cool means you appear confident, attractive, and socially effortless even if there is effort behind the scenes. the meaning has been stretched to mean "socially desirable" which is a slightly broader category
This is awesome. A bunch of nerds arguing about the precise definition of "cool." Could there be a more HN worthy comment tree?
This is awesome. A bunch of nerds arguing about the precise definition of "cool." Could there be a more HN worthy comment tree?