At what age are we no longer cool?

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Permalink Reply by Mike Magan on November 16, 2009 at 8:12am

Thanks for the reminder - great point

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Permalink Reply by Rick Sparks on November 16, 2009 at 10:12am

Age has nothing to do with cool. Cool is about attitude and action. Simply asking the question implies insecurity and self-doubt; totally uncool.

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Permalink Reply by Jim Shireman on November 16, 2009 at 5:11pm

I remember a certain time in my life when I thought I was cool. That was when my sons finally figured out I grew up in the late 60's and early 70's and knew the words to many rock and roll songs. Like from the Beatles, Stones, Steppenwolf, etc. Now admittedly the coolness factor did wear off and fairly quickly I might add... but, in my two sons eyes for that fleeting moment of time, Dad was cool. By the way, I still crank up the volume when some of my favorite rock and roll songs are playing..but, it is just me and the radio

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Permalink Reply by Jamar Cobb-Dennard on November 17, 2009 at 9:29am

Cool is not an age, but an attitude. Haven't you ever seen a friggin cool 3 year old? Or a 50 year old with swag? What about that 80 year old that has the hippest attitude ever. Stay cool in your head, and you'll always be ahead of the crowd.

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Permalink Reply by David E. Sexauer on November 17, 2009 at 9:34am

Some were never cool. Some people never will be. Some people always have been.

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Permalink Reply by David Lawrence on November 17, 2009 at 9:47am

Ahhhh, you stirred this thought David. "Goodbye Stranger" - Supertramp. Listen here http://popup.lala.com/popup/432627052145840346

"Now some they do and some they don't and some you just can't tell
And some they will and some they won't, with some it's just as well
You can laugh at my behaviour that'll never bother me
Say the devil is my saviour but I don't pay no heed"

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Permalink Reply by Mike Magan on December 15, 2009 at 8:23am

I guess we're saying Supertramp is cool now? If so my favorite line is "Not much of a girlfriend, she's the only one I got." -LOL

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Permalink Reply by Steven Stolen on December 14, 2009 at 8:32am

wow...never as there are always ever present cool qualities in every age...question might assume that we don't become cool until a certain age, and I know the blogger here wouldn't assume that.
Pat...I'm back!


Ever alert to cool,
S2

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Permalink Reply by Steph Woodward on December 14, 2009 at 4:52pm

It's not that you can't be cool at any age... anybody can. 5 to 95. Doesn't matter. It's that "cool" changes with age. That's why the "veterans" don't appear to be "cool" as defined by the younger generation. It's a different standard of what's publicly viewed as "cool"... sort of like how the attire that's considered appropriate for a person based upon their age changes.

Nobody thinks twice about grandma wearing a sweater with a giant knit reindeer on it, but to quote McCaulay Culkin in "Home Alone", "Not for a guy in the second grade. You can get beat up for wearing something like that."

Frankly, I think what makes a person genuinely "cool" instead of just appearing that way is when they really don't care whether anybody sees them that way or not. Those are the people that are truly "cool" to be with, and not just pulling off the image.

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Permalink Reply by Bob Burchfield on December 15, 2009 at 7:43am

For me? About 37 years ago. :-(

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Permalink Reply by Douglas Karr on December 15, 2009 at 10:00pm

I can prove, without a shadow of a doubt, that when your daughter turns 15 you are officially not cool. You might be to her friends... but definitely not to her.

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Permalink Reply by Marita Topmiller on December 15, 2009 at 10:35pm

Ah, but when she turns 25, you'll be cool again.

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