Comment on Why warm countries are poorerparentComments−matheusmoreira11moPopular joke here in Brazil: Why don't we have mafias? Too hot to wear suits.−thaumasiotes11moIs it too hot to wear Arab-style robes?(I'm not saying that those are a Mafia hallmark, but I do wonder whether the robes would make sense in Brazil. As far as I'm aware they are the gold standard of heat-adapted clothing. They probably don't do much about humidity.)−sdeer11moI am from eastern India, not Brazil. It is definitely too humid to wear robes. Arabia is dry and hot, very different from humid and hot.−thaumasiotes11moReally? Here's an image of what I take to be some Indian clothing: https://www.lerevecraze.com/product/mep14377/And here's some Arab clothing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dishdasha.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thawb#/media/File:Sheikh_Moham...They don't look very different, to me.I pulled this from a Bangladeshi newspaper's website: https://cdn.bd-pratidin.com/public/news_images/2025/09/29/17...
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Popular joke here in Brazil: Why don't we have mafias? Too hot to wear suits.
Is it too hot to wear Arab-style robes?
(I'm not saying that those are a Mafia hallmark, but I do wonder whether the robes would make sense in Brazil. As far as I'm aware they are the gold standard of heat-adapted clothing. They probably don't do much about humidity.)
I am from eastern India, not Brazil. It is definitely too humid to wear robes. Arabia is dry and hot, very different from humid and hot.
Really? Here's an image of what I take to be some Indian clothing: https://www.lerevecraze.com/product/mep14377/
And here's some Arab clothing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dishdasha.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thawb#/media/File:Sheikh_Moham...
They don't look very different, to me.
I pulled this from a Bangladeshi newspaper's website: https://cdn.bd-pratidin.com/public/news_images/2025/09/29/17...