Whats with white people and cold weather?

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Living in a 99% white town, I can state that other white people I see are just *very, very* stupid when it comes to cold weather, especially girls. Because it's not that the cold genuinely doesn't bother them. No, they go out in sub-zero temperatures wearing short skirts, thin-soled fashion boots, little thin jackets and no gloves, hats or scarves, then stand there whining about how cold they are.

Hmmm, maybe you're on to something! I wear sandals until it is 43 F or colder, and layer sweaters in winter instead of wearing a coat. I wear a hat though almost always.

Actually the inuits on Greenland are have much darker skin than the scandinavian people, also be armpit meassure.

The problem somalis have in scandinavia is not only due to their dark skin, in Denmark it's mostly the women who lack vitamin D, and it's mostly because they cover themselves so only the face shows, both summer and winter.

You're right, when you compare groups of people to each other, some groups have darker skin than others.

However, when you look at the *overall*, *general* picture, people living closer to the equator are darker than those living closer to the polls, with pretty much an even gradient *on the *whole*.

Yes, you can find an albino guy on the equator, and you can find a really dark guy whose skin highlights are purple in a research center in Antartica. You can even find groups of people living in two neighboring villages that are darker or lighter than the other group.

However, *on average*, there is an even gradient of skin color from the equator to the poles.

As far as the Somali women having vitamin D problems from covering their skin, why don't they have the same problems in Somalia? They are covering their skin in Somalia, right? It's because their darker skin blocks more ultraviolet light than lighter skin, and there is less ultraviolet radiation in Scandinavia than there is in Somalia.

And in my experience, *everyone* covers their face in Finland in the winter. Bare skin is rather painful. And in the winter is when you have the least sunlight and at the lowest angle.

The low is 38° ? Here in Ohio, when we thaw out in the spring, and the thermometer hits 40, we break out the shorts and tee-shirts!

Of course, at that temperature, your body generates plenty of heat when it is used to sub-freezing temperatures.

I think you got some good points and I generally agrees with you, I have been thinking along the same lines myself.
My point with the somali women is that it's not just because they are black. Other black people don't have the problems they have.

Firstly, there's caucasian and there's caucasian. I am fair hair, blue eyes, freckles. I get 3rd degree sunburn if I go unprotected for more than about 4 minutes (exageration). In summer (usually >35C or 100F) I wear long sleeve cotton shirts, UV block sunscreen, wide brim hats.

When the temperature drops below 20C (about 65F) I reach for a wollen jumper. I think this is about acclimatisation.

Where you are, its probably about black body (sorry about the pun) radiation.

Most middle-aged caucasian men, as far as I know, the sitcom soccer-parent type, tend to have a sort of contest amongst themselves, to exert their 'manliness', by wearing shorts and t-shirts as long as possible. It is really funny to watch my uncles get together at christmas and profess that they've all been wearing shorts, and the only reason they're wearing pants and a sweater is because their wife made them, which is, of course, a huge lie.

I love the cold

I also love to feel the rain on my arms

you prolly can't get any whiter than me..... and i hate being cold.

i wanna live somewhere so hot and humid that you can drink the air!

that being said~~ i work in a cold room everyday (10 degrees celsius) and have to wear layers of clothes be it winter or summer.

but i still dream of warmer days

I'm white skinned but my skin have been known to become red as if it was on fire. I like hot weather but I hate cold. I really dislike it a lot.