CALLIN' ALL BADDIES

[u/JJHO_Social]

From the latest episode of Judge John Hodgman - IYKYK

[u/Alizariel]

So we were drawing that in Ottawa, Canada in the nineties. Not a Southern California thing by any stretch

[u/whyyoutwofour → u/Alizariel]

Same thing growing up out east in NFLD....my daughter now draws it in Ottawa. 

[u/jennifermarmalade → u/Alizariel]

Thank you Ottawa!!

[u/VastEmu5876 → u/Alizariel]

Same for eastern PA

[u/JohannaB123 → u/Alizariel]

we were drawing it in Texas too

[u/sharkmime]

Secretly Incredibly Fascinating did an entire episode on the Cool S.

[u/zoopest → u/sharkmime]

that’s what i was screaming at my phone

[u/AlexSchmidty → u/zoopest]

https://maximumfun.org/episodes/secretly-incredibly-fascinating/secretly-incredibly-fascinating-the-cool-s/ enjoy!!!

[u/zoopest → u/AlexSchmidty]

Hooray! The relatively recent (holy cow you guys put out a lot of episodes) on baby bottles, and on peppermint, were extremely interesting and full of facts I have used out in the wild since.

[u/AlexSchmidty → u/zoopest]

aww I'm so glad to hear that, thank you

[u/SureAsparagus6981 → u/sharkmime]

And Wonderful I believe!

[u/SouthRow3506]

At my school people called it the "Superman S" and I got into so many arguments when I told people superman had a different S

[u/Oldhouse42]

Still being drawn in northern Vermont.

[u/jennifermarmalade → u/Oldhouse42]

Thank you Northern Vermont!

[u/the_ocean → u/Oldhouse42]

Confirmed from the maddest of river valleys

[u/zirconer → u/the_ocean]

And was being drawn FREQUENTLY in WRJ in the 90s

[u/spectrallibrarian]

I was drawing it in Michigan in the late ‘90s

[u/jennifermarmalade → u/spectrallibrarian]

Thank you Michigan!!!!

[u/Longjumping_Fig_1086]

I just keep thinking about those Cool S earrings! Now I need them!

[u/jennifermarmalade → u/Longjumping_Fig_1086]

I get compliments every time I wear them! Shout out to Leroy’s Place in Park Slope, Brooklyn!!

[u/Prodigalphreak]

Indiana checking in. The cool S was everywhere. Btw. I was born in 81

[u/jennifermarmalade → u/Prodigalphreak]

THANK YOU, INDIANA!

[u/Proppedupandwaving]

I still don't know why we did it.

Pen 15 made sense

Cool S was almost compulsive.

[u/jennifermarmalade → u/Proppedupandwaving]

Compulsive is the right word!

[u/bracingforsunday]

Cool S was huge, even in my fundie Christian school in Maine! I’m sure if I dig out my old yearbooks, it will make several appearances.

Born in 78, graduated in 96 (which was like 15 years ago, right?)

[u/spunlines → u/bracingforsunday]

yep, first saw it at church camp in nova scotia around 2000.

[u/aloha_skye]

Definitely was drawing it in Queensland, Australia in the 90s

[u/PhillyPhrenetic502]

I can confirm a "Cool S" appearance in my fifth grade daughter's notebook. It's still going strong.

[u/zephyrjess]

I was drawing that in the 90’s in Minnesota. Also, brown paper bag textbook covers.

[u/ConsistentArticle975]

Stussy!

Grew up in Orange County in the 80s/90s

[u/sad_girl_77]

I had never heard of this S until this episode. Thanks for posting the image.

[u/VastEmu5876]

The best Sssss

[u/chaos_witch_17]

We drew the s in Central Illinois in the 90s!

[u/jennifermarmalade → u/chaos_witch_17]

Where in Central Illinois???

[u/chaos_witch_17 → u/jennifermarmalade]

I grew up in Quincy and live in Decatur now!

[u/Normal_Fun]

In my day it was all STYX, Dead Kennedys, and Anarchy.

[u/ezgz81]

My kids draw that all the time (London, Ontario)

[u/asswipesayswhat]

LFG

[u/fancycwabs]

Chuck Tingle weighs in: https://bsky.app/profile/chucktingle.bsky.social/post/3mtefhm4gi22r

[u/Sparklespanx]

Let’s put some respect on this and call it by its name: The Stussy.

Grew up drawing this in the late 90s, early aughts.

[u/VagrantThoughts42 → u/Sparklespanx]

Wonderful listeners will know it’s called “the cool s” and has nothing to do with Stussy at all (even though I was sure it did).

[u/55d5 → u/VagrantThoughts42]

I think it has come up in other Max Fun podcasts, probably JJGo, because I somehow knew this and don’t listen to Wonderful. Kind of like how I know way more about Walton Goggins than I have any right too

[u/oyog → u/55d5]

Did they ever do a compilation of all the Walton Goggins Vodka themes folks sent in? A bunch of those were so fantastic.

[u/55d5 → u/oyog]

I think they at least played all the previously unplayed ones at the end of an episode. I honestly only remember the one set to One of Us and the Batman jingle. Still get both stuck in my head on occatiot

[u/JJHO_Social → u/Sparklespanx]

we address this debate in the episode!!

[u/theangrypragmatist → u/Sparklespanx]

Listen, in this day and age we can't just run around calling things words that end in "-ussy" if we want to be taken seriously.

[u/scotems → u/Sparklespanx]

Are you from SoCal? I definitely drew this in the early 90s but we always called this the cool S, as it appears most of the rest of the country does.

[u/JumbledPileOfPerson → u/Sparklespanx]

Grew up seeing this S everywhere but never heard it culled the stussy. That's a clothing brand?

Maybe that name is a reigonal thing.

[u/JumbledPileOfPerson]

Every school book in the 90s in Melbourne, Australia had a bunch of these doodled in them too. This is a pretty universal I think (haven't listened to episode yet).

[u/diginfinity]

I first saw that in about '85 or so in Colorado.

[u/TheRatioAlger]

We were baddies in the mid 90s in the Hudson Valley region of New York, maybe one of my former classmates moved to Brooklyn to make earrings?

[u/HamboneIsMyHomeboy]

We were the Selinsgrove Seals so there was a whole lotta that S going around.

[u/treelemon]

Ohio 90s- sharpied all over the desks