Not Cool Zeus

[W.I.P.]

About

Not Cool, Zeus is a phrase used to describe a trivially uncool action taken by someone in a position of arbitrary power.

Origin

“Late Night with Conan O’Brien” aired a well loved ^[1] skit called “Satellite Channels” featuring "a channel that’s called “Not Cool, Zeus”" wherein Zeus (played by Matt Walsh ^[2]), the Greek god and master of Olympus, eats his roommate’s burrito, sweats on gym equipment without toweling it off, and cannonball’s into a pool getting two people wet.

Derivative

The phase, and it’s short form NCZ, has been referenced on MySpace profiles ^[3]:

Flickr ^[4]:

as well as Facebook ^[5] and other social forums ^[6].

External References

¹ Blog – I “Get” Conan O’Brien: Why So Many Americans Support Team Coco Over Jay Leno Referenced 2013-05-13

²IMDB– Matt Walsh Referenced 2013-05-13

³ MySpace – Zeus Hates Your Space Downloaded 2013-05-13

⁴ Flickr – Not Cool Zeus Downloaded 2013-05-13

⁵ Facebook – Not Cool Zeus and the Mt Olympus Jam Crew Referenced 2013-05-13

⁶ VWVortex – Generic meme usage Referenced 2013-05-13