Actually, it depends. People who are sXe can drink, but in moderation. It's not consitering breaking edge unless you get drunk. Those who choose not to drink and are sXe will have no fear of breaking edge. Okay, I'm going to bore you all with my story about Straight Edgeism (that's not even a word, but...) About a year or 2 ago, I drank, a lot. One time me and my cousin both got drunk and fell down a flight of very painful stairs and well, that kind of woke me up. Then I found out about sXe and blah blah blah... I realized how people were ruining their lives with smoking and alcohol...but he's something weird about me. There is no way I'll ever have sex. Now, before you say "Oh, you can say that now but when you get older you'll change your mind." but that's a doubt. The truth is, I'm afraid of boys. As dumb as that sounds, it's true. If a guy gets too close to me or tries to touch me, I start flipping out and bitching at them or I'll run off. If a guy likes me, I'll be even more scared of him than I was before. I know I'm weird. But that's just something automatic that happens. Another reason, the first boyfriend I ever had, kind of put my view of all guys in a different prospective. I was scared to death of him. He would talk to me in this way that made me feel insecure about everything, he would tell me to touch him in places that was wrong. Once I got him out of my life, I cleared stuff up a bit, but now I'm still terrified of boys. Call me odd, but I can't help what I feel. *shrugs* Sorry for boring you.
Actually, it depends. People who are sXe can drink, but in moderation. It's not consitering breaking edge unless you get drunk. Those who choose not to drink and are sXe will have no fear of breaking edge.[/b][/quote] I pretty sure it's no drinking, ever. This is from alt.punk.straight-egde FAQ (http://www.faqs.org/faqs/cultures/straight-edge-faq) The songs: *looks at the above post* I have too much goddamn time on my hands.
I'm Straight Edge but because I pretty much have no other choice. But once I stop taking Gleevec, that's when the fun begins...
Yup, twicethetrouble has got it down. Straight-edge means no drinking - at all. Yes, even after you are 21. I can't seem to stress this fact enough - you are not straight-edge until you actually claim it, and you only claim it when you know that you can control yourself and keep your life clean. Yes, it is a life commitment. If you happen to break edge and "sell out", you never really believed in the first place. If you haven't claimed edge officially and you don't smoke or drink now, then you're just simply clean.
Not that there's anything wrong with "just simply clean." I hate it when straight-edgers get a "better then you" attitude...and NO, I am NOT speaking of anyone specifically, let alone anyone here, so no one claw out my eyes please.
Oh, definitely not. Yeah, me, too. I just hate it when people think they're edge but break it next week. I've had so many friends do that.
I can't stand smoking, the smell, what it does to you, anything of the sort. I would actually steal my aunt's cigarettes and hide them so that she couldn't smoke them when I was little =P. I can't stand the smell or taste of alcohol (Beer happens to look alot like apple juice when you're little...). I believe that sex should be saved until you're married and you can make a commitment, so i'm straight edge too.
I guess I'm "straight edge", but I refer to it as not being a dumb ####er who's wasting what God gave 'em.
Im straight edge and i love it. I claimed edge about 4 months ago, I am now in my sophmore year. Honestly im the only 1 that is straight edge in my school that I know of. Yes i do get tons of #### for it but you know what it is way worth it to me, edge is not a saying its a commitment and all u have to do is think about it say im edge and follow the edge rules. But you know waht half the people that tease me now have shown respect for me, cause I think they have seen how much of an impact edge power is. Anywayz keep in touch all of u and Let Edge be with you
Anyway, the important is not to follow a special guidline to feel like you're part of the "gang", it's all about setting you intelligent limits that you know won't affect your life negatively.
yea it just makes me mad watching people ruin the edge name. And i mean everyone has their differnet look on the whole sex part. Is it no sex or no permiscuous sex. I was always told no permiscious like doing a differnet chick at a different party all the time. I guess u do what you feel I mean dont they both worK? I honestly feel that if you are gonna be edge you really have to think about it because look Alcohol runs in my blood everyone in my family drinks, and I dont really think they support me in this because they dont really understand the meaning. People look at it as some type of hectic gang. But my cuzin he is 18 and edge first 1 in our family to go to college. and me and my otehr cuzin we are sophmores edge and yet we are going to college too
isnt it all about taking what you want/what you need and using it so you can become who you want to be? what i mean by that is that you dont have to fallow straight edge rules or whatever, just do what you think is right. so i guess i agree with avenger/edgeforlife.
Straight edge to me is kinda dumb. Okay, so I won't have sex, at least till I'm done high school. And I don't like weed, and drugs are really dangerous besides so I don't do them. Even though I would accept people smoking pot with friends...I mean we're teenagers here, we experiment with things and learn from our mistakes. With drinking, I don't think anyone should not drink as a teenager, as long as they don't get addicted. I mean, getting smashed at some parties every once in a while will do you no lasting harm. Besides its fun edit: If you choose to be sXe, I respect that...its just not something i would be.
I don't like to consider it an official thing that "ooo I am sXe" (I'm not by the way) I mean, I don't do drugs, don't drink, and don't have sex, but I might do any combination of the 3 in my future years, so I guess its not a life commitment.