# 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:** 14
**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 6, 2019, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/261 "2019-10-06T19:49:44Z")
The myth, cool. Belief in bigfoot, not cool. Bring your bible to school day? ---
**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 7, 2019, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/262 "2019-10-07T03:47:00Z")
Not cool at all in a publicly-funded school. Bring Your Kid(s) to Work Day? ---
**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 7, 2019, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/263 "2019-10-07T12:27:04Z")
Potentially very cool. But in practice, not so much. Zane Grey westerns ---
**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 7, 2019, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/264 "2019-10-07T13:31:59Z")
Not Cool. Louis L’Amour maybe, but not Zane Grey. Pit bulls ---
**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 7, 2019, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/265 "2019-10-07T19:42:58Z")
Not cool. Spuds McKenzie ruined it. Also the maulings. Red Bull®? ---
**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 7, 2019, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/266 "2019-10-07T19:46:23Z")
Not cool. Makes my heart palpitate. 80’s New Wave? ---
**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 7, 2019, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/267 "2019-10-07T19:52:51Z")
Cool. '80s New Romantic? ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/268 "2019-10-07T19:57:01Z")
Cool. Absolute zero? ---
**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 7, 2019, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/269 "2019-10-07T20:26:39Z")
Absolutely cool jazz? ---
**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 7, 2019, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/270 "2019-10-07T20:49:37Z")
Cool. Even “cool” jazz is cool. (NB: Kenny G is not jazz. That is instrumental MOR, and not cool.) Memphis soul? ---
**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 8, 2019, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/271 "2019-10-08T14:21:58Z")
Cool A Capella? ---
**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 8, 2019, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/272 "2019-10-08T15:11:54Z")
Almost always not cool. John Quincy Adams ---
**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 8, 2019, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/273 "2019-10-08T15:55:53Z")
Correction on the above post, a capella is cool. JQA, not so much. Initializing president’s names? ---
**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 8, 2019, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/274 "2019-10-08T16:51:05Z")
Cool. Operating bulldozers, wrecking balls, and cranes? ---
**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 8, 2019, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/275 "2019-10-08T20:10:24Z")
Very cool. Andrew Jackson? ---
**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 9, 2019, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/276 "2019-10-09T01:11:06Z")
Mr. Trail of Tears? Not cool. Christopher Columbus? ---
**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 9, 2019, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/277 "2019-10-09T01:29:14Z")
Makes Jackson look like a saint, not cool. 1980s SNL? ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/278 "2019-10-09T01:33:07Z")
As far as the history of SNL goes, slightly cool. Man-caves/She-sheds? ---
**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 9, 2019, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/279 "2019-10-09T05:58:31Z")
Cool-io. Ever’body needs space, dig? The USPS? ---
**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 9, 2019, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/280 "2019-10-09T10:23:11Z")
Still cool. Still hangin’ in there. Duolingo? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110.md?page=15)