# Justin Bieber, a fool or cool?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justin-bieber-a-fool-or-cool/535602>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 10, 2010, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justin-bieber-a-fool-or-cool/535602 "2010-04-10T01:06:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2010, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justin-bieber-a-fool-or-cool/535602/21 "2010-04-11T22:34:35Z")

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That mom in that video (and the enabling female relative) should be smacked upside the head. This is your daughter, not your performing seal. WTF is wrong with people?

I never heard of Justin until last week. He sings? Do I want to know?  
Nah.

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2010, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justin-bieber-a-fool-or-cool/535602/22 "2010-04-11T22:35:29Z")

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I also saw him on SNL for the first time. I had never heard of him until then. I found the fantasizing teacher really creepy. FTR, He is 16 yrs old, very creepy. I thought he was 13.

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**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2010, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justin-bieber-a-fool-or-cool/535602/23 "2010-04-11T23:49:31Z")

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How he manages to look way too young for his age is a mystery to me. Fool? No, getting people to buy your product and makes lots of money isn’t foolish.  
In a free market, if its not good, it won’t sell. Except the market isn’t very bright apparently.  
Cool? No freaking way.

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justin-bieber-a-fool-or-cool/535602/24 "2010-04-12T01:26:55Z")

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> [@notfrommensa](#):
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> I also saw him on SNL for the first time. I had never heard of him until then. I found the fantasizing teacher really creepy. FTR, He is 16 yrs old, very creepy. I thought he was 13.

Same here. I also hadn’t seen him prior to his SNL appearance, and also found him really creepy and not just in that skit. Maybe because his appearance is as overproduced as his music.

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**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justin-bieber-a-fool-or-cool/535602/25 "2010-04-12T03:34:35Z")

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He makes decent pop songs and probably has made more money in the past week than I will ever see in my entire life. And he’s ten years younger than me. He is no fool.

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