25 years in the UAE, I'm born in this country and since the day I can remember, humidity in the UAE always was comparable or less than the humidity in many US states. I'm not saying there isn't humidity, but it is for sure not 95% of the time, not even 30%.
And the prayers aren't "hourly" you ignorant prick, it is only 5 times a day, and you should respect as long as you have any kind of respect to other human beings.
Don't act all smart about things you don't know, and stop watching FOX news all day long.
Gosh.... it didn't feel that humid when I was there. LOL! I used to play football(soccer) in the hot (and now humid) afternoon at school; didn't really feel humid.
I thought Miami was more humid than Dubai when I was there a few months back. Maybe I had got used to the heat and humidity while I was there.
Yeah the internet censorship is bad, but hey there are ways around it.
Every country in the world has their rules and regulations; what may be acceptable in one country may not be acceptable in another. There's no point in arguing over what you or I think is right or what they should/shouldn't allow; it's up to their govt. there to decide.
And yeah don't start the "democracy" parade, there are only a few countries in the world where democracy is truly successful. Whats the point of a democracy when a million are massacred in Rwanda and the press secretary is debating the meaning of genocide with a journalist and the prez is busy getting BJ's from fat interns and in Spain/Italy/many European countries colored/black people esp. sportsmen are subjected to racism and monkey chants and the government says its all right.. no hard feelings....go figure!!
I'm not even going to keep arguing the point on humidity. It's silly to begin with.
And Saad, I do know. First hand. I lived in Abu Dhabi, and spent a lot of time in Dubai. I respect the prayers, that doesn't mean I can't think blasting them over city wide loudspeakers is completely annoying. I knew several people who found it annoying, even people who consider themselves Muslim. Hourly or every 5 hours, I was simply making a point. No need to go all Fox News on me.
I'm not saying it's not a nice place to visit. A week or two there is a lot of fun. It's just not the kind of place most people outside the of the Arab world would enjoy living on a full time basis. Even if it is in some crazy ass self sustaining pyramid.
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Are there really 1.1 million people who could afford to live in that thing that would actually WANT to live in that thing?
Sand, 120 degree heat, 95% humidity, and hourly loudspeaker prayers gets really old after awhile...
The humidity ain't 95%.
How is the temp. any different from the Nevada desert (Las Vegas) or Phoenix? People still live there, don't they ?
You've obviously never lived there. Take Miami humidity and add it Las Vegas heat, and then you have Dubai.
The entire country is a dressed up wasteland.
FYI, I've lived in Dubai for 13 years. Its hot in summer, not humid.
You must have been there on the few days during the year when its humid.
yeah...not humid at all
http://www.godubai.com/explore/whatshot.asp
I lived there too buddy, apparently in 13 years you didn't step outside your air conditioned office very often.
UAE is not a good place to live...don't even get me started on how much they censor the internet. They make China look good.
25 years in the UAE, I'm born in this country and since the day I can remember, humidity in the UAE always was comparable or less than the humidity in many US states. I'm not saying there isn't humidity, but it is for sure not 95% of the time, not even 30%.
And the prayers aren't "hourly" you ignorant prick, it is only 5 times a day, and you should respect as long as you have any kind of respect to other human beings.
Don't act all smart about things you don't know, and stop watching FOX news all day long.
Gosh.... it didn't feel that humid when I was there. LOL! I used to play football(soccer) in the hot (and now humid) afternoon at school; didn't really feel humid.
I thought Miami was more humid than Dubai when I was there a few months back. Maybe I had got used to the heat and humidity while I was there.
Yeah the internet censorship is bad, but hey there are ways around it.
Every country in the world has their rules and regulations; what may be acceptable in one country may not be acceptable in another. There's no point in arguing over what you or I think is right or what they should/shouldn't allow; it's up to their govt. there to decide.
And yeah don't start the "democracy" parade, there are only a few countries in the world where democracy is truly successful. Whats the point of a democracy when a million are massacred in Rwanda and the press secretary is debating the meaning of genocide with a journalist and the prez is busy getting BJ's from fat interns and in Spain/Italy/many European countries colored/black people esp. sportsmen are subjected to racism and monkey chants and the government says its all right.. no hard feelings....go figure!!
I lived in Turkey for a couple of years. The prayer calls were strange at first, but you really get used to them. Loved hearing them after a while.
I'm not even going to keep arguing the point on humidity. It's silly to begin with.
And Saad, I do know. First hand. I lived in Abu Dhabi, and spent a lot of time in Dubai. I respect the prayers, that doesn't mean I can't think blasting them over city wide loudspeakers is completely annoying. I knew several people who found it annoying, even people who consider themselves Muslim. Hourly or every 5 hours, I was simply making a point. No need to go all Fox News on me.
I'm not saying it's not a nice place to visit. A week or two there is a lot of fun. It's just not the kind of place most people outside the of the Arab world would enjoy living on a full time basis. Even if it is in some crazy ass self sustaining pyramid.
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