Masks are great for crushingly introverted people like me:

• They hide your face
• You’re not the only person wearing one
• You’re helping kill COVID
• You’re also helping kill colds and influenza
• They defeat facial recognition software
• There’s cool designs!

@yorrike yes, all true! 👏

@yorrike I’ve been finding that I’m much more likely to meet another person’s eyes if we’re both masked, partly because the option of looking at their mouth (where both their speech and the threat, however negligible, of biting are coming from) isn’t available ¯\(ツ)/¯

@yorrike The first point is crucial. Now I can spend less effort remembering to smile at strangers.