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Effortlessly doing things that other people find hard is cool. A cool lifestyle is evolutionary novel, because in tribal, traditional life. No one is socially isolated enough to pull off secretly achieving mastery of a hobby by practicing in complete isolation. Only to come back into society and effortlessly display one's masterful skill, to the complete awe of others, whom did not see the hours of practice, nor had any reason to believe the person was practicing anything, because out of sight, out of mind. | Effortlessly doing things that other people find hard is cool. A cool lifestyle is evolutionary novel, because in tribal, traditional life. No one is socially isolated enough to pull off secretly achieving mastery of a hobby by practicing in complete isolation. Only to come back into society and effortlessly display one's masterful skill, to the complete awe of others, whom did not see the hours of practice, nor had any reason to believe the person was practicing anything, because out of sight, out of mind. | ||
For example, a guy has no reputation at all for dancing, has never tried to. So over summer break from school, the guy spends as many hours per day possible learning to dance masterfully, then at the school dance, the man starts busting out immaculate moves left and right, to everyone's awe and surprise. "Wow what talent!" However interesting and impressive behavior, is not enough to be universally considered cool. One must ''also'' be fashionable, and dangerous for their coolness to be undeniable. The nerd in the video below is on the way to being undeniably cool but not quite there yet. | For example, a guy has no reputation at all for dancing, has never tried to. So over summer break from school, the guy spends as many hours per day possible learning to dance masterfully, then at the school dance, the man starts busting out immaculate moves left and right, to everyone's awe and surprise. "Wow what talent!" However, interesting and impressive behavior, is not enough to be universally considered cool. One must ''also'' be fashionable, and dangerous for their coolness to be undeniable. The nerd in the video below is on the way to being undeniably cool but not quite there yet. | ||
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