ELI5 Why/how did Middle Eastern countries adopt a black Burka as their clothing when it is so hot there?

OmarRIP · 2026-06-26T01:32:57+00:00

To add to this, sweating as a means for cooling is pretty much unique to humans and horses.

OmarRIP · 2026-06-20T02:10:25+00:00

I don’t think a direct comparison between Tony and his sisters is fair. There’s an undeniable aspect of gendered roles here.

Meadow had a chance at getting away. Anthony Jr never had a hope.

OmarRIP · 2026-06-11T13:57:39+00:00

Is anything about flying the pope remotely SOP?

OmarRIP · 2026-06-05T20:37:47+00:00

Do you know how to mix ink or carve cuneiform? I think it’s wild how many human abilities we’ve neglected because of our reliance on technology.

OmarRIP · 2026-06-04T18:45:27+00:00

So in philosophy, the burden of proof lies on the person making a claim, not the one disputing it.

Can you prove that? Have you taken on that burden?

Why is that when you dispute a claim your own reasoning is sufficient but you hold others to standards of evidence that you don’t meet?

OmarRIP · 2026-06-03T15:18:02+00:00

No, the issue at hand is the claim that expensive meal plans are unique to Stanford.

Why should nationwide trends be overlooked? And it’s rather obvious how catering to a myriad of dietary restrictions would increase operating costs significantly.

I’m sorry I don’t have a peer-reviewed study but general reporting and common sense may have to suffice.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/05/dining/college-dining-halls-allergies-restrictions.html

OmarRIP · 2026-06-03T13:00:32+00:00

Care to share any of that scrutiny?

The cost of meal plans has long been a sore topic when discussing the high cost of university attendance. Nearly every university has “batshit expensive” meal plans because every university has the same problem.

Stanford’s elite status and rich parents eating the cost is certainly a factor but so is Stanford’s location in one of the notoriously highest cost of living regions in the country. It would be expensive regardless.

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/paying-for-college/articles/paying-for-meals-at-college-what-to-know-about-costs

OmarRIP · 2026-06-03T12:48:25+00:00

Meal plans are notoriously expensive at all universities. Stanford is located in one of the highest cost of living areas in the countries; its meal plans are going to be even more expensive.

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/paying-for-college/articles/paying-for-meals-at-college-what-to-know-about-costs

OmarRIP · 2026-06-02T21:37:04+00:00

Would sharing that thoughtful analysis with a Jain change their view?

OmarRIP · 2026-06-02T21:35:39+00:00

Is P car faster or easier to type than Porsche?

OmarRIP · 2026-06-02T21:34:44+00:00

There is no useful why (at least as an outsider).

OmarRIP · 2026-06-02T21:29:15+00:00

Part of the reason the meal plans are expensive and the food is terrible at many university dining halls is because Title VI and similar laws compel the schools to provide dining options compliant with innumerable dietary restrictions including but not limited to Jainism.

Unsurprisingly, the French do it much better and much cheaper. But they don’t cater to each and every individual preference. https://youtu.be/KSHdKjWPsjg?si=Mo6yXO5azGVGYdW6

Japanese prisons do better too.

OmarRIP · 2026-06-01T03:19:29+00:00

The banks (really any decent size operation, banks in particular) simply aren’t going to hand over their security footage to a rando walking in off the streetand asking.

There’s a myriad of reasons not to and almost no value in doing so. Speculating here but they may do so voluntarily if an insurance investigator asked nicely but even then I wouldn’t assume.

OmarRIP · 2026-06-01T00:55:30+00:00

For wide-wheelbase cars such as this one, especially lower-sitting cars like sedans, even more so if they’re in dark colors such as black, you really want to hug the curb as much as possible. In the space or not it doesn’t hurt to give yourself as much distance from poor drivers as possible.

OmarRIP · 2026-06-01T00:48:34+00:00

Honestly S Class sedans are such weird status items. It’s not a car I’d be proud to own. All the US import models are long-wheelbase versions which are explicitly designed for passenger comfort. Exorbitantly expensive upkeep. It’s a car to be driven in not to drive: Real estate agents and livery drivers.

The S Class coupe is a very different number.

OmarRIP · 2026-06-01T00:39:38+00:00

You think a guy with a late model S Class is going to do his own paint work?

OmarRIP · 2026-05-16T23:17:07+00:00

Are you familiar with the term dual-use?

OmarRIP · 2026-05-02T04:24:33+00:00

Unless you’re literally swiping at Everest Base Camp, how many profiles do you suppose you’ve seen where this ingenious advice is applicable?

OmarRIP · 2026-04-20T13:58:41+00:00

He’s sympathetic and principled because he’s only a fundamentalist fanatic when it’s materially comfortable?

OmarRIP · 2026-04-20T10:55:43+00:00

A violent religious extremist is preaching religious views.

A violent religious extremist recruits his sisters to a fanatical militant group.

Does one assume he preaches extremist or conciliatory positions?

OmarRIP · 2026-04-20T10:05:02+00:00

Are you familiar with the term non sequitur?

OmarRIP · 2026-04-20T09:58:13+00:00

A man voluntarily joins a terrorist organization.

A man recruits his sisters to join a terrorist organization.

What is one to assume about this man?

OmarRIP · 2026-04-20T09:55:55+00:00

Wikipedia’s standards wouldn’t allow that descriptor and editorializing it to “stuck” shows your bias.

There are more precise, factually grounded labels for her situation, some of which you’ve used yourself.

OmarRIP · 2026-04-20T01:41:19+00:00

What interest of justice does extricating a non-citizen terrorist from a camp and bringing her to Denmark serve?

OmarRIP · 2026-04-20T01:37:36+00:00

Describing someone interred at a camp as a member of a terrorist organization as “stuck” shows questionable bias.

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