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The_Right_Honourable · Joined: 31 Jan 2005 Posts: 682 Location: UK (mostly)

Being extremely hung over from a night of wanton abandon... i thought it was an interesting subject to disscuss.^^

My good friend has recently turned Straight Edge and its been a great thing for him. Before when he drank he got so over emotional and was really messy, now hes such a happier person and so much easy to deal with.

I have quite enjoyed watching all my friends get hammerd (normally whilst i was on Shrooms and therefore couldnt drink... *ahem*) and its great.

But personally i could never give up drink. Id like to cut down how much i spend on it for sure but never another drop? No more wine with a meal? No more cognac with my dad? No more Snapps with a danish lunch?

And today we met my friend Freds new gf. Im not sure how old she is but she looks 16ish and i was sitting around in my robe talking about drink and drugs before Fred says 'yeah, Alex is the complete opposite to straight edge!' and tells me his gf is SE. hehe.

How can you have tested your limits at 16? Thats just mad. Id only just started to go out to pubs and clubs at that age!

Anyway. Are any of you straight edge? are your friends? what are your thoughts?

The Grandmaster · Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 10:00 pm Post subject:

I had no idea what the hell you were talking about until I looked up "Straight Edge" on Wikipedia.

The answer is No. I have no interest in turning "straight edge."

The_Right_Honourable · Joined: 31 Jan 2005 Posts: 682 Location: UK (mostly)

The Grandmaster wrote: I had no idea what the hell you were talking about until I looked up "Straight Edge" on Wikipedia.

The answer is No. I have no interest in turning "straight edge."

Ooops. I geuss i shouldnt have just assumed everyone would no what i meant! :lol:

foadi · Joined: 09 Nov 2005 Posts: 13640 Location: bangkok thailand

I am not completely straight edge since I am a big fan of casual sex, but I don't smoke, drink, or do drugs and I never want to.

The_Right_Honourable · Joined: 31 Jan 2005 Posts: 682 Location: UK (mostly)

foadi wrote: I am not completely straight edge since I am a big fan of casual sex, but I don't smoke, drink, or do drugs and I never want to.

Have you tried them?

I dont smoke because i cant. Makes me sick... :!oops:

foadi · Joined: 09 Nov 2005 Posts: 13640 Location: bangkok thailand

The_Right_Honourable wrote: foadi wrote: I am not completely straight edge since I am a big fan of casual sex, but I don't smoke, drink, or do drugs and I never want to.

Have you tried them?
Yeah. I owned a bar in Bangkok for a little while and my father has owned bars most of my life. He used to get me drunk all the time when I was a little kid. Can't say I enjoyed it. I still taste wine occasionally, but that's only to be polite. As for smoking ... I've smoked a little. I like the taste, but I don't like the risk associated with it, so I abstain from smoking. I've also smoked pot and I have to say, it is the most retarded drug evar. It's fun for a few minutes, but then it gets boring, and the effects don't go away for several hours, which gets me mad. I have also tried cocaine, accidently. I thought it was sugar candy. Made my lips and tongue numb for like fifteen minutes. Doubt I will ever do that again.

LostSoul3412 · Joined: 11 Feb 2005 Posts: 7800

Assuming that "Straight Edge" means no smoking, no drinking, no drugs, and no sex before marriage, then I've always been straight edge.

I have the same reason for not smoking, drinking, and for not using drugs: can't stand the taste. Nothing to do with laws, or expectations, but I'm sensitive to smoke and alcohol, and I have a fear of needles.

As for sex; a mix of personal morals, and fear of the consequences.

Babylon_Horuv · Joined: 15 Jun 2006 Posts: 2087

I'm not straight edge, never have been and doubt I ever will be, but it is a personal choice that is the best choice for some people. I have knwon straight edgers who I respected and who's choices I appreciated and i have known straight edgers who were obnoxious jerks.

ChuckBerry · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 2220 Location: Lafayette, LA

I'VE GOT THE STRAIGHT EDGE!

/minor threat

I don't drink smoke or do drugs because I've been there and done that and found nothing at the end of those paths. I am celibate by fact more-so than choice, but even if I was more charismatic, I don't know if I would be engaging in pre-marital sex much anyway, as I just don't think it's morally OK.

The Grandmaster · Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 3:40 am Post subject:

Yeah, I couldn’t be “straight edge.” Premarital sex is what I live for. Without that, I’d gladly kill myself. If I had my way about it, I'd literally have about 4 or 5 different girls every week, two at a time. And drinking is a fun pastime as well. Especially being drunk around a lot of other drunk girls. Some drugs are fine as well. Simply more things to add to the fun of life as far as I am concerned.

The Comrade · Joined: 16 Jul 2006 Posts: 12039 Location: Zagreb

Quote: How can you have tested your limits at 16? Thats just mad. Id only just started to go out to pubs and clubs at that age!

Anyway. Are any of you straight edge? are your friends? what are your thoughts?

there's quite a few straight edge people at my school(and twice as many people burning the candle at both ends).

the people that usually do drugs and drink all the time are complete and total ****(not that you are or the majority of people who do it). usually when people become staight edge here it's so they don't seem like those people. orrrr they just don't want to do drugs and drink.

i think it's weird. i don't do drugs or drink but i would never call myself straight edge. it's not like i'm against drinking(if you do it responsably, which most people my age don't).

eynon · Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 3:26 am Post subject:

it's all about the Golden Mean for me.....don't let your habits control you or don't do anything too stupid.

to be honest I have very little in common with the "SE" crowd, course now that I'm in my mid-20s there are fewer and fewer of them around....I've seen more then one SE kid fall the other way and end up going over-board.....god did it suck to baby sit those people. :roll:

Izzibeth · Joined: 12 May 2006 Posts: 423

wannabe wrote: it's all about the Golden Mean for me.....don't let your habits control you or don't do anything too stupid.

to be honest I have very little in common with the "SE" crowd, course now that I'm in my mid-20s there are fewer and fewer of them around....I've seen more then one SE kid fall the other way and end up going over-board.....god did it suck to baby sit those people. :roll:

same. i once dated a guy from Cape Cod. "Cape Kids" come in all shapes and sizes but they only have two types when it comes to drinking, drugs, and casual sex. there are the Straight Edgers and then there are the Complete Opposite of Straight Edgers. of all the SE kids that i met when i was 18 (4 years ago)... NONE of them are SE anymore. they all get drunk, some do minor drugs (some do MAJOR ones), and all of them have sex with each other.

i have never been SE and never will be, but i haven't had anything to drink in a while and i don't do drugs. i got all of my drinking and casual sex out of the way between 19 and 20. but anyway, as i said, i used to know more than a handful of SE people but i know absolutely none now. it works for some people but from what i have experienced, it doesn't last long after age 18. and it does suck to have to babysit them when they fall off the bandwagon.... oh so much.

eynon · Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 1:16 am Post subject:

Izzibeth wrote: wannabe wrote: it's all about the Golden Mean for me.....don't let your habits control you or don't do anything too stupid.

to be honest I have very little in common with the "SE" crowd, course now that I'm in my mid-20s there are fewer and fewer of them around....I've seen more then one SE kid fall the other way and end up going over-board.....god did it suck to baby sit those people. :roll:

same. i once dated a guy from Cape Cod. "Cape Kids" come in all shapes and sizes but they only have two types when it comes to drinking, drugs, and casual sex. there are the Straight Edgers and then there are the Complete Opposite of Straight Edgers. of all the SE kids that i met when i was 18 (4 years ago)... NONE of them are SE anymore. they all get drunk, some do minor drugs (some do MAJOR ones), and all of them have sex with each other.

i have never been SE and never will be, but i haven't had anything to drink in a while and i don't do drugs. i got all of my drinking and casual sex out of the way between 19 and 20. but anyway, as i said, i used to know more than a handful of SE people but i know absolutely none now. it works for some people but from what i have experienced, it doesn't last long after age 18. and it does suck to have to babysit them when they fall off the bandwagon.... oh so much.

there is something too be said about getting it out of your system, I'm still up for a good time now, but not quite like I was when I was 21, 22, and 23........at least I think.....that's a pretty hazy time for me :wink:

StrangerWitCandy · Joined: 02 Feb 2005 Posts: 5061 Location: Fairfax, VA

I'm not straight edge but more power to those who are as long as they aren't all righteous about it.

NAB · Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 1:20 pm Post subject:

Never go straight, always go forward.

The_Right_Honourable · Joined: 31 Jan 2005 Posts: 682 Location: UK (mostly)

Good to hear people thoughts on it. I dont know very many SE people at all. Mainly because most of my friends are drinking buddies!lol

I need to cut it down because i seem to get terrible hangovers! ive done nothing today, so one night out means one day lost...

eynon · Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 12:42 am Post subject:

The_Right_Honourable wrote: Good to hear people thoughts on it. I dont know very many SE people at all. Mainly because most of my friends are drinking buddies!lol

I need to cut it down because i seem to get terrible hangovers! ive done nothing today, so one night out means one day lost...

tell me about it...when I was 18 no hang-overs, now they suck!