What is the coolest thing that anyone could do? What would make you go "wow, that's radical!"?

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I mean, we're talking cool here, so let's think about the things that actually exist and which I, personally, have in my own life.

  1. People who can change their names legally, who use their newly legally acquired names for their entire lives (so as to avoid the sorts of problems which often ensue when people have to change their names for one reason or another, because, say, they change careers or marry and that is a big deal, or have babies, or whatever)
  2. People who get their tattoos removed by laser and then, later in life, get those tattoos back
  3. People who find the experience of buying clothing online so much more enjoyable than the experience of shopping in a real physical store (or even the experience of looking for clothes in a real physical store)
  4. People who get tattoos and then learn a skill which makes them more qualified to get tattoos in the future (like, say, designing a website for a company that makes tattoos
  5. People who, when a certain thing happens to them, go "hey, let's do a thing I've never done before" and then do that thing
  6. People who are comfortable with the idea of being out of step with the mainstream or in a "minority" or what have you
  7. People who don't want to get married

And so on. And if you're wondering why any of this would be cool, then maybe you need to ask "is this cool because it's counter-cultural?" or "is this cool because it's novel?" or "is it cool because the mainstream doesn't want you to think it's cool?"

But if it's cool because it's cool, it's cool. And I'm cool. But I'm also the most mainstream person I know, because I'm a nerd (as opposed to a hipster). So it's very hard to have any of this cool stuff happen to me.

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