Guest Sandman9000 Report post Posted September 1, 2002 Straight Edge: You don't (voluntarily) smoke cigarettes, drink alcohol, or do illegal drugs. Just curious. I'm sure I'm not the only one. Might as well state your age as well. I'm 18, and a freshman in college. I'm straight edge until 21, at which point I determine whether or not I wish to remain straight edge. I see no reason (yet) to change. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Fook_Hing_Ho Report post Posted September 1, 2002 I'll drink, but I don't get rip-roaring drunk every week like some people I know. That's about it as I don't smoke or toke. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest NoCash Report post Posted September 1, 2002 While sometimes when im really down, ill take a mind altering substance, im generally against the idea of mind altering drugs. I like to stay sober. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest TheRockIsTheEuropeanChampion Report post Posted September 1, 2002 Around here (Utah), there's a group of whiny bitches that call themeselves "Straight Edgers". They're more like skaters that need to die, but still. I'm not saying you're like that at all; rather, you seem pretty cool. This makes me think that the guys I know really need to shut the hell up... Anyway ... I'm 16; I don't smoke anything, I rarely drink (and even then I don't get drunk). When I'm older I'll probably drink a little more than I do now.. So, once every four months instead of once every seven months or so. I'm not against getting high once in a while... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Sandman9000 Report post Posted September 1, 2002 Well, I couldn't skate if my life depended on it, does that help matters any? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest NoCash Report post Posted September 1, 2002 Ugh, those people are just terrible. Its one thing to get the facts out to the public, its another thing entirely to push your own agenda on them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Incandenza Report post Posted September 1, 2002 Living the clean and sober life is an admirable thing, but the few straight edgers I've had the misfortune to encounter were pompous, self-righteous assholes. This isn't to say they're all like that, but I haven't met 'em. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest TheRockIsTheEuropeanChampion Report post Posted September 1, 2002 So... From the sound of it, Sandman *is* in the minority. Huh. I have no problem with the Straight Edge life style, but some of you guys... ARRRGHHH... You turn me into a pirate. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Sandman9000 Report post Posted September 1, 2002 I'm a sarcastic, loudmouth asshole, does that make matters any better? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest SupaTaft Report post Posted September 1, 2002 Do we get a special card or something? Yeah, its the straight and narrow for me. I'm 16 and never smoked or drank (a sip of wine at a wedding or New Years isn't life threatening). Whilest I am a pompous asshole, and will be the first to admit so, it has little to do with my lack of the illegal. Try getting hit in the head really really hard. Thats probably the same thing as being high. Works for me! -Taft Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Sandman9000 Report post Posted September 1, 2002 Six concussions here, SupaTaft. My brain cells are already messed up enough. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest TheRockIsTheEuropeanChampion Report post Posted September 1, 2002 Six concussions here, SupaTaft. My brain cells are already messed up enough. Six? What the hell did you do? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Czech Republic Report post Posted September 1, 2002 I'm a Straight Edge. Except for caffeine, which I frequently abuse. "I'm not a caffeine addict, I'm a caffeine enthusiast." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Sandman9000 Report post Posted September 1, 2002 I'm not proud of it, but I used to backyard wrestle. We could afford fire or barbed wire or tacks or high places, so we just beat the shit out of each other with whatever we found in a friend's garage. I was the person who could "take" unprotected chair shots. My friend K.O.'ed me with one shot legit. Wasn't fun. Glad I stopped. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MaxPower27 Report post Posted September 1, 2002 Well, I don't drink or do real drugs. I do smoke, though, so I'm not a hardcore straight edge guy. My buddy used to be, though, Sandman, and if you're really into the SE thing, you have to stop eating meat too. He didn't eat meat for about a year and a half. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest evenflowDDT Report post Posted September 1, 2002 I'm straight edge! Totally... well, except for one time when I had a bunch of tequila shots, but never again! Seriously, tequila is nasty, why would anyone drink that stuff? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Electrifyer Report post Posted September 1, 2002 I'm straight edge I guess. I'm 2 months away from 17 and I've never smoked or done illegal drugs. I just drank beer on a few occassions, but thats it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Texas Small Arms 09 Report post Posted September 1, 2002 I do drink but I'm well aware of my limits and I don't exceed them. and as for the "Why drink tequilia?" Oh because it burns like a motherfucker going down but shit its good B) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Incandenza Report post Posted September 1, 2002 Straight edge lifestyle also dictates having a vegan diet (no meat, nor anything that comes from an animal, i.e. eggs, dairy, etc.) and abstaining from promiscious sex. It isn't just restraining from drinking and smoking. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest TheRockIsTheEuropeanChampion Report post Posted September 1, 2002 I'm straight edge! Totally... well, except for one time when I had a bunch of tequila shots, but never again! Seriously, tequila is nasty, why would anyone drink that stuff? Tequilla and a green apple Slurpee. Oh, my friend Valerie certainly learned from that experience... Wait, no she didn't. Don't ever do it, kidz. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MaxPower27 Report post Posted September 1, 2002 Yeah, Incandenza, that's why I couldn't be a real SE guy. I;m fine without drinking, or marijuana etc., but I need my nicotine, promiscuous sex, and meat. Mmm...Smoke while having sex, and eating meat at the same time. What a great idea!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Kotzenjunge Report post Posted September 1, 2002 Yeah, the straightedge people I know are all Southern Baptist types, imagine my delight whenever the subject is brought up by mere association. I drink, I drink, yes I do! I drink to excess, how 'bout you? Actually, I do it once every four months or so on average. A couple of Saturdays ago was my first time since November. I know my limits. I'll probably try weed just to see what it's like, but I don't see myself smoking tobacco ever. I know damn well I'm going to do hallucinogenic stuff at one point, because I'm incredibly curious about that stuff, and I want to see if images I create myself are weirder than the images some chemicals make. I know how all the drugs work and how to get them naturally through simple behaviours(dopamine through smiles and laughter, for example), so drugs don't figure in that much with anything. I know one thing though: I always am and always will be the life of the party. As long as it's a choice of health as opposed to religious causes, straightedge people don't bother me as long as they don't remind me of it or do it only so they can blackmail others because their friend is drunk and they're sober and... I won't get into it. Not remembering stuff can be exhilirating for people like me who remember EVERYTHING, even when drunk. I know that if I can't remember something from when I was drunk, I hit my limit, and remember how much it took. Fo sheez, Kotzenjunge Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Cerebus The Aardvark Report post Posted September 1, 2002 If you want to go by the definition outlined in this thread, I am "straight edge". However, I do not listen to shitty music (such as Earth Crisis), so I don't qualify as Straight Edge. They all seem to have to listen to hardcore and marker a giant X on each hand, and most of them are simply skater punks. I tried smoking once, pestering my sister's boyfriend when I was 10 to let me have a drag; the results are predictable (coughing and swearing never to touch one again). I drank off and on for about a year when I was a freshman in HS, but haven't had a drop in over 11 years. I got high twice, because the first time it sucked, so I wanted to see if I was really missing something. So I did it again, and the results were the same: I got tired, hungry, and developed a headache. That was around the same time I drank, so it's been a good while, and I haven't had any of the stuff since. If you wanna do that sort of shit, whatever; not my sort of thing. But be aware that there are people like me working in the stores you frequent, and if you go in one of them trashed and being obnoxious, you will be thrown out. That is all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Kinetic Report post Posted September 1, 2002 I'll do whatever I can get my hands on. My experiences with both alcohol and marijuana have been predominately good, so I don't see any reason not to pursue that sort of thing in the future. I've got no problem with other people abstaining, however. I don't particularly like sharing anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest CanadianChick Report post Posted September 1, 2002 I've never gotten high, nor have I ever smoked. But I have tried some some wiskey with my friends, but only like a shot. And I have had Mike's hard but I don't think that really counts cause I only had a can... So I don't do any of that stuff regulary, but I have tried a bit of alcohol... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Czech Republic Report post Posted September 1, 2002 I guess I'm not a Straight Edge because I love meat, eggs, and dairy. I had a cream and steak omelette this morning, too damn bad. And I like classic rock. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest J*ingus Report post Posted September 1, 2002 Being a born carnivore and LOVING it, I would fight kicking & screaming if someone tried to make me go vegan. Alcohol? Eh. I hate the grainy taste of ordinary beer, hate the burning feel of hard liquor, and can't get drunk fast enough on stuff like Smirnoff to make it worth the trouble. Having a pretty high natural tolerance for the stuff doesn't help. Smoking: it'll probably kill me a few decades from now, but I love it. Especially that first one after I haven't had 'em for a while, oooooooh yeah. Hits me harder than an entire six-pack of drinkable toxins. However, I'm still just a part-time smoker (i.e., still live at home, mom would murder me if she knew, so I can't do it often). Illegals: actually haven't tried any. I'm afraid to. I think I'd like them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Sandman9000 Report post Posted September 1, 2002 All righty, maybe I don't live up to my own standards. Smoking, drinking, and drugging are no-nos in my book. I had my grandparents die of cancer, so I'll never smoke. I've drank some when I was younger, and didn't like it. I'm fucked up enough already so I don't need drugs. However, I love red meat and couldn't go vegan for money. I heart protein and I'm not eating a pissload of beans for it. As for the religion, I am an athiest, and after four years of a Jesuit education, I can safely say that I will not be picking up a bible within the next ten years. As for music, the louder, sicker, nastier, faster, vicious, and brutal it is, I love it. I can even (kinda) sing death metal, where you just growl the words. Makes karoke night interesting... So, am I still straight edge, or just a modified version? I don't know anything anymore...::Cries himself to sleep in the corner:: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Kotzenjunge Report post Posted September 1, 2002 You abstain from vices. How's that for a description? Fo sheez, Kotzenjunge Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Sandman9000 Report post Posted September 1, 2002 Nah, I jack it a lot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
