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I've never agreed with the framing of alcohol in society. It's almost become some sort of "necessary" social convention which is seen as something you need to grow into liking for "maturity," and where abstaining from it is perceived as something negative. If you don't drink, you're "tight" or "straitlaced" or whatever. Sorry, I don't see alcohol as anything remotely necessary or desirable in my life for any purpose whatsoever, and I don't consider myself of a childish or prudish mindset. I simply don't see any functional or recreational purpose to drinking alcohol. No, I don't see myself as "better" than those who do drink, but I also don't want any stigma from others for choosing not to drink.
I guess what I am trying to say I wish there wasn't meaning applied to whether you do something banal like drink alcohol. You either you do or you don't. You either play baseball or you don't. You either wake up at 5am or you don't. You either do HobbyXYZ or you don't. Do these things have any inherent value either way? No. Why should consuming or not consuming some beverage be any different? It makes no sense to me. I was speaking idiomatically. |
What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
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Like I said,
Jam it back in, in the dark. --yeah...; [ υ сяєатєd а яιfт wιтнιи мє. ] now there hav been several complications tht hav, left me feelng nothng. ...i mite say...; u were wrng 2 take it from me...; u left me feelng nothng. i lōōk 'rōūnd ūr hōūse. būt there's nōthin' 2 steāl.
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I can understand that you've seen peoples lives ruined on drugs, but can you strongly justify your own alcohol consumption under the terms you have laid out? I mean, if you honestly have not seen others who have ruined their lives on alcohol than you are jaded. Certainly one is legal and another is not but your point of view on the matter does not make any sense to the reader. Could you elaborate on your thoughts and choices? I am interested to hear. There's nowhere I can't reach. |
Hyde basically said what I wanted to say already, but what I'm trying to get at is you base the safety of a drug on some arbitrary law a country has imposed upon them. That's neither safe, nor intelligent.
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I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? |
Straight Edge is just a lifestyle based off those Punk rocker ideals. I wouldn't define myself as Straight Edge, but I do have those Straight Edge characteristics. I just call myself "Clean" or "Mister Clean" because I don't smoke, drink and do drugs. I personally find all that useless in my life and only gets in the way of achieving something greater. I'd rather keep myself healthy and focused rather than act on stupidity and get into trouble.
I was speaking idiomatically.
Last edited by Erisu Kimu; Aug 19, 2006 at 12:27 PM.
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I don't smoke, drink, or do drugs, and I am vegetarian. I made a conscious decision to avoid meat partially because of how disgusting I find factory farming, but mostly because I just don't like meat that much...drugs I avoid mostly because I'm just not that interested in them, though having seen alcohol's effects on a couple of my friends doesn't make me want to start drinking either. I even abstain from sex, mostly I have no sex drive at all, so that probably doesn't count.
I don't really think that any of that makes me straight edge, though. I don't avoid those things because of some sort of higher moral standard, and at the same time, I don't consider people who drink or smoke to be less than I am. The whole movement just seems silly to me, honestly. What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? all the cool people are doing it...rakka's last.fm page |
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I guess by definition I am a straight-edge. No alcohol, no drugs, no tobacco, no caffine, no sex, no swearing, no class-skipping, no fights.
My parents would be fine with drinking and swearing but I chose not to myself. I guess its more of, I've not done it for this long, ill see how long I can last. Oh yeah, I love meat, so Im not straightedge there. Mmm...meat... Most amazing jew boots |
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My parents brought me up in a Conservative household, and their rules just stuck I suppose. I haven't really been given the chance to "get out there" and try whatever I'd like, and honestly, I don't plan on doing it even when I do have that chance.
So yes, I guess I am striaght-edge. No caffine, no drugs, no smoking, no swearing, no sex, no alcohol, and I eat meat very rarely. How lovely. =) :juggler: Most amazing jew boots |
I drink and had done drugs a bit in the past. It was OK, but basically wastes money which is why I stopped. That, and the rediculous joke that the government has on the "war on
Same thing happened with me though. The large group of High School friends I had have now been divided into two groups over the past 5 years, the group who's OK with drugs and the group who isn't. I float between the two since I have nothing against or for drug use. However, when the one girl in the non-drug group found out I smoked pot she flipped on me. Her reasons against pot were that 1) I was uncool if I smoked (no, seriously), and 2) my future will be ruined. Needless to say I found her reasons pretty funny. Though at this point I'm drug free and not drinking much. The effects these things give just isn't worth the money and risk to me. Jam it back in, in the dark. |