Why Warm Countries Are Poorer

Re:Why Warm Countries Are Poorer by matheusmoreira on Saturday September 27, 2025 @08:43PM (#45400730)

Popular joke here in Brazil: Why don't we have mafias? Too hot to wear suits.

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Re:Why Warm Countries Are Poorer by thaumasiotes on Saturday September 27, 2025 @09:06PM (#45400870)

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.)

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Re:Why Warm Countries Are Poorer by sdeer on Sunday September 28, 2025 @01:56AM (#45402085)

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.

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Re:Why Warm Countries Are Poorer by thaumasiotes on Monday September 29, 2025 @01:37AM (#45410618)

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...

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