Is This Video Cool?

In which Hank discusses his new obsession. There are /so many/ words for “Cool“ because what is cool is always changing and we need new words to embody that new aesthetic. This has resulted in a wonderful and beautiful (and sometimes worrying) array of words that mean the same thing (cool) and yet different things (the cool of a particular place and time). This discussion of when and how slang becomes cultural appropriation is one of the best I’ve seen:
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