# The association between coolness and hedonism

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 7, 2025, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-association-between-coolness-and-hedonism/1020598 "2025-07-07T16:52:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-association-between-coolness-and-hedonism/1020598/2 "2025-07-07T17:30:49Z")

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> [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](#):
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> Engaging in so much substance use that you become a liability to yourself and others isn’t cool. Smelling someone’s vomit after them getting drunk and getting into a car wreck and then pissing themself certainly  
> isn’t cool. Getting laid is cool, but having a body count above 100 likely isn’t cool. They might have a lot of STDs, unplanned pregnancies, and interpersonal drama. People who “party” to excess seldomly are powerful. Being powerful is one of those traits listed in that article.

Who says I threw up on myself, wrecked a car or had STDs? 🙂 Part of being cool is knowing how to handle partying while maintaining a postion of power. Being powerful is cool in and of itself.

And all of this without pissing myself. I did get stabbed once, but low and behold people thought that it was kind of cool that I survived and put my attacker in prison.

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