The Radical Cool

Greg Gutfeld in his book Not Cool: The Hipster Elite and Their War On You defines what it is to be what he calls “radical cool:”

• Honesty
• Fidelity on principle. It’s somebody who sticks to his guns, and is considered brave, in the course of daily events.
• Unpredictability that starts to make sense once you realize the person has a code. Remember when you first met someone and though, “Wow, this person is odd. Why is he doing that?” Then over time, you find that his behavior isn’t erratic at all, that there is an internal consistency embedded in his behavior that explains every tic.
• Persuasive correctness. It is one thing to be right, but it takes a real character to be right and explain why in simple, straightforward terms.

Those traits fit me to a T. For the most part. I say with all humbleness. Ha! Anyway, those are good traits to have.