> That is exactly how being "cool" works in parts of India, and just the fact is enough to make a person from the west crack up. Indeed. In the context of th

> That is exactly how being "cool" works in parts of India, and just the fact is enough to make a person from the west crack up. Indeed. In the context of the show, and American culture, it was Dinesh's perspective that stood out as seeming odd or unique. But I wonder if the post-1950s American/Hollywood understanding of "cool" - the glorification of rebel/outcaste that Gilfoyle's personality represents - is itself really the anomaly on the global scale. I'd imagine many/most parts of the world don't develop a romantic cultural trope around the underdog, or the person who doesn't fit in with the mainstream. But I'd be interested to learn otherwise.