# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/41 "2015-06-03T23:43:19Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not cool. Sorry. > > _Archer_ Very Cool Mustaches. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/42 "2015-06-03T23:52:48Z")
Mustaches, like my own, very cool. Sideburns ---
**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:** [June 4, 2015, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/43 "2015-06-04T00:22:00Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Mustaches, like my own, very cool. > > Sideburns Well, anything the King made famous has to be a little cool! Cool. Plaid miniskirts ---
**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 4, 2015, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/44 "2015-06-04T00:56:34Z")
On the right kind of girl, very cool. Airboats. ---
**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 4, 2015, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/45 "2015-06-04T16:54:29Z")
Cool. Network optimization. 😉 ---
**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 4, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/46 "2015-06-04T17:10:56Z")
Nerdy, but cool. Snake Plissken. ---
**Author:** ![CGav8r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@CGav8r](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CGav8r)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/47 "2015-06-04T17:16:41Z")
Snake is **the coolest**. Normcore. ---
**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 4, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/48 "2015-06-04T19:14:19Z")
Not sure if this is cool as it is so cyclical. I seem to recall a movement called the blands that essentially tried to do the same thing but my Google fu came up empty. I vote not cool. Fedoras. ---
**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 4, 2015, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/49 "2015-06-04T20:30:45Z")
Not cool unless you’re Indiana Jones. Han Solo. ---
**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 4, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/50 "2015-06-04T20:37:46Z")
Cool. And he shot first. The Royal Family. ---
**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 5, 2015, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/51 "2015-06-05T00:42:41Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > The Royal Family. Cool. I didn’t really understand why Britons tolerated the crown until I went to England and experienced the culture first-hand. Next: Disney ---
**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 5, 2015, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/52 "2015-06-05T02:28:16Z")
Sometimes but rarely cool (except Pixar, now a division thereof, which is cool far more often than not). > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Cool. And he shot first… Damn straight. Fezes. ---
**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 5, 2015, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/53 "2015-06-05T19:46:59Z")
Anything that Dr.Who and Peter Sellers would wear must be cool! silk dinner jackets. ---
**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 6, 2015, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/54 "2015-06-06T00:44:10Z")
Cool. Bow ties. ---
**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 6, 2015, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/55 "2015-06-06T02:16:08Z")
In Indianapolis at least: not cool. Wearing your clothes in the droop. ---
**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 6, 2015, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/56 "2015-06-06T20:34:28Z")
VERY uncool. Hillary Clinton. ---
**Author:** ![CGav8r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@CGav8r](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CGav8r)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/57 "2015-06-08T17:04:12Z")
Positively frigid. Unboxing videos. ---
**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 8, 2015, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/58 "2015-06-08T20:03:02Z")
Not cool. It’s never anything I can afford… Omega Watches ---
**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 9, 2015, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/59 "2015-06-09T02:18:31Z")
Cool. Swiss Army knives. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2015, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/60 "2015-06-09T02:31:16Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Cool. > > Swiss Army knives. What’s not to love? Cool. Salad with dressing on the side. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110.md?page=4)