MASK GUN!

August 16, 2020 8:13 AM

American problems require American solutions!
posted by Tom-B (26 comments total)

I love that the thing actually seems to work? I was assuming it was just a video edit, but then there's the second angle with slo-mo...
posted by Nelson at 8:18 AM on August 16, 2020 [4 favorites]

I'm all for non-lethal enforcement of mask mandates.
posted by Nanukthedog at 8:39 AM on August 16, 2020 [7 favorites]

Plan:
Repurpose old, unused ED-209s with mask guns. Mask unmasked citizens.
posted by NoMich at 8:47 AM on August 16, 2020 [4 favorites]

From the description, I was expecting a mask that had a .45 sticking out it. Colored red with white lettering, of course.
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 8:47 AM on August 16, 2020 [11 favorites]

My gun cannot do this.
posted by AugustWest at 8:55 AM on August 16, 2020 [1 favorite]

I was expecting a mask that had a .45 sticking out it. Colored red with white lettering, of course.

You mean the only mask approved by the CDC and the NRA? (The Daily Show via Youtube)
posted by inflatablekiwi at 9:03 AM on August 16, 2020 [2 favorites]

I'm a little surprised I have not yet heard anyone propose an obvious solution:
Confederate Flag Masks

Also, unrelated, I wonder of this machine could be reconfigured for diapers?
Just dangle a clean baby butt over the hole and FOOMP.
Very Jetsons, pushbutton living in the house of the future.
posted by bartleby at 9:26 AM on August 16, 2020 [9 favorites]

Bartleby, I have spent more hours thinking about how to implement a baby diapering machine than I care to admit. (It turns out that all my ideas are bad.)
posted by phooky at 9:34 AM on August 16, 2020 [6 favorites]

You'll take my mask gun from me when you pry it out of my cold, dead hand.
posted by suetanvil at 9:40 AM on August 16, 2020 [2 favorites]

America, I love you, you know I do, and I even call you 'América' in front of my left-wing friends who correct me to 'Estados Unidos'.
But this whole 'anti-mask' thing? It's made me lose a lot of respect for you.
posted by signal at 9:44 AM on August 16, 2020 [7 favorites]

I'm gonna stand my ground. If I feel threatened, I have a right to defend myself.
posted by straight at 9:46 AM on August 16, 2020 [12 favorites]

Confederate Flag Masks

Well... there was the couple who were banned from Walmart for wearing Swastika face masks.
posted by rh at 9:51 AM on August 16, 2020 [1 favorite]

I love that the thing actually seems to work? I was assuming it was just a video edit, but then there's the second angle with slo-mo...

He commented elsewhere on Twitter that it took 5 or 6 times to work right. In the real world it’s probably useless for anything other than taking an eye out.
posted by jmauro at 10:01 AM on August 16, 2020 [2 favorites]

Confederate Flag Masks

Been there, tried that: Michigan state lawmaker apologizes for wearing apparent Confederate flag face mask
posted by pwnguin at 10:25 AM on August 16, 2020 [2 favorites]

Not to derail but some people here are forgetting the hard part of diapering.
Not that I blame you
posted by sjswitzer at 10:52 AM on August 16, 2020 [6 favorites]

Yes, but can you shoot yourself in the groin with it?
posted by Fuchsoid at 1:02 PM on August 16, 2020 [7 favorites]

Yes, but can you shoot yourself in the groin with it?

Well, masks are the underwear of the face.
posted by wibari at 2:07 PM on August 16, 2020 [2 favorites]

We can now mask all the people who aren't wearing protective masks, but are wearing protective eye goggles!
posted by Garm at 2:45 PM on August 16, 2020 [3 favorites]

underwear of the face
posted by biogeo at 3:12 PM on August 16, 2020 [3 favorites]

Repurpose old, unused ED-209s with mask guns. 

YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS TO COMPLY
...but I'm already wearing a mask.
YOU HAVE 25 SECONDS TO COMPLY

Then we get to find out what it looks like when someone wears 147 masks at the same time, mostly somewhere on their face.
posted by justsomebodythatyouusedtoknow at 4:45 PM on August 16, 2020 [9 favorites]

Underwear of the face (UK souvenir shop style)
posted by bartleby at 5:10 PM on August 16, 2020 [2 favorites]

I'm gonna stand my ground. If I feel threatened, I have a right to defend myself.

Are your lips moving? Can I see them? Then I feel threatened. Do you feel lucky, punk?
posted by spacewrench at 7:10 PM on August 16, 2020 [1 favorite]

Aha! Another gun, unmasked!
I, Optimus Prime, say: Cover your mouth and nose. Don't be a Megatron.
posted by bartleby at 10:54 PM on August 16, 2020 [1 favorite]

But how does it affect the pineal gland?
posted by TedW at 5:27 AM on August 17, 2020

MASKON! APPLY DIRECTLY BELOW FOREHEAD!
posted by blue_beetle at 2:08 PM on August 17, 2020 [5 favorites]

Here's a video where the inventor shows how the design for the mask gun was developed, then visits anti-mask hotspot Huntington Beach to try it out!
posted by Umami Dearest at 10:13 PM on August 17, 2020 [1 favorite]