{"id":5472,"date":"2010-07-19T23:07:46","date_gmt":"2010-07-20T07:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.godammit.com\/?p=5472"},"modified":"2010-07-19T23:07:46","modified_gmt":"2010-07-20T07:07:46","slug":"achingly-cool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/achingly-cool\/","title":{"rendered":"Achingly Cool"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, I came across the term “achingly cool<\/strong>” three times. The first time, it was applied to these striped shoes. I don’t think I’ve ever heard it before, but like “effortlessly chic” I think it’s a description that label’s the user an idiot.<\/p>\n

Why “achingly?” It never hurts me when something is cool. Is it supposed to connote yearning? Do you yearn so much to own these shoes that it causes an ache?<\/p>\n

What about “traumatizingly cool?” Or “gut-wrenchingly cool?” I don’t like these fucking adverbs! Make them go away! I was looking for a photo of the grotesquely stylish Daphne Guinness<\/strong> wearing her spiked Gareth Pugh<\/strong> outfit when I found it at Grazia. Sure enough, she was described as achingly cool.<\/p>\n

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This photo makes me want to kill someone. It is everything I hate about hipster fashion and the cult of celebrity. \u00a0 This woman could wrap herself in toilet paper and everyone would fall over screaming in envy. Ten years ago she was just a normal billionaire’s wife. \u00a0 She is the Lady Gaga<\/strong> of socialites.<\/p>\n

There must be someone else in the public eye who is more insanely rad than Daphne! Whose style do you admire, and what term would best describe it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"