# 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:** 13
**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 3, 2019, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/241 "2019-10-03T12:36:49Z")
Not Not NOT cool! Will Smith? ---
**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:** [October 3, 2019, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/242 "2019-10-03T13:24:28Z")
He gets cooler as he gets older. The young Will was not cool, but he’s now cooler. The song “Monster Mash”? ---
**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 3, 2019, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/243 "2019-10-03T13:49:11Z")
Fun, silly, cheesy, and cool. Meatloaf, the singer? ---
**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:** [October 3, 2019, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/244 "2019-10-03T13:55:17Z")
Cool, especially his rendition of Jim Steinman’s songs Kinky Friedman? ---
**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 3, 2019, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/245 "2019-10-03T15:11:30Z")
Very cool. Any Jewish musician who’d name his band “The Texas Jewboys” can’t help but be cool. James Monroe? ---
**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 3, 2019, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/246 "2019-10-03T15:31:29Z")
No opinions on Monroe, but repeating posts? Not cool. Al Yankovic? ---
**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:** [October 3, 2019, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/247 "2019-10-03T15:45:38Z")
So not cool New York City’s Broadway ---
**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 3, 2019, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/248 "2019-10-03T19:32:28Z")
Still cool. Battlebots TV series ---
**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 4, 2019, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/249 "2019-10-04T01:08:49Z")
Cool, once they took care of the spectator-injuries problem. Battle armor for cats? (not the “Battle Cats” video game – actual armor on actual cats) ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2019, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/250 "2019-10-04T11:10:04Z")
Cool, once they took care of the spectator-injuries problem. Battle armor for cats? (not the “Battle Cats” video game – actual armor on actual cats) Errr…not cool. Dog Bandanas? ---
**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 4, 2019, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/251 "2019-10-04T12:18:09Z")
Cool. I guess. Art Deco home furnishings? ---
**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:** [October 4, 2019, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/252 "2019-10-04T13:16:18Z")
Not cool. New Year’s Eve in Times Square ---
**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 4, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/253 "2019-10-04T14:11:31Z")
Too mainstream to be cool Funny beer commercials? ---
**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 4, 2019, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/254 "2019-10-04T17:21:52Z")
Can any guilty pleasure truly be considered ‘cool’? Batman ---
**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 4, 2019, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/255 "2019-10-04T19:08:38Z")
Adam West and Michael Keaton, cool. Christian Bale, semi-cool. All other Batmans, not cool. List games? ---
**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 4, 2019, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/256 "2019-10-04T20:41:25Z")
Cool unless you show up really late; then it’s too much like work to catch up on what’s been played. _Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman_? ---
**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 4, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/257 "2019-10-04T20:55:45Z")
Definitely cool. The Shamwow. ---
**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 6, 2019, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/258 "2019-10-06T16:32:50Z")
Never Cool. Leprechauns ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/259 "2019-10-06T17:07:04Z")
Cool. Ferrets. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2019, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/260 "2019-10-06T17:07:28Z")
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