before I walked in with a 60 degree temperature?"
i'm gonna use a few days ago, the friday, as my scoring day. i prob spent about 40 minutes total throughout the day focused on masked people at work and then a busy 9km bike ride through downtown toronto for about 30 minutes.
10 public walkers on the street masked (50 pts)
3 cyclists masked up (60 pts)
1 person indoors at work i fought the urge to question about the mask all day (1 pt)
111/4- 27.75 pts
It doesn't seem like too many people want to actually play this game!! I thought that might be the case...Anyway...I did today, and this is what I got:
3 car masks 75 pts
3 people walking on the street 15 pts
a bunch of people on a bus in masks, which doesn't count for anything, but thought I would mention it
A woman in a car with a mask not on her face, but tied around her neck ready for action (no points, but interesting)
And I am going to include the kid on the skateboard here that I captured last week just for yucks 20 pts
Since the skateboard masker was a separate event, I will add it into my 10 minute slot (I know that is cheating but what the hell).
All this took about 20 minutes, so divide by 2...110/2 = 55 pts total. Again, I am a cheater, but even if half that, it is a decent score. I am flabbergasted that I saw THREE people in cars in masks in 20 minutes....good lord.
If I ever have an hour with nothing to do (ha ha) I will sit in my car by a busy street and observe. I did this last week, but it was pouring rain. Maskers don't like to go out in the rain, terrified of pneumonia I guess, or waterborne bugs.
Come on folks...let's see some scores! And you can cheat a little if you like (for example, if you see a car go by on your way to get coffee with a masker, go ahead and count that in your total.)
I went out today to play the game and was pretty unsuccessful due to the rain. No one was out walking, and I wonder if masked people do not like the rain for obvious reasons (unsafe, dangerous, etc.)
I did, within the first 20 minutes, snag TWO people with masks alone in their car. But since I sat in the same spot casually observing for another 20 minutes my points got watered down.
I will try again later to see how I do.
(What about people on buses with masks? I saw a lot of them...maybe we can add them for 10 points each...??)
My report so far: in the last couple of days I have spent 6 ten-minute periods playing "the mask game" (I have spent considerable time out these last couple of days to allow me to do that). In that period of time I have counted 37 points for a score = 6.17 points per 10 minute period. The overwhelming majority of "sightings" have been "5 pointers" of people wearing masks while walking outdoors.
What I would do to gave him back! Would have been 18 years this Saturday if he was here. :( 💔😞
My beloved and late hubby wanted me to wear a mask because he wanted to be protected from germs. I tried and I did that in stores and in school. Hard to do. When I didn’t wear one and he got sick, I felt bad. I still wonder at times if me not wearing one every time at school and then coming home or going to the hospital caused him to get sick and die. Like I brought him germs. When I was sick, I didn’t go to the hospital and it was torture not to be with him. When we both got covid before he took the poison, I would double glove, masks, lots of napkins, and no retouching to feed him. I slept in the other room or opposite him with a mask to try to help. Late 2020. He was a person who lived as a quadriplegic. What an amazing man!
Like smokers to me shouldn’t be treated by pulmonologists. It’s a waste of money. They will keep smoking.
d'ya think the following would reverse the march of the face diaper brigade...gellerreport.com /2023/05/study-reveals-most-peoples-lungs-now-riddled-with-microplastics-found-in-disposable-face-masks.html/
Study Reveals MOST People’s Lungs Now Riddled With Microplastics Found in Disposable Face Masks 5/19/2023
A shocking new study has revealed that most people have microplastics, commonly found in disposable masks, in all areas of their lungs. For those of us who refused the “vaccine” and the mask, it’s vindication but we continue to be punished by these toxic lemmings.
Also: Possible toxicity of chronic carbon dioxide exposure associatedwith face mask use, particularly in pregnant women, children andadolescents – A scoping review
There were 12 types of microplastic found in samples.
The 4 microplastics present in the most considerable quantities included:
polypropylene (PP): found in carpets, clothing, automotive plastics, and surgical masks
polyethylene terephthalate (PET): present in clothing, beverage, and food containers
resin: a constituent of protective coating and paints
polyethylene (PE): a component of food wrappers, milk containers, toys, and detergent bottles
In 2020, the amount of disposable face masks littered into the environment increased by a staggering 9000 percent. Billions of people strapped polypropylene masks to their faces every day for two years and sucked their air through plastic fibers for 8 hours or more. To not have discovered plastic in lungs would have been surprising.
The confirmation of microplastics in the lungs also backs up a study conducted in 2020 which predicted a microplastic inhalation risk posed by wearing masks...'
I was wearing an N95 mask yesterday while sanding wood. -50 points.
Did you know that authorities started playing this game in 2020. By "game" I mean issuing fines and closing businesses that got too few points.
You know that authorities study us constantly, how to influence us, how we react to provocations, stimuli, techniques of psychological manipulation. It is the basis of the field of behaviorism, behavioral science. The study of our behavior is the science.
Take the example of masking. Having different approaches in the different states and cities to get people to wear them were experiments in and of themselves. That were studied in real time. Studying different types of controls and behavioral modification techniques
Did you know that many local jurisdictions hired observers to stand outside and inside supermarkets and other businesses to mark down the number of customers, if masked, type of facial covering, if worn above or below nose, etc, all of those data points were captured and reported back to authorities.
Authorities set compliance rates that business operators had to meet in the heavier-handed jurisdictions, commonly was set at 93% masked to avoid fines and penalties. It's why the larger businesses with hundreds of customers in an hour could be easier for unmasked customers to ignore the demands they mask than the smaller businesses, where just one unmasked customer out of ten that might walk in an hour would earn them a fine and penalty. Many of the large proprietors (like Walmart) invested in video monitoring cameras trained on detecting masked/unmasked faces, the data reported back to authorities without needing human observers.
Even states without mandates offered a control model for the behavioral scientists studying compliance rates. Without mandates, without risk of fine or penalty, no enforcement mechanisms whatsoever observing mask compliance rates informed them of the efficacy of messaging programs, television news, individual advice offered from "experts" in a community, pastors telling congregations to wear them as a kind, Godly act of service, billboards, movies, advertisements, sports, business managers, all of the points of influence on a society nudged people into compliance even without financial sanctions or criminal sanctions.
My observational experience in a "blue" authoritarian county in a "red" free state where all mask penalties were removed by executive order about 6-8 months into the pandemic was when it was mandated compliance was around 95%. When mandates were removed compliance slowly went down to about 70%. Compliance then fluctuated between 50-85% as new "variants" were reported on the news and then faded. All voluntarily. Induced by influencers like TV and those listed above. I would remark to my partner that the news must be dialing up the fear of a new variant each time I noticed more and more masked faces. It was like a fear volume dial on a stereo.
And my anecdotal observations were scientifically captured and reported by official observers back to authorities. A control group in "free states" that demonstrated how powerful influencers are on the public mind even without official enforcement regimens. Still ongoing. The dedicated maskers for life hold steady at about 15-20%. Goes up to about 30-40% based on news reports about Monkeypox or any other fear chatter that begins to make the rounds, before the fear chatter fades and drops back to that 15-20% maskers for life. It's sad to behold. Heartbreaking, actually, for those of us who love humanity and see people willingly shutting themselves out of human connection with masks. Heartbreaking, indeed.
So, the "free" states were a part of the scientific study of human behavior that behavioral scientists use to refine their applied control mechanisms and techniques. They study us as we study and learn about them. I have no illusion that Substack itself is either an intentional vehicle or opportunistic vehicle for capturing data on public sentiment, what influences we respond to, allowing authorities to craft targeted messaging appeals, influence campaigns on different audiences, targets for behavioral change. They have the resources. And are in it for the long term. Taking the time to get past us troublesome humans standing in their way. They are probably pretty satisfied with themselves.
The thing we have going for us is their satisfaction is their Achilles Heal. Arrogance is always what totalitarians, the "elite" trip over. Their egos. Pride. A deadly sin for a reason. They believe they are in control with all of the mechanisms of control they build and wield. Hubris. Man as God level arrogance. God knows better. We are his creation. And as we turn to him and away from "experts" he will protect us from their wicked intentions of human bondage.
i just saw a kid fly down the sidewalk on a skateboard...with a mask...
I like the n95 mask on top of the cloth mask and paper mask and shield like your at the dentist. Like Austin/darth Vader
Like I have allergies, asthma but I’m still gonna smoke. I’m going to intake nicotine but I’m not ok w a “virus”.
At the allergy dr, there were smokers outside and I don’t understand how the drs are ok w treating them.
I saw the ups driver wearing a mask in his open air truck. And he drops off packages w his mask on
Loved it. I would give 50 points for the person driving alone, just because that is my favorite all-time version of idiocy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
While I've been anti-COVID fraud since the beginning, I have appreciated liberals revealing their political and thinking proclivities via wearing a face diaper without even having to engage with them. Like zombies, it signaled that I should steer far clear of them. In that respect it will be sad if they eventually drop this and one will actually have to talk to these people and then be unpleasantly surprised when they reveal themselves as insane.
I'm over it......I, or my family never played the mask game when it was "mandated." I never EVER wore one. I went to stores and wherever else I wanted and never was refused service or entry. I walked past cops, and firemen wearing masks and I laughed in their faces, because they were weak. I don't do "fantasy acting," and was not going to comply with "un-scientific" exhibitions of childlike foolishness. I refused to support the hoax. Never got sick, none of my family, and to this day I cannot grasp the utter stupidity of it all. The mask is a symbol of submission, and in fact during the middle ages in Europe the "commoners" has to wear masks in order to approach royals. Same today. I was, and am, willing to physically repel anyone, anywhere, at any time who tries to physically assault me, whether it be with a mask or a needle. Trust. Its an assault, that results in injury, just the same as a baseball bat, gun or knife.
I am in the game, Todd. I will probably post my score in a couple of days, in order to have enough 10 minute periods to average out. I see a LOT of under the nose masks these days. I will count them as 1... or extra points as per the rubric you gave us.
I had to go to the Clinic one day and she put a thermometer to my forehead and handed me a mask I had to wear.
As I came out I offered it to her and said, "Do you want this for the next guy?"
She shook her head no and laughed and so did a guy sitting in a chair waiting for his wife.
I thought after, "I wonder what she would have done if I had put an ice pack on my forehead for a few minutes in my truck before I walked in with a 60 degree temperature?"
please clarify. double points for 2 masks? or the ultimate..... 2 masks worn under the nose?
Oh and the mask of ppl who are in drive thru w plexiglass too.
Or smoking but then got the poison. I have a neighbor who put on a mask in his house to protect his dogs from the virus. No lie!
Especially having a mask in the car.
I don’t understand those who were so afraid of the “virus” but then smoke.
I think I will start a T-shirt business. The first design will have this slogan emblazoned across the chest:
YOUR GOVERNMENT HATES YOU AND WANTS YOU DEAD
The first couple of thousand will be handed out free to the MM's (masked morons).
That’s a fun game