Letting Go of Cool

[simplefulllife]

Living better by going 'downmarket.'

I'm feeling this way quiet often, although I still enjoy a nice night out at Finnie's for Dine Out.

Comments

[gromm]

It's funny. They used to call that "blue collar". But now they have a cool new name for it.

The difference is that *he* has a *choice*. The entire article reminds me of trust-fund kids slumming it with the cool ghetto kids and thinking they're "street" because of it. Traditionally, this has only caused the price of ripped jeans to go up since the rich kids have no sense of what things are really worth, and there's plenty of people out there willing to sell them for way more than they're worth.

[babykarret]

A race for purity...it seems a bit fruitless. What I do think of it, is that going the brokeass path engages your happiness synthesizing machine. That is the truly worthwhile endeavour, part of which is encompassed in this "lifestyle" - but the self-righteousness rubs me the wrong way. Everyone has the capacity for this, but they - like we occasionally can be - fall victim to the press of "natural" happiness.

I flit back and forth, and try my best with what I've got (emotionally, physically, etc.), like everyone always is.

(the backstory on the terms above - http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/97)