# This is the thread where all the cool kids hang out **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 28, 2017, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thread-where-all-the-cool-kids-hang-out/783233 "2017-03-28T18:11:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JimNightshade](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jimnightshade/32/3354_2.png) [@JimNightshade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimNightshade)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thread-where-all-the-cool-kids-hang-out/783233/1 "2017-03-28T18:11:34Z")
Well - this is it. Who are the cool kids? Are you one of them? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thread-where-all-the-cool-kids-hang-out/783233/2 "2017-03-28T18:13:21Z")
Well, it is _now_. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thread-where-all-the-cool-kids-hang-out/783233/3 "2017-03-28T18:19:37Z")
I was never a cool kid until now, and I don’t mean because of this thread. 😃 I’ve always had plenty of friends, but have never been one of those people everyone envies and wants to know. I recently returned to college and all the kids want to talk to me, get to know me and admire me for what I’m doing. It’s WEIRD! But at the age of 52, I’m finally a cool kid. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thread-where-all-the-cool-kids-hang-out/783233/4 "2017-03-28T18:22:08Z")
> [@Helena330](#): > > I was never a cool kid until now, and I don’t mean because of this thread. 😃 I’ve always had plenty of friends, but have never been one of those people everyone envies and wants to know. I recently returned to college and all the kids want to talk to me, get to know me and admire me for what I’m doing. It’s WEIRD! But at the age of 52, I’m finally a cool kid. 😛 Also, the only one who can legally buy alcohol. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thread-where-all-the-cool-kids-hang-out/783233/5 "2017-03-28T18:33:44Z")
Puff, puff, pass. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thread-where-all-the-cool-kids-hang-out/783233/6 "2017-03-28T18:35:41Z")
There goes the neighborhood! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thread-where-all-the-cool-kids-hang-out/783233/7 "2017-03-28T18:42:56Z")
You guys want to see the magazines I found under my brother’s mattress? ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thread-where-all-the-cool-kids-hang-out/783233/8 "2017-03-28T18:45:02Z")
I’ll see myself out… ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thread-where-all-the-cool-kids-hang-out/783233/9 "2017-03-28T18:50:09Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > You guys want to see the magazines I found under my brother’s mattress? Why are the pages all stuck together? ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thread-where-all-the-cool-kids-hang-out/783233/10 "2017-03-28T19:15:33Z")
I’m probably more like the uncool mom who will harsh your buzz. Comes with the territory at the moment. Congrats **Helena330**! ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thread-where-all-the-cool-kids-hang-out/783233/11 "2017-03-28T19:16:14Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Also, the only one who can legally buy alcohol. Bingo ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thread-where-all-the-cool-kids-hang-out/783233/12 "2017-03-28T19:25:48Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Why are the pages all stuck together? You’re more innocent than I thought. You see, when a guy likes a girl very, very much and the girl is nowhere near… ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thread-where-all-the-cool-kids-hang-out/783233/13 "2017-03-28T19:32:54Z")
The last time I hung out where the cool kids gather someone called the cops, who made me cover it up and discussed arresting me. They probably would have except it looked so harmless, just hanging there in it’s non-threatening way. Moral: it’s OK to hang, if you’re not hung. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thread-where-all-the-cool-kids-hang-out/783233/14 "2017-03-28T19:34:58Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > You’re more innocent than I thought. > > You see, when a guy likes a girl very, very much and the girl is nowhere near… …you go “Star Wars”, aka “Hand Solo” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thread-where-all-the-cool-kids-hang-out/783233/15 "2017-03-28T20:00:09Z")
Well, my nickname in high school was **Mr. Cool** , so I guess I belong here as much as anybody. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thread-where-all-the-cool-kids-hang-out/783233/16 "2017-03-28T20:20:30Z")
I see the sign says “No Quimbys” so that means you can have at least one right? ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thread-where-all-the-cool-kids-hang-out/783233/17 "2017-03-28T21:24:08Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Also, the only one who can legally buy alcohol. No one’s asked me yet. It’s a satellite of a state university located on the local community college campus, so it only has junior, senior and graduate classes. Most of these kids can buy their own alcohol. So I’m going to go on thinking they like me because I’m cool. 😃 Thanks, **Sunny Daze**. It’s quite different than when I went right out of high school, but I’m loving it. ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thread-where-all-the-cool-kids-hang-out/783233/18 "2017-03-28T21:37:37Z")
Can I wear a sombrero? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thread-where-all-the-cool-kids-hang-out/783233/19 "2017-03-28T21:39:42Z")
> [@Trancephalic](#): > > Can I wear a sombrero? All the _cool_ kids wear barets. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thread-where-all-the-cool-kids-hang-out/783233/20 "2017-03-28T21:45:14Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > All the _cool_ kids wear barets. [Cite.](http://www.discoveryuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/31889_IMG_0783.jpg) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thread-where-all-the-cool-kids-hang-out/783233.md?page=2)