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Asians with face masks - WTH?
WTH is up with Asians wearing face masks when out in public. I was hiking the other day - on a fairly remote trail in the Angeles National Forest, and 99% of the Asian hikers were wearing masks. Anyone know why? Ever seen this?
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Asiatic Bird Flu has hit the Angeles National Forest?
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Its a pretty routine scene in certain parts of asia because of pollution.
Maybe they didn't like the smell of California.
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In Japan the wearing of a face mask is common practice (and regarded as polite) when you have a cold. This helps prevent the spread of illness which is important in a very dense population.
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i know they wear the sun shade deals over their faces and cover their hands from the sun often around here. ive heard its because a tanned person in their culture will mean a laborer, lower class sort of person.
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Asians don't really have nearly the body odor we honkeys have(biological fact, look it up). I vote the masks are to shield them from the smell of us pale barbarians.
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I understand if they are sick, but ALL of the hikers we wearing masks. It was a bit surreal.
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She said most wear them for warmth... not perceived filtration.. I see your in So Cal.. so the warmth thing might be a stretch.. Asians do think and have a whole different outlook on the world than Caucasians do... I have spent 12 weeks this year in China with my wife and her family.. they really look at things differently Taken last week in Forbidden City, Beijing   This girl was smoking hot...and wearing a mask... I didn't want to be an ass and be obvious taking her picture...she made me weak in the knees... Luckily for me I was at Forbidden City w/o my wife... she had appointments that day 
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When I was in Japan in '84-'85, every Japanese person seemed to be wearing a face mask or a plastic helmet of some sort...
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I worked in the Sandbox years ago with a labor force from Thailand.... Daytime temps could get to 100-120F and these guys wore long sleeve shirts, and covered there heads with turbans... When I asked why, I was told that dark skin meant lower class...
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I was told that during the Victorian era, a tan was a sign that a person was a "laborer" and so people desired the "pale look" and used make-up to achieve the un-tanned look.
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Also agree with you on Asian women - they are hot!
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my neighbor wears it anytime working out in the yard
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