Do you make fun of a commoner wearing hats and shades?

Not on shades Mimpi. It makes a lot of sense for people to wear hats especially in the hotter areas. And as much as i have found some people make fun of those who do wear hats, i desist totally from the idea. However i must say honestly that although there have been a few instances of people wearing it for the right reasons, the choice of hat like that used by magicians or the ones used on safaris has brought a smile on my face.

A "commoner"? Queen Mimpi has entered the forum! It is certainly wise to be covering up like this but we can still be fashionable while doing it. What gets a chuckle from me is when people wear styles that are totally unsuited to their face. You sometimes see people with sunglasses that resemble aviator goggles or fly's eyes and take up 50% of their face; or someone dressed very smartly with this totally unrelated style of hat on their heads! These things do make me laugh now and then. I don't wear sunglasses because I don't have any with prescription so can't see. And I don't own a hat either. Silly me actually because I really should and will probably pay for this when I am older.

You are very much right in your assessment that people wear hats and sun glasses etc. more to protect themselves, rather than wearing it as a fashion statement. I do not believe in making fun of those people, who wear hats and sun glasses etc., because I believe that they would have their personal reasons for wearing the same. I feel, if a person is wearing hat or say dark sun glasses in the day time (afternoon) he would have used the same for protecting himself from the sunlight, however, if I find someone wearing dark sun glasses say in the evening time when the sun is about to set, then it looks to me a bit amusing (however, even he is known to me, I do not point it out to him). I observe that there are very less number of persons (including women) those who wear hats and sun glasses at odd hours, may be to enhance their outlook. I myself do not wear my dark glasses in the evening, if I have to use glasses in the evening, specially while driving, I immediately switch over to colourless glasses. (I keep two pair of glasses with me, while driving).
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I usually don't bother with what people wear (just as I don't want them to bother with what I wear).
But I guess they make fun (atleast in my home town) is because umbrellas are the norm there...and if one carries an umbrella...one wouldn't need a hat or shades.
lol..I get chided for not wearing a hat/cap (for me or the kids).

i think out of necessity comes fashion.. we have to wear clothes and not just the skins of animals that our long ago ancestors wore. clothes are a necessity but it's also a way to express yourself, for many people anyway. some of us just stick to the basics!
sunglasses and hats serve dual purposes and where i live fashion is definitely one of them. here most people who wear hats are men, generally baseball caps and it's not to keep the sun off because they wear them indoors as well.
sunglasses, on the other hand, are useful everywhere. especially when the sun is shining in your eyes and you're trying to drive!
i would never make fun of a man for wearing sunglasses or a hat. like you said, in tropical climates it's extremely important to protect yourself!

I don't care who you are, if you are out in the sun, you SHOULD wear hats and sunglasses! Skin cancer is on the rise, maybe caused by the Earth losing the ozone layer. UV indexes are up.

Other than your eyes or head, you can wear a sunscreen lotion but you need to protect your scalp and eyes as well.

I bet people who make fun of other people for wearing these things will one day be crying because they have some form of skin cancer! What goes around comes around... that almost always happens!

I am not fashionable. I know nothing about hats and shades. I wear a cap when I go to the farm because it protects me from the sun. It is not a fashionable cap, just a regular cap that someone gave to me as a promotional giveaway. Cheers!!

Over here, people wear caps, hats, sunglasses even when it's not sunny or bright so I don't think about it. But yes, everyone should be aware of the harmful rays and how to prevent from getting skin cancer. My sister once told me this story about a guy she saw shopping at a mall in the Philippines when she went there for another visit. It was very hot and here he was wearing a turtleneck shirt and boots. She taught it was memorable as it warranted her telling me afterwards.

I suppose its how you think of it.You must remember that not everyone is the same.The saying one man's meat is another man's poison applies to many things in life.If you are a fan of western movies,you will see some especially those starring Clint Eastwood,where the lead character (Clint himself)will emerge from the desert on a blazing hot day, wearing nothing less than an awful looking overcoat.Dirty and unshaven,he can make you feel hot and grimy yourself,especially if you are watching the film on a sweltering hot Summer day.

Maybe I would smile if I see a commoner wearing a hat and shades at night. I mean who needs shades at night. But of course I would not laugh at his face. And one more thing is I would first check if he's blind or something because i think only blind people or with eye disease like sore eyes wear shades at night and those who wants to hide something with his or eyes wear shades. But I would definitely look at this person because if he or she is not any of the ones I had mentioned, maybe he or she is up to something bad and want to hide his or her intentions.