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by ravitation 2980 days ago
If Captain America was instead dressed in a suit, would more people talk to him? In almost any context? I doubt it.
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Sure. Most would rather speak to someone in a suit than in someone wearing their underpants on the outside and with full-on nationalistic emblems on their spandex uniform.
What version of Captain America has underpants on the outside? I'm not familiar with that version of the character's outfit...

On a more serious note, the point of the comment is that if the context allows you to be taken relatively seriously in a superhero outfit, it might not be a bad idea to attract people to a booth... Yes, those contexts might not be extremely common.

>What version of Captain America has underpants on the outside? I'm not familiar with that version of the character's outfit...

Perhaps you only know him from the movies?

Most versions of Captain America do have this characteristic:

http://www.marveldirectory.com/individuals/c/captainamerica....

https://www.geeksaresexy.net/2016/05/07/captain-america-cost...