Poll: Do you say your cool?

[MrBojangles123]

I don't really say I am, and I definitely don't say I'm not.
Is cool over-rated or is it natural?
I have friends that people would consider cool.
How many people think that the WORD is over-rated?

How people just don't care?

 

[The Iron Ninja]

I defy the word cool. It has no real meaning. Someone deemed cool by their friends could well be thought of (and probably is) as a complete douchebag to everybody else.

Take a look at Cliffy B for a second, he probably thinks he's the master of cool. And he's one of the biggest douches I've ever seen.

 

[Cousin_IT]

I'm so cool I'm Ice Cold. Now shake it like a polaroid for me :-D

 

[SaintWaldo]

I'm cool enough to know the difference between contractions and possessives.

 

[ManBarrel]

I am a huge nerd.

Nerds can be cool, but I am not that case

 

[zef.]

This whole thread is clearly the opposite of cool.

 

[Evilbunny]

I have enough confidence to say that I am cool, and ignore those that say otherwise.

 

[ZeroMachine]

This whole thread is clearly the opposite of cool.

My god, you're so cool for being a smart-ass. *claps sarcastically (can you clap sarcastically?)*

I believe thats called the "Slow Clap".

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

My mom thinks I'm cool.

 

[MrBojangles123]

This whole thread is clearly the opposite of cool.

My god, you're so cool for being a smart-ass. *claps sarcastically (can you clap sarcastically?)*

This whole thread is clearly the opposite of cool.

My god, you're so cool for being a smart-ass. *claps sarcastically (can you clap sarcastically?)*

You are so right (I can)

 

[MrBojangles123]

My mom says I'm special, did she tell you?...

I didn't think so

edit: This is for you Pedro.

 

[Uncompetative]

It is trivial and the word 'cool' is over-rated, but it is not appropriate to call yourself 'cool' - you have to wait for others to do so, although not let on that you're hoping that... as that desperation would be deeply uncool.

Does that help?

 

[JMeganSnow]

Well, I'm not hot, does that mean I'm cool? Lukewarm? Thermally deficient?

 

[the_tramp]

I'm proud to say that I'm not 'cool' I despise everything that is attributed to 'cool'. When I used to be at school there was the 'cool crew' but I just found them incredibly cliched, it was as if they had watched one too many American teen comedies and were trying to imitate them (I'm from England by the way). I was just happy doing my own thing with my friends.

It's the same reason that I don't follow fashion trends. I apologise in advance for the horrific stereotype but I don't see why I should change what I wear because a gay man in Paris thinks that it is the 'in' thing this Winter. I buy clothes with the intention of wearing them for a couple of years. I live with a girl who is very fashion and trend conscious, she has recently had to apply to the bank for an extended student account with a huge overdraft just to afford her purchases of 'must have' items.

 

[JMeganSnow]

I'm proud to say that I'm not 'cool' I despise everything that is attributed to 'cool'. When I used to be at school there was the 'cool crew' but I just found them incredibly cliched, it was as if they had watched one too many American teen comedies and were trying to imitate them (I'm from England by the way). I was just happy doing my own thing with my friends.

The only thing more pathetic than an abject conformist is a fashionable nonconformist.

 

[Limos]

Nah, I'm a huge dork.

 

[ace_of_something]

ahem from the simpsons from the book of season seven chapter Homerpalooza:

Homer: So, I realized that being with my family is more important than being cool.
Bart: Dad, what you just said was powerfully uncool.
Homer: You know what the song says: "It's hip to be square".
Lisa: That song is so lame.
Homer: So lame that it's...cool?
Bart and Lisa: No.
Marge: Am I cool, kids?
Bart and Lisa: No.
Marge: Good. I'm glad. And that's what makes me cool, not caring, right?
Bart and Lisa: No.
Marge: Well, how the hell do you be cool? I feel like we've tried everything here.
Homer: Wait, Marge. Maybe if you're truly cool, you don't need to be told you're cool.
Bart: Well, sure you do.
Lisa: How else would you know?

 

[Mr. Squirrel]

This whole thread is clearly the opposite of cool.

Nice start!/sarcasm

On-topic: I am cool as in I won't freak out about anything, I'm not cool in like a social way(?) or something.

 

[SunoffaBeach]

1) Someone imitates others: uncool
2) Someone does his own thing: uncool
3) Someone does his own thing and others imitate him: cool

So 3 is cool because 1 believes 3 is cool. But 1 is uncool.

Conclusion: There is no 'cool'.

 

[Good morning blues]

I'm proud to say that I'm not 'cool' I despise everything that is attributed to 'cool'. When I used to be at school there was the 'cool crew' but I just found them incredibly cliched, it was as if they had watched one too many American teen comedies and were trying to imitate them (I'm from England by the way). I was just happy doing my own thing with my friends.

The only thing more pathetic than an abject conformist is a fashionable nonconformist.

Ayn Rand? Really?

Anyhow, I've read more than enough scholary literature examining the phenomenon of "cool" to tell you that as soon as you analyze something's coolness, it is no longer cool. Additionally, you cannot say that you are cool; that must be determined by consensus.