Where'd all the straight-edge people go?
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Felt like they were on the rage as I was finishing high school, but now they're nowhere to be seen.
I'd wager most of you haven't even heard the term 'straight-edge' in months, or possibly years.
We found out acid is all fun no downside
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Felt like they were on the rage as I was finishing high school, but now they're nowhere to be seen.
I'd wager most of you haven't even heard the term 'straight-edge' in months, or possibly years.
Because as an adult, you can simply choose whether to use drugs/alcohol and it's not a big part of your identity like it was as a teen.
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Okay but why, acid is basically risk free
Except if you have unmanaged blood pressure problems I think but it helps manage it as long as a dose won't pop your skull off
Why would I take acid, though? Do you live your life on why-nots?!
I don't drink, I don't smoke, I don't drink coffee and avoid caffeine in general... Why would I do fucking acid? Plus, surely that's expensive, no? I've never actually encountered any acid IRL so I've no idea how hard it might be to find, would I to look.
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We found out acid is all fun no downside
Shrooms are even better!
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Felt like they were on the rage as I was finishing high school, but now they're nowhere to be seen.
I'd wager most of you haven't even heard the term 'straight-edge' in months, or possibly years.
A lot of straight edge teenagers either lose their edge (leave alternative subcultures) or quit going straight (start using psychoactive substances). That said a lot of punks wind up sober and at that point can be considered straight edge.
So where are they? The sort of places alternative folks gather when not consuming substances. They're at an anarchist books to prisoners program, or food not bombs, maybe one is in the band at a small punk show you're going to. Hell maybe it's even one of your coworkers.
Subcultures are really easy to see in high school because teenagers often don't like to code switch and they've got little filtering. Add in that its easier to be sober when you're a teenager and it feels rebellious and like you're saying fuck you to the man. Meanwhile at 30, especially if you're deep in alternative subcultures, you've probably learned the demons your friends are trying to drown in whiskey. You may have friends who had the whole Pat the Bunny arc. Loudly announcing your sobriety and acting like it's super cool is one thing at 16 and another thing when someone you know just fell off the wagon.
Oh also as adults a lot of them are more annoying about being vegan than being sober.
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Okay but why, acid is basically risk free
Except if you have unmanaged blood pressure problems I think but it helps manage it as long as a dose won't pop your skull off
Some people don't want to try it. I love acid, and I think a lot of people could use it, but for some people it doesn't sound like something they're interested in so no harm done by them not doing it.
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Felt like they were on the rage as I was finishing high school, but now they're nowhere to be seen.
I'd wager most of you haven't even heard the term 'straight-edge' in months, or possibly years.
Drugs are such a chore. You try them, then you get addicted to them, then you end up in an endless pursuit of extra money to keep funding the addiction in addition to all of your other basic survival expenses. It's a maniacal existence. From what I've observed. And I'm not interested in any of that maddening mayhem.
Call me straight-edge if you need to label everything. But I'm not interested in labels either.
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Why would I take acid, though? Do you live your life on why-nots?!
I don't drink, I don't smoke, I don't drink coffee and avoid caffeine in general... Why would I do fucking acid? Plus, surely that's expensive, no? I've never actually encountered any acid IRL so I've no idea how hard it might be to find, would I to look.
Oh, you're scared of trying new things that might get you in trouble, that's fair, police states and whatnot
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Shrooms are even better!
Eh, I don't care for the taste or chance of getting them mixed up with very, very unfun mushrooms but it's the same idea in the end.
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Eh, I don't care for the taste or chance of getting them mixed up with very, very unfun mushrooms but it's the same idea in the end.
I prefer the come down of shrooms myself. Plus the communing with nature lol. Acid is a lot of fun too mind you
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I mean they may not know what straight edge means, but there are a shit-ton of people who don't do drugs or alcohol..
I don't do either but I don't call myself straight edge because everyone I knew who did was an asshole.
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Drugs are such a chore. You try them, then you get addicted to them, then you end up in an endless pursuit of extra money to keep funding the addiction in addition to all of your other basic survival expenses. It's a maniacal existence. From what I've observed. And I'm not interested in any of that maddening mayhem.
Call me straight-edge if you need to label everything. But I'm not interested in labels either.
I can't speak for everyone, but I get very good deals on my drugs. Way more worth it to me than say, a cup of coffee (which contains a drug.)
I know most people get ripped off regularly, though.
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We found out acid is all fun no downside
Wait till you hear of Syd Barrett.
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I can't speak for everyone, but I get very good deals on my drugs. Way more worth it to me than say, a cup of coffee (which contains a drug.)
I know most people get ripped off regularly, though.
All right then, congratulations on being at peace with your addictions.
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All right then, congratulations on being at peace with your addictions.
You too.
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Felt like they were on the rage as I was finishing high school, but now they're nowhere to be seen.
I'd wager most of you haven't even heard the term 'straight-edge' in months, or possibly years.
I'm not really into punk scenes or anything similar, but I feel like most young people now that would be straight edge are not adopting the aesthetic because they're more conservative.
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Wait till you hear of Syd Barrett.
Uh huh, I know what the kinds of people who believe in reefer madness think of a guy who definitely did more and had more mental trauma going on than LSD.
I also know he died at 60 of pancreatic cancer and not an OD.
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Drugs are such a chore. You try them, then you get addicted to them, then you end up in an endless pursuit of extra money to keep funding the addiction in addition to all of your other basic survival expenses. It's a maniacal existence. From what I've observed. And I'm not interested in any of that maddening mayhem.
Call me straight-edge if you need to label everything. But I'm not interested in labels either.
This Lemmy does not know best.
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Felt like they were on the rage as I was finishing high school, but now they're nowhere to be seen.
I'd wager most of you haven't even heard the term 'straight-edge' in months, or possibly years.
I knew two straight edge kids in highschool. They both died of overdoses shortly after highschool.
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So does straight edge strictly refer to not doing drugs? If that's the definition, then I'm a straight edged person... Hell, I don't even drink and I work for a Scottish company where all my co-workers drink like fish.
I'm not religious, it has just always seemed dumb to me that people felt they needed to be inebriated to have a good time. Maybe this is just the normal for them so they don't know any different? But doesn't that seem pretty stupid? Anyways, I was stubborn in college and resisted peer pressure and by the time I didn't care anymore, I just never saw the need to start drinking (or doing drugs). But I'm not here preach, I don't really care what you do as long as it doesn't affect me (i.e. drunk driving).
I'm a CTO for a midsized company. I have three kids and I've been happily married for over 25 years. Between my friends, there are more people who don't drink than those who do, but at work I'm definitely the oddball... But I'm also old enough that I don't really give a shit what other people think so I'm perfectly happy going along and being the guy who doesn't drink.
wrote last edited by [email protected]No that's not straight edge, you have to be sober but also still part of the punk/hardcore subcultures where you'd be expected to partake.
