How To Avoid Someone While Wearing A Mask
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00:01Speaking of the masks, there's a new report from the New York Times that says that the
00:06widespread use of masks in the United States has made facial recognition increasingly difficult
00:10for many people, and it is also a great way to avoid acquaintances in public.
00:17So it's easier than ever to ignore someone if you see them and you don't want to interact
00:25with them.
00:26You can use it as an excuse.
00:27It's easier to ignore now that we have face cover.
00:30There are a couple things with that, and I think, yes, it does make it easier.
00:34It's an easy out.
00:36It's an easy excuse.
00:38And then on the other side, for the facial recognition, for example, at the Bert Kreischer
00:42show, Preston, when we were in our masks backstage, I kept looking at my phone.
00:47I'm like, what's wrong with this goddamn thing?
00:49And then I realized it's not able to recognize my face.
00:52Yeah, I didn't.
00:52Jeff Gordon, I'd passed by and said hi to him.
00:55I didn't even know it was him.
00:55Oh, no kidding.
00:56I know somebody who also, in order to ignore people in public, will walk around and not
01:02even be listening to headphones, but they'll have earbuds in, right, with the volume down.
01:08What's that?
01:09Well, yeah, with actually no music or anything playing, but the wires are showing.
01:13So, you know, other people see that.
01:16I didn't see you.
01:17I was listening to music.
01:18Well, I didn't hear you either.
01:21No, I can totally see that, using that as an excuse.
01:24So, yeah, some saying that it's leading to face blindness.
01:29But a mask isn't making you completely anonymous.
01:32Previous research has shown that we rely most heavily on the eyes when identifying someone.
01:38I can.
01:39I'm pretty good at recognizing people.
01:41It's just it was the same thing with me.
01:42I didn't recognize Jeff Gordon until he spoke up.
01:46But for the most part, I can recognize people.
01:49But, yeah, it's confounding stuff.
01:51It certainly is.
01:52I've had that, like, I guess you're not supposed to do this, but, like, I've pulled the mask
01:55down to be like, oh, yeah.
01:57No, like, hey, it's me.
01:58And then they're like, oh, hey, sorry.
01:59I didn't realize it was you.
02:00Hey, it's me, Johnny.
02:04I've surprisingly had more of the listeners of the show pick me out, even if I was wearing
02:09sunglasses and a mask.
02:11I'm like, how do you know?
02:12And I was wearing the big neck, you know, thing, and people still would pick it out.
02:18And I'm like, how do you know this is me?
02:20But it happens.
02:21Have you seen the signs now, though, that says don't pull your mask down to talk to us?
02:25Pull it up.
02:26Like I just said, like, I'd pull it down.
02:28So, you know, if somebody said excuse me or didn't hear what I was saying, forget where
02:32I was.
02:33I was ordering something, like I was up at a window, and it said, please don't pull your
02:37mask down to talk to us.
02:37Okay.
02:38See the little thing that they're selling now?
02:39They'd say it's sort of a little sort of plastic cage, basically, that keeps the mask
02:45away, puffed out from your mouth.
02:48Not the penis cage.
02:48Not the penis cage.
02:49No, that's a whole different thing when you're a cuck.
02:51Right.
02:52But so it allows a little space between the mask and your face for breathing.
02:57Oh, okay.
02:58I saw a shield the other day I hadn't seen before that came from the bottom up, from
03:03like the chin up.
03:04I like that.
03:05As opposed to the top down.
03:06There's one on Instagram.
03:07Which is kind of interesting.
03:08That's, of course, Instagram.
03:10That's glasses with the mask that tucks down under your chin.
03:15I saw that one.
03:16And you know what, and listen.
03:17Okay.
03:18Everyone's all over the place on the mask thing.
03:20You know, I'm a big fan of just for keeping businesses open and making sure that people,
03:23whatever the deal is, whatever the percentage, I got it.
03:25I'm cool with it.
03:27I do miss seeing people's, I smile at people when I go into a place or whatever and I'm
03:32walking past and it's a, it's a thing that I, I like doing that.
03:36You can see with your eyes though.
03:37I mean, when you smile.
03:38I do see with my eyes.
03:39That's usually how you see.
03:40No, and that's, that's not what I'm saying.
03:41I smell with my nose.
03:42Yeah.
03:43I, uh, kick with my feet on your face.
03:46All right.
03:47Um, so anyway, what I'm saying is when somebody smiles, you can see it in their eyes that they're
03:53smiling.
03:54Not always.
03:55But I will smile at people, random people at Target or wherever I am.
03:59Uh, especially if it's like a mom holding a baby, I always smile at the babies and I
04:03wonder, but I wonder, I wonder if they can, you know, if they can see it.
04:07I smile all the time.
04:08I say hello.
04:09Yeah.
04:09Um, this, we're giving this a test now.
04:11All right.
04:12Hold on.
04:13And then.
04:13All right.
04:14Ready?
04:14What are we doing?
04:15We're going to see.
04:15Can we tell with your eyes?
04:17I want to see if you guys can tell when I'm smiling.
04:20This is like a game Jason and I play.
04:21Am I smiling?
04:22Three, two, one.
04:24Now you are.
04:25Yes.
04:26All right.
04:26Ready?
04:27This would be my smile at a mom in Target.
04:29Yeah.
04:30I could tell.
04:30Yeah.
04:31Yeah.
04:31All right.
04:32And then if I saw Preston.
04:33Here's.
04:34Oh, that's.
04:34Yeah.
04:36That's come hither.
04:37Yeah.
04:37That's a total smile, Steve.
04:38That's me.
04:39All right.
04:39Hold on.
04:39So you can't.
04:40Ready?
04:41All right.
04:41Yeah.
04:42You're smiling for sure.
04:42Yeah.
04:43Your eyes kind of.
04:44Okay.
04:44Perfect.
04:45Yeah.
04:45Some people have soulless, lifeless shark's eyes.
04:47Right.
04:48But Preston.
04:48Like a doll's eyes.
04:49Yeah.
04:50I think this mask thing can also work in people's favor that are maybe not that good at recognizing
04:55or remembering people's names.
04:57Like I'm one of those people.
04:58Hey, Masky.
04:59Yeah.
04:59Be like, oh, I didn't realize that that was you.
05:02Say your name.
05:04Say your name.
05:05Who are you?
05:06Yeah.
05:06Yeah.
05:06You know, I was talking to a guy the other day who said that you never say your name.
05:10Yeah.
05:11Say your name and how I know you so I know that it's you.
05:13You know, I was with Ed the other day and Ed said, you never say who you are and where
05:18I would know you from.
05:19And I say, no, you do it all the time.
05:21Prove him wrong right now.
05:22Uh, so anyhow, yes, it's, it's easier to ignore someone if you, if you do feel the need that
05:29it's, you know, if you're at the store, maybe you don't have time to stop and talk to somebody,
05:33you can just kind of whisk by and it's a little bit easier this time around.
05:36When this is passed, I bet you there will be people who will stick with the masks at some
05:43level or another.
05:43Absolutely.
05:44Yeah.
05:44Especially people who don't like to brush their teeth.
05:46I bet you there will be people who don't like to brush their teeth, but it's a little
05:56bit easier.
05:57I bet you there will be people who don't like to brush their teeth, but it's a little bit
05:59of a brush.
06:00I bet you there will be people who don't like to brush their teeth, but it's a little bit
06:01of a brush.
06:02I bet you there will be people who don't like to brush their teeth.
06:03I bet you there will be people who don't like to brush their teeth.
06:04I bet you there will be people who don't like to brush their teeth.
06:05I bet you there will be people who don't like to brush their teeth.
06:07I bet you there will be people who don't like to brush their teeth.
06:09I bet you there will be people who don't like to brush their teeth.
06:10I bet you there will be people who don't like to brush their teeth.