# 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:** 7
**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 12, 2015, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/121 "2015-07-12T12:31:00Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Hmmm. If I must choose, I’ll say “not cool,” because I’ve never heard of it before. Let me [enlighten you](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=761714)! 🙂 ---
**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 12, 2015, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/122 "2015-07-12T14:15:59Z")
> [@Tread](#): > > Fireball Whiskey Not cool. Lumberjack beards. ---
**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 12, 2015, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/123 "2015-07-12T15:08:27Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Lumberjack beards. Not cool! Isla Sorna ---
**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 13, 2015, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/124 "2015-07-13T02:41:08Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Let me [enlighten you](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=761714)! 🙂 Thanks! Isla Sorna: Not cool. Nomanisan Island. ---
**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 16, 2015, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/125 "2015-07-16T13:09:05Z")
If you mean the one in _the Incredibles_, cool. If the one in Maryland that’s now a peninsula, less cool. The Green Hornet ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/126 "2015-07-20T13:16:23Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > The Green Hornet Not as cool as the Brown Hornet. Mirrored Sunglasses? ---
**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 20, 2015, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/127 "2015-07-20T16:16:53Z")
Cool, on the right person. Dark socks with sandals. ---
**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 20, 2015, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/128 "2015-07-20T16:46:18Z")
Dark socks with sandals. Not cool! Or any socks with sandals! Barack Obama ---
**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 20, 2015, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/129 "2015-07-20T22:36:58Z")
Obama’s cool. Watching Disney animated movies as an adult ---
**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 21, 2015, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/130 "2015-07-21T01:38:43Z")
Not cool… but not uncool, either. Neutral, I guess. If I HAVE to choose, I’ll say… cool. Watching a _SpongeBob_ marathon in your PJs. When you’re over ten. ---
**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 24, 2015, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/131 "2015-07-24T13:29:33Z")
Oh, not cool. Even my 14-year-old grandson agrees. (I always liked Squidward.) Garage bands ---
**Author:** ![Lowdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Lowdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lowdown)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/132 "2015-07-24T13:41:19Z")
Cool. “Electronic Music Producers” (DJs) ---
**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:** [August 4, 2015, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/133 "2015-08-04T20:13:06Z")
Cool, as long as they aren’t trying too hard. [Isla Fisher](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isla_Fisher) I apologise for threadkilling earlier. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/134 "2015-08-13T21:45:04Z")
OK, I’m getting a paranoid now… Nick Offerman, Is he cool? ---
**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:** [August 13, 2015, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/135 "2015-08-13T21:48:13Z")
Oh yeah, Offerman is cool, though a little less so without the moustache. Gauged ears. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2019, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/136 "2019-09-22T19:06:55Z")
Semi-cool Resurrecting dead threads ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/137 "2019-09-23T00:50:12Z")
Cool… but only if the thread itself is cool. Binge watching '50s sitcoms. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2019, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/138 "2019-09-23T04:17:16Z")
Cool. Acoustic bass guitars? ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/139 "2019-09-23T05:37:10Z")
Cool. The band Styx? ---
**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:** [September 23, 2019, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/140 "2019-09-23T06:28:54Z")
Was cool, became uncool, now ironically cool. The term “ironically cool”? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110.md?page=8)