# Who are the cool kids here? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 20, 2012, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-cool-kids-here/632015 "2012-08-20T01:12:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-cool-kids-here/632015/21 "2012-08-20T11:16:17Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Not if you’re talking about my relatives. Zing! ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-cool-kids-here/632015/22 "2012-08-20T11:53:00Z")
Now now, everyone knows the only sure way to judge coolness is with a patented Hubert J. Farnsworth Coolometer. Anything less than 40 Megafonzies and you still haven’t arrived, folks. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-cool-kids-here/632015/23 "2012-08-20T11:57:54Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > **C. K. Dexter Haven** took a vacation in Antarctica once, and sent me pics of himself amidst frolicking penguins. On ice. The first time through, I very badly misread the word “frolicking” there. Whoo boy. ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-cool-kids-here/632015/24 "2012-08-20T12:03:03Z")
You’ll want to read my posts. Follow my stats regularly. Oh, and read my blog… \* Hey! Where did all those groans come from?! Don’t listen to these guys!\* ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-cool-kids-here/632015/25 "2012-08-20T12:18:23Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > The first time through, I very badly misread the word “frolicking” there. Whoo boy. You were imaging something like [this](http://www.gdargaud.net/Antarctica/Life/EmperorCapture.jpg)? (Potentially NSFW–especially if you work with penguins.) Now THAT’S 🆒cool:cool:. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-cool-kids-here/632015/26 "2012-08-20T12:20:20Z")
I made enemies…powerful enemies… ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-cool-kids-here/632015/27 "2012-08-20T13:21:25Z")
> [@Martini\_Enfield](#): > > Now now, everyone knows the only sure way to judge coolness is with a patented Hubert J. Farnsworth Coolometer. Anything less than 40 Megafonzies and you still haven’t arrived, folks. 😃 There’s another [scientific approach](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX-rfSPT7Fw&t=25m40s) to the subject. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-cool-kids-here/632015/28 "2012-08-20T13:34:57Z")
> [@Martini\_Enfield](#): > > Now now, everyone knows the only sure way to judge coolness is with a patented Hubert J. Farnsworth Coolometer. Anything less than 40 Megafonzies and you still haven’t arrived, folks. 😃 Is that one of those things where the uncool people call it the COOL-o-meeter, and the cool kids pronounce it cool-AH-mehter, and sneer at everyone who isn’t in the know? ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-cool-kids-here/632015/29 "2012-08-20T13:45:34Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > Is that one of those things where the uncool people call it the COOL-o-meeter, and the cool kids pronounce it cool-AH-mehter, and sneer at everyone who isn’t in the know? My face just got red. ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-cool-kids-here/632015/30 "2012-08-20T14:07:05Z")
runs a comb through my brylcreem slathered hair…puts pack of boros back into the sleeve of my white tee shirt…exclaims…“who the fuck are you all looking at?” ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-cool-kids-here/632015/31 "2012-08-20T14:21:44Z")
If you have to _say_ you’re cool, you’re not cool. Then there are those like me, who have never been cool, and know enough to not mention it. Umm… Now I don’t know what’s cool and what isn’t. Ah, ^&%$ it. Life-s too short to worry about this &^%). I’m going over there to do something else. Possibly involving lasers, larn, or storytelling. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-cool-kids-here/632015/32 "2012-08-20T14:53:01Z")
> [@SiXSwordS](#): > > You were imaging something like [this](http://www.gdargaud.net/Antarctica/Life/EmperorCapture.jpg)? (Potentially NSFW–especially if you work with penguins.) Something like that, yes. Also a callback to a joke about the Seven Dwarfs enquiring about a very short nun. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-cool-kids-here/632015/33 "2012-08-20T15:22:06Z")
My mommy says I’m cool. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-cool-kids-here/632015/34 "2012-08-20T15:26:50Z")
Being a fair and reasonable debater. Being quick with a quip, but know when not to quip. Being of diverse interests, at least one of which is a traditional nerd pastime. Being knowledgeable and reliable about something people care about. Never trolling. _ **Not even once.** _ ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-cool-kids-here/632015/35 "2012-08-20T15:44:37Z")
I _was_ cool. Then. ☹ ---
**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:** [August 20, 2012, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-cool-kids-here/632015/36 "2012-08-20T16:18:25Z")
No return to the thread. . . .join date Aug 2012. . . .hmmmm. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-cool-kids-here/632015/37 "2012-08-20T16:24:52Z")
> [@Cement](#): > > I like to know who to look out for funny posts. They’re pretty much all gone from here. We’ve had some absolute, side-splitting hilarious posters in the past, but they’ve all left. People like Scylla, with [The Horror of Blimps](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=160851). Or Meek, with the [saga of Mr. Happy.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=456011) Here’s a [good rehash of some of the classics.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=508687) ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-cool-kids-here/632015/38 "2012-08-20T16:40:47Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > I’m cool I can’t deny this. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-cool-kids-here/632015/39 "2012-08-20T17:15:10Z")
> [@SiXSwordS](#): > > You were imaging something like [this](http://www.gdargaud.net/Antarctica/Life/EmperorCapture.jpg)? (Potentially NSFW–especially if you work with penguins.) > > Now THAT’S 🆒cool:cool:. The SDMB is rapidly becoming the web’s premier location for penguin related porn, particularly avian on human fellatio. (Google it, I dare you!) ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-cool-kids-here/632015/40 "2012-08-20T18:11:22Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > No return to the thread. . . .join date Aug 2012. . . .hmmmm. To be fair there’s not really much reply needed from the OP. He could be reading avidly and judging us all. _relaxes against a wall_ 🆒 _falls down_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-cool-kids-here/632015.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-cool-kids-here/632015.md?page=3)