I would like to point out that the image of the cowboy and wild west being the hot and dry southern states isn't that accurate.
The wild west was also Oregon country, now Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Yukon and Alaska.
In the latter four, even now, if you go too far into the wild unprepared they won't find you.
They're not called the goodlands.
Into the wild
I see what you did there
Exactly, there's a whole bunch of "winter" cowboys in Montana and Wyoming, lol
props for RDR2 for outright beginning with cowboys in hip-deep snow
You can have that weather in northern Arizona though.
The closest thing we've had in a game to the temperate rainforests of the pacific northwest that a lot of the cowboys of the region had to fave would be the thick tropical jungles of Crysis and Far Cry.
That really needed some punctuation. A whole lot of it.
Just imagine the JPEG artifacts are commas and periods.
bro got high af after getting home from BIOL 130
The culture that king is from hasn't evolved a system with punctuation yet
kids these days i tell yah hwat
I've found cowboy boots to be very slippery on snow or ice. This person's credibility is sinking fast...
And the leather soles get mushy...and the salt used to melt the ice absolutely shreds the leather just above the stitching when it dries out. Western boots suck in the snow, and it's a quick way to ruin them. Even rubber-soled ones like some of Ariat's don't last, but they're better on wet surfaces.
Those are riding boots, or dress boots. They also make Western style boots with rugged soles for work. I have a pair and they're outstanding on all terrain, including snow. Here's an example:
You must not have enough points in style or cool.
Cowboys are... prepared to exist outside - whatever could they have been thinking!? :-P
Seriously, each of those elements was intelligently designed for the purpose that cowboys had for them. I use many of those same elements myself, while people prepared only to sprint from car to indoors have a whole other thing going on.
Just so we're clear, you're wearing a big cowboy hat in your car?
People in Montana do. Well, in their trucks, I don't remember any cars there. I usually take mine off, I'm too tall to wear it inside the car.
And I'm sure I would have laughed at that cowboy had I seen him while I was wearing actual winter clothes. People's brain just freeze come winter time and they become too dumb to dress properly.
The reverse of this is camels: they fitst evolved their adaptions to survive the cold, not the desert.
That isn't the reverse, it's the same deal - adaptations to one place turn out to be beneficial in another. Also, the desert IS cold at night, no?
Arctic deserts are also a thing (e.g. Iceland). The similarities tell the whole story:
- Poor access to liquid water
- Need to insulate body from temperature extremes, wind
- Food sources are sporadically available at best
- Need to minimize contact with ground or insulate feet
This is not to suggest that polar bears are similarly adapted to the Sahara. Rather, it's not a huge shift, but it's still a change.
Like a greentext...just made up BS. Really, the "cowboy" was the only one dressed appropriately for weather?
Nothing ever happens!*
^(*if you never leave your house)
And according to this person being dressed up for the cold is wearing clothes that are designed to be worn in warm weather. Dumb.
I use caps for face protection from rain.
