The End of the Shag Era? Officially un-cool? Afraid so. - General Tiki

H hanford_lemoore Tiki Socialite Tiki Central Joined: Mar 23, 2002 Posts: 1899	H hanford_lemoore Posted posted on Wed, Jun 11, 2003 2:04 PM On 2003-06-09 15:42, aquarj wrote: Declaring that Shag stuff is "officially un-cool" based on a hangup about mainstream accessibility is pretty hard to take seriously. But isn't that what the whole "Cool" is completely about? I mean, other than "cool" as meaning "neato" or "swell", I thought the whole point of someone or something being "cool" was all about trends of the time. A seriously superfluous, shallow label that is applied based on popularity, trends, and how the definer (the person who labels something as Cool) appears to others when they label it such. I didn't think it was something most people took seriously at all; that is was more for Trendsetters and Trendfollowers. ~Hanford

On 2003-06-09 15:42, aquarj wrote:
Declaring that Shag stuff is "officially un-cool" based on a hangup about mainstream accessibility is pretty hard to take seriously.

But isn't that what the whole "Cool" is completely about? I mean, other than "cool" as meaning "neato" or "swell", I thought the whole point of someone or something being "cool" was all about trends of the time. A seriously superfluous, shallow label that is applied based on popularity, trends, and how the definer (the person who labels something as Cool) appears to others when they label it such.

I didn't think it was something most people took seriously at all; that is was more for Trendsetters and Trendfollowers.

~Hanford

Post #38585 by hanford_lemoore on Wed, Jun 11, 2003 2:04 PM