# Cool or not cool **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 29, 2015, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110 "2015-05-29T13:15:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2019, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/201 "2019-09-26T21:23:59Z")
Not cool. Walk or skate, make up your mind. Anti-Trump memes? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2019, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/202 "2019-09-26T21:25:56Z")
Some are cool, some are not. Overall: cool. Abbey Road (Today’s the 50th Anniversary of the album’s release.) ---
**Author:** ![mjmlabs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mjmlabs/32/69_2.png) [@mjmlabs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mjmlabs)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2019, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/203 "2019-09-26T22:32:17Z")
Cool. I don’t what the kids on my lawn think. _Magical Mystery Tour_, the film. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/204 "2019-09-27T02:20:51Z")
Cheesy as hell, not the most professional film, a low point in the Beatles’ career… but still cool. Paul’s general attitude after the Beatles? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/205 "2019-09-27T13:21:48Z")
Not Cool. He acted like he was the only important one, the one with all the talent. Bob Dylan ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/206 "2019-09-27T13:27:03Z")
Forever Cool. David Hasselhoff ---
**Author:** ![mjmlabs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mjmlabs/32/69_2.png) [@mjmlabs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mjmlabs)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/207 "2019-09-27T13:30:35Z")
Cool only now that he’s accepted his utter lack of cool. Self-aware Ironic Cool, if you will. Erik Estrada? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/208 "2019-09-27T13:48:09Z")
He defined cool in the 70s and still carries it. John Quincy Adams ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/209 "2019-09-27T15:14:34Z")
Cool, and badass. George Washington. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/210 "2019-09-27T15:29:15Z")
Defined what being a cool President means. David Schwimmer ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/211 "2019-09-27T15:57:38Z")
Was cool for awhile, but no longer, I’m afraid. John Adams. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2019, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/212 "2019-09-28T13:38:22Z")
Obnoxious and disliked, and not cool. Important, still relevant, but not Cool. Dwight D. Eisenhower ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2019, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/213 "2019-09-28T13:53:26Z")
As far as US Presidents go, I Like Ike was pretty cool. John F. Kennedy, Jr. ---
**Author:** ![mjmlabs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mjmlabs/32/69_2.png) [@mjmlabs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mjmlabs)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/214 "2019-09-30T07:50:24Z")
Not cool. Dunning-Kruger Effect and small personal aircraft should never mix. Absinthe? ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/215 "2019-09-30T13:13:33Z")
Cool. Slasher movies? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/216 "2019-09-30T13:29:05Z")
Not cool. Too much blood Sunglasses ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/217 "2019-09-30T14:18:30Z")
Daytime, cool. Night time, hipster poser. The Monkees? ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/218 "2019-09-30T14:54:45Z")
Cool…no, not cool…I mean cool…well, maybe not so cool when you consider… Ice cream trucks ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/219 "2019-09-30T15:55:39Z")
There’s still ice cream trucks, that’s still a thing? Haven’t seen one in a decade or two. Semi-cool. Sandwich posting? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/220 "2019-09-30T16:13:45Z")
Uncool. Sandwiches just don’t hold up well when you send them by mail. Thomas Jefferson? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110.md?page=12)