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I hereby decree the death of the word cool. It was used and abused during the 90s, and there are even some allegations that it was taken advantage of in the 80s. But no more. It's dead and you can go out and tell your friends I told you so.

Describing things as cool or as not cool just isn't enough anymore. If using it for people, you are better off describing them as scary or not scary. And with global warming, the only places where you might get away with using this dead word are at the polar caps.

The word is made redundant from overuse. Something akin to that other moribund word, love.

on 2003-09-22 08:08 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com
i'm going to leave you in Helsinki.
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on 2003-09-22 08:08 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com
and I can fill it up with earth afterwards
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on 2003-09-22 08:19 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com
yes. and no singing allowed.
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on 2003-09-23 01:35 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com
haha... are you growing short? How tall are you?
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on 2003-09-24 01:36 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com
5.11

how much do you weigh?
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on 2003-09-24 08:11 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com
i think I weigh 145... but i could be wrong. I weigh 70 kg... does that make sense?
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on 2003-09-24 08:23 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com
people stop to stare when I walk down the street, and cars occasionaly collide... but surely that happens to everyone!
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on 2003-09-25 01:29 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com
lemme bring him back.
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on 2003-09-26 01:30 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com
i'll find out his name and let you know.

on 2003-09-22 08:12 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] icymorning.livejournal.com
that was such a cool entry

on 2003-09-22 08:20 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com
now, see, that's an example of a dead sentece! I mean, what exactly was cool about it? Was it non scary? :)

on 2003-09-22 08:27 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] icymorning.livejournal.com
not at all lol

on 2003-09-22 02:47 pm (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] kurwa.livejournal.com
Wait, what exactly are you planning on substituting for the universal word cool?

(Universal minus China and like, most of Africa)

on 2003-09-23 01:33 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com
for people - scary
for situations - wow, like, rad
for movies - superduper

i dunno...

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