# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Lochdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thread-where-all-the-cool-kids-hang-out/783233/21 "2017-03-28T22:00:49Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thread-where-all-the-cool-kids-hang-out/783233/22 "2017-03-28T22:32:49Z")
My mom says I’m cool! ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thread-where-all-the-cool-kids-hang-out/783233/23 "2017-03-28T23:11:02Z")
Oh, hi, guys! [_snork_] Man, my allergies are really acting up this year! [_snorrrk_] So, what are you guys doing in here, anyway? ---
**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, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thread-where-all-the-cool-kids-hang-out/783233/24 "2017-03-28T23:20:58Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > All the _cool_ kids wear barets. What’s fun is it being “cool” if you can’t wear a sombrero? ---
**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, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thread-where-all-the-cool-kids-hang-out/783233/25 "2017-03-28T23:31:48Z")
> [@Trancephalic](#): > > What’s fun is it being “cool” if you can’t wear a sombrero? It’s not a good look for [some people.](https://19818-presscdn-pagely.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/420/29/7c2dce1e2144290b721cd5b9f7139a77.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thread-where-all-the-cool-kids-hang-out/783233/26 "2017-03-28T23:50:54Z")
Sorry I’m late but at least I showed up at all. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thread-where-all-the-cool-kids-hang-out/783233/27 "2017-03-28T23:55:17Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > All the _cool_ kids wear barets. Barets are for nerds. Berets are for the cool folk who can also spell. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![skdo23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@skdo23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skdo23)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thread-where-all-the-cool-kids-hang-out/783233/28 "2017-03-28T23:55:18Z")
> [@Trancephalic](#): > > What’s fun is it being “cool” if you can’t wear a sombrero? Or Mickey Mouse pants. ---
**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, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thread-where-all-the-cool-kids-hang-out/783233/29 "2017-03-28T23:58:17Z")
> [@skdo23](#): > > Or Mickey Mouse pants. Boy! Just look at those big, yellow buttons! ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thread-where-all-the-cool-kids-hang-out/783233/30 "2017-03-29T00:35:27Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Puff, puff, pass. I’ll take that. Thanks! Okay, now what do we have to drink? ---
**Author:** ![Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thread-where-all-the-cool-kids-hang-out/783233/31 "2017-03-29T00:54:15Z")
By-passing the kids, I’m the coolest grandpa you ever did see. You’d get an injunction to keep my daughter out of here, but I got the goods. Heh. ---
**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 29, 2017, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thread-where-all-the-cool-kids-hang-out/783233/32 "2017-03-29T00:58:54Z")
So, if I may ask, what are the benefits of hanging out in this thread with all you other cool people? I mean other than basking in the coolness of it all? ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thread-where-all-the-cool-kids-hang-out/783233/33 "2017-03-29T03:32:42Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > All the _cool_ kids wear barets. Nope. Fezzes. Fezzes are cool. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thread-where-all-the-cool-kids-hang-out/783233/34 "2017-03-29T04:47:27Z")
If you have to say you’re cool, you aren’t. I’ll be over in the corner. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thread-where-all-the-cool-kids-hang-out/783233/35 "2017-03-29T05:03:21Z")
I’m so cool I started an ice age. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thread-where-all-the-cool-kids-hang-out/783233/36 "2017-03-29T18:41:42Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I’m so cool I started an ice age. I am so amazingly cool you could keep a side of meat in me for a month. No wait, that’s Zaphod Beeblebrox. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thread-where-all-the-cool-kids-hang-out/783233/37 "2017-03-29T18:55:36Z")
I was never here. You unnderstand? ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thread-where-all-the-cool-kids-hang-out/783233/38 "2017-03-29T19:04:54Z")
Where do pith helmets stand on the cool head gear scale? I’ve got a Boer War Helmet. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2017, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thread-where-all-the-cool-kids-hang-out/783233/39 "2017-03-29T19:42:48Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > I’ll take that. Thanks! > > Okay, now what do we have to drink? [Smoked Old fashioned](http://drinkwire.liquor.com/post/smoke-signal#gs.peT2xnQ), Guinness, Famous Grouse, or several different anejo tequilas. Pass that over here… ---
**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:** [March 30, 2017, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thread-where-all-the-cool-kids-hang-out/783233/40 "2017-03-30T21:42:49Z")
Dammit, I leave the room for a minute and everyone leaves! /Cartman "Screw You Guys, I’m goin home! /Cartman [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thread-where-all-the-cool-kids-hang-out/783233.md?page=1)