# 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:** 12
**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 30, 2019, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/221 "2019-09-30T17:42:51Z")
Cool, aside from the slave thing. Influencers ---
**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, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/222 "2019-09-30T18:34:28Z")
Generally not cool. Gumby ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/223 "2019-09-30T22:31:41Z")
Way cool. Skinny jeans? ---
**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 30, 2019, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/224 "2019-09-30T22:36:32Z")
Cool. Bill the Cat ---
**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, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/225 "2019-09-30T22:42:07Z")
Cool in context, otherwise not. Iced coffee? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2019, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/226 "2019-10-01T00:04:29Z")
Very cool. I drink it every morning. Meatless burgers? ---
**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:** [October 1, 2019, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/227 "2019-10-01T04:30:05Z")
Cool - and delicious. Had one not long ago and I really could not’ve told it apart from a real hamburger. James Madison? ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2019, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/228 "2019-10-01T04:37:11Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Cool - and delicious. Had one not long ago and I really could not’ve told it apart from a real hamburger. > > James Madison? Slave owner. Uncool. Bongos? ---
**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:** [October 1, 2019, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/229 "2019-10-01T08:16:19Z")
Cool if actually _played_. Cheap plastic bongs? ---
**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:** [October 1, 2019, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/230 "2019-10-01T13:34:56Z")
When you drill down on the concept a couple of layers, we should say cool. those black and white packaged ‘generic’ products that were popular during the late 70’s? ---
**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:** [October 1, 2019, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/231 "2019-10-01T14:07:48Z")
Not cool, store brands are much better SJWs? ---
**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:** [October 1, 2019, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/232 "2019-10-01T14:44:00Z")
Well, they \*think \*they’re cool, at least. James Monroe? ---
**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:** [October 1, 2019, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/233 "2019-10-01T22:27:48Z")
Pretty cool. Apparently not easy to get along with, but I don’t want to get into a pots-and-kettles thing. Those greeting cards that play music when opened? ---
**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:** [October 1, 2019, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/234 "2019-10-01T23:28:03Z")
Not even not cool, horrible CDs with DVD content? ---
**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:** [October 2, 2019, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/235 "2019-10-02T02:09:20Z")
Cool. Supermarionation? ---
**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:** [October 2, 2019, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/236 "2019-10-02T06:54:22Z")
Cool. And also a little creepy. But in a cool way. _The Avengers_ (MacNee & Blackman/Rigg/_et al._ TV, not the movie remake nor the Marvel superheroes)? ---
**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:** [October 2, 2019, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/237 "2019-10-02T18:59:41Z")
Cool, especially when Mrs. Peel is in the catsuit. Mrowwrrrrr. James Madison? ---
**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:** [October 2, 2019, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/238 "2019-10-02T23:15:07Z")
We’ve already established that the slave owner was uncool. Discovering you’re related to somebody famous… for all the wrong reasons? ---
**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:** [October 3, 2019, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/239 "2019-10-03T11:11:20Z")
If “for all the wrong reasons” is anything like what my imagination’s coming up with, decidedly uncool. Even if it was 1200 years ago. Black licorice? ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2019, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/240 "2019-10-03T11:32:40Z")
Black licorice? Not cool. Shirt with your own picture on it? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110.md?page=13)