My nephews always used to call me their "Cool Uncle Tom", but recently they stopped calling me it as they are getting older (13 and 15.) I asked my brother to get them to keep calling me it and they do now but I think they don't really mean it. I've tried wearing cool shades and stuff, using young language, but Idk what to do, it doesn't seem to be working. I was thinking of maybe making up a dance move or something as I am a pretty god dancer. What do you guys think, I don't have any children myself, so I really want to appear cool to my nephews who have always looked up to me and truly regain my postion as Cool Uncle Tom. We all meet up at my mum's house and she calls me it too now to try and act like it's just a normal thing, but nothing seems to be working. What can be done about this?
No offense dude, but is this a joke? If not, you do realized it sounds a lot like another well known thing, Uncle Tom’s Cabin perhaps, something they possibly learned in school?
>>35019205My name it Thomas. It's not a racial thing. We are white. Do you think that could be why they stopped saying it and not because they think I'ver lost my coolness? That would make more sense.
>>35019205I don't think it is though as we are in Scotland and we don't learn about that sort of stuff over here. Like it's just not big in the popular conscious.
>>35019199Kek this reminded me of the classic thread Mark the Mint Man (Doublemint Dave)Anyway you’re trying legendarily too hard. I’m 30 but have a little brother who’s 12 because my dad had another kid later on. Firstly, little brother seemingly thinks every single thing I do is cool to the point where I kinda feel bad about it. Secondly, I just include him when I do cool stuff. We do the tree climbing parks and some other type of physical arcade thing that opened up in our area all the time. One time I was fucking around with resin casting as a hobby and I made him this 4inch resin sphere designed after his discord name. He thinks it’s the coolest shit and shows me where he’s put in on his desk maybe 3 times a year. I’m glad he appreciates it but it really was kind of an afterthought with other shit I was doing at the time. If I see something interesting, I take a picture of it and then show him.You’re fucking this up by worrying aboutlabels instead of just being cool.
>>35019208Yeah sorry if i offended you I just wanted to give you a reason my fault if I caused you any trouble, but it could be an explanation or maybe they did just stop calling you that, they do get older, I used to call my mom and dad, mommy and daddy before, then I did go into calling them that when i was around 12-13, it’s absolutely normal for that to happen, they might one day call you that again though out of randomness, I rarely, rarely do give people names again of what I used to call them before as a joke though, but you can just ask them, if you don’t wanna just gloat nicely about being the cool uncle and maybe they’ll get into it againBut again, so sorry for my ignorance Cool Uncle Tom!
>>35019214I must admit it has been stressing me out. I will try and just lay back next time and act like it doesn't bother me, thanks anon, Cool Uncle Tom out.>>35019222No offence taken dude :)
>>35019264>I will try and just lay back next timeCool Uncle Tom is something you bring into existence by being and I believe you can do it, anon (Tom kek). Do stuff for them or with them that you thought was cool as shit when you were a kid. They’re related to you so they’ll probably be into it too. Kids are sort of like little energy vampires; the more fun you’re obviously having, the more they’ll just find ways to have fun too. Even if they make fun of you, laughing is always good. That’s what people actually think is cool: having a good time. Best of luck!
>>35019276I've tried this. When they call me Cool Uncle Tom I make noises like the Fonz so it sorts of radiates the coolness, but I don't know if they know what I'm doing. They look a bit bewildered even with the shades on.
What you are gonna want to do, OP, is emulate (to the best of your ability) the gnarly skateboarder vibe of the late 90s.Ride down hills while seated in a shopping cart you stole from the local grocery store. Listen to Sum 41 very loudly on shitty speakers. Drink Surge and don't tell them you have a job. Also wear a shark tooth (just one) on a hemp necklace.You got this
>>35019199Genuinely cool people don't have to put any effort into being cool. But FWIW, no teenager thinks any adult they actually know is cool, and it would be the kiss of death to their social lives to imply that they do. If you want to be cool to a teenager you need to be an edgy social media influencer - Andrew Tate, or Clavicular, or someone else who has been charged with rape and doesn't give a fuck about it.
>>35019739Better yet, commit the rapes yourself and remain totally unphased by the blowback
>>35019199>Idk what to dolet it goreal cool uncles don't have to tryfunny data point, a few yers ago my cool uncle (the only one who doesn't have kids) and I did MDMA together and went chasing girls and had a great time. he even got laid while I didn't. we used to listen to and play music together when I was a teenager and it snowballed from there.
>>35019199If you were really cool, you wouldn’t care
>>35019199Big mistake trying to force them to call you cool. Cool is effortless
>>35019199Worrying about whether you're cool is absolute evidence that you are not.
>>35019199You're not cool, you're a dork.
>>35019199The definition of cool changes for kids as they become teens. You were cool because you were fun, energetic, engaging and goofy. When kids become teens they become nihilistic, angsty, moody and melancholic little shitheads. Fun happy go-lucky stuff becomes uncool. Coolness changes, for girls being cool as a teen means looking up to narcissistic cunts, means girls, stuck up bitches. For guys it's about looking up to the muscle roid using gymrat closet homosexual who claims to have killed a man yet actually sucked two dudes off. Or it's nigger culture and saying the latest buzzword. But no matter which, family stops being cool. Teens become extremely antinatal and see family and togetherness as cringe, they think it's soft cucked mushy icky shit. Because you need to remember teens start developing stronger egos and they are in a rush to become grown ups, they crave to feel individual and special and edgy and all that gay shit. The only way to win their respect back is to tell them to fuck off one time.
>>35019726My dude. I am saying that Cool Uncle Tom is something you have to be and not a name. If you chillax and focus on being cool then you might even get a better nickname than that and it’ll be more rewarding because they’ll be the ones to come up with it.
>>35019199They should call you Tom the Faggot
fucking kek at you being such a fag that you actually made being a 'cool uncle' an important part of your self worth.
>>35019199>I asked my brother to get them to keep calling me it and they do nowThis may be the single most uncool thing I have ever heard in my life.
>>35019199You could be Cool Uncle Tom again when they're in their mid 20s. The harder you try the more you'll ruin it though. Cool people don't try to be cool, they just are.
>>35020317That's true they should
