The New Normal

[jamesdeluxe]

Going to the gym with a mask on seriously sucks.

While not a germophobe, I was always creeped out by what was probably going on at gyms/sports clubs: people touching the equipment/not wiping off afterward, locker rooms, showers... blecch. COVID put the final nail in the coffin on that activity for me, which is a shame as I like working out on machines. Whether it's true or not, if there's one place that registers to me as a likely super spreader environment, that's it.

 

[Brownski]

While not a germophobe,

From my point of view you are. It’s a very common affliction

 

[D.B. Cooper]

I’ve said this before I wish masks remained permanently I can’t stand people breathing on me in the supermarket ,movie theater etc

"Lighten up, Francis."

Full disclosure
I don’t wear a mask at work
Except in the elevator.

Seems contradictory to the above.

 

[jamesdeluxe]

From my point of view you are.

While I wasn't a fan of suspected uncleanliness, that didn't prevent me from going at least three times weekly over two decades to New York Sports Clubs in the city and NJ. I'd argue that a true germophobe wouldn't.

 

[Andy_ROC]

While I wasn't a fan of suspected uncleanliness, that didn't prevent me from going at least three times weekly over two decades to New York Sports Clubs in the city and NJ. I'd argue that a true germophobe wouldn't.

Did you ever see George Costanza urinating in the shower?

 

[Brownski]

You make a good point of course. You don’t have to justify anything to me.

 

[jamesdeluxe]

This discussion reminds me of listening to Howard Stern in the early 00s when our previous president was a frequent (and very entertaining) guest. He often mentioned being a germophobe and especially not wanting to shake hands with the hundreds of people he met every day because "who the hell knew where their hands had been?" He proposed that bowing heads like in some Asian countries would be a better idea.

 

[tirolski]

Politics FTW.

 

[jamesdeluxe]

Forgot to finish my thought (which wasn't political) -- that what he said about bowing instead of shaking hands made sense to me, so who knows, maybe I am the g-word.

 

[Campgottagopee]

This discussion reminds me of listening to Howard Stern in the early 00

He was the best back then