# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/161 "2019-09-24T15:48:20Z")
Cool by not being cool Tom Cruise ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/162 "2019-09-24T16:04:09Z")
Cool Banjos ---
**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:** [September 24, 2019, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/163 "2019-09-24T16:18:10Z")
Not cool, which is what makes them cool. Marc Maron ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/164 "2019-09-24T18:08:35Z")
nm ---
**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 24, 2019, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/165 "2019-09-24T22:28:39Z")
Marc Maron’s still cool, but not as cool as he was on Air America radio. Conan O’Brien? ---
**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 24, 2019, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/166 "2019-09-24T22:50:15Z")
Nerd cool Jay Leno? ---
**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:** [September 25, 2019, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/167 "2019-09-25T01:49:17Z")
Not Cool Emmanuel Macron ---
**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:** [September 25, 2019, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/168 "2019-09-25T04:19:43Z")
Not as cool as he used to be - actual governance will do that to a politician - but still cool. Angela Merkel. ---
**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 25, 2019, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/169 "2019-09-25T04:45:40Z")
Not only cool but also kickass. Doctorate in quantum chemistry and the _de facto_ head of Europe? Don’t get much cooler than that. Christine Lagarde? ---
**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:** [September 25, 2019, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/170 "2019-09-25T14:27:54Z")
Definitely cool. Mayor Pete. ---
**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 25, 2019, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/171 "2019-09-25T15:12:25Z")
The coolest. Benjamin Netanyahu? ---
**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:** [September 25, 2019, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/172 "2019-09-25T15:25:58Z")
NOT cool. Cory Booker. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/173 "2019-09-25T17:37:25Z")
Reasonably cool. Little Golden books ---
**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:** [September 25, 2019, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/174 "2019-09-25T18:51:40Z")
Cool. Iced coffee ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/175 "2019-09-25T18:57:21Z")
not cool (not a coffee drinker here) Plant-based fast food ---
**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 25, 2019, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/176 "2019-09-25T19:35:45Z")
Not cool, never will be. Healthy-ish, but not cool. Using “ish” as a modifier? ---
**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:** [September 25, 2019, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/177 "2019-09-25T20:14:38Z")
Coolish Italian Ices ---
**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 25, 2019, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/178 "2019-09-25T21:22:12Z")
So cool they’re literally frozen. Loves me some Italian ices. Always makes me think of my hometown. (links provided as a courtesy, because you likely won’t be familiar …) [Scacciata](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaccia#Scacciata_in_Middletown,_Connecticut)? Like maybe [this one](https://kattyskitchen.wordpress.com/2014/03/23/broccoli-scacciata-to-middletown-with-love/)? ---
**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:** [September 26, 2019, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/179 "2019-09-26T05:17:03Z")
Cool even if served piping hot. Bernie Sanders ---
**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 26, 2019, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-cool/721110/180 "2019-09-26T09:54:26Z")
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