veggirl Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 Isn't being cool for teenagers and those trying to hold on to some vestige of their adolescence? TRYING to be cool is. But an innate, inexplicable "cool", that's ageless! I guess you could use a different word other than cool. I didn't know til I read this thread that people think you shouldn't say cool anymore? lol. I say it often...although typically in a more dismissive way when someone won't stop talking "Oh...that's cool...."
dasein Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 We still say "cool" in my pool. We don't say "laid back" any more though. 1
veggirl Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 We still say "cool" in my pool. We don't say "laid back" any more though. Crap. I still say laid back. Laid back became ingrained in my vocab when a guy I dated CONSTANTLY went on about what a "laid back guy" he was and he was legit the most uptight Type A spaz I've ever met. I used to ask him who EVER other than himself described him as laid back and he would get so upset. He was not cool!!! 1
Eternal Sunshine Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 When I think of cool, I think of you Oxy
veggirl Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 When I think of cool, I think of you Oxy You are a pretty cool seeming poster Oxy. One part of being cool is not being self-absorbed. probably if you describe yourself as cool, you are not cool. I don't know.
Anela Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 MrCastle: The guys I mentioned in the other thread, all really liked me. I had the impression that I wasn't pretty enough, otherwise they would have asked me out. Other people have given me the impression that they were intimidated - I don't see why: one had girls throwing themselves at him, and the other wasn't in bad shape in that area. Maybe I showed too little interest, when I figured they would just ask me out if they were interested in me in that way. My mother reminded me that with one, kept sending him away, because I needed to do homework and decompress after school (he was the one who had girls throwing themselves at him). The last one chased after the very type of women he claimed to hate, after breaking my heart. He thought I was "cool", because he told me so (and others), but I wasn't hot enough - body-wise I was, but not pretty enough in the face. I don't know why I attract these guys, or douchebags in relationships, 98% of the time. I'm not so "cool" anymore.
TheGuard13 Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 I feel like people confuse "cool" with "cold". When I was a teenager, "cool" meant "approachable, laid back and interesting".
fortyninethousand322 Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 Cool doesn't always mean approachable though. Wolverine is cool, Bob Knight is cool, Clint Eastwood is cool. I don't think any of them are "approachable".
dasein Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 (edited) Crap. I still say laid back. Laid back became ingrained in my vocab when a guy I dated CONSTANTLY went on about what a "laid back guy" he was and he was legit the most uptight Type A spaz I've ever met. I used to ask him who EVER other than himself described him as laid back and he would get so upset. He was not cool!!! You know come to think of it, there was that stigma about "laid back" then too. People who used "laid back" were simply tryhards and not "cool" and merely holding that kind of judgmental sentiment about silly terms was actually more insecure than any faux pas the presumably "uncool" made when they said "laid back." And another thing, Fonzie was a judgmental a-hole, hanging out in that bathroom, prissy even. Maybe Fonzie was a closet queen! which would actually make him cooler in retrospect. What was he doing in there, looking for a rest stop hookup while pretending to bang the chicks? "Just slide it in like that Ralph... AYYYYY!" (bent over, thumbs up) So much "coolthink" is really the very opposite. "Cool" then in retrospect, like "tattoos" today, was a badge of conformity after a point. Everyone trying to "outcool" the other. I remember this especially in weed culture, where people would "harsh on" each other for their joint rolling technique, "Aww man, that's uncool, do it like this (you sad uninitiated heathern)" Probably the greatest explosion of "uncool cool" in my area was the resurgence of the Grateful Dead 85-90. Everyone was in on the "cool contest" then, sitting around dissing on some guy who didn't know the Felt Forum version of "The Other One" from the Madison Sq Garden version in the same year. One upping each other on declaring how "hot" the band was at this or that show, or how much they cried when they played Box of Rain for the first time in who knows Not cool. Not cool at all. Oh and please, do not make a "cool beans" thread OP, or I will burst a blood vessel. "Cool beans" is such an "uncool" thing to say. :lmao: Edited March 13, 2013 by dasein
tuxedo cat Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 When I think of being cool the first thing that comes to mind is Chester Cheetoh expressing how his product is "so cheesy" and that's what being cool is, so cheesy. you're such a cute little grump. 1
Archgirl Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 I've heard the cheese I exude is great for fondue. And he cooks! What a catch! Wanna snuggle? 1
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