# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/21 "2015-05-31T04:33:38Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Only cool if you’re Astro-boy. > > John Denver Not cool. John Lennon. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2015, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/22 "2015-05-31T23:47:40Z")
Cool (very talented but a jerk to many of those around him). Ringo Starr. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/23 "2015-05-31T23:55:14Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Cool (very talented but a jerk to many of those around him). > > Ringo Starr. Once a Beatle, always a Beatle! Cool in my book. Law & Order ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/24 "2015-06-01T00:57:45Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Law & Order Jerry Orbach and Chris Noth, very cool. Sushi ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/25 "2015-06-01T15:19:01Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Jerry Orbach and Chris Noth, very cool. > Sushi Cool. Hunting ---
**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:** [June 1, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/26 "2015-06-01T19:15:43Z")
For sport? No. For the practical purposes of providing food for yourself and/or family? Mos def yes. The A-10 Warthog ---
**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:** [June 1, 2015, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/27 "2015-06-01T19:54:27Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > For sport? No. For the practical purposes of providing food for yourself and/or family? Mos def yes. > The A-10 Warthog Cool. Single Malt Whiskey ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/28 "2015-06-01T20:29:10Z")
Cool. Buddy Holly glasses. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2015, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/29 "2015-06-02T03:17:25Z")
Not cool, but may be again. Television nudity. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2015, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/30 "2015-06-02T03:38:15Z")
Depending on who I’m looking at, cool. Potentially _very_ cool. Sax and violins on TV. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/31 "2015-06-03T14:30:41Z")
Not cool unless accompanied by Saxon Violence 🙂 [Technivorm Moccamasters](http://www.technivorm.com/products/brewers_for_home-use/kbgt_741_polished_silver/http://). ---
**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:** [June 3, 2015, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/32 "2015-06-03T14:40:46Z")
Never heard of 'em before, but cool. Ray Charles. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/33 "2015-06-03T15:01:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Never heard of 'em before, but cool. > > Ray Charles. Very cool. Wayfarer sunglasses ---
**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:** [June 3, 2015, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/34 "2015-06-03T15:47:54Z")
When are sunglasses ever not cool? Jeeps ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/35 "2015-06-03T16:06:10Z")
Some models are very cool, but they have too many generic SUVs now. Bobble heads ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/36 "2015-06-03T16:43:00Z")
Only cool for target practice. Peachtree Schnapps ---
**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:** [June 3, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/37 "2015-06-03T17:04:01Z")
Not cool. Jack Daniels. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/38 "2015-06-03T18:36:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not cool. > > Jack Daniels. Cool, except with Diet Coke. Cats (the pet, not the Broadway musical). ---
**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:** [June 3, 2015, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/39 "2015-06-03T18:39:40Z")
Cats (the pet, not the Broadway musical): Definitely cool. Doctor Who ---
**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:** [June 3, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/40 "2015-06-03T18:51:41Z")
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