# 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:** 6
**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 17, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/101 "2015-06-17T21:38:21Z")
Pugs - Cool! Rush (the band) ---
**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 18, 2015, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/102 "2015-06-18T02:15:45Z")
Not cool. Rush (the fraternity process) ---
**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 18, 2015, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/103 "2015-06-18T02:57:23Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not cool. > > Rush (the fraternity process) Deeply not cool. Ironically adopting tamagotchis. ---
**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 18, 2015, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/104 "2015-06-18T14:16:07Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Ironically adopting tamagotchis. Not cool. Shaved heads. ---
**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 18, 2015, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/105 "2015-06-18T14:30:45Z")
Shaved heads. Cool, usually. Rush (the radio personality) (to complete the trifecta) ---
**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 18, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/106 "2015-06-18T19:51:01Z")
Not Cool. Rushlights. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/107 "2015-07-08T23:41:27Z")
Not cool. Brought the whole thread to a standstill. Not gonna bother Googling it. Saturday Night Live ---
**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:** [July 9, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/108 "2015-07-09T19:10:08Z")
Cool. arctic foxes ---
**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:** [July 9, 2015, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/109 "2015-07-09T19:24:51Z")
Very cool (and even cold, depending on the season). [![](https://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g62/TigerQuoll/arctic%20wildlife/_67440540_c0138501-arctic_fox_jumping-spl_zpsfb387bad.jpg) ](https://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g62/TigerQuoll/arctic%20wildlife/_67440540_c0138501-arctic_fox_jumping-spl_zpsfb387bad.jpg) Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2015, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/110 "2015-07-09T21:13:57Z")
…will always be cool, Monkey Boy! Cyberdyne Systems. [Madame P. gave me a Cyberdyne Systems t-shirt last Christmas, but had intended it to be a Yoyodyne one.] ---
**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:** [July 10, 2015, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/111 "2015-07-10T04:30:05Z")
Also cool (despite its inadvertent role in the virtual enslavement of humanity, which must’ve been hard to justify to stockholders). The ironclad USS _Monitor_ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8797f3/32.png) [@The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Universe_Lashes_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/112 "2015-07-10T04:37:03Z")
Was the basis for awesome 2010 album by Titus Andronicus, therefore immensely cool. Cincinnati, OH. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2015, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/113 "2015-07-10T19:23:49Z")
I have that album! Cincinnati? Not cool. Sorry. Cleveland, Ohio. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/114 "2015-07-10T19:26:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Cleveland, Ohio. Totally not cool. At least Cincinnati has King’s Island (which is mega-cool!) Knott’s Berry Farm. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2015, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/115 "2015-07-10T20:34:27Z")
> [@](#): > > Knott’s Berry Farm. Was cool. Not cool anymore. Fedoras ---
**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:** [July 11, 2015, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/116 "2015-07-11T00:29:33Z")
Fedoras? Cool. Jodhpurs ---
**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:** [July 11, 2015, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/117 "2015-07-11T04:04:56Z")
Cool only if you’re a 1930s film director or horse-loving socialite. Confederate flags. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2015, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/118 "2015-07-11T11:37:16Z")
Not cool. Casa Bonita ---
**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:** [July 12, 2015, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/119 "2015-07-12T02:16:16Z")
Hmmm. If I must choose, I’ll say “not cool,” because I’ve never heard of it before. Isla Nublar ---
**Author:** ![Tread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/120 "2015-07-12T05:55:00Z")
Not Cool… could be… but not quite > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Cool. And he shot first. That Implies more than one shot was fired Fireball Whiskey [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110.md?page=7)