Straight edge or not?

Well, I don't drink, smoke, or do drugs, but I wouldn't consider myself straight edge - I've just never been inclined to do any of those things. I have nothing against people who do, since all of my friends do at least one of the above.

I've never felt out of place, though, mostly because of where I live. Syracuse (NY) is something of a mecca for straight edge hardcore music.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by andkeener

For all the people that ARE straight edge (im just curious and want to know) how many of you have sex? And how many of you are vegetarian/vegan? I really don't know what the connection is, but i've met quite a few kids that are straight edge and they also don't have sex and most all of them have been vegetarian. Is there some sort of connection between these things?

To be considered straight edge, you only have to abstain from tobacco, alcohol, and recreational drug use.

You can take it further if you want, though - staying away from caffeine, or being a vegeterian/vegan. The straight edge/vegan correlation comes from the animal's rights movement, which many edgers happen to be a part of. As far as sex goes, the idea is to have sex only with someone you love, to keep it meaningful. So no one-night stands, but you can definitely still have sex.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Cadenza

Whats the point in just intentionally not drinking alcoholic drinks purely for the sake of not drinking alcoholic drinks?

Do people do it because they feel "morally superior" by not ingesting ethanol? how does that make sense?

Do people do it because they were taught not to? Do they not question why they were taught this? Because it really doesn't make any sense...



someone explain :/

Have you read any of the posts in this topic? They're full of different reasons why people don't drink. Check them out.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.