Smog Day: An Illustrated Guide
Nihao, Beijing! The factories were very busy last night.
Not as cute IRL
Yet when you first woke up this morning, it took you a minute to understand what's going on...
"Send help"
Then you looked out the window...
Oh hell no
And got to work for reals...
"If AQI 22 is roughly equivalent to 1 cigarette, how many packs will I smoke between my apartment and the office?"
Even though you know that air pollution is a global problem that China is taking serious steps to combat and that without coal-fired plants, the cities will literally freeze... it's hard not to take it pretty personally.
To every person you see driving an SUV in Beijing
On the bright side living with smog means that you have developed some pretty bad-ass skills...
Running from the outside world to your filtered office
Upping your mask application game
Yet there are always a few lunatics that seem to be totally ok with the smog. Jogging in AQI 320-plus. Jogging.
Seriously, how do you?
Spoiler alert, but when you finally get home tonight, you're going to feel like you've had a huge night out...
FRESH
... but also extremely smug because you've been cranking your filter all day long...
Nothing says fresh air like some booty shaking
Until you check your AQI app and it hits you: tomorrow will very like be another smoggy day.
Not cool...
... but what can you do but laugh?
Still looking for the perfect mask? You should know, it's all about the fit
Photos: Giphy, beijingsmog.net
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