Part A
Me asking my cousin for this assignment isn't the first time I've blown off his cover. He has always had a tendency to criticize- to trash talk people. So me asking him about how he aggrandizes himself is actually just a revival of a previous discussion. And as expected, he repeated his response: "I don't know. Cause it's fun." Of course, this wasn't the reason he does what he does. I knew, because people who have fun usually don't glare at other people while doing it. Trying to be as nice as possible, hoping to not make this conversation into an argument, I asked: "Well, do you think there's another reason why you do it? I'm not saying that you do it, but there are other people who do it as a way to make themselves seem better." He replied, "I know I'm not better than everyone else." He went on about the only reason he does it is because it's fun, and how it's funny to see people's reactions.
I think that this method of aggrandizing is not to make yourself bigger, but just appear bigger compared to all those people you crush. You point out people's flaws and emphasize on them, to turn that flaw into their identity. By doing so, you're making yourself seem like an overall better person. Just the act of criticizing someone demonstrates that you view yourself as superior. You are able to analyze someone at a distance, implying that whatever critique you make does not apply to you.
Part B
Similar to my cousin, I criticize people as well (more subtly though). However, unlike my cousin, I don't openly criticize people. I make judgments and, for the msot part, I keep it to myself. I psychoanalyze, at least try to, people and try to determine their mental and behavioral pattern. Even in me trying to blow off my cousins mask through Part A, I am portraying myself as the more superior one. Of course, my defense would be that I "read" people because that is what I value, and my interest. It's "just who I am." But of course, it is a skill that I find impressive, and think other people would find impressive (and therefore find me smart). In fact, the main reason why I even started to try to psychoanalyze was because I saw my dad doing it. I thought it was impressive how he could just understand and predict people, so I began looking for patterns in people, trying to do the same.
In the same way that my cousin was criticizing and distancing himself from other people, I am doing the same. By me reading people, it is like I am the judge, and everyone is my subject. Although, on the surface I am not making myself stand out, mentally, I am aggrandizing myself- making myself at a different level than everyone else.
Another method that I follow is engaging in physical activities, such as handball. In the words of my cousin, one of the reasons why I play handball is "cause it's fun." But that it not the only reason. When you're playing handball, or any other sport, you're in a world that only has up to 4 people in it (more than 4, if you're talking about other sports- but still a limited number). And by playing, you are amongst that small number. For the brief moment that I play handball, it's like I am the star of this world. And if I do something impressive, it would be acknowledged by the other people playing, and the other people on the sidelines, waiting for their turn to shine. Handball players are, of course, not significant in society or in the bigger picture (according to most people). But we become significant when we're in the courts, at least to each other.
And with not that many people in our school playing handball, I am acknowledged as, the kid who plays handball. It is a role that isn't played by that many students in SOF. So even just by me playing handball, I am somewhat significant because I play a role that is only occupied by me, and maybe a few others.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Monday, December 21, 2009
Psychological and Philosophical Theorizing of Cool [HW #30]
"How is a cup empty? We usually say that a cup is empty if it does not contain any liquid or solid. This is the ordinary meaning of emptiness. But, is the cup really empty?"
According to Buddhism, our lives are like cups. If it is not filled with a solid or a liquid- something visible, we believe that it is empty. But in fact, the cup is never empty. There are still particles that hold a place in the cup, regardless of how apparent that is. However, living in a predominantly superficial world, where merit only exists when it can be instantly perceived, we need some sort of signifier to believe that our cups are full. "The cup exists, but like everything in this world, its existence depends on other phenomena." We only (think we)know what we perceive. Therefore, we coat our significance to see its reflection.
Viktor Frankl's metaphor of the existential vacuum says that: "If meaning is what we desire, then meaninglessness is a hole, an emptiness, in our lives. Whenever you have a vacuum, of course, things rush in to fill it." I agree, in that there is some sort of socket in our lives that needs to be filled. However, we do not live our lives as a vacuum, collecting dirt to fulfill that need. Going back to Buddhism, the nothingness does not even exist. We do not need nor do we fill our lives, because it's already filled. We're just not acknowledging or appreciating the moments, because we're so caught up in making them special, or valuable.
One way of coating those moments already in our lives is being cool. When you're cool, and you do cool things, your life becomes note-worthy. By winning over other people's approval, you can see how valuable your life is. It's not that we're gaining meaningful experiences, but it's that we're reconstructing those experiences in our lives so that they're observable.
One portrayal of this aspect in our live is Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. The donors in this book are encouraged to create works of art, ones that are worthy to go in the gallery. Being that their (as well as ours) fate is to die, they want to have these art pieces as proofs of their existence. In a similar manner, we want to have these "immortality projects" to prove that we matter. And trying to act cool, and drawing attention from others is one of our methods. But just as the characters are passively living their lives by trying to act cool, so are we. For the most part, both the characters in Never Let Me Go and the people in our society, we are caught up in making our significance apparent through acting cool, we fail to see the bigger picture. For them, it's pretending to be important to a certain teacher by having a fake pencil case gift, and neglecting that the purpose of their existence. For us, it's receiving ignorant comments while acting ignorant, and losing sight of our situation (this applies to Never Let Me Go as well).
In both of cases, we are not extracting anything from being cool, aside from external approval. We're not really acting as vacuums and gaining any meaningful dirt to fill our emptiness. Instead, the motion of acting cool is just us coating our lives so that they're more attractive, so that people will take notice, and therefore prove that we're worth something. It ties back to our discussions about having a mask on. Because our identity is there (regardless of how authentic it is), because we're layering it so that it fits to social expectations. And in that process of layering, we lose that identity. Our lives aren't being filled with anything. The particles in it are just changing so that they can their reflection can become apparent.
According to Buddhism, our lives are like cups. If it is not filled with a solid or a liquid- something visible, we believe that it is empty. But in fact, the cup is never empty. There are still particles that hold a place in the cup, regardless of how apparent that is. However, living in a predominantly superficial world, where merit only exists when it can be instantly perceived, we need some sort of signifier to believe that our cups are full. "The cup exists, but like everything in this world, its existence depends on other phenomena." We only (think we)know what we perceive. Therefore, we coat our significance to see its reflection.
Viktor Frankl's metaphor of the existential vacuum says that: "If meaning is what we desire, then meaninglessness is a hole, an emptiness, in our lives. Whenever you have a vacuum, of course, things rush in to fill it." I agree, in that there is some sort of socket in our lives that needs to be filled. However, we do not live our lives as a vacuum, collecting dirt to fulfill that need. Going back to Buddhism, the nothingness does not even exist. We do not need nor do we fill our lives, because it's already filled. We're just not acknowledging or appreciating the moments, because we're so caught up in making them special, or valuable.
One way of coating those moments already in our lives is being cool. When you're cool, and you do cool things, your life becomes note-worthy. By winning over other people's approval, you can see how valuable your life is. It's not that we're gaining meaningful experiences, but it's that we're reconstructing those experiences in our lives so that they're observable.
One portrayal of this aspect in our live is Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. The donors in this book are encouraged to create works of art, ones that are worthy to go in the gallery. Being that their (as well as ours) fate is to die, they want to have these art pieces as proofs of their existence. In a similar manner, we want to have these "immortality projects" to prove that we matter. And trying to act cool, and drawing attention from others is one of our methods. But just as the characters are passively living their lives by trying to act cool, so are we. For the most part, both the characters in Never Let Me Go and the people in our society, we are caught up in making our significance apparent through acting cool, we fail to see the bigger picture. For them, it's pretending to be important to a certain teacher by having a fake pencil case gift, and neglecting that the purpose of their existence. For us, it's receiving ignorant comments while acting ignorant, and losing sight of our situation (this applies to Never Let Me Go as well).
In both of cases, we are not extracting anything from being cool, aside from external approval. We're not really acting as vacuums and gaining any meaningful dirt to fill our emptiness. Instead, the motion of acting cool is just us coating our lives so that they're more attractive, so that people will take notice, and therefore prove that we're worth something. It ties back to our discussions about having a mask on. Because our identity is there (regardless of how authentic it is), because we're layering it so that it fits to social expectations. And in that process of layering, we lose that identity. Our lives aren't being filled with anything. The particles in it are just changing so that they can their reflection can become apparent.
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Merchants of Cool [HW #29]
Since this assignment is already graded, I'll come back to it once I'm done with making up the other ones.
Monday, December 7, 2009
Informal Research: Internet, Magazines and TV Shows [HW #28]
CJS Online
Routledge, . "Freaks, Geeks, and Cool Kids: American Teenagers, Schools, and the Culture of Consumption.." CJS Online (2004): n. pag. Web. 21 Dec 2009..
This is an online book review for Murray Milner's Freaks, Geeks, and Cool Kids: American Teenagers, Schools, and the Culture of Consumption. It sums up Miler's key points about how high school teenage lifestyles and consumer capitalism "are not inevitably linked, but they are mutually supportive and highly compatible with one another" and about teenagers acting cool in attempt to gain status, since high school is a hierarchy.
Miler makes the point that both coolness and capitalism feeds off of what it produces. Coolness depends on capitalism to provide its core and its signifiers. Capitalism depends on coolness to provide its products and revenue. I agree that they are intertwined, and that both of these are significant aspects in our lives. However, I think that to just focus in on teenage high school lives would be kind of ignorant. I think that our teenage years are the peak of our attempts of trying to be cool. Everyone, throughout their whole lives tries to be cool, but just in different forms. I think that by critiquing teenage lives, the author is separating himself from this category of: Fools who care about what others think, and tries extremely hard to become significant. But just him having a title like that for his web page contradicts him not trying.
What's Cool? (What's Hot? What's Not?)
Fenichel, Michael. "What is "Cool"? (What's Hot? What's Not?)." Dr. Michael Fenichel's Teaching Tools (2008): n. pag. Web. 21 Dec 2009..
Michael Fenichel tries to explain the reasons of why we try to be cool. He says, "If we were "cool" with our parents, assuming we had parents of course, we usually felt pretty good as long as people were loving and caring for us." According to him, teenagers try to hold a spot in people's lives because we've held one in our parents lives, and because of our hormones.
I would agree with his point about us trying to expand our territory in people's lives. We've already conquered our parents' hearts, at least most or some of us. So our next step is to do the same with other people. I would add that, we start off planting our seeds during our teenage years (maybe even before). To those seeds, we are only remotely significant to them. But once something has developed into a boyfriend/girlfriend, we become even more important. And eventually, we become important to the kid(s), that is a product of the development of that initial seed. Kind of cheesy, but it's interesting how we usually feed off of the plants we grow.
NY Times: What's Cool Online? Teenagers Render Verdict
Bossman, Julie. "What's Cool Online? Teenagers Render Verdict." New York Times (2005): n. pag. Web. 21 Dec 2009..
According to NY Times, customization is what's cool online. It allows for people to express themselves freely (through the limited options). Their online profiles, or designs in their example, can reflect on what they think is cool, or "who they are".
I think it's true that people would prefer to have a canvas in which they can paint on. Many people are looking to put their own tweak on things, and customization creates that availability. By having their own ideas on things, it's kind of like they're marking their territory. If they're the first one to have that design within that canvas, then they are original- they are authentic. And isn't being original part of being cool?
Routledge, . "Freaks, Geeks, and Cool Kids: American Teenagers, Schools, and the Culture of Consumption.." CJS Online (2004): n. pag. Web. 21 Dec 2009.
This is an online book review for Murray Milner's Freaks, Geeks, and Cool Kids: American Teenagers, Schools, and the Culture of Consumption. It sums up Miler's key points about how high school teenage lifestyles and consumer capitalism "are not inevitably linked, but they are mutually supportive and highly compatible with one another" and about teenagers acting cool in attempt to gain status, since high school is a hierarchy.
Miler makes the point that both coolness and capitalism feeds off of what it produces. Coolness depends on capitalism to provide its core and its signifiers. Capitalism depends on coolness to provide its products and revenue. I agree that they are intertwined, and that both of these are significant aspects in our lives. However, I think that to just focus in on teenage high school lives would be kind of ignorant. I think that our teenage years are the peak of our attempts of trying to be cool. Everyone, throughout their whole lives tries to be cool, but just in different forms. I think that by critiquing teenage lives, the author is separating himself from this category of: Fools who care about what others think, and tries extremely hard to become significant. But just him having a title like that for his web page contradicts him not trying.
What's Cool? (What's Hot? What's Not?)
Fenichel, Michael. "What is "Cool"? (What's Hot? What's Not?)." Dr. Michael Fenichel's Teaching Tools (2008): n. pag. Web. 21 Dec 2009.
Michael Fenichel tries to explain the reasons of why we try to be cool. He says, "If we were "cool" with our parents, assuming we had parents of course, we usually felt pretty good as long as people were loving and caring for us." According to him, teenagers try to hold a spot in people's lives because we've held one in our parents lives, and because of our hormones.
I would agree with his point about us trying to expand our territory in people's lives. We've already conquered our parents' hearts, at least most or some of us. So our next step is to do the same with other people. I would add that, we start off planting our seeds during our teenage years (maybe even before). To those seeds, we are only remotely significant to them. But once something has developed into a boyfriend/girlfriend, we become even more important. And eventually, we become important to the kid(s), that is a product of the development of that initial seed. Kind of cheesy, but it's interesting how we usually feed off of the plants we grow.
NY Times: What's Cool Online? Teenagers Render Verdict
Bossman, Julie. "What's Cool Online? Teenagers Render Verdict." New York Times (2005): n. pag. Web. 21 Dec 2009.
According to NY Times, customization is what's cool online. It allows for people to express themselves freely (through the limited options). Their online profiles, or designs in their example, can reflect on what they think is cool, or "who they are".
I think it's true that people would prefer to have a canvas in which they can paint on. Many people are looking to put their own tweak on things, and customization creates that availability. By having their own ideas on things, it's kind of like they're marking their territory. If they're the first one to have that design within that canvas, then they are original- they are authentic. And isn't being original part of being cool?
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Informal Research: Interviews and Surveys [HW #27]
Stranger
It was just me and my homeboy,John Li. We were walking along third avenue, after being rejected on second avenue. Being all discouraged and stuff, we were talking about our plans to interview people from our internship- people that we know, kind of. It right after that discussion when we saw this one female from afar. She was short, relative to either one of us. She was also chubby, relative to either one of us. This female was just standing there, looking around. But I noticed the neon vest she had on, which indicated to me that she was just standing there, with a purpose.
As we walked crossed the street, getting closer and closer to this female, I was aware that my mouth was slightly opened, and my cheeks (on my face) were higher than usual. I began by telling her that we go to School of the Future (actually I said, "that school over there," and I pointed behind her. "School of the Future.") and were doing interviews for our cool unit. She nodded, and I took that as I sign that she was willing to be an interviewee.
When asked about what she thinks are some of the characteristics of a cool person, she responded by saying, "someone who is cool... His outfit, he has a unique outfit. Knows what he wants in life." John expanded by asking if there were certain stereotypes based on how people try to act cool. She responded: clothes are not representative of their personality. She said that she sees a lot of kids from the School of Visual Arts dressing gothic-like, but it doesn't mean that they worship the devil. She mentioned this point, three times.
I asked this person: why do you think people would try to be cool over being smart? She said "they just want to fit it." She emphasized on how people wanted to "belong" and seek for acceptance. I then asked: wouldn't a smart person contribute more to society than a cool person? She restated her point about people wanting to fit in.
We said our thank you's (mostly because she allowed us to get one of our interviews done). And we headed back towards the school, and reflected on what just happened in our lives.
John "nice SAT teacher" Ma
I wasn't sure if I would be comfortable in asking another stranger for an interview (mostly out of the fear of rejection), so I began to brainstorm a list of people I knew that I could interview. Being that this mental process took place on a Wednesday, I thought: I could interview my supervisor when I go to internship tomorrow. And so I went to my internship the very next day, which happens to be the school I went to for SAT prep. It turns out that he had something else to do, and didn't show up.
Moving onto plan B, I emailed him. After asking for asking for permission, and exchanging a few words of appreciation, I received this email:
I read it, and posted it on www.blogger.com
Sister (aka. my cousin)
Of course, even with that email I was still missing one more interview. I decided to ask my cousin. I first asked her through the phone. She agreed, and I told her I'd meet her at our grandma's house that night. That didn't happen until the night after. The interview didn't even happen during that night after. Nobody felt like recording.
The time finally came when I felt like recording the interview. We were sitting in a car, waiting to arrive at Chinatown, and what I recorded was:
Me: What does the word "cool" mean to you?
Sister: The weather. It's cold out.
Me: I meant in terms of your attitude.
Sister: Nonchalant. Cool people I know are relax. They have their own philosophies [I thought she said velocities] on life. Such as this one person I know. His name is Sherman.
Me: So you think he's original?
Sister: He is very original.
Me: Can you expand on how he's cool and original?
Sister: At the time, I was an uptight, college sophomore. And I met him in my Japanese class. After getting to know him, he taught me that I shouldn't hold everything so close to heart. As long as you do what is needed to be done. There is no use stressing over things that inevitable.
Me: I don't agree with that.
Sister: I'm not done....Because you're going to spend most of your time stressing rather than doing. And whatever gossip that he hears regarding him and bad attitudes regarding him, he confronts it with the same nonchalant and with an international hand gesture. He will not get angry or get violent. At that time, I was stressed by still adjusting to a new academic environment and situation in the household so his attitude was very refreshing. And I feel refreshing equals cool. HOLLA!!
The conversation took a pause. In a lame attempt to milk the interview for all it's worth, I asked if his fashion sense had an effect on his coolness. She said things pertaining to (I got too lazy to write down all her random thoughts word for word): guitar, bright clothing, being different from everyone in school, leopard printed book bag, tall, fobby, HK style (Hong Kong style), photographer, drinks alcohol).
Sister: Is that it?
Me: Yeah.
It was just me and my homeboy,John Li. We were walking along third avenue, after being rejected on second avenue. Being all discouraged and stuff, we were talking about our plans to interview people from our internship- people that we know, kind of. It right after that discussion when we saw this one female from afar. She was short, relative to either one of us. She was also chubby, relative to either one of us. This female was just standing there, looking around. But I noticed the neon vest she had on, which indicated to me that she was just standing there, with a purpose.
As we walked crossed the street, getting closer and closer to this female, I was aware that my mouth was slightly opened, and my cheeks (on my face) were higher than usual. I began by telling her that we go to School of the Future (actually I said, "that school over there," and I pointed behind her. "School of the Future.") and were doing interviews for our cool unit. She nodded, and I took that as I sign that she was willing to be an interviewee.
When asked about what she thinks are some of the characteristics of a cool person, she responded by saying, "someone who is cool... His outfit, he has a unique outfit. Knows what he wants in life." John expanded by asking if there were certain stereotypes based on how people try to act cool. She responded: clothes are not representative of their personality. She said that she sees a lot of kids from the School of Visual Arts dressing gothic-like, but it doesn't mean that they worship the devil. She mentioned this point, three times.
I asked this person: why do you think people would try to be cool over being smart? She said "they just want to fit it." She emphasized on how people wanted to "belong" and seek for acceptance. I then asked: wouldn't a smart person contribute more to society than a cool person? She restated her point about people wanting to fit in.
We said our thank you's (mostly because she allowed us to get one of our interviews done). And we headed back towards the school, and reflected on what just happened in our lives.
John "nice SAT teacher" Ma
I wasn't sure if I would be comfortable in asking another stranger for an interview (mostly out of the fear of rejection), so I began to brainstorm a list of people I knew that I could interview. Being that this mental process took place on a Wednesday, I thought: I could interview my supervisor when I go to internship tomorrow. And so I went to my internship the very next day, which happens to be the school I went to for SAT prep. It turns out that he had something else to do, and didn't show up.
Moving onto plan B, I emailed him. After asking for asking for permission, and exchanging a few words of appreciation, I received this email:
"1. Why do you think people (specifically teens) have more aspiration to be "cool" than to be intelligent, even thought intelligence is what's going to contribute to society more?
Coolness is an attitude, a style, or rather a way of living. Intelligence is, i think, reasoning, problem solving skills, relating to people, setting and achiving objective, etc.. Both are very complex concepts, but they are not necessarily contradict each other. I think one can be both cool and intelligent.
if you think of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, "Coolness" of teens satisfies lower level of needs, so it comes first.. intelligence satisfies higher level of needs, so it takes a few years (perhaps in college) for teens to realize that intelligence is the tool they need to reach higher goals.
2. Do you think trying to be cool is a distraction, or is all just part of life? If it's a distraction, what is it distracting us from? If it's just a part of life, do you think this is a good way of living?
I think being cool is just part of life. There are two kinds of cool : Cool with originality, or Cool by immitating others..
Cool with originality and creativity is a good way of living.
Although one pays prices for being cool.
3. Is it possible to be cool without trying to attain: attention, approval, attraction, and/or power? If so, how?
Yes, it's possible. A philosopher named Ludwig Wittgenstein, he went into the mountain and started a school to teach village children for many years. I thought that's cool. His dad was the richest man in Europe at that time."
I read it, and posted it on www.blogger.com
Sister (aka. my cousin)
Of course, even with that email I was still missing one more interview. I decided to ask my cousin. I first asked her through the phone. She agreed, and I told her I'd meet her at our grandma's house that night. That didn't happen until the night after. The interview didn't even happen during that night after. Nobody felt like recording.
The time finally came when I felt like recording the interview. We were sitting in a car, waiting to arrive at Chinatown, and what I recorded was:
Me: What does the word "cool" mean to you?
Sister: The weather. It's cold out.
Me: I meant in terms of your attitude.
Sister: Nonchalant. Cool people I know are relax. They have their own philosophies [I thought she said velocities] on life. Such as this one person I know. His name is Sherman.
Me: So you think he's original?
Sister: He is very original.
Me: Can you expand on how he's cool and original?
Sister: At the time, I was an uptight, college sophomore. And I met him in my Japanese class. After getting to know him, he taught me that I shouldn't hold everything so close to heart. As long as you do what is needed to be done. There is no use stressing over things that inevitable.
Me: I don't agree with that.
Sister: I'm not done....Because you're going to spend most of your time stressing rather than doing. And whatever gossip that he hears regarding him and bad attitudes regarding him, he confronts it with the same nonchalant and with an international hand gesture. He will not get angry or get violent. At that time, I was stressed by still adjusting to a new academic environment and situation in the household so his attitude was very refreshing. And I feel refreshing equals cool. HOLLA!!
The conversation took a pause. In a lame attempt to milk the interview for all it's worth, I asked if his fashion sense had an effect on his coolness. She said things pertaining to (I got too lazy to write down all her random thoughts word for word): guitar, bright clothing, being different from everyone in school, leopard printed book bag, tall, fobby, HK style (Hong Kong style), photographer, drinks alcohol).
Sister: Is that it?
Me: Yeah.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Big Fish in a Small (Koi) Pond [HW #26]
[Amanda "Gertrude" Yu]
What general patterns do you see in how "cool" people act or behave?
"Fun. Chill-axed. Different."
Who's the coolest person that you know?
"ME. LOL. i unno. everyones equally as cool. Kus like even if other people don't think that the buddies you hang out with is cool. Your their buddy and obviously you think they're cool kus you hang out with them."
Do you think it's important to have a mainstream view to be cool?
"I think im pretty special. Everyones special :-D"
Do you care about being cool? And what if someone called you a loser?
"Not really. Kus then you wont be cool. You'll be like everyone else. NON SPECIAL. coolios comes naturally ;-)"
":-( They'r delusional. I unno.. no one tells other peopel that they'r cool or not.. Its like a silent rule. Cool people dont call other people losers. they just call other people cool"
[Gai]
What are some characteristics of a cool person?
"Gotta talk the talk and walk the walk. Dont dress too much or too little."
Which one do you think is more important? the freshness or the attitude?
"I dont think it work if you dont have them both. But if i have to pick, i'll say the freshness" {Is there a reason that you'd pick that?} "Because everyone person consider "cool" have a different type of attitude."
Do you have any extra thoughts about "cool"?
"You have to stay cool wit things. Cant go OD and cant b carefree. Have control, but still flow with it."
[Gordon]
Would you consider yourself cool? Do you think others think you're cool?
"Of course, man. I always got people to chill with wherever I go. If I wasn't cool, would they really hang out with me? And plus, you think I'm cool. Or else you wouldn't be interviewing me, right?"
So do you think being popular is the same as being cool?
"I think there are some people are well-known cause they're assholes, but that doesn't mean they're cool. So no, but I think being cool also means that you are liked by many people."
How big of a role does being cool play in your life?
I'm not like constantly worrying about impressing people, or getting people to like me. Matter of fact, fuck what other people think. If they like me, then they like me. If they don't, then oh well. It's just like, if people think I'm cool, then great. If not, then whatever.
What general patterns do you see in how "cool" people act or behave?
"Fun. Chill-axed. Different."
Who's the coolest person that you know?
"ME. LOL. i unno. everyones equally as cool. Kus like even if other people don't think that the buddies you hang out with is cool. Your their buddy and obviously you think they're cool kus you hang out with them."
Do you think it's important to have a mainstream view to be cool?
"I think im pretty special. Everyones special :-D"
Do you care about being cool? And what if someone called you a loser?
"Not really. Kus then you wont be cool. You'll be like everyone else. NON SPECIAL. coolios comes naturally ;-)"
":-( They'r delusional. I unno.. no one tells other peopel that they'r cool or not.. Its like a silent rule. Cool people dont call other people losers. they just call other people cool"
[Gai]
What are some characteristics of a cool person?
"Gotta talk the talk and walk the walk. Dont dress too much or too little."
Which one do you think is more important? the freshness or the attitude?
"I dont think it work if you dont have them both. But if i have to pick, i'll say the freshness" {Is there a reason that you'd pick that?} "Because everyone person consider "cool" have a different type of attitude."
Do you have any extra thoughts about "cool"?
"You have to stay cool wit things. Cant go OD and cant b carefree. Have control, but still flow with it."
[Gordon]
Would you consider yourself cool? Do you think others think you're cool?
"Of course, man. I always got people to chill with wherever I go. If I wasn't cool, would they really hang out with me? And plus, you think I'm cool. Or else you wouldn't be interviewing me, right?"
So do you think being popular is the same as being cool?
"I think there are some people are well-known cause they're assholes, but that doesn't mean they're cool. So no, but I think being cool also means that you are liked by many people."
How big of a role does being cool play in your life?
I'm not like constantly worrying about impressing people, or getting people to like me. Matter of fact, fuck what other people think. If they like me, then they like me. If they don't, then oh well. It's just like, if people think I'm cool, then great. If not, then whatever.
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