# Personalized Masks to Avoid Annoying People Decoy Face By Pearl | Published 2008-07-26 | Unique Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/avoid-annoying-people-with-the-decoy-face References: [inventorspot](http://inventorspot.com/articles/the_decoy_face_16159) & [crowmotion](http://www.crowmotion.com/) We all know plenty of annoying people: people you have to talk to in order to preserve a modicum of civility, like the idiot you happen to live next door to. Now you can save time with the Decoy Face, a mask made to look exactly like you. Wear it behind your head whilst you face away from the dullard you happen to be talking to and do something else, like read the paper. You don't waste time, and he will think he has your rapt attention. Often people who like to talk don't really pay attention to the person they're talking to so this trick may just work. The Decoy Face is apparently available in 'sympathetic', 'asleep', 'unwell' and 'moron' expressions. Contact [Sholto Crow](http://www.crowmotion.com/) for more information. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 5.4/10 - Popularity: 76% | Activity: 77% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 70% men, 30% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Unique](https://www.trendhunter.com/unique) > [Inventions](https://www.trendhunter.com/inventions) ## Key Themes ### Key Themes Behind This Trend - **Personalized Masks:** The trend of creating personalized masks for various purposes like avoiding people or expressing identity. - **Decoy Face:** The trend of creating decoy faces to fool people who like to talk. - **Sympathetic Masks:** The trend of creating masks with friendly and warm expressions to make people feel at ease. ### Where This Applies - **Fashion:** The industry can leverage the trend of personalized masks to create a new line of innovative masks for fashion enthusiasts. - **Entertainment:** The entertainment industry can adopt the decoy face trend to create new characters for movies or TV shows. - **Healthcare:** The healthcare industry can collaborate with the personalized mask trend to produce masks with specific designs and sizes for people with different respiratory conditions. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Digital Avatar LED Masks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/qudi-mask-2.md) - [Soundproof Microphone Masks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-phasma.md) - [Emotive Inflatable Masks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lian-mask.md) - [Connected Emotive Face Masks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/w3e-mask-expressive-emotion.md) - [Face Mask-Made Illuminators](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/anonymlux-lamp.md) - [Faceless 3D Avatars](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/anonymouz.md) - [Emotional LED Masks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/qudi-mask.md) - [Multi-Masking Treatments](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/multi-masking.md) - [Aerodynamic Filtration Face Masks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/goa-face-protector.md)