The essence of cool is to belong in full--body and soul--to a group, but pretend you are above it and against the upper people. The audience of the cool person (the indifferent rebel) is that group. No audience, no cool.

Cool is not cool most of the time. https://t.co/0Bk3QpamFh

— Michael Stuart Kelly (@mikellyusabr) July 13, 2024