# 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:** 4
**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 9, 2015, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/61 "2015-06-09T14:01:59Z")
Cool. Blue rare steak. ---
**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 9, 2015, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/62 "2015-06-09T14:20:56Z")
Not cool. Tramp stamps. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/63 "2015-06-09T14:41:05Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Tramp stamps. Not Cool! Snugglies? ---
**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 9, 2015, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/64 "2015-06-09T15:09:45Z")
Sweet, cozy, but not cool. My grandson loves his, though. Family game night. ---
**Author:** ![Feint\_of\_Spades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Feint\_of\_Spades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feint_of_Spades)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/65 "2015-06-09T15:22:23Z")
Kids are little = cool; kids are grown (and likely living in your basement) = not cool. reality game shows ---
**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 10, 2015, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/66 "2015-06-10T04:08:46Z")
Emphatically not cool. Richard Simmons. ---
**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 10, 2015, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/67 "2015-06-10T05:00:25Z")
Considering everything he did on Letterman was a “sissy” put-on and he played along with it: COOL! Bob Ross (the painter–happy trees live there) ---
**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 10, 2015, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/68 "2015-06-10T12:05:17Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Considering everything he did on Letterman was a “sissy” put-on and he played along with it: COOL! > > Bob Ross (the painter–happy trees live there) Cool. Maybe not a great talent, but he never claimed to be (though I’m no judge of art!), plus he had fun with it and was so chill. Socks that don’t match. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/69 "2015-06-10T13:28:10Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Socks that don’t match. Well, all the kids are doing it, so it must be Cool…for now. Pokémon cards (for kids)? ---
**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 10, 2015, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/70 "2015-06-10T14:24:50Z")
Cool. They have entire conventions for collectors. Cher. ---
**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 10, 2015, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/71 "2015-06-10T16:31:57Z")
She has had an extremely successful career–on her own terms–despite the numerous men in her life and the usual problems of Show Biz. Cool as it gets. Cashews. ---
**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 10, 2015, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/72 "2015-06-10T16:58:09Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Cashews. Cool. Kale ---
**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 10, 2015, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/73 "2015-06-10T20:53:13Z")
PC, but not cool. Minecraft. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/74 "2015-06-11T00:56:13Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Minecraft. Definitely cool. It is the electronic Lego of the new generation. ---
**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 11, 2015, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/75 "2015-06-11T03:42:27Z")
Next thing to assess, **Sparky** …? ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/76 "2015-06-11T11:37:12Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Next thing to assess, **Sparky** …? Oops, my apologies. I heard him on the radio this morning with the Amboy Dukes and caught myself wondering. Ted Nugent? ---
**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 11, 2015, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/77 "2015-06-11T12:02:44Z")
> [@Sparky812](#): > > Oops, my apologies. > > I heard him on the radio this morning with the Amboy Dukes and caught myself wondering. > > Ted Nugent? Racism is NOT cool. Especially lately. Plus, I listened to Cat Scratch Fever lately. Not nearly as good as I remember it. Gray Goose Vodka ---
**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 11, 2015, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/78 "2015-06-11T14:01:30Z")
Cool, I guess. The late Sir Christopher Lee. ---
**Author:** ![CGav8r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@CGav8r](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CGav8r)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/79 "2015-06-11T14:43:43Z")
Super cool - his work in Hammer Horror and TLOTR films (and as a James Bond bad guy), puts him in the pantheon of coolness. Men’s trousers that are hemmed a few inches above the ankles… ---
**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 11, 2015, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/80 "2015-06-11T14:50:33Z")
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