Rec | GENRES OF COOL

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I have this theory that how we interpret what/who is cool is based on our own personal beliefs around cool, so what we see as cool is in our genre and what we don’t is just not in my genre of cool. So when I experience something not awesome -imo- it’s just different genre of cool

@outdoorpottedplant

Jan 13, 2025

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