What it is to be cool

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

A while back I wrote on why Disney will never be cool.

Can Wikipedia really nail down what everything is?

Yeah, but that cool loner always has a private passion, be it painting, blowing his horn on the fire escape, taking care of his crippled little sister because mom drinks or tending pigeons on the roof. He just keeps what moves him private and presents a cool exterior to the outside world. So you can be a Disney geek and still be cool.

[€uroMeinke]

Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

Versace.

Pronounced as the English word Ver-sace'

Per Nome in Showgirls.

And why, if I wore it, I would not cool at all

(oink)

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

I think refrigerators are cool.

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

You mean that football player, right?

I am actually stunned that you know of him.



That's totally cool!

[Not Afraid]

And there ends my football knowledge.

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

And there ends my football knowledge.

I doubt that. Which supermodel recently denied being pregnant with Tom Brady's child?

[Not Afraid]

Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

I doubt that. Which supermodel recently denied being pregnant with Tom Brady's child?

I have no idea.

[thecorndogwalker]

Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

I doubt that. Which supermodel recently denied being pregnant with Tom Brady's child?

this is going to be so gay that I know this (but since I am) i might as well answer it..

isnt it Gisele Bunchen,,(Dicaprio's x)???

[alphabassettgrrl]

Originally Posted by 3894

Swank is Jean Harlow in a bias-cut Madame Vionnet gown, trailing a velvet evening wrap behind her as she slinks towards you. Swank is light years beyond cool. That is the genius of swank and the LoT.

Oh, my, yes.

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

All I know is that I was never considered, and never considered myself, anything remotely close to "cool" until I finally learned to stop giving a sh*t. After that...I can't say I was "cool", but the term stopped really mattering to me, and as a result I seemed to get along more comfortably with a lot more people and in a lot more situations.

Yep. Much better to stop worrying about it. That was my senior year of high school and I wish I'd learned the secret earlier.

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

I've never been cool. But I like to pretend I am.

What? I think you're cool.

Being cool is not something I worry about. I've been "other" for long enough that it doesn't matter anymore. It's really hilarious that at 37 I'm more "mainstream" or "normal" in appearance than I've ever been with some trepidation. My life appears normal until you get to know me. I used to wear my oddities on my sleeve and lately I play it closer to home. I'm not sure if I like this better or not.

[Kevy Baby]

I think someone who doesn't think themselves cool and doesn't try to act cool, is typically cool. Anyone who *knows* that they are cool, definitely isn't.

Or did somebody already say that? I'm too cool to go back and look.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

I think someone who doesn't think themselves cool and doesn't try to act cool, is typically cool. Anyone who *knows* that they are cool, definitely isn't.

Eh, there's a total duality to the word "cool." There's the side that's all about acting cool, looking cool, getting attention and being the cool kid, often at the expense of having sympathy for (and from) others. And I think that's more what the wiki entry is about. Whether you like it or not, there are invariable aspects of any society which divide the in from the out. That's not to say that being "in" is the best choice, but it's there.

Then there's the other side of "cool" which falls in line with what you're getting at. It's an internal definition and changes from person to person.