# Come out of the closet: What SDMB rules of a"cool" do you break? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 17, 2007, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-of-the-closet-what-sdmb-rules-of-a-cool-do-you-break/430289 "2007-12-17T02:41:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-of-the-closet-what-sdmb-rules-of-a-cool-do-you-break/430289/101 "2007-12-18T01:02:11Z")
[QUOTE=WF Tomba] I don’t think not being interested in something other people like to talk about makes you uncool. Apparently, though, believing you’re uncool makes you very cool. [/QUOTE] How about if you believe you are cool. Cause I do. Believe I’m cool, that is. So that makes me uncool? I hope not. Seriously though, I think you are right about that. I think that many people believe that believing your are uncool is cool. I also think that people like being called ‘snob’. As a matter of fact, I even started a thread about it once. I find this behavior fascinating. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-of-the-closet-what-sdmb-rules-of-a-cool-do-you-break/430289/102 "2007-12-18T01:20:43Z")
[QUOTE=Nzinga, Seated] How about if you believe you are cool. Cause I do. Believe I’m cool, that is. So that makes me uncool? I hope not. Seriously though, I think you are right about that. I think that many people believe that believing your are uncool is cool. I also think that people like being called ‘snob’. [/QUOTE] I think people who are snobbish about uncool people are not cool, but people who snobbish about being cool by being uncool are cool. I think. Wait… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-of-the-closet-what-sdmb-rules-of-a-cool-do-you-break/430289/103 "2007-12-18T01:21:18Z")
I like reality TV and don’t think it’s the worst thing to ever happen to television. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-of-the-closet-what-sdmb-rules-of-a-cool-do-you-break/430289/104 "2007-12-18T01:24:01Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > ~ I can never remember, no matter how many times I’ve been told (I even have it written down in front of me which goes where and it still doesn’t make sense), the difference in affect and effect. I’m sure that makes me come off like a real doof, but I do try and get it right. \< shrug \> I guess I’ll just always have to be happy to have someone correct me. Affect is a verb, effect is a noun. (There’s also a noun spelled “affect”, but you don’t have to worry about that one unless you’re a psychologist.) Instead of writing down where each one goes, why don’t you just put down some example sentences? Something like > [@Hostile's Handy Homophone Helper](#): > > Intelligence reports **affect** the president’s decisions. > The **effect** of intelligence reports on the president’s decisions is enormous. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-of-the-closet-what-sdmb-rules-of-a-cool-do-you-break/430289/105 "2007-12-18T01:24:02Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] I think people who are snobbish about uncool people are not cool, but people who snobbish about being cool by being uncool are cool. [/QUOTE] Precisely. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-of-the-closet-what-sdmb-rules-of-a-cool-do-you-break/430289/106 "2007-12-18T01:26:34Z")
[QUOTE=Nzinga, Seated] Precisely. [/QUOTE] Phew! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-of-the-closet-what-sdmb-rules-of-a-cool-do-you-break/430289/107 "2007-12-18T01:30:11Z")
How cool is that! ---
**Author:** ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-of-the-closet-what-sdmb-rules-of-a-cool-do-you-break/430289/108 "2007-12-18T01:37:11Z")
Lessee here. I’ve never watched Firefly or Buffy and don’t plan to. I don’t think Futurama is all that funny. I’ve never seen or read LOTR and don’t really want to. I eat at Taco Bell quite often, and find it delicious. I very rarely watch TV. Cats are nice, but I much prefer dogs. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-of-the-closet-what-sdmb-rules-of-a-cool-do-you-break/430289/109 "2007-12-18T01:48:52Z")
The director of the music department at my school has an old Get Fuzzy strip taped to his door where Bucky and Satchel are arguing about how to tell if someone’s cool. IIRC: Satchel: What if they listen to jazz? Bucky: They may not be cool. They might just be faking it. Anyway, I think being addicted to jazz makes me uncool here, but it makes me cool in my own head. 🆒 Daddy-O. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-of-the-closet-what-sdmb-rules-of-a-cool-do-you-break/430289/110 "2007-12-18T01:55:06Z")
[QUOTE=Jennshark] I’ve never seen _The Wizard of Oz_. [/QUOTE] _spittake_ Whaaa?? I mean it doesn’t make you “not-doper-cool” but I mean… _how???_ How do you manage to not see the Wizard of Oz at least once!? ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-of-the-closet-what-sdmb-rules-of-a-cool-do-you-break/430289/111 "2007-12-18T01:58:23Z")
[QUOTE=faithfool] ~ I can never remember, no matter how many times I’ve been told (I even have it written down in front of me which goes where and it still doesn’t make sense), the difference in affect and effect. I’m sure that makes me come off like a real doof, but I do try and get it right. \< shrug \> I guess I’ll just always have to be happy to have someone correct me. [/QUOTE] **E** ffect is the **E** nd result. **A** ffect is the **A** ction that caused it. (Dunno if that would help but it’s all I could come up with.) ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-of-the-closet-what-sdmb-rules-of-a-cool-do-you-break/430289/112 "2007-12-18T02:04:10Z")
Buffy bores me. But not nearly as much as Lord of the Rings. I don’t read “literature” or worship movies older than me, I do like glam/hair rock from the 80’s, I don’t think Bush or Chaney are evil (but that doesn’t mean I like their politics), I don’t think the Democratic party is inherently different than the Republican. I brush my teeth _and_ shave in the shower since I don’t think you can “waste” water unless you rip the molecule apart and don’t burn the hydrogen. I don’t care what kind of health care plan Canada or Europe have. And I agree with **Der Trihs** sometimes. But I dislike WalMart, Starbucks, and McDonalds! ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-of-the-closet-what-sdmb-rules-of-a-cool-do-you-break/430289/113 "2007-12-18T02:04:33Z")
I hate threads that go on for three pages or more, because I can’t remember from one post to the next, and don’t have the attention span to even skim all the posts. I only got to the end of page one before posting this, and I’m not about to go back and see if someone else has already said what I just said. I’m definitely not going to preview, either. I hate people who won’t give me money. I hate women who won’t … (better let that one go). I love to swear. It’s in the First Fucking Ammendment, for crissakes! I love little kids. They’re funny. And they think I’m funny. I have a problem with conservatives. What the heck are they so afraid of? I like The Simpsons. Bart is the son I never had. Peet’s is the coffee place Starbuck’s should be. Starbuck’s coffee _always_ tastes stale. I roast coffee, so I know fresh. I don’t like cites and I don’t like precises either. I don’t like anything I can’t spell. I do like mystery links, and the reactions they can elicit. Oh yeah, I _hate_ the “edit” function. Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-of-the-closet-what-sdmb-rules-of-a-cool-do-you-break/430289/114 "2007-12-18T02:05:39Z")
I don’t find Starbucks at all that great. I’ll avoid it if I can, but sometimes I just need an Americano and they’re convenient. I have never watched _Buffy._ I don’t really care for reality TV. I’m sick to death of the home improvement/decorating/sell my house type shows. I’ll watch one occasionally, but they generally irritate me now. I’ll read the Pit, but don’t generally post there. Good rants are far and few between. I’ve replied once or twice in Great Debates, but frankly, that particular section of the board sometimes intimidates me and sometimes bores me. I LIKE the MMP. We’re a good group of people and always welcome folks. Badly behaved/whiny children irritate the crap out of me. My neighbor’s kids REALLY irritate the crap out of me. I believe everyone should say please and thank you and try hard to live by the Golden Rule. (I don’t always succeed, but I try anyway). Ugh, upon edit, I just realized some of that sounded sacharine and sweet. I’m not…really… ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-of-the-closet-what-sdmb-rules-of-a-cool-do-you-break/430289/115 "2007-12-18T02:08:53Z")
> [@Bobotheoptimist](#): > > I don’t think the Democratic party is inherently different than the Republican What’s the old thing the one Brit said to the other, to explain American politics? I believe it goes something like: “Their Republican Party is like our Conservative Party. Their Democratic Party, on the other hand, is like our Conservative Party.” ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-of-the-closet-what-sdmb-rules-of-a-cool-do-you-break/430289/116 "2007-12-18T03:01:21Z")
Many, maybe most of the stuff listed here isn’t breaking any SDMB “cool rules”. is liking sports cool or uncool? Disneyland is considered cool here? Toilet flushing? Prescription medications? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-of-the-closet-what-sdmb-rules-of-a-cool-do-you-break/430289/117 "2007-12-18T03:31:03Z")
[QUOTE=Yookeroo] is liking sports cool or uncool? [/QUOTE] It has been my experience that not liking sports is uncool. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-of-the-closet-what-sdmb-rules-of-a-cool-do-you-break/430289/118 "2007-12-18T04:29:48Z")
[QUOTE=Yookeroo] Many, maybe most of the stuff listed here isn’t breaking any SDMB “cool rules”. is liking sports cool or uncool? Disneyland is considered cool here? Toilet flushing? Prescription medications? :dubious: [/QUOTE] Yes indeed, pretty much all you mentioned, at least one’s response to those things, can be a measure of one’s coolness on these boards. Even whether you refer to the SDMB in the singular or the plural (board vs boards). We are a touchy and vain lot. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-of-the-closet-what-sdmb-rules-of-a-cool-do-you-break/430289/119 "2007-12-18T05:56:30Z")
[QUOTE=Audrey Levins] Oh, and I truly do not understand the mystique, or even the appeal, of Krispy Kremes. I think they’re horribly sweet and impossibly overrated. [/QUOTE] Word. If you want a better donut, pick any random local donut shop. And yes, Krispy Krap lovers, I have stood in line at the minifactory and procured one fresh off the conveyor belt. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-of-the-closet-what-sdmb-rules-of-a-cool-do-you-break/430289/120 "2007-12-18T05:58:51Z")
I don’t even know what MMP is. I’ve seen the threads with MMP in the title, but I’ve never read them, and I can’t figure out what the letters stand for. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-of-the-closet-what-sdmb-rules-of-a-cool-do-you-break/430289.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-out-of-the-closet-what-sdmb-rules-of-a-cool-do-you-break/430289.md?page=7)