@TheEverettRyan i used to smoke about 7yrs ago. it was good, but it didn't feel a quarter as good as being in total control and not being one of the weak who do use.
@TheEverettRyan I don't understand people saying that cause most straight edge kids don't care about what others do and don't think they're better than anyone else. You're just marginalizing the majority who think straight edge is personal choice. You think 14 year old kids on the Internet talking tough about sxe is the norm. Please think about it again.
correct me if im wrong but when ian started this shit his idea was he didnt want to cloud his mind...he wanted to be "straight" all the time... so as not to harm himself mentally or physically...im seeing these kids who have the best of intentions having their lives ripped in 2 from the hatred and i spose ummm propaganda that the sxe scene is involved in... what happened to the posi side of things... fuck this tough guy militant hardline shit and really do it for yourself...
@SebastianLacroix1987 It never was an idea. Ian was just writing about his life. People took those two songs totally out of context and created another set of rules that were just as bad as the ones already there.
is is rediculous i live in sand diego and now kids in elementry school are getting drunk and high me and a couple of my friends are straight edge we want to give these kids a choice to fuck up there like with drugs and alchohaul or to be edge and apart of something so if you have any advice please message me
Straight Edge is about being true to what you believe regardless of how many haters out there tell you that your pathetic Its not just about not drinking doing drugs or having sex with any thing that moves, its a lot of self realization proving that we can make it through a day without taking the edge off with beer cigs or drugs im 18 years old ive drank myself under the table and ive coughed up tar from cigs and i learned my lesson that i dont need that stuff to live just get over our choices
I don't know why people hate us so much. are people so deprived of activities they have to lash out about the ones of others? i mabye straight edge and I don't go around pouring alcohol free drinks down people's throat. although that would be kind of fun lol. if you like to be drunk thats fine. well i like being straight edge. Mind your own goddamn business!
People always ask why people have so much contempt for straight edge, I think its mostly because its a bunch of frat boy jock meathead types that have big fucking ego problems. Like be straight edge, I'm happy for you but I dont need to hear it every time I enjoy cigerettes booze and drugs about you setting an example bla bla bla
The other thing is some people can take drugs and not be slaves, zombies ect its not our fault Ian Mckaye couldnt hand his drugs.
Straightedge is very personal to me. The only reason I do not like the video is because it seems like we are trying to convince others that this is the best way when straightedge is "thinking for yourself" If Im asked Ill give my stance on it but never try to recruit. It takes a strong will, fighting spirt and much discipline. My son and nephew are proud to be str8edge but we three keep it our own for the most part. pwer to the people-be inspirational but ultimately its their choice.
your just mad that we are gonna live longer fuller lives then you. There something to think about when your breathing through a tube. If the cops dont catch you first and you become Big Buba's lil girlfriend in prison
you can be straight edge and still have sex. were not bible kids. I personally am not intrested in religion though i'm a catholic. some think I'm athiest but i'm not.
Straight Edge isn't about being wholesome, it's a life choice for that specific person. My friend's dad is constantly drunk all the time, and he sees how that is, and he doesn't want to be involved. Just have respect, it'll get you a lot farther than pounding insults behind a keyboard.
We have sex just not promiscuous sex. also many of us are atheists. it has nothing to with religion. its just bout choosing to keep our bodies free of things we don't need or want and our minds positive and alert.
no, thank you. I'm fine sober and I'm sure your fine drunk and thats okay do what you like. I'm not gonna jump down your throat for what choices you make unless they affect me negatively. you have every right to drink.
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LOOK MATE I JUST WANNA SAY THAT THE VID YOU POSTED ON YOUTUBE ´BOUT STRAIGHT EDGE GOT SOMETHIN WRONG.i SAW TWO GAY MOTHERFUCKERS IN IT AND SXE KIDS CAN´T BE GAY!IF THEY WANNA BE GAY THEY CAN BE FUCKIN´ EMO.STRAIGHT EDGERS HATE GAY MOTHERFUCKERS,ALRIGHT!
you're wrong pal. that's only Hardliners. SXE has nothing to do with religion or sexual orientation. it's not a set of rules. it's just simply the decision one makes to abstain from drugs, alcohol and rampant, pre-marital sex. so please don't go spouting off in hatred if you don't really know what you're talking about. this is a brotherhood, so stay Posi bro! XXX
"there's no set of rules. I'm not tellin' you what to do, all I'm saying is I'm thinkin' of three things that are like, so important to our world i don't have to find much importance in"
Lastly, I was there at the start, you weren't, if it weren't for me and people like me there would not have been straightedge, so show some respect. We were straightedge when it was REALLY uncool to do so, we basically made enemies of the entire world including the punk scene that we had embraced before. I think that my split from the scene for a minute was good, I love it more now, and would never leave my ideals again. It takes what it takes I guess, if you were always straight or otherwise.
Hardliners are usually the ones who "break edge" they set unrealistic goals for themselves because they are 14 and don't know any better. I have been straightedge all my life, I have broke edge before, but it is about what you are up to currently and not about holding your breath to impress a bunch of kids at a punk show. There are a million types of interpretations of this great concept and they should all remember to fall along the one and only original concept and that was 'positive choice'.
there is no rule on what age you can claim age. just because that is the legal age implaced by the government to buy alcohol and cigerretes doesnt mean we are around or pressured by those things.
but hey i dont want to argue your probs heaps br00t4l and lay a b3a7d0wn on me! zomglmao!
but you don't have the ability to walk into any store and buy tobacco when you're 14. so regardless, i don't consider people truly edge until they are atleast 18.. sure you can be pressured, but if some kid is just scared to try it because his / her parents would find out and that said person is 14.. that doesn't make him / her edge.
says you i became edge at 15 or so and i fucking new kids drunk off there asses at school threw out the day fuck that shit i wanna live clean and i dont wanna worry about fucking my life up i maybe 19 now but i still am fucking edge so dont try and ram that 18 bullshit down anyone's windpipe you can get booze at a young age i've seen it happen to a lot of kids and what about in parts of thw world that dont give a shit about age to them as long as you have the cash your of age
@dlewis1498 Lol keep thinking what you want. Just remember you're talking to someone who's actually got the balls to stick to something. Grow up man. I don't get on your case for not being edge do I? No, so get off your highhorse and shut tue fuck up.
@dlewis1498 lol nope I don't need to think, I'm with how my life is. I guess you not being happy is your own problem It'd probably be a lot better if you didn't randomly attack people who don't believe the same thing you do. hah.
As far as 'breaking edge' is concerned, almost all of the founding individuals drank and or used drugs and then made a positive choice, thatw as the whole point. I guess you would understand that if you were a little older. In the beginning just making that choice was the hard part and doing it for yourself not for some group of highschool kids who had never done anything before being straightedge. This is not to say that tyou have to have drank or did drugs, it takes all kinds so open your mind
i know two people in that book that are on this video and they both break edge constently and its bull shit done claim edge unless your edge. you cant just break edge when you want then re-edge every week. and fuck people who talk shit about edge your all faggot ass fucks
Straight Edge is just a lifestyle and a choice. Don't bring religion into this. I don't think straight edge has anything to do with religion. It's just a choice made when people get sick of seeing what happens to people because of drugs, alcohol and promiscuity
Yes people should not impose their views or lifestyle on others. but you cant generalise about SXE people, some edge kids are crazy dicks but so are extreme fundamentalists of any kind. and get over the whole ties to christianity thing, u do not hav to be christian to be edge and not all christians are fucking missionaries either
did yo ever consider it could just be ther personal choice what they choose to follow?critisizing x for nazi behaviour? are you fucking serious after you categorise them all and give them shit.
This has an antecedent in religeon, and is what is known as fundamentalism. It is a disengaging from the core moral task of improving oneself by rising up against the wicked and oppressive forces of the day, and a lapse into thuggish sectarianism. Save your anger for the police, Bush and corporate power, whether someone else enjoys a drink every now and then isn't the central issue at all.
On that note, isn't wine an important sacrament in Christianity? Do you not reject Jesus by not drinkin?
That little kid who thinks he has his arguments steeped in logic really doesn't understand the ties between christianity and x edge anyway. He has just been calling everyone who doesn't agree with him a "fascist" which in my mind proves the innate hypocrisy in both schools of thought, if any thought is really put into either philosophy anyway.
Wow, good discussion here. Clearly there are overlapping values in straight edge "movements" and Christiantity, just like there are with socialism and christianity. X, like hardcore music in general started as a challenge to the emerging yuppie culture of the '80s and the whole "let's party and be stupid" thing in late capitalist culture. The thing is, it seems a lot of new Xers seem more concerned with the in-group codes and taboos than with positively influencing the world at large.
why does there need to be a movement about people not doing drugs? Isn't it enough to just not do them and get on with your life? It seems to me that it's just a waste of energy and time. Why not start a movement about people who get up off their ass and do stuff as opposed to those who sit on their ass all day? What's the use?
why there's a need for a movement for being republican, democrat or anything? isnt enough just voting or not voting? sxe is not about taking care of your life... is about promoting an alternative lifestyle... and also, I know I said the word "movement" previusly, but it isn't a movement its a lifestyle...
You are way off. Political parties represent political ideals and are in it for power. How is straight edge an "alternative lifestyle" anyway? This country is very much about being against drugs so you guys represent the norm. I just think it's enough to say "I don't do drugs" then move on with your life instead of going to shows and beating up people for smoking cigarettes. You guys act like a bunch of thugs for no good reason.
hey, thanks for that. I really needed to know that I posted 10 comments on this video 2weeks ago. Way to stay on top of current events. By the way, did you know that U.S. astronauts have landed on the moon? Or how about that the Germans lost World War II? Let me know if you have any other up to date information on current events.
What's up with the "let's be Str8 for Jesus" tip sxers are on now? Back when I was Xing, we didn't have this element in our scene at all. For me, X was all about compassion and having a clear mind, like a "Buddhist" outlook on life. The new generation is more Christian fundamentalist, all about hating so called "liberals" and "homos." That's got nothing to do with being straight, imo, that's just being a miserly asshole like 99.999% of the world.
Oh me. Xtian edgers have prob been around almost as long as the original movement. I went edge in 88 after buying a minor threat album and still considered myself xtian. Now I don't, but I don't care if other edgers are religious or not so long as they mind their own biz. Not all xtians (including edgers) are the same.
i second what calibre and kenny have said, not only heteros are granted the chance to think and be cleaner than others.
@ danson obviously it seems as if you have to come to terms that there are other types of people on the face of this planet. then you'll realise that being gay and sxe is possible..
i bet you and your classmates fucked around more than your average gay teenager in secondary school..
what the hell? obviously some of you guys have no idea what you're talking about when it comes to straight edge. Being gay doesn't have anything to do with being straight edge. It doesn't matter what your sexual preference is.
damn you are so simple minded! Why do you think you can´t be straight edge if you´re gay?
Straight edge says "I don´t drink, I don´t smoke, I don´t fuck around" There is nothing that says "Don´t be gay" Being gay is just a different kind of sexuality and you are very poor guys if you think being gay means being sick.... I am gay and I am straight edge! XXX
All the power to you my brother! I personally am straight and straight edge but I am 100% supportive you gay people such as yourself. You deserve all the same rights as everyone else. I salute you. Stay sXe brother.
being straightedge means being absolutely straight no drugs/alcohal/tobacco/being gay because none of those things are strait cmon now im sure all the true straitedgers will agree lets be straightedgeforjesus
i totally agree dude... like i dont have anything against gays like thats your choice but you are not straight edge if you r... no offence 89 but i never met a gay person who didnt fuck around but i guess if your the one that doesnt thats cool SXE FOR LIFE MOTHER FUCKERS!!!!
being straightforjesus???? talk to ian mckaye about that lets see what he thinks about that... haven't you listened any minor threat??? punk and christian things just dont get along... i dont have a problem if your christian... just dont link your religion with sxe...
Dude you're a fucking nazi. Let people think how they want, why does someone or anyone have to see if Ian McKaye is alright with what anyone does?! Also why the fuck do you care? I believe in God and Jesus was a good person who didn't judge anyone. Why should you? The bible is a tool to help people stay one track. The stories have good moral and if someone wants to be staight edge and believe in god then let them. It does not concern you, you are part of this lifestle for yourself no one else
HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! You are a christian straight edge person and you are calling someone else a Nazi? WOW!!! Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!! You guys are the purveyors of brainwashing and telling people what to think.
2. Where did I say I was a Christian?, I said I believe in God and Jesus Christ had done good things. So if thats what a Christian person believes than I guess I'm a Christian, but it's not what they believe. If you just educated yourself a little better you would know what you were talking about
3. I'm not Straight Edge.
4. It's people like you in any subculture that ruin it for other people. Punk music is free thinking
"I believe in God and Jesus was a good person" sounds pretty freaking christian to me. Being christian makes you straight edge by association, unless you are just a hypocrite. I am not straight edge, or punk. I think straight edge is a waste of energy, and I also think christianity is a fallacy. Learn to "critically think" yourself, douche.
If ignorance is bliss you must be really happy. You are a 27 year old moron and i'm really surprised you made it this far in life. Being a Christian makes you Straight Edge? You are aware that not only Christians believe in God right? Did you forget that both Jews and Muslims do too? Did you forget that they also see Jesus as a prophet and in the good sense. Do you know anything? What does God and Straight Edge have to do with one another? They are both positive ways to go about life, dick bag.
Okay, you are off on a tangent that has nothing to do with the topic at hand. Who cares what particular religion believes in God? I don't. christianity touts straight edge values, so the two make good bedfellows. How is anything that I have stated on here ignorant at all? christianity isn't the greatest thing in the world and neither is straight edge, dick bag.
No one said they were the greatest thing in the world. I was merely defending someone else's right to have an opinion. I'm so sorry that it hurt your feelings for me to say that "it's OK to edge and be a christian" but I do forget that their are people like you who can't let other people just be.
You called someone else a Nazi in your comments earlier, and I was putting you in your place by pointing out that christians and straight edge people are the biggest purveyors of Nazi behaviour in this country (besides Nazis themselves). So I guess putting you in your place has touched a nerve, hasn't it?
Dude you paint with too broad of a brush, not all Christians and Straight Edge kids act like that. You can not speak for everyone, I called the kid a Nazi because he bitched some kid out for saying he was a Christian that had Straight Edge values and to answer your question no you haven't touched a nerve. You're the one who looks like an asshole for making these huge generalizations about people of creed and culture. You must be in it for the argument, is that it? Get a job ya fascist prick.
Well, I grew up in a town where there were large numbers of both. Yes, they do act like that. You just did it again. Where do you get off calling anyone a fascist? Christianity is the closest thing to fascism in this country and it is the norm. "Creed and culture" what a joke. You obviously don't know what either of those words mean. By the way, I have a full time job. It's memorial day. Perhaps you should be looking to seek employment if you don't know what day it is.
Dude, I don't care what kinda job you have. The fact is you're an ass and a judgemental one. Creed is religion and Culture is pretty much anything these days. I don't care where you grew up but it seems both topics left a bad taste your mouth, I will agree with you on Neo-Con Christianity is pretty facist and yes there are some hardline straight edge kids that are just as bad but you can't lump everyone together. This is why you are ignorant and it's ok.
"Well, I grew up in a town where there were large numbers of both. Yes, they do act like that" So if you were robbed by one Black guy does that mean all of them will rob you?.So your girl left you for a straight edge guy because he's posi and you're just a pessimistic asshole well I guess all edge kids are pricks so you got molested by a priest well i guess all types of Christians are bad...No sir I see through your bullshit and you're just pathetic. I'm done arguing with you its done.
What the fuck are you talking about? I don't care about straight edge people and what they do. Obviously you have some pent up aggression or it wouldn't take you 3 comments to get your point across. The straight edge lifestyle is very similar to christianity in that they both want to spread their philosophy. Why waste their time with having shows and dancing around like idiots if this wasn't the case? Oh yeah, in many cities around the U.S. they are now considered gangs by the cops.
If I were you I stop because the more you keep talking the more you look like a fool. BTW you're almost 30 time to start acting like it and open your eyes.
Wow!!! LOL!! You are 21 and I am a whole 6 years older than you. I completely agree with you about my age. I have called a group of self righteous violent teenagers who think it'ts their job to force their message on others on their bullshit. I have done that with you as well. I think that's the role that us "older" folks are supposed to play in this world. Thanks for the laughs, you young immature little boy.
straight edge is not having sex right.cmon whut faggots dont do that crap thats dumb bullcrap to have.. you dont kno whut straight edge is.. i hate all even tattoos and piercing and mainstream crap
First of all...its not straightedgers...lol...just Straightedge.....its not a gang its a belief and way of life.....all the straightedge people i know are the most caring good hearted people i know....they all have greats morals and beliefs and are not violent at all unlss provoked .....they in fact are the best people i have ever known ...i love them..
Beliefs are ideologies and ideologies tend to organize and become movements. Some people operating within the ideology of a movement tend to promote it with fascism and violence -- like all movements this has happened within the Straight Edge community. You don't need straight edge to be drug free anymore than you need religion to be a good person. Both are movements readily available as a crutch for those who can't stand alone.
While some throwbacks view straight edge as a movement associated with hardcore music, I think most people today use it purely as a descriptive label. Very few cities even have a hardcore scene as venues tend not to book bands that attract nothing but violent teetotalers. I occasionally refer to myself as straight edge just because it is a simple way to not be offered a drink repeatedly. It's more effective than "I don't drink" simply because there's the implied sincerity of an ideology.
You're fucking retarded. there are hardcore scenes all over the country. Hardcore and straight edge will always be associated. i'd say the vast majority of people who are straight edge are part of the scene.
yeah but without it you got nothin but hey you are an anarchist goin on the net and commenting on sxe is not one of the things i remember it bien anti government so why are you messing with people who also dont need to be an anarchist to hate the government so hippocrite much
Toxicool - err what? I am not exactly sure I understand what you are saying. Just because I sympathize with anarchism doesn't mean that I can only participate in anti-government discussions because being an anarchist doesn't define who I am - I am also a scientist, an atheist, a hiker, a husband and an avid rubik's cube geek. All anarchists are anti-government but not everyone who is anti-government is an anarchist -- did I ever imply otherwise? Perhaps you should clarify your statement.
Your use of the word "hypocrite" is inappropriate (even as a bizarre test for legitimacy) as straight edge and anarchism have non-overlapping ideologies. One is a lifestyle and one is political.
That said, straight edge started within the punk subculture, and anarchism is the political ideology most associated with punk.
Well said. I couldnt agree more. There are alot of people where I am from who will stomp your ass to the ground for drinking a beer at a sxe show (in packs) so sxe has a VERY negative light on them here. I see nothing wrong with sxe but I think you can drink or smoke pot etc in moderation and be just as healthy and clear minded as sxe. A group isnt needed but people DO use religion and such for a crutch because they are weak.
What you say makes sense, and I agree with most of it. However, the whole Straight Edge and religion being a crutch, well I disagree. I can only speak for myself, not everyone that's Edge, but I was living a drug free life before I was Straight Edge, and I claim it not because I can't stand without it, but because I stand for something.
you know you dont need to be punk to be straight edge,i just listen to good old rock nothing else but hey when the crack pipe is handed to me i say no way nigga,im dong sucking peoples dick for an ounce or an 8-ball
Straight edgers stay sober and listen to crappy music and start fights I once heard of a dude wearing a bob marley shirt and puffin on a spliff and straight edgers beat him down bad like 4 on 1, non rightous DORKS! so what if you dont get drunk or high who CARES you dont need to start a GANG basically and exclude yourselves even further from normal people and im sorry but this music is terrible SO not creative at all are you serious hahaha check out my favorites on my profile I D.A.R.E ya!
this is wrong, you know nothing. the majority of straight edge people around the world are positive and clear minded.
the fact that some straight edge kids are very violent has nothing to do with straight edge, it's just the way they are, they just happen to hold these beliefs.
i am straight edge and anti-violent.
P.S. saying punk music isn't creative is one of the most ignorant statements i have ever heard.
well, eaglesdare15, the types of straight edge who beat kids that drink up at shows are called straight hate, which means they'll fuck someone up if they arent straight edge.
im not straight hate, but im proud to be straight edge.
sure i get loads of random hate for saying this. but i dont smoke, drink, do drugs or fuck around. But i dont agree with 'straight edgers' just because they say ther 'straight edge' and slap x's all over them selves, it's like a cult. I've met some real 'straight edge' wankers, the types who beat kids that drink up at shows. The ideal of clean living and responsiblilty are solid, hating someone who doesn't follow your beliefs is the same as extremism and racism in my eyes.and thats my two pence.
Most Hardcore sXe ppl I Know are Vegans And they believe it all about PERSONAL responsibility Meat IS JUSt a poisionous to your body and mind as drugs
no u don't and it's not bad for ur body to eat meat(although some chemicals they inject are but thats with all foods. meat has protine(don't know if i spelled that right) which we need.
I dunno about that, but I do know you have to be an idiot to join a counter culture group that encourages anything but. Being straightedge is against human nature, its against ALL nature. Intoxication is something that all animals will actively seek out once they know how to reproduce it, seeking alternate states of mind are part of nature, quit fighting it. But I suppose some find strength in it, so whatevs, good for you for being sober. I've been clean for 3 months, not by choice.
it's really just a type of conformity that happens to go against what is called the mainstream. perfect example: the poster below with XXXstraightedgerXXX - obviously pretty intent on SHOWING people that he's straight edge. i think it's funny how "lifestyle" people think they're so different, but really the majority of them are just seeking acceptance into a certain group and therefore aren't as different as they may think. end rant.
also i think there's something people enjoy about latching on to a particular lifestyle be it veganism, straight edge, fanatical religion, deadhead, whatever. not that doing so is in itself an especially BAD thing, but it seems to me and probably to alot of other people that it becomes a way of establishing some concrete identity and thus is made with the opinions of others in mind.
Straight edge is what you make of it, punk is anarchistic in nature meaning you build your life with your own set of ethics,and most often these ethics fall closely with other peoples ethics and ideas which create strong bonds and friendships within hardcore. Straight edge is what you make of it
In my opinion, straightedge has nothing to do with tattoos and piercings, but that's just my take on it. To me, straightedge is staying away from drugs, alcohol, promiscuous sex, and I like to put in cigarettes too, but that could just be me. Christianity has a feud with body modification, maybe that's why you're thinking of.
i dont know what the rest thinks, but i think this video is fuckin stupid... sxe lifestyle is not about tattoos or nike shoes or though guy pics, its just not being like the rest of people... fucking theirselves with drugs and alcohol, thats basically it...
and for the hardlines out there, just get over it, you can beat up all the junkies in your town or citie and you still wont be doing shit... just get over it
Straightedge is NOT about making other people straightedge. it's a lifestyle choice that you make for you and you alone, and hopefully others will see you and want to be like you. Mostly you will influence younger kids. If they see you as cooler than the stoners or the ravers, they will follow you.
i hate how people get this impression of straight edge as all hardliners. im veggie, straightedge and a punk, but im cool with my pothead friends cuz i know my brain isnt fried
they choose to do what they do. im not gonna do anything to argue what they think is cool. i just choose not to do that shit. and why do you seem sarcastic. are you one of those hardline assholes who kick the shit outta someone cuz they drank a beer?
I smoke weed all day long and I support this
SlaytanicYisrael 10 months ago
SO CONTINUE TO MAKE YOUR JOKES, AS YOU PARTY IT UP.
JUST REMEMBER, YOU'RE THE ONE, THE ONE WHOSE GETTING FUCKED UP.
XXX
tonyedgex 11 months ago
STRAIGHT EDGE ALL DAY xD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
shiznit96 1 year ago
@TheEverettRyan i used to smoke about 7yrs ago. it was good, but it didn't feel a quarter as good as being in total control and not being one of the weak who do use.
grimmdreadly 1 year ago
@TheEverettRyan I don't understand people saying that cause most straight edge kids don't care about what others do and don't think they're better than anyone else. You're just marginalizing the majority who think straight edge is personal choice. You think 14 year old kids on the Internet talking tough about sxe is the norm. Please think about it again.
Corebyheart 1 year ago
how lame.
TheTrueChuckNorris 1 year ago
im still edge and im twenty five. edge for lifeXXX
grimmdreadly 1 year ago
correct me if im wrong but when ian started this shit his idea was he didnt want to cloud his mind...he wanted to be "straight" all the time... so as not to harm himself mentally or physically...im seeing these kids who have the best of intentions having their lives ripped in 2 from the hatred and i spose ummm propaganda that the sxe scene is involved in... what happened to the posi side of things... fuck this tough guy militant hardline shit and really do it for yourself...
SebastianLacroix1987 2 years ago
@SebastianLacroix1987 It never was an idea. Ian was just writing about his life. People took those two songs totally out of context and created another set of rules that were just as bad as the ones already there.
HoosierMF 1 year ago 2
this song is badass who sings this?
AWSOMO4K 2 years ago
@AWSOMO4K hahahah
SebastianLacroix1987 2 years ago
who doesnt know who sings this
oisociety 1 year ago
Straight edge is cool, but i always feel like the designated driver. and also fuck 0:41 .
fakepoetry 2 years ago 2
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is is rediculous i live in sand diego and now kids in elementry school are getting drunk and high me and a couple of my friends are straight edge we want to give these kids a choice to fuck up there like with drugs and alchohaul or to be edge and apart of something so if you have any advice please message me
straightedgeSD 2 years ago
Just because this person's response is lacking in grammer and is disjointed is no reason to mark it as "spam". Geez!
Krauthamster 2 years ago
Straight Edge is about being true to what you believe regardless of how many haters out there tell you that your pathetic Its not just about not drinking doing drugs or having sex with any thing that moves, its a lot of self realization proving that we can make it through a day without taking the edge off with beer cigs or drugs im 18 years old ive drank myself under the table and ive coughed up tar from cigs and i learned my lesson that i dont need that stuff to live just get over our choices
ArmedWithAMindZRR 2 years ago
sXe is my life....
life is very short... enjoy when you have time!!!
bhaktajose 2 years ago
I don't know why people hate us so much. are people so deprived of activities they have to lash out about the ones of others? i mabye straight edge and I don't go around pouring alcohol free drinks down people's throat. although that would be kind of fun lol. if you like to be drunk thats fine. well i like being straight edge. Mind your own goddamn business!
tessariot 2 years ago
I'll stay drunk and happy if it's all the same to you.
KeithUnderneath 2 years ago
i like people insulting the edges...makes them even further from the crowd lol. That´s a good thing for keep on being antisocial.
people, stop being simplistic, and this goes for every one.
just...try harder to think, not that hard
arkanonark 2 years ago
People always ask why people have so much contempt for straight edge, I think its mostly because its a bunch of frat boy jock meathead types that have big fucking ego problems. Like be straight edge, I'm happy for you but I dont need to hear it every time I enjoy cigerettes booze and drugs about you setting an example bla bla bla
The other thing is some people can take drugs and not be slaves, zombies ect its not our fault Ian Mckaye couldnt hand his drugs.
Whipitonmyjim1234 3 years ago
Straightedge is very personal to me. The only reason I do not like the video is because it seems like we are trying to convince others that this is the best way when straightedge is "thinking for yourself" If Im asked Ill give my stance on it but never try to recruit. It takes a strong will, fighting spirt and much discipline. My son and nephew are proud to be str8edge but we three keep it our own for the most part. pwer to the people-be inspirational but ultimately its their choice.
mjkfreak1 3 years ago
I dont get you straight edge kids...
you don't smoke, you don't drink, you don't have sex why don't you just call yourselves bible kids?
Stewems 3 years ago
MORMONS lmao
H82Sayit 3 years ago
because straight edge kids never gave a shit with religion
BlackMass85 3 years ago 3
Well, I guess its good that your all being well behaved and staying away from the marijuana. I guess its just easier being a complete fucking pussy.
Stewems 2 years ago
your just mad that we are gonna live longer fuller lives then you. There something to think about when your breathing through a tube. If the cops dont catch you first and you become Big Buba's lil girlfriend in prison
Crunkgod66 2 years ago
Well, nice of you too assume i'm a man
Stewems 2 years ago
you can be straight edge and still have sex. were not bible kids. I personally am not intrested in religion though i'm a catholic. some think I'm athiest but i'm not.
frozenhiphop09 2 years ago
Yeah but you kids are just all so wholesome. Kind of like a stupid kitten, cute, but gets annoying after a while.
Stewems 2 years ago
I'm not like that stupid FSU shoving purity down everyone's throat.
frozenhiphop09 2 years ago
Straight Edge isn't about being wholesome, it's a life choice for that specific person. My friend's dad is constantly drunk all the time, and he sees how that is, and he doesn't want to be involved. Just have respect, it'll get you a lot farther than pounding insults behind a keyboard.
MorganandKasey 2 years ago 3
We have sex just not promiscuous sex. also many of us are atheists. it has nothing to with religion. its just bout choosing to keep our bodies free of things we don't need or want and our minds positive and alert.
tessariot 2 years ago
DRINK AND DO DRUGS
H82Sayit 3 years ago
AMEN
STRAIGHT EDGE FAGS GET FUCKED
Stewems 3 years ago
GROW THE FUCK UP.
Seriously, be a man and stop typing insults to people on the internet.
It's fucking lame.
orianiscool 2 years ago 3
no, thank you. I'm fine sober and I'm sure your fine drunk and thats okay do what you like. I'm not gonna jump down your throat for what choices you make unless they affect me negatively. you have every right to drink.
tessariot 2 years ago
bo-o-oring....
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WhatAreSchnitzel 3 years ago
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LOOK MATE I JUST WANNA SAY THAT THE VID YOU POSTED ON YOUTUBE ´BOUT STRAIGHT EDGE GOT SOMETHIN WRONG.i SAW TWO GAY MOTHERFUCKERS IN IT AND SXE KIDS CAN´T BE GAY!IF THEY WANNA BE GAY THEY CAN BE FUCKIN´ EMO.STRAIGHT EDGERS HATE GAY MOTHERFUCKERS,ALRIGHT!
sk8hcpunk 3 years ago
you're wrong pal. that's only Hardliners. SXE has nothing to do with religion or sexual orientation. it's not a set of rules. it's just simply the decision one makes to abstain from drugs, alcohol and rampant, pre-marital sex. so please don't go spouting off in hatred if you don't really know what you're talking about. this is a brotherhood, so stay Posi bro! XXX
silenthillvictim 3 years ago 4
"there's no set of rules. I'm not tellin' you what to do, all I'm saying is I'm thinkin' of three things that are like, so important to our world i don't have to find much importance in"
punklover99 2 years ago
Shut up you fucking bigot dousche bag.. go ride a fucking 4 wheeler around you little genius you
chasesunlight 3 years ago 3
You're wrong. Straight Edge is just about not drinking, not doing drugs including tabacco and not have promiscuous sex.
Corebyheart 3 years ago 4
@Corebyheart Yeah, and being a faggot.
dlewis1498 1 year ago
Rules are for schools, asshole. Leave the negativity out of SXE and don't force your hate down our throats. That's just another poison we don't need.
anklepantsmagazine 3 years ago
FUCKIN´ SHIT!
sk8hcpunk 3 years ago
0:13
Pooper.
wot
xSPLENDAx 3 years ago
BYD vocalist at 00:53. that guys tyhe shit.
musicking564 3 years ago
Lastly, I was there at the start, you weren't, if it weren't for me and people like me there would not have been straightedge, so show some respect. We were straightedge when it was REALLY uncool to do so, we basically made enemies of the entire world including the punk scene that we had embraced before. I think that my split from the scene for a minute was good, I love it more now, and would never leave my ideals again. It takes what it takes I guess, if you were always straight or otherwise.
losangelesblackbird 3 years ago
Hardliners are usually the ones who "break edge" they set unrealistic goals for themselves because they are 14 and don't know any better. I have been straightedge all my life, I have broke edge before, but it is about what you are up to currently and not about holding your breath to impress a bunch of kids at a punk show. There are a million types of interpretations of this great concept and they should all remember to fall along the one and only original concept and that was 'positive choice'.
losangelesblackbird 3 years ago
Although the comment it about 3 months old, I'm happy to hear someone is still Edge out there!
I'm only 16 but I'm pure and plan on staying that way.
Keep it real man.
Bt2BreakSkn 3 years ago 8
until you're 18, you aren't edge
andyisbrootal 3 years ago
andyisbrootal?
there is no rule on what age you can claim age. just because that is the legal age implaced by the government to buy alcohol and cigerretes doesnt mean we are around or pressured by those things.
but hey i dont want to argue your probs heaps br00t4l and lay a b3a7d0wn on me! zomglmao!
faggot...
ryankassulke 2 years ago
but you don't have the ability to walk into any store and buy tobacco when you're 14. so regardless, i don't consider people truly edge until they are atleast 18.. sure you can be pressured, but if some kid is just scared to try it because his / her parents would find out and that said person is 14.. that doesn't make him / her edge.
andyisbrootal 2 years ago
says you i became edge at 15 or so and i fucking new kids drunk off there asses at school threw out the day fuck that shit i wanna live clean and i dont wanna worry about fucking my life up i maybe 19 now but i still am fucking edge so dont try and ram that 18 bullshit down anyone's windpipe you can get booze at a young age i've seen it happen to a lot of kids and what about in parts of thw world that dont give a shit about age to them as long as you have the cash your of age
punklover99 2 years ago
Yeah, cause you cant get any
Stewems 3 years ago
Yeah you keep thinking that dude.
Bt2BreakSkn 3 years ago
@Bt2BreakSkn This kid is an alcoholic by now.
dlewis1498 1 year ago
@dlewis1498 Nope. Still edge 2 years later and puroud to be so. Year your words man. ;)
Bt2BreakSkn 1 year ago
@Bt2BreakSkn Oh, not an alcoholic, just a faggot.
dlewis1498 1 year ago
@dlewis1498 Lol keep thinking what you want. Just remember you're talking to someone who's actually got the balls to stick to something. Grow up man. I don't get on your case for not being edge do I? No, so get off your highhorse and shut tue fuck up.
Bt2BreakSkn 1 year ago
@Bt2BreakSkn Well I'm glad you can think you're cool for being a robot and not having to actually think. I wish I was so easy to please.
dlewis1498 1 year ago
@dlewis1498 lol nope I don't need to think, I'm with how my life is. I guess you not being happy is your own problem It'd probably be a lot better if you didn't randomly attack people who don't believe the same thing you do. hah.
Bt2BreakSkn 1 year ago
As far as 'breaking edge' is concerned, almost all of the founding individuals drank and or used drugs and then made a positive choice, thatw as the whole point. I guess you would understand that if you were a little older. In the beginning just making that choice was the hard part and doing it for yourself not for some group of highschool kids who had never done anything before being straightedge. This is not to say that tyou have to have drank or did drugs, it takes all kinds so open your mind
losangelesblackbird 3 years ago
And this shall pass too...
icey0076 3 years ago
idiots
Every1ShouldBeKilled 3 years ago
i dont get what this video is. is it a trailer for a movie? it just looked like it was showing different kinds of people who are straightedge.
punkdude543 3 years ago
it's a photo book it's pretty cool it's just showing sXe people from all walks of life
punklover99 2 years ago 2
i know two people in that book that are on this video and they both break edge constently and its bull shit done claim edge unless your edge. you cant just break edge when you want then re-edge every week. and fuck people who talk shit about edge your all faggot ass fucks
lilsamg 3 years ago 4
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straight edgers are queers, but this sexyoctopus guy does talk to much.
mostar1 3 years ago
I DONT GET IT!!!
rpech2 3 years ago
Straight Edge is just a lifestyle and a choice. Don't bring religion into this. I don't think straight edge has anything to do with religion. It's just a choice made when people get sick of seeing what happens to people because of drugs, alcohol and promiscuity
Honda047 3 years ago 4
When is photographer Ramon going to take pictures of alcoholic, sex-addicted potheads like me.
TheForeteller 3 years ago
choose ur life. leave others live theirs.
wpbrdr 3 years ago
ok samsamadhi ur a fucking idiot.
Yes people should not impose their views or lifestyle on others. but you cant generalise about SXE people, some edge kids are crazy dicks but so are extreme fundamentalists of any kind. and get over the whole ties to christianity thing, u do not hav to be christian to be edge and not all christians are fucking missionaries either
sexyoctopussnacks 3 years ago
did yo ever consider it could just be ther personal choice what they choose to follow?critisizing x for nazi behaviour? are you fucking serious after you categorise them all and give them shit.
sexyoctopussnacks 3 years ago
you little hipocrite bitch.
maybe u shuld focus on not trying to impose YOUR moral code on all of us.
crasshole is the only one here with a substantiated argument.
samsamadhi: eat shit x
sexyoctopussnacks 3 years ago
dude you guys talk so damn much, just stay true and stop acting like you guys have some type of gold nugget. you all make me laugh.
Angelxedge 3 years ago
This has an antecedent in religeon, and is what is known as fundamentalism. It is a disengaging from the core moral task of improving oneself by rising up against the wicked and oppressive forces of the day, and a lapse into thuggish sectarianism. Save your anger for the police, Bush and corporate power, whether someone else enjoys a drink every now and then isn't the central issue at all.
On that note, isn't wine an important sacrament in Christianity? Do you not reject Jesus by not drinkin?
ariekanibalie 3 years ago
That little kid who thinks he has his arguments steeped in logic really doesn't understand the ties between christianity and x edge anyway. He has just been calling everyone who doesn't agree with him a "fascist" which in my mind proves the innate hypocrisy in both schools of thought, if any thought is really put into either philosophy anyway.
subsamadhi 3 years ago
Wow, good discussion here. Clearly there are overlapping values in straight edge "movements" and Christiantity, just like there are with socialism and christianity. X, like hardcore music in general started as a challenge to the emerging yuppie culture of the '80s and the whole "let's party and be stupid" thing in late capitalist culture. The thing is, it seems a lot of new Xers seem more concerned with the in-group codes and taboos than with positively influencing the world at large.
ariekanibalie 3 years ago
ok so there's a soldier while there's a minor threat song playing... somewhere ian mckaye is watching this and saying wtf!!!
XpachoXelmoX 3 years ago
*sigh* like soldiers can't be edge? And us kids that were military brats...yeah yeah yeah...
Krauthamster 2 years ago
why does there need to be a movement about people not doing drugs? Isn't it enough to just not do them and get on with your life? It seems to me that it's just a waste of energy and time. Why not start a movement about people who get up off their ass and do stuff as opposed to those who sit on their ass all day? What's the use?
subsamadhi 3 years ago
why there's a need for a movement for being republican, democrat or anything? isnt enough just voting or not voting? sxe is not about taking care of your life... is about promoting an alternative lifestyle... and also, I know I said the word "movement" previusly, but it isn't a movement its a lifestyle...
XpachoXelmoX 3 years ago
You are way off. Political parties represent political ideals and are in it for power. How is straight edge an "alternative lifestyle" anyway? This country is very much about being against drugs so you guys represent the norm. I just think it's enough to say "I don't do drugs" then move on with your life instead of going to shows and beating up people for smoking cigarettes. You guys act like a bunch of thugs for no good reason.
subsamadhi 3 years ago
dude you've posted 10 fuckin comments on this video. get a life.
metalmunky44 3 years ago
hey, thanks for that. I really needed to know that I posted 10 comments on this video 2weeks ago. Way to stay on top of current events. By the way, did you know that U.S. astronauts have landed on the moon? Or how about that the Germans lost World War II? Let me know if you have any other up to date information on current events.
subsamadhi 3 years ago
What's up with the "let's be Str8 for Jesus" tip sxers are on now? Back when I was Xing, we didn't have this element in our scene at all. For me, X was all about compassion and having a clear mind, like a "Buddhist" outlook on life. The new generation is more Christian fundamentalist, all about hating so called "liberals" and "homos." That's got nothing to do with being straight, imo, that's just being a miserly asshole like 99.999% of the world.
ariekanibalie 3 years ago
Oh me. Xtian edgers have prob been around almost as long as the original movement. I went edge in 88 after buying a minor threat album and still considered myself xtian. Now I don't, but I don't care if other edgers are religious or not so long as they mind their own biz. Not all xtians (including edgers) are the same.
Krauthamster 2 years ago
wtf is xtian, never heard of it before
333tarynsxe333 2 years ago
@333tarynsxe333 xtian is just short for Christian.
Krauthamster 2 years ago
thanks!
333tarynsxe333 2 years ago
sorry, i meant "that's not a good a good excuse NOT to think that.."
mrjohnsoda 3 years ago
i second what calibre and kenny have said, not only heteros are granted the chance to think and be cleaner than others.
@ danson obviously it seems as if you have to come to terms that there are other types of people on the face of this planet. then you'll realise that being gay and sxe is possible..
i bet you and your classmates fucked around more than your average gay teenager in secondary school..
mrjohnsoda 3 years ago
now, i know that gays fuck around a lot, but that's not a good excuse to think that there could be someone that makes the difference!
mrjohnsoda 3 years ago
what the hell? obviously some of you guys have no idea what you're talking about when it comes to straight edge. Being gay doesn't have anything to do with being straight edge. It doesn't matter what your sexual preference is.
kennylimppo 3 years ago
STRIGHT edge
danson22708 3 years ago
damn you are so simple minded! Why do you think you can´t be straight edge if you´re gay?
Straight edge says "I don´t drink, I don´t smoke, I don´t fuck around" There is nothing that says "Don´t be gay" Being gay is just a different kind of sexuality and you are very poor guys if you think being gay means being sick.... I am gay and I am straight edge! XXX
89calibre 3 years ago
All the power to you my brother! I personally am straight and straight edge but I am 100% supportive you gay people such as yourself. You deserve all the same rights as everyone else. I salute you. Stay sXe brother.
Honda047 3 years ago
you are truly gay urself and all who are gay will be in hell where there is weeping and nashing of teeth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
terrysullystraitedge 3 years ago
being straightedge means being absolutely straight no drugs/alcohal/tobacco/being gay because none of those things are strait cmon now im sure all the true straitedgers will agree lets be straightedgeforjesus
terrysullystraitedge 3 years ago
i totally agree dude... like i dont have anything against gays like thats your choice but you are not straight edge if you r... no offence 89 but i never met a gay person who didnt fuck around but i guess if your the one that doesnt thats cool SXE FOR LIFE MOTHER FUCKERS!!!!
danson22708 3 years ago
being straightforjesus???? talk to ian mckaye about that lets see what he thinks about that... haven't you listened any minor threat??? punk and christian things just dont get along... i dont have a problem if your christian... just dont link your religion with sxe...
XpachoXelmoX 3 years ago
Dude you're a fucking nazi. Let people think how they want, why does someone or anyone have to see if Ian McKaye is alright with what anyone does?! Also why the fuck do you care? I believe in God and Jesus was a good person who didn't judge anyone. Why should you? The bible is a tool to help people stay one track. The stories have good moral and if someone wants to be staight edge and believe in god then let them. It does not concern you, you are part of this lifestle for yourself no one else
Crasshole1986 3 years ago
HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! You are a christian straight edge person and you are calling someone else a Nazi? WOW!!! Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!! You guys are the purveyors of brainwashing and telling people what to think.
subsamadhi 3 years ago
I see I have to put you in your place.
1. Learn to "Critically Think"
2. Where did I say I was a Christian?, I said I believe in God and Jesus Christ had done good things. So if thats what a Christian person believes than I guess I'm a Christian, but it's not what they believe. If you just educated yourself a little better you would know what you were talking about
3. I'm not Straight Edge.
4. It's people like you in any subculture that ruin it for other people. Punk music is free thinking
Crasshole1986 3 years ago
"I believe in God and Jesus was a good person" sounds pretty freaking christian to me. Being christian makes you straight edge by association, unless you are just a hypocrite. I am not straight edge, or punk. I think straight edge is a waste of energy, and I also think christianity is a fallacy. Learn to "critically think" yourself, douche.
subsamadhi 3 years ago
If ignorance is bliss you must be really happy. You are a 27 year old moron and i'm really surprised you made it this far in life. Being a Christian makes you Straight Edge? You are aware that not only Christians believe in God right? Did you forget that both Jews and Muslims do too? Did you forget that they also see Jesus as a prophet and in the good sense. Do you know anything? What does God and Straight Edge have to do with one another? They are both positive ways to go about life, dick bag.
Crasshole1986 3 years ago
Okay, you are off on a tangent that has nothing to do with the topic at hand. Who cares what particular religion believes in God? I don't. christianity touts straight edge values, so the two make good bedfellows. How is anything that I have stated on here ignorant at all? christianity isn't the greatest thing in the world and neither is straight edge, dick bag.
subsamadhi 3 years ago
No one said they were the greatest thing in the world. I was merely defending someone else's right to have an opinion. I'm so sorry that it hurt your feelings for me to say that "it's OK to edge and be a christian" but I do forget that their are people like you who can't let other people just be.
Crasshole1986 3 years ago
You called someone else a Nazi in your comments earlier, and I was putting you in your place by pointing out that christians and straight edge people are the biggest purveyors of Nazi behaviour in this country (besides Nazis themselves). So I guess putting you in your place has touched a nerve, hasn't it?
subsamadhi 3 years ago
Dude you paint with too broad of a brush, not all Christians and Straight Edge kids act like that. You can not speak for everyone, I called the kid a Nazi because he bitched some kid out for saying he was a Christian that had Straight Edge values and to answer your question no you haven't touched a nerve. You're the one who looks like an asshole for making these huge generalizations about people of creed and culture. You must be in it for the argument, is that it? Get a job ya fascist prick.
Crasshole1986 3 years ago
Well, I grew up in a town where there were large numbers of both. Yes, they do act like that. You just did it again. Where do you get off calling anyone a fascist? Christianity is the closest thing to fascism in this country and it is the norm. "Creed and culture" what a joke. You obviously don't know what either of those words mean. By the way, I have a full time job. It's memorial day. Perhaps you should be looking to seek employment if you don't know what day it is.
subsamadhi 3 years ago
Dude, I don't care what kinda job you have. The fact is you're an ass and a judgemental one. Creed is religion and Culture is pretty much anything these days. I don't care where you grew up but it seems both topics left a bad taste your mouth, I will agree with you on Neo-Con Christianity is pretty facist and yes there are some hardline straight edge kids that are just as bad but you can't lump everyone together. This is why you are ignorant and it's ok.
Crasshole1986 3 years ago
"Well, I grew up in a town where there were large numbers of both. Yes, they do act like that" So if you were robbed by one Black guy does that mean all of them will rob you?.So your girl left you for a straight edge guy because he's posi and you're just a pessimistic asshole well I guess all edge kids are pricks so you got molested by a priest well i guess all types of Christians are bad...No sir I see through your bullshit and you're just pathetic. I'm done arguing with you its done.
Crasshole1986 3 years ago
What the fuck are you talking about? I don't care about straight edge people and what they do. Obviously you have some pent up aggression or it wouldn't take you 3 comments to get your point across. The straight edge lifestyle is very similar to christianity in that they both want to spread their philosophy. Why waste their time with having shows and dancing around like idiots if this wasn't the case? Oh yeah, in many cities around the U.S. they are now considered gangs by the cops.
subsamadhi 3 years ago
If I were you I stop because the more you keep talking the more you look like a fool. BTW you're almost 30 time to start acting like it and open your eyes.
Crasshole1986 3 years ago
Wow!!! LOL!! You are 21 and I am a whole 6 years older than you. I completely agree with you about my age. I have called a group of self righteous violent teenagers who think it'ts their job to force their message on others on their bullshit. I have done that with you as well. I think that's the role that us "older" folks are supposed to play in this world. Thanks for the laughs, you young immature little boy.
subsamadhi 3 years ago
what the fucking shit are those gay people fucking doing in this video if you are gay then your defintly not sxe
danson22708 3 years ago
right on brother right on !!!!!!!!!amen to that
terrysullystraitedge 3 years ago
straight edge is not having sex right.cmon whut faggots dont do that crap thats dumb bullcrap to have.. you dont kno whut straight edge is.. i hate all even tattoos and piercing and mainstream crap
terrysullystraitedge 3 years ago
y the gay fags in the vid? if ur a gay u should do as much drugs just because ur on the road 2 hell anyway
terrysullystraitedge 3 years ago
Wow, now you are the kind of person who helps to tear our world down. Good job dirtbag
Honda047 3 years ago
First of all...its not straightedgers...lol...just Straightedge.....its not a gang its a belief and way of life.....all the straightedge people i know are the most caring good hearted people i know....they all have greats morals and beliefs and are not violent at all unlss provoked .....they in fact are the best people i have ever known ...i love them..
sinchute 3 years ago
Beliefs are ideologies and ideologies tend to organize and become movements. Some people operating within the ideology of a movement tend to promote it with fascism and violence -- like all movements this has happened within the Straight Edge community. You don't need straight edge to be drug free anymore than you need religion to be a good person. Both are movements readily available as a crutch for those who can't stand alone.
anarchopinko 3 years ago 4
While some throwbacks view straight edge as a movement associated with hardcore music, I think most people today use it purely as a descriptive label. Very few cities even have a hardcore scene as venues tend not to book bands that attract nothing but violent teetotalers. I occasionally refer to myself as straight edge just because it is a simple way to not be offered a drink repeatedly. It's more effective than "I don't drink" simply because there's the implied sincerity of an ideology.
telethon123 3 years ago
I am find with it being labeled as a lifestyle choice - just not a movement.
anarchopinko 3 years ago
You're fucking retarded. there are hardcore scenes all over the country. Hardcore and straight edge will always be associated. i'd say the vast majority of people who are straight edge are part of the scene.
XjocyhxcX 3 years ago
yeah but without it you got nothin but hey you are an anarchist goin on the net and commenting on sxe is not one of the things i remember it bien anti government so why are you messing with people who also dont need to be an anarchist to hate the government so hippocrite much
TOXIC00L 3 years ago
Toxicool - err what? I am not exactly sure I understand what you are saying. Just because I sympathize with anarchism doesn't mean that I can only participate in anti-government discussions because being an anarchist doesn't define who I am - I am also a scientist, an atheist, a hiker, a husband and an avid rubik's cube geek. All anarchists are anti-government but not everyone who is anti-government is an anarchist -- did I ever imply otherwise? Perhaps you should clarify your statement.
anarchopinko 3 years ago
nah i was just tring to see if you were legit and you apparently are
TOXIC00L 3 years ago
Your use of the word "hypocrite" is inappropriate (even as a bizarre test for legitimacy) as straight edge and anarchism have non-overlapping ideologies. One is a lifestyle and one is political.
That said, straight edge started within the punk subculture, and anarchism is the political ideology most associated with punk.
telethon123 3 years ago
yeah dude you are right
TOXIC00L 3 years ago
Well said. I couldnt agree more. There are alot of people where I am from who will stomp your ass to the ground for drinking a beer at a sxe show (in packs) so sxe has a VERY negative light on them here. I see nothing wrong with sxe but I think you can drink or smoke pot etc in moderation and be just as healthy and clear minded as sxe. A group isnt needed but people DO use religion and such for a crutch because they are weak.
UcanbeGOD 3 years ago
you fucking hit the nail on the head brother that is one of the most intelligent comments i have ever heard
clive75 3 years ago
What you say makes sense, and I agree with most of it. However, the whole Straight Edge and religion being a crutch, well I disagree. I can only speak for myself, not everyone that's Edge, but I was living a drug free life before I was Straight Edge, and I claim it not because I can't stand without it, but because I stand for something.
MykeDoubleU 3 years ago
Don't smoke
Don't drink
Don't fuck
At least I can fucking think
I can't keep up
Out of step with the world
Zackkbum 3 years ago
the older version he used to say I DONT SMOKE I DONT DRINK I DONT DONT FUCK. weird how he changes it from a personal note, to more of a command.
mikeanvari 3 years ago
i am straight edge.
to me, hardcore straight edge is pretty much thugs without the drugs.
im more into the soft core-hippie straight edge.
:]
xXxforlifee-
peace.
abbeyisapunkrocker 3 years ago
hippie straight edge, kinda of a oxymoron eh.
drylips1 3 years ago
hah, yeahh, i guess. but it works for me mann.
abbeyisapunkrocker 3 years ago
you know you dont need to be punk to be straight edge,i just listen to good old rock nothing else but hey when the crack pipe is handed to me i say no way nigga,im dong sucking peoples dick for an ounce or an 8-ball
blacklabel718 3 years ago
so who the fuck are all these people again?
xthekamikazex 3 years ago
Straight edgers stay sober and listen to crappy music and start fights I once heard of a dude wearing a bob marley shirt and puffin on a spliff and straight edgers beat him down bad like 4 on 1, non rightous DORKS! so what if you dont get drunk or high who CARES you dont need to start a GANG basically and exclude yourselves even further from normal people and im sorry but this music is terrible SO not creative at all are you serious hahaha check out my favorites on my profile I D.A.R.E ya!
KDAWGx7777777 3 years ago
this is wrong, you know nothing. the majority of straight edge people around the world are positive and clear minded.
the fact that some straight edge kids are very violent has nothing to do with straight edge, it's just the way they are, they just happen to hold these beliefs.
i am straight edge and anti-violent.
P.S. saying punk music isn't creative is one of the most ignorant statements i have ever heard.
DANxCHORIN 3 years ago
Ya I KNOW GEEZ Im just farkin with ya Im sorry but most punk sounds the same to me and I listen to alot of music....ps. stay positive
KDAWGx7777777 3 years ago
well, eaglesdare15, the types of straight edge who beat kids that drink up at shows are called straight hate, which means they'll fuck someone up if they arent straight edge.
im not straight hate, but im proud to be straight edge.
-xxx james
JamesX24X 3 years ago
sure i get loads of random hate for saying this. but i dont smoke, drink, do drugs or fuck around. But i dont agree with 'straight edgers' just because they say ther 'straight edge' and slap x's all over them selves, it's like a cult. I've met some real 'straight edge' wankers, the types who beat kids that drink up at shows. The ideal of clean living and responsiblilty are solid, hating someone who doesn't follow your beliefs is the same as extremism and racism in my eyes.and thats my two pence.
eaglesdare15 3 years ago
i want to do yoga.
OneManArmy1421 3 years ago
you dont have to be vegan to be sxe
i have been sxe for a long time
personally, i am vegan.
but you dont have to be vegan,
so shut your mouth cuz you dont know what your talking about
dubshotmitch 3 years ago
You Have To be A Vegan To Be sXe
imbored77 3 years ago
no, you don't have to be vegan to be straight edge.
audiopixel 3 years ago
no, you don't have to be vegan to be straight edge.
audiopixel 3 years ago
Yeah You Do
imbored77 3 years ago
you dont. man you clearly dont get sxe do you?
it aint nessecary. although staying off drugs, ciggs and booze is required
james619 3 years ago
Most Hardcore sXe ppl I Know are Vegans And they believe it all about PERSONAL responsibility Meat IS JUSt a poisionous to your body and mind as drugs
imbored77 3 years ago
no u don't and it's not bad for ur body to eat meat(although some chemicals they inject are but thats with all foods. meat has protine(don't know if i spelled that right) which we need.
haltdieklappe3 3 years ago
you can get protein from a lot of things.
danson22708 3 years ago
I dunno about that, but I do know you have to be an idiot to join a counter culture group that encourages anything but. Being straightedge is against human nature, its against ALL nature. Intoxication is something that all animals will actively seek out once they know how to reproduce it, seeking alternate states of mind are part of nature, quit fighting it. But I suppose some find strength in it, so whatevs, good for you for being sober. I've been clean for 3 months, not by choice.
rootman1987 3 years ago
"the only thing more ridiculous than a straight edge movement is an anti-straight edge movement."
Bosxe 4 years ago 2
right on! anti-straight edgers are dumb, rediculous and are a slave and prisoners of thier own self.
stay clean.
stay true.
sxe for life.
my commitment and i hope you make the right choice too, whoever is reading thjis comment.
james619 3 years ago
wheres Sweet Pete?
DANxCHORIN 4 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
straight edge people can suck my dick
vforlove 4 years ago
laugh out loud then why are you watching a SXE video? ray cappo shat sxe out his ass
allzinc1989 4 years ago
it's really just a type of conformity that happens to go against what is called the mainstream. perfect example: the poster below with XXXstraightedgerXXX - obviously pretty intent on SHOWING people that he's straight edge. i think it's funny how "lifestyle" people think they're so different, but really the majority of them are just seeking acceptance into a certain group and therefore aren't as different as they may think. end rant.
tame1999 4 years ago
also i think there's something people enjoy about latching on to a particular lifestyle be it veganism, straight edge, fanatical religion, deadhead, whatever. not that doing so is in itself an especially BAD thing, but it seems to me and probably to alot of other people that it becomes a way of establishing some concrete identity and thus is made with the opinions of others in mind.
tame1999 4 years ago 3
Straight edge is what you make of it, punk is anarchistic in nature meaning you build your life with your own set of ethics,and most often these ethics fall closely with other peoples ethics and ideas which create strong bonds and friendships within hardcore. Straight edge is what you make of it
Xanderthedestroyer 4 years ago
Is it Straight Edge to have your body pierced or tatooed?I don't think so
XXXStraightEdgerXXX 4 years ago
In my opinion, straightedge has nothing to do with tattoos and piercings, but that's just my take on it. To me, straightedge is staying away from drugs, alcohol, promiscuous sex, and I like to put in cigarettes too, but that could just be me. Christianity has a feud with body modification, maybe that's why you're thinking of.
radXcore99 4 years ago
i dont know what the rest thinks, but i think this video is fuckin stupid... sxe lifestyle is not about tattoos or nike shoes or though guy pics, its just not being like the rest of people... fucking theirselves with drugs and alcohol, thats basically it...
and for the hardlines out there, just get over it, you can beat up all the junkies in your town or citie and you still wont be doing shit... just get over it
XpachoXelmoX 4 years ago 3
Straightedge is NOT about making other people straightedge. it's a lifestyle choice that you make for you and you alone, and hopefully others will see you and want to be like you. Mostly you will influence younger kids. If they see you as cooler than the stoners or the ravers, they will follow you.
Lead by Example, and the rest will follow
FlashRave 4 years ago 2
i hate how people get this impression of straight edge as all hardliners. im veggie, straightedge and a punk, but im cool with my pothead friends cuz i know my brain isnt fried
gspathis 4 years ago
rrrigghhtt, and i'm sure if you told them that they'd definitely be cool with you.
tame1999 4 years ago
they choose to do what they do. im not gonna do anything to argue what they think is cool. i just choose not to do that shit. and why do you seem sarcastic. are you one of those hardline assholes who kick the shit outta someone cuz they drank a beer?
gspathis 4 years ago