“Real men” aren’t afraid of a little lung disease. Seriously, I worked construction and people will give you shit for caring about stuff like that and wearing an n95 or god forbid a respirator. Hopefully things have changed, but the mentality I saw here in the US was exactly that. The very essence of Toxic Masculinity.
I wore an full mask everyday on site... Pulling up 50 Yr old carpet over thousands of square feet. The dust was fucking hideous... Dickhead I'm working with has no mask... Ciggerette and is a father. I hate watching little boys work without a mask.
Carpet is nasty. My damn house is clean. We vacuum, we leave our shoes at the door, we don't even eat in most of the house. But that fine dust and broken down foam just instantly fills the air.
100%. I’ve been using an air filter for the past two years and I replace the filter every 6 months. All the black and nasty shit it catches in that 6 months is crazy. I can’t imagine that I was breathing all that stuff in before I had an air filter.
Do you just put it in your bedroom? I was thinking about getting one but was trying to decide where I'd actually have it. Seems like where you sleep might be best, but living room/kitchen area where we spend a lot of time makes sense too.
I live in a studio apartment so it’s just in my living area. But if I had a one bedroom apartment, I’ll place it in the area where I’ll spend the majority of the time. If you work remotely and have a desk in your bedroom for work, put it in there. If you work in your dining/living room area, put it there.
It’s on the pricier side but I got the regular Blueair 211+ (non-auto). I went non-auto because I want to be able to adjust my speeds manually. I usually just let it run on High all day.
Do you have plants? If you don't, get some and see how much of a difference it makes to the air filter changes. (I don't know how much of a difference it would make, but it would be interesting to see)
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u/Exact_Condition_1715 8d ago edited 8d ago
“Real men” aren’t afraid of a little lung disease. Seriously, I worked construction and people will give you shit for caring about stuff like that and wearing an n95 or god forbid a respirator. Hopefully things have changed, but the mentality I saw here in the US was exactly that. The very essence of Toxic Masculinity.