Hw 23 Cool Unit

Cool, what does it mean and I'm not talking about the literal sense. How do you define a person as cool? What are the exact criteria of becoming cool? All questions to understand teenage popularity. And even popularity should have differences on being cool.

I believe the main parts of being cool, is being consistent. Being consistent comes with conformity, which in our society is very popular. Constant conformity has happened for many generations and has changed overtime because of the "coolness" it acquired. Constant conformity is still very popular to this day because of how our society changes. For example the movement from very baggy jeans, to a more fitted attitude. Our generation of music has also changed especially, the very popular and overdue Auto tune. Before our society was completely into robotic singing voices, we were into great singers. Singers like Bill Withers, Tina Turner, Led Zepplin and Pink Floyd etc. But now that generation of music is dying out, and to now, listening to it is not considered cool. What is considered cool in our generation is now like Kanye West singing through auto tune or very pop like music such as Britney Spears.

There are other parts of becoming cool not solely on just being consistent but also like how you build your image. What I mean by building an image is more of how you represent yourself, either through lies or truth's. I think most of the image people build today, like such celebrities are through lies; for example the rap artist, Lil Wayne builds his image through toughness by exaggerating his street life. To even a more extended version of building images, "...history is made out of [popular] liars" (CallofDutyModernWarfare2). War between man, only one man can win, so only one truth comes through and not the other side, so the whole truth isn't told. So that one man's truth becomes popular and everyone believes it, which I think is a criteria of being cool.

I think also believability has a lot to due with how to become cool. If noone was able to trust or believe what one told them, why does it matter to listen to that person? Trust built in relationships builds you an image of where people can trust, and when your trusted enough, I feel it should be considered as 'cool.'

One wandering question I have for 'Cool' is; can there be only one exact answer for it? and chill, not the literal sense either.

For you smart asses, here's the definition of the literal sense:

Neither warm nor very cold; moderately cold: fresh, cool water; a cool autumn evening
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/cool