A new type of security blanket for young people?

[SC Maintenance]

Landscapers here all wear hoodies in blistering summer heat. I once asked my brother in Louisiana, who has experience with manual labor in crazy high humidity.

His response? I'll paraphrase:

"Clothes that are saturated with sweat behave very differently from one that are dry. If you just assume your shirt will be soaked, you dress differently. It's not the hoodie, it's the hoodie OVER the shirt underneath. The hoodie gives you sun protection and the bulky loose sweatshirt lets air circulate and evaporates sweat from the saturated shirt underneath."

Basically, a hoodie is not super insulating if there's breeze or a saturated wet shirt under it.

I have a white wicking Columbia long sleeve “hoodie” that I wear in the sun. It’s much cooler and keeps me from getting sun baked.

Lots of outdoor workers here wear long sleeves for same reason.

A traditional beanie on the other hand I don’t think would help?

 

[crashz]

I'll have to try that. I sweat a lot, so my T shirts get soaked. I'll try a long sleave that loose (no hoodie) first.

Don't laugh, but I bought a headband for the fourth of July. I knew I'd be running the grill for a few hours, and it was the best investment I made all year. No sweat in my eyes and none on the food!

 

[SC Maintenance]

I'll have to try that. I sweat a lot, so my T shirts get soaked. I'll try a long sleave that loose (no hoodie) first.

Don't laugh, but I bought a headband for the fourth of July. I knew I'd be running the grill for a few hours, and it was the best investment I made all year. No sweat in my eyes and none on the food!

Try this.

https://a.co/d/dOtNLpC

 

[ATex7239]

Our founding father’s wore wool, knee high socks, powdered wigs, and leather boots during the summer before AC.

Man up.

 

[02SE]

Our founding father’s wore wool, knee high socks, powdered wigs, and leather boots during the summer before AC.

Man up.

Yeah, but what did they do when the Internet was down!!!

 

[JunkdrawerDog]

Lots of outdoor workers here wear long sleeves for same reason.

Outdoor workers here are covered head to toe due to sun exposure. It was 107° yesterday.

 

[Owen Lucas]

What a goofy thing to say

It's a valid point:

 

[ATex7239]

It's a valid point:

A jacket or hoodie is the absolute worst thing you could possibly wear fighting against somebody who knows jiu-jitsu or judo.

 

[ATex7239]

I call it reaching the "'These kids today!' Generation." It has happened to every generation. When you were a kid, people 50 years older than you were saying exactly the same things about you.

Nope. They were absolutely perfect. They were never just some young dumb kid trying to figure out life. Had it all figured out from day one.

 

[chainblu]

Never wore a hoodie at all, not my style or image.

Same. When I was in college, the only winter clothing (with the college logo) sold in the bookshop was a hoodie. I bought one and had someone handy with sewing cut off most of the hoodie part and turn it into a proper collar.

 

[SeaJay]

Must be the Senator John Fetterman look

 

[doitmyself]

Note to self: avoid wearing and/or remove hoodie before engaging in physical altercations (especially with martial arts aficionados).

Got it.

My dilemma is the Una-bomber stigma associated with hoodies. People give me the stink eye every time I don my hoodie/sunglass combo.

EDIT: I'm on board with the concept of wearing loose fitting long sleeve shirts designed for wicking perspiration and UV protection. The thin,loose, light colored hoodie linked somewhere above probably works also. It seems the intent of the OP was to point out the fashion statement associated with hoodies.

 

[Dave Hess]

I see them when in broward county a LOT.
It can be 100F outside and here comes some kid with hoodie pulled over his head.

I guess ya can't suffer from brain damage unless you have one.

Long time ago I lived in Coral Springs.

 

[Dave Hess]

My security blanket is a G19.

 

[Pablo]

It’s in the 80s here I saw three people wearing fairly substantial black jackets through the day. Wow

In Hawaii north shore breeze maybe 68°F in the AM saw ladies in down jackets

 

[HemiBenny]

All this talk of getting attacked and beat up while wearing a hoodie’s got me freaked out. I guess I’m just gonna strip down and get lathered up with baby oil when I go out. Let’s see an attacker take control of that!

 

[4WD]

All this talk of getting attacked and beat up while wearing a hoodie’s got me freaked out. I guess I’m just gonna strip down and get lathered up with baby oil when I go out. Let’s see an attacker take control of that!

Didn’t work out for a rich entertainer - so you might rethink it

 

[Lubener]

At what age do you become bitter and judgemental?

When they are not so naive to pay attention and realize what's going on around them...

 

[TiGeo]

Quick poll for the participants here. How many wear jorts with a tucked-in shirt and a cell phone belt clip and white New Balance? Also enjoy eating at Golden Corral?

 

[mitsuman47]

Quick poll for the participants here. How many wear jorts with a tucked-in shirt and a cell phone belt clip and white New Balance? Also enjoy eating at Golden Corral?

Hey now. No personal attacks.