How long until surgical masks become socially acceptable to wear in the west?

how long until surgical masks become socially acceptable to wear in the west?

Seeing as eating laundry pods is popular, it should be just any day now.

at least 5 years for full on mainstream normalisation at the least

when the pollution blows our way

Quite some time. The west has neither the levels of pollution, nor a viral infection. There's no need for it.

I see them worn everyday here at my school. Used to be only asians but now white girls wear them too
I live in New England btw

i see lots of them in my city (only white masks though) but people still look to them as if the person has stage 4 cancer

did this start as a cope for chinlets ?

soon hopefully
top 1/3 of my face is nicer than the rest i feel

asians have better chins than white people though

They are banned in my country because people are afraid of muslims.

Can't make this shit up

don't confuse facemasks with beards user.

Why care about social acceptability? I wear surgical masks all the time and I've gotten complements and the worst thing I've heard is people questioning why I'm wearing it then I'll either say "because I want to" or "for the fashion" and then thats the end of that.

cope for bad teeth then I guess. Asians have fucked up grills (in Asia at least).

it isn't even about the chin, my chin is pretty good but i hate that my jew nose (it isnt that big but the tip is kinda like a hook) so it looks bad combined with the chad chin

I about to cop a face "surgical" mask & I have round glasses. am i korean yet ?

They’re already socially acceptable?? I wear one whenever I wear a cold because I’m not a mongrel.

I've seen Asians wearing them on the metro sometimes in DC

When white genoside happens

See you at race war user

We would need an airborne disease outbreak and widespread use for it to be acceptable
Covering your face has a certain stigma in the West

Where do I get a decent one?

Walk into any community hospital and take one. They have masks for anybody who wants one

They would become mainstream a lot sooner if it weren't for the fact that literally NO OTHER RACE other than asian can properly pull of the look. I get second hand embarrassment seeing other races in surgical masks

Just wear a balaclava if your face is that cold user

You can get away with wearing one easily
If someone asks just tell them you're sick, preferably with one of those diseases transmitted through coughing and sneezing

I just say the air is dirty or everyone is sick and i dont want to get sick.

If you go to any casinos, it's a must. Especially if you dont smoke yourself

>S-sorry I've got t-tuberculosis
>Entire city gets quarantined for your weeb ass shenanigans

>this entire thread
>the fucking state of this board
>"because I want to"

due to the current kpop uprising probably not long

but my face is stunning so i wont be covering it up

Seeing as there's no Western country that isn't chinked - it has been acceptable for years.

it's not fashionable, it's practical.

I lived in China for 11 months, and got very sick 3 times. I haven't gotten sick in the US for almost 5 years now.

I wear it sometimes. The thing is though you can't like drink at a bar or eat with one on.

beards dont mask bad chins lol

it has nothing to do with pollution

You sound like a fag that tries real hard to keep his self esteem high enough to prevent himself from committing suicide. Just kill yourself fag, deep down you know you're not really that fabulous at all.

not until you have asian hair / kpop hair

aspergers-tier as a fashion accessory

if your not asian you cant pull it off

you can lmao

you forgot that the west doesn't follow logic

as far as i can make them up there are four reasons for as facemask
>yellow dust season in south korea
>having a cold to prevent infection of others
>stars hiding their face from paparazzy (maybe because of lack of makeup or to just dont give them good pictures to sell)
>fashion

When I'm with friends and having a cold i wear a medical one. Yes, other people may look but who cares. Healthy friends are more important.

The ones made of cotton may look quite cool but i dont see much use for them.
Keeping of cold: Scarf is better
Dust: not so much, no filters
Infection reduction: same, well at least you dont spit into others faces anymore.

I have korean ones as well as a chinese 1$ knockoff. Korean ones are larger, the fabric feels better and its much more breathable.

sounds like your projecting

>(maybe because of lack of makeup or to just dont give them good pictures to sell)
They also don't have to shave if they wear them.

>implying asians grow facial hair

I was being sarcastic i'm hideous

When disease and air pollution get bad enough.

Only acceptable if your sick