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COOL

Introduction:

I. Definition of Cool based on dictionary: great; fine; excellent characterized by great facility; highly skilled or clever: cool maneuvers on the parallel bars.

II. Thesis statement: We're stuck in a culture of celebrity worship, status obsession, and persistent mediocrity and meaninglessness.

III. Surrounded and trapped in meaningless jobs in a meaningless rat race watching meaningless TV shows. Updating Face book friends, getting unique tattoos, finding new apps on your iPhone, getting clothes from a hip store with semi-nude workers, taking vacations to exotic places, and a buying that big screen TV. Are the ways we rely on to fill our emptiness. This is what makes us feel important and provides a sense of significance to our lives.

Point 1: the aspects of cool

Cool, used as a common word, thrown into any sentence. As easy as it may seem the word cool is impossible to define.

I. It is different according to everyone, and changes based on the situation. However there is a more dominant, standard definition of cool. (Using people we interviewed as examples.)

II. The something bigger we all try to be apart. And this dominate view of how to live our lives. Going to school, going to college, to get a job, get married, have kids, make money to buy shit, to retirement and to die.

Point 2: we mask, manipulate, costume, adore and aggrandize ourselves as a way to seem significance to ourselves and others. We do it all as an attempt to fit the expectations of cool. (Using examples from what Matt said)

I. People change their behavior to get attention. Being loud, the attitude of not caring, telling jokes, showing our wealth through generosity.

II. Things people do to their body in order to change the image they are perceived as. Make up, tattoos, haircuts, weight (exercising, staying fit), tan.

III. Being known. Having a nickname, changing your name, using capitals, initials, hyphenations or being names after something that has meaning already. Creating a bigger image for ourselves by linking our names to jobs and buildings.

Point 3: Brainwashing society

I. Advertising, and celebrities setting examples for teenagers. When we are shown and told what to think and molded. The Merchant of Cool videos from PBS. marketing companies find next concepts of cool, staying updated with new things and selling it back.

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