>Those Emo guys turning their back on the audiences....
>
>Cool?
>
>How about being so moved by what you're singing, you start
>crying..
>
>Cool?
>
>Compared to Lauryn Hill almost breaking down when she did
>her unplugged stuff?
>
>B/W with her constant admonishing of the audience?

it can go both ways. they uncool because they broke down emotionally and can't keep composed, or, they cool because they can show emotion in public and maintain confidence.

>Do people actually try to be cool or is coolness innate?
>Is coolness something active or passive?
>(or is it some sort of recognition/relationship?)
>Are some people lying about their coolness?

being cool is a behavior, an exercise of control, and as such is not innate, but learned (perfected even). it's a practice, and like all practices it is initially very conscious of itself, but eventually becomes second nature. fake it til you make it. being cool definitely comes easier to some than others, and i think the only way to guage how genuine one's cool is to observe them when they are forced to show and prove. it's easy to be cool when you aren't tested, but being cool when it is inconvenient to be so is what gets you points.

which i guess is contrary to the assumptions.

>The assumption is that certain people are kind of born with
>a certain awareness, a certain way of doing things, and they
>don't do it because someone told them so - but when they do
>what they do - the result is coolness.
>
>The next assumption is that someone trying to copy said
>coolness will come off as fake.
>
>The 3rd and final assumption is that we can figure out who
>the liars are.

>>george clinton is very cool. the nigga was a fuckin freak
>>and didn't give a damn. that's cool. that's why it's still
>>cool to fuk with some p-funk in my hood...which would make
>>it uncool because it's so usual. haha.
>
>That's just it, GC was trying to not be cool.

this is where my idea of cool is conflicting with y'alls'. cats like george clinton, andre3000 even, these niggas define cool to me. they go out of their way to stand out, to show the world how comfortable they are with being they selves. ice cold.

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