tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post4493882498206816126..comments2024-03-27T18:24:19.683-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: What's the g factor of coolness?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-47444939649435584722013-08-04T16:35:05.619-07:002013-08-04T16:35:05.619-07:00"Your Americaness is showing there, Steve. In..."<i>Your Americaness is showing there, Steve. In America coolness is associated with black people, and black people are perceived as having a good sense of rhythm. Ergo coolness is associated with a good sense of rhythm.<br /><br />The whole "coolness equals black" construct is one carefully manufactured by the media over the last half century. Not many people in America in the 1950's or before had the same lofty and romanticized view of blacks as we see today.</i>"<br /><br />Great comment.Hailhttp://hailtoyou.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-56927246260641363542013-08-03T12:18:58.320-07:002013-08-03T12:18:58.320-07:00http://www.nbcnews.com/health/girls-commit-dating-...http://www.nbcnews.com/health/girls-commit-dating-violence-often-boys-studies-show-6C10809607<br /><br />Micro-aggressions move aside. New thing is 'dating violence'. bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06607033974434672862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-41424958724186863722013-08-03T07:51:29.350-07:002013-08-03T07:51:29.350-07:00'I'm assuming you're 12 years old. The...'I'm assuming you're 12 years old. There were literally hundreds of hip hip artists to have top 40 hits before jay z hit it big.'<br /><br />And hundreds of guys slam-dunking before "Dr. J."<br /><br />Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286755693955361308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-40877551666692001522013-08-03T07:40:20.848-07:002013-08-03T07:40:20.848-07:00Then why is Obama cool?
He isn't. He is just ...<i>Then why is Obama cool?</i><br /><br />He isn't. He is just a fraud waiting to be found out for the son of a cracka' mom that he is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-87278929813034934652013-08-03T00:01:44.269-07:002013-08-03T00:01:44.269-07:00Presumably the term originates with "coolness...Presumably the term originates with "coolness under pressure" or suchlike, i.e. not becoming hot - literally - in stressful situations, acting rationally, decisively and effectively when not to do so could have <br /><br />"Nonchalant" =, literally, "not heating". A nonchalant person (really man - when is a woman ever described as such?) does not get hot under the collar when placed in a difficult situation. That is cool, literally. <br /><br />When you get flustered, or agitated, your temperature rises. You colour up and sweat. Hyperactivity or antsiness isn't cool, is it? People in these states generate heat. <br /><br />So yes, James Bond is cool. He exemplifies literal coolness - under pressure - and shows us how this developed into the figurative, vulgar meaning of the word. <br /><br />You can be temporarily "cool", I suppose, in a cheap sense of the word. But what 1980s rapper seems "cool" today? Whereas Bond in any of his films, going back more than half a century, is as cool today as he ever was, if not more so.uncool nerd who reads iStevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-21884121543387580372013-08-02T14:57:37.121-07:002013-08-02T14:57:37.121-07:00"It came to me. I figured out what being cool...<i>"It came to me. I figured out what being cool means.<br /><br />It means acting like Steve McQueen"</i><br /><br />That was the premise of this movie: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0234853/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" rel="nofollow">The Tao Of Steve</a>. Dave Pinsenhttp://twitter.com/dpinsennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-47033111618129980912013-08-02T14:10:11.324-07:002013-08-02T14:10:11.324-07:00Sweeping, rythmic motions of the limbs could be a ...Sweeping, rythmic motions of the limbs could be a more ancient form of movement, with the whole muscle being contracted forcefully under the control of fewer nerves. <br /><br />This is contrasted with a muscle that has more nerves allowing finer, precise and softer movements. <br /><br />The latter kind of muscle will help when you are threading a needle, but will hinder when banging on drums.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090330200829.htm" rel="nofollow">sciencedaily.com</a> <br /><br /><i>Our surplus motor neurons allow us to engage smaller portions of our muscles at any given time. We can engage just a few muscle fibers for delicate tasks like threading a needle, ...<br /><br />since chimps have fewer motor neurons, each neuron triggers a higher number of muscle fibers. So using a muscle becomes more of an all-or-nothing proposition for chimps. ...<br /><br />Great apes, with their all-or-nothing muscle usage, are explosive sprinters, climbers and fighters, but not nearly as good at complex motor tasks.</i><br />Anononymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-11355381533647641872013-08-02T13:32:48.862-07:002013-08-02T13:32:48.862-07:00Coolness is a masculine combination of charm, conf...Coolness is a masculine combination of charm, confidence and physical/social grace. Klutzes are not cool. Guys who mumble aren't. Annoying hotheads aren't. Guys who smell like BO or cheap cologne aren't. <br /><br />Its also being fashionable and glib, which is what young people are good at. A cool guy in 1955 wouldn't have hair down his back. A cool guy in 1978 wouldn't have a crew cut. As men age they usually become more responsible and reflective. Being cool doesn't matter as much as being a fully developed human being.<br /><br />Also, there's a reason Jersey Shore Guidos and the male midlife crisis are ridiculed: you can't try too hard to be cool if you're uncool to begin with. It's pathetic watching someone try to be something they are not.677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-25016601448226908002013-08-02T13:26:02.120-07:002013-08-02T13:26:02.120-07:00McQueen was pretty cool, but the coolest of all (I...McQueen was pretty cool, but the coolest of all (I assume it was a guy) was the guy who wrote the line Nicholson delivered in "As Good As it Gets:<br /><br />Q: How do you write women so well?<br /><br />A: I think of a man - then I take away reason and responsibility.crtsynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-75960359678660764802013-08-02T11:44:59.023-07:002013-08-02T11:44:59.023-07:00"Can an attractive man be uncool?"
Yes,..."Can an attractive man be uncool?"<br /><br />Yes, but people will always consider him to have "potential," so he'll never sink as low as the unattractive uncool guy.<br /><br />"Can a cool man be unattractive?"<br /><br />Yes, but he'll never reach the same heights of coolness as an attractive cool guy.Silvernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-63166459518970506352013-08-02T11:01:42.829-07:002013-08-02T11:01:42.829-07:00Auntie Analogue:
Whether "pointing it out&qu...Auntie Analogue:<br /><br />Whether "pointing it out" is cool or not in any objective sense, YOU're cool (which lends a certain presupposition of coolness to whatever you might point out).Gene Bermannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-2419548736070264662013-08-02T08:36:46.147-07:002013-08-02T08:36:46.147-07:00It came to me. I figured out what being cool means...It came to me. I figured out what being cool means.<br /><br />It means acting like Steve McQueen in: Bullitt, The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape or The Thomas Crown Affair.<br /><br />McQueen who was not particularly large or good looking was the operational definition of cool.<br /><br />Notice he did not display any particular sense of rhythm. It is generally true that movie dancers were cooler than movie singers - e.g. Fred Astaire versus Gordon McRae. But in an all dance show like West Side Story there where everyone presumably had good rhythm there are still large differences in the coolness of the characters. Russ Tamblin was far less cool than George Chakiris. <br /><br />Chakiris had more of that elusive Steve MecQueeness.<br /><br />McQueen played essentially the same character in all his 'cool' movies just as Jimmy Stewart always wore the same hat when he played a cowboy. The essential cool quality of McQueen is that he is always very competent. He is a real good gun hand, a real good escape artist and a real good corporate magnate. Cool guys do not bumble. He is self confident but quiet about it. He is not tortured by self doubt. He is not a leader in the take charge sense or the make a fiery speech sense. Nor is he a follower. He is more of a tag-alonger. He is inner directed but not looking for followers.<br /><br />The least cool man ever was probably Nelson Eddy singing 'Stouthearted Men' while marching to the call. Mickey Rooney was another very successful non-cool actor. Both seemed to have decent rhythm. <br /><br />Gilbert and Sullivan, Rudolf Friml and Rogers and Hammerstein are all uncool while Steven Sondheim while often unlistenable is always cool.<br /><br />Finally the greatest reality TV show in the world 'Top Gear' periodically has a segment where they judge cars on their "Cool Wall'. The essence of coolness according to them is that it's arbitrary and counterintuitive. A Yugo may be cool one day and a Lamborghini uncool depending on God know's what. <br /><br />Time to rethink Nelson Eddy?<br /><br />AlbertosaurusPat Boylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13477950851915567863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-86097483479582145652013-08-02T05:53:08.203-07:002013-08-02T05:53:08.203-07:00Is "cool" for men distinct from being se...Is "cool" for men distinct from being sexually attractive?<br /><br />Can an attractive man be uncool?<br /><br />Can a cool man be unattractive?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-68876570818099207632013-08-02T03:13:58.001-07:002013-08-02T03:13:58.001-07:00"Calling rap "hip hop" is bad enoug..."Calling rap "hip hop" is bad enough, but calling rappers "hip hop artists" screams try-hard.<br /><br />I can just imagine you with hipster horn-rim glasses and tatts down your forearms."<br /><br />Lol. I'm just an old guy who isn't sure what today's kids are calling rappers<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-10211996146268990452013-08-02T01:12:49.037-07:002013-08-02T01:12:49.037-07:00"I second 'unperturbability.' Miles D...<i>"I second 'unperturbability.' Miles Davis wasn't cool because of his "rhythm;" he was cool because he maintained control. Chuck Norris, same thing. Screaming maniacs aren't cool."</i><br /><br />Speaking of Miles Davis and coolness, <a href="http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IejpzbxKUZE&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DIejpzbxKUZE" rel="nofollow">here</a> is a cool scene from Michael Mann's Collateral featuring both.Dave Pinsenhttp://twitter.com/dpinsennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-26182188426845980752013-08-01T23:29:43.903-07:002013-08-01T23:29:43.903-07:00Coolness is at its most powerful when undefined. R...Coolness is at its most powerful when undefined. Right now the cool kids just 'know' that mass immigration and white minority status is a wonderful thing - its cool. Getting stuck into the million and one reasons why thats a bunch of crap isnt cool at all. Coolness is about feelings not about anything measurable.<br /><br />I suppose Im saying its ultimately a fairly feminine thing.<br /><br />Saw a cartoon recently where the main (male) character is trying to ingratiate himself with the cool kid. He's trying to defend himself in the eyes of the cool kid, who just laughs at him and says "Ha ha you're using <i>words</i>". Because of course coolness stands outside words.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-82114045915351057922013-08-01T23:18:15.309-07:002013-08-01T23:18:15.309-07:00Maybe the best I can do is become "unperturba...<i>Maybe the best I can do is become "unperturbable," which is when, unlike being imperturbable, you actually do get perturbed, but under no circumstances do you show it. If I could pull that off I could keep the ruse running indefinitely.</i><br /><br />Which reminds me of that line: Sincerity is the key, if you can fake that, you've got it made.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-91218425787162061062013-08-01T23:16:38.594-07:002013-08-01T23:16:38.594-07:00Then why is Obama cool?
He isn't to everyone ...<i>Then why is Obama cool?</i><br /><br />He isn't to everyone and to the degree he <i>is</i> cool surely it's the most obvious one of all - he's cool because the people who matter keep telling us he's cool.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-51751829427275883692013-08-01T21:50:34.062-07:002013-08-01T21:50:34.062-07:00"The word is not "unperturbability."..."The word is not "unperturbability." It's "imperturbability.""<br /><br />Meh, I'm not perturbed.<br /><br />Actually, I am. I'm definitely not imperturbible. That's gotta be a big reason why people who initially think I am a really cool guy eventually reconsider. I get perturbed, things perturb me. Maybe the best I can do is become "unperturbable," which is when, unlike being imperturbable, you actually do get perturbed, but under no circumstances do you show it. If I could pull that off I could keep the ruse running indefinitely.Silvernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-43139087535250805502013-08-01T21:40:45.811-07:002013-08-01T21:40:45.811-07:00" There were literally hundreds of hip hip ar..." There were literally hundreds of hip hip artists to have top 40 hits before jay z hit it big."<br /><br />Calling rap "hip hop" is bad enough, but calling rappers "hip hop artists" screams try-hard.<br /><br />I can just imagine you with hipster horn-rim glasses and tatts down your forearms. Silvernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-26062538422742464962013-08-01T21:17:27.690-07:002013-08-01T21:17:27.690-07:00The word is not "unperturbability." It&#...<br />The word is not "unperturbability." It's "imperturbability."<br /><br />And I don't care if pointing that out is cool, or not. At least, from now on, my Sailermates won't speak so that they'd be mistaken for Jesse Jackson.Auntie Analoguenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-12060814977412403152013-08-01T20:58:58.339-07:002013-08-01T20:58:58.339-07:00"en peu d'insouciance"
I hope you g..."en peu d'insouciance"<br /><br />I hope you get your cut when the nevertouchaboobi tribe gets their casino.<br /><br /><br />Coolest president ever was first term W that's simply a fact. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-32583814775422052172013-08-01T20:36:32.523-07:002013-08-01T20:36:32.523-07:00a few thoughts - unlike general g, rhthym g is sex...a few thoughts - unlike general g, rhthym g is sexually dimorphous. (I.e. any actress riding a horse like John Wayne used to do would be considered eccentric, any actor seductively moving across the screen like Elizabeth Taylor used to do would be considered even more eccentric). Also, it is clear that it is much less genetic than general g, witness the rhthym savants of the NFL kicking world, the equestrian world, the British pop worlds, and the political speechifying world, all populated almost exclusively by more or less rich kids (or kids with extremely self-sacrificing parents). Rhythm is also historically determined - the nagging and stumbling timing and accents of Lincoln's speeches do not bother most of us sad orwellized denizens of Lincoln's far future, but anyone older than Lincoln would have wondered why that tall fellow droned on like an ancient nag; where was his individualism, his virility, his pep, his vigor? (I could be wrong but if you don't believe me imagine dropping a Lincoln speech into the middle of Moby Dick or the House of the Seven Gables..)vetrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-65808147270219419402013-08-01T20:05:06.745-07:002013-08-01T20:05:06.745-07:00Steve, my brother from another mother - you are WA...Steve, my brother from another mother - you are WAY off in this particular case. My guess: a young Steve, or early middle aged Steve, getting a night of from dad duties shows up at a, let's say,an Everclear concert at some out of the way venue. He observes young women screaming, undulating, etc. The only logical conclusion: women go crazy for alpha male musicians. Alas, that is not the case. Here's the deal: I have been playing in bands since high school. The most female interest I ever had was a lesbian who said she liked my playing. I wish it was not true, but there you are. What ever the X factor is that makes you a super stud alpha male dude, being in a band, on its face, is not itJust Another Guy With a 1911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-90216692556883606722013-08-01T20:04:41.779-07:002013-08-01T20:04:41.779-07:00State control. (aka grace under pressure or, if yo...State control. (aka grace under pressure or, if you want a g analogue, emotional prepossession)<br /><br />Amused detachment is cool.<br /><br />Cool is kind of an amalgam of charisma, integrity, mild narcissism and perceptiveness. Cool is the opposite of try-hard.heartistehttp://heartiste.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com