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I refuse to say cool now that it was bastardized...

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2019 2:46 pm
by Karha of Honor
In the olden days it meant this:

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Now it can mean this:


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Anyone else in the process of erasing it from his/her speech?

Re: I refuse to say cool now that it was bastardized...

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2019 4:57 pm
by Steve
Nope! I will continue to, heh, be cool with using the word "cool". 8-)

Re: I refuse to say cool now that it was bastardized...

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2019 6:17 pm
by Darth Wedgius
I need to consult with Henry Winkler before making this decision.

Re: I refuse to say cool now that it was bastardized...

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2019 7:38 pm
by J!!
Nothing is less cool than caring about what other people think is cool.

Re: I refuse to say cool now that it was bastardized...

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2019 9:41 pm
by BridgeConsoleMasher
It's good to be able to articulate instead of relying on more opaque terms too often.

Re: I refuse to say cool now that it was bastardized...

Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2019 12:59 am
by Fuzzy Necromancer
What do you have against dogs?

Re: I refuse to say cool now that it was bastardized...

Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2019 1:01 am
by BridgeConsoleMasher
My guess is that they're just simply uncool to him.

Re: I refuse to say cool now that it was bastardized...

Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2019 7:14 am
by Admiral X

Re: I refuse to say cool now that it was bastardized...

Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2019 8:18 pm
by Karha of Honor
Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: Tue Jan 29, 2019 12:59 am What do you have against dogs?
Did i say i have something against everything uncool in the old school sense.

Re: I refuse to say cool now that it was bastardized...

Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2019 6:49 am
by Fuzzy Necromancer
Given that you just posted "how people use cool today" with lots of pictures of dogs, you kinda left things pretty wide open for interpretation.