Forum Overview :: No Stairway to Heaven :: Re: cool

[quote name="Fussbett"][quote name="Zsenicorpse"][quote name="Fussbett"][quote name="Zsenicorpse"]The real power and the real stealing happens at a much higher level than puerile "coolness". [/quote] I don't think anyone would argue about "coolness" being inefficient. In fact, that's the point of being cool. Just not giving one or even two shits about the consequences. There are no seatbelts on a motorcycle, baby.[/quote] What does this have to do with Jerry's thesis (which he is even now worming away from) - that a lot of stealing is inherently cool? I give you some of the world's great thieves - the Ken Lays and Kissingers, and all their even cooler compatriots who <i>didn't get caught</i> - and you reply that coolness lives in a seatbelt-free motorcycle.[/quote] Stealing is inherently cool, but as Jerry said, it's not Ocean's Eleven to download music. Robbing a casino while wearing nice suits and acting cool (&lt--- using the word in the definition, I know, but this reinforces how difficult it is to pin down "cool"!) is pretty much the highest level you can achieve in the world of cool stealing. Taking more money, or stealing from employees and investors, or ruining lives, or doing it all secretly does not make it cooler. It makes you a dick! Secondly, (watch this!) if you're uncool, nothing you can do will change that. Being The Man makes you uncool x100. Finally, though, when Jerry alluded to Happy Days being his cool teacher, it was an acknowledgement that coolness is pretty gay and stupid. So that complicates the discussion.[/quote]