It's cool to be nice, in the right weather...

[dotinthesky]

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.

Comments

[ex-stanza602.livejournal.com]

Kewl.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

i'm going to leave you in Helsinki.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

and I can fill it up with earth afterwards

[icymorning.livejournal.com]

that was such a cool entry

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

yes. and no singing allowed.

[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? :)

[icymorning.livejournal.com]

not at all lol

[kurwa.livejournal.com]

Wait, what exactly are you planning on substituting for the universal word cool?

(Universal minus China and like, most of Africa)

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

for people - scary
for situations - wow, like, rad
for movies - superduper

i dunno...

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

haha... are you growing short? How tall are you?

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

5.11

how much do you weigh?

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

i think I weigh 145... but i could be wrong. I weigh 70 kg... does that make sense?

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

people stop to stare when I walk down the street, and cars occasionaly collide... but surely that happens to everyone!

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

lemme bring him back.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

i'll find out his name and let you know.