The public place that I chose was Starbucks. What I noticed as being cool were ugg boots (or any kind of winteresk boot), studying at starbucks, dressing comfy and drinking hot coffee with a straw. Everyone dresses the same so I guess what everyone is wearing (boots, long jacket, sweatpants/leggings) is more of a fad “cool.” I think that people might think it’s cool to where this clothing because everyone is wearing it, but I think it has become more of a fad because everyone is wearing it. I also think that dressing comfy for class is a fad and dressing up for class is “cool” because everyone dresses comfy for class.
I think that studying at a coffee shop is “cool,” it’s a place to study that’s “cooler” than the library. People get more excited when they study at a coffee shop than when they study at the library. I think this happens because a coffee shop is a more interesting place to study and you also see more interesting people than when one is at the library. You see people other than students so I think this makes the coffee shop more intriguing. When you find something “cool” it is “cool” because you are intrigued by it.
Almost everyone was drinking their coffee with a straw. People do this because their teeth are whitened and when you get your teeth whitened you are not supposed to drink coffee or any other colored beverages. People drink coffee any way but do so with a straw so they don’t stain their teeth. However, I saw a warning at a coffee shop once about how drinking coffee with a straw makes you more susceptible to burning your mouth, so you are actually not supposed to drink hot liquids with a straw. In a way this could be considered “cool” because it is something that you are not supposed to do, it is dangerous, but since everyone does it I don’t considered it cool.
To sum up, I think cool is more defined as something that not a lot of people do that people find interesting and then once the “cool” thing becomes “public” it is a trend/fad. It was difficult to find “cool” things because I went to a place where everyone was a little similar and the place was on campus. If I went off campus, away from college students I think that I would find more “cool” things because it would be a more eclectic group of people.
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I really never knew why people drank their coffee through a straw until now. While it's true that you may see more "interesting people" at a coffee shop, it seems that they are all the same person by your description. Do you think that your location can account for that?
I definitely think that the crowd who visits Starbucks, for the most part, is very similar. Where do you think would be a good off-campus place to observe a "more eclectic crowd"?
I definetely think that my location can account for the fact that I saw very similar people. And I think I great place to go to find a mroe elcetic crowd would be a restaurant or coffee shop on Williams St.
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