Your Coolness Quotient

[Griff]

You misspelled border.

[lumberjim]

+100 for a doctorate. That's a lot of work
+50 for a masters
+25 bachelor's degree
-50 for having more than 3 cats

[sexobon]

+10 if you or your child got a SSN before graduating high school.
+5 if your or your child got a SSN while in college.
+5 if you've received a gift that says World's Best/#1 - mom/dad, aunt/uncle, son/daughter...etc.
+5 if you've been arrested (speeding tickets, while technically an arrest, don't count).
-50 if you've been arrested and convicted (for not being cool enough to beat the rap).
+10 for having been in public service.
-10 for getting into public service by being elected.
+5 if you've made a parachute jump (tandem jumps don't count).
+5 more if you've made a parachute jump from over 20,000 ft.
+5 if you have an emergency cache; or, bug-out bag at home (lists alone don't count).
+5 more if you have an emergency cache; or, bug-out bag at home AND with you while travelling.
+5 if you've been certified to do CPR.
+10 if you share a hobby with a relative of another generation.
+5 if you have a sockpuppet (anonymous doesn't count).
-5 if you have more than one sockpuppet.
+100 if you're a lurker who's never posted in The Cellar (you must post to validate your points).
-100 if you've posted in The Cellar; but, never started a thread (waivered if you've started a Social Group).
+15 if you've posted your NSFW selfie in the any of the annual Dwellar NSFW threads.
+5 if you've ever had a pet.
-5 if you've ever eaten a so-called pet.
+20 if you've ever stooped so low as to help a child (other than your own).
+1 if you have a sexy username.

[footfootfoot]

Do eyebrows count as facial hair?

[sexobon]

If they're connected.

[footfootfoot]

Originally Posted by DanaC

+100 if you have a bearded collie

Originally Posted by sexobon

-5 if you've ever eaten a so-called pet.

+95 if you've ever eaten a breaded collie

[sexobon]

Originally Posted by sexobon

... +1 if you have a sexy username.

Find a dwellar with a foot fetish and you've got yourself a point.

[Clodfobble]

+15 habitually singing un-self-consciously even if you suck
+5 per book you've read in the last year
-50 facial hair (I'm sorry, but these are my rules, make your own)
+50 glasses
+25 dressing nicer than you have to
-50 getting on social media every day
+30 getting on the cellar every day
+30 starting at 15 years married/partnered, plus 2 points per year for every year after.

[glatt]

+5 for each instance of quitting a book when you realize you don't like it after all

[monster]

-69 every time your treatment of someone it dictated by their gender (e.g. holding a door open for a "lady")

[monster]

positives

+25 having a pet other than a cat or dog
+10 using a word with 5 syllables or more in conversation before noon
+13 if you've ever legally changed your name
+6 squatting down to talk to a child unrelated to your job or family
+18 if you've ever parlayed a truly free upgrade on anything (personal not business)
+45 if you can ride a unicycle
+12 if you regularly wear an interesting hat (no baseball caps, wooly winter hats, work-required hats, bike helmets ....)
+30 if you can tie a knot in a cherry stem with your tongue
+65 if you've ever skiied to work
+10 if you've ever ordered your drink in twos

[lumberjim]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

-50 facial hair (I'm sorry, but these are my rules, make your own)

I see what you did there.

You could have just said +50 for driving a minivan, but you knew that would be too obvious. Clever girl

[infinite monkey]

Plus 500 for having a job.

[sexobon]

Originally Posted by monster

-69 every time your treatment of someone it dictated by their gender (e.g. holding a door open for a "lady")

+69 if you're a lady in public and a slut in the bedroom.

[Clodfobble]

Originally Posted by lumberjim

I see what you did there.

You could have just said +50 for driving a minivan, but you knew that would be too obvious. Clever girl

Oh no no, because I don't think driving a minivan makes you cool. Actually, I think wanting to drive a cool car makes one uncool, because vehicles are way overrated. But minivans aren't inherently cool.

On the other hand, I've expressed my distaste for facial hair many times. The number of millimeters of facial hair a man has is directly proportional to my Kinsey Number.