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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsI had no idea it was possible to be less cool than J.C. Penney.
You forgot Radio Shack.
I had no idea it was possible to be less cool than J.C. Penney.
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Of hundreds of brands Google asked teens about, they ranked the WSJ least cool. Well kids, the bond market doesn't think you're cool either
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Google Surveys Teens on What's Cool
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Alexis Benveniste
Apr 3, 2017 11:32PM EDT
While the phrase Netflix and chill lost its chill factor a while ago, according to 1,100 teenagers, apparently Netflix itself is still pretty cool.
Google recently surveyed just over a thousand teens for a project that is quite literally titled, Its Lit: a guide to what teens think is cool.
Scroll to page 9 of the .pdf to see the chart. The Wall Street Journal. came in dead last among 13- to 17-year-olds and next to last among 18- to 24-year-olds.
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I had no idea it was possible to be less cool than J.C. Penney. (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Apr 2017
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Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)1. I sit here dressed entirely in clothes from J.C. Penney's
My other jeans are from Costco.
I was uncool, when being uncool wasn't cool.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)2. Is being uncool cool now, or is being cool uncool? n/t
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)3. Stack Overflow!
LeftInTX
(25,326 posts)4. What's with Chik-Fil-A?
I thought that was so 20th Century
crazycatlady
(4,492 posts)5. While I prefer my chicken without a side of homophobia
I will admit their chicken tastes good (and better than other fast food chicken). I'm guilty of eating there from time to time.
LeftInTX
(25,326 posts)6. I've never eaten there...my husband used to like it
I just associate it with malls, which seem to be on the decline.
csziggy
(34,136 posts)7. Patagonia is a brand? I thought it was a place! A very cold place but...