Happy Edge Day, or whatever.

[zeroenthusiasm]

"Edge Day" is a really silly concept to me, but it’s honestly making me all sappy and sentimental about straightedge today.

Before I knew what straightedge was, I only knew what Xs on the back of your hand meant: that you didn’t drink, smoke, or do drugs. I learned this through an unlikely source: Bif Naked, a female-fronted alt-rock band, whose

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[anonymous]

i know the true meaning of straightedge and you people are sick fucks.

[zeroenthusiasm]

Could you please share with me what you think the "true meaning" of straightedge is and what about it makes us "sick fucks"?

[anonymous]

i'd rather not describe its true meaning in a public journal due
as it is a secret within the circle you keep. then it wouldn't any longer be a secret. and as far as being sick fucks we all can read your journal and come to that conclusion.

[zeroenthusiasm]

Yoda, Matt, and I are laughing so hard at this.

So are we, like, the Illuminati, or... ?

[anonymous]

hypocritical lives blaming others in the wake of your own failures. racists. cheers to that happy edge day!!!!

[zeroenthusiasm]

I don't know what this is trying to say. I do not see in what way I or other straightedgers are hypocritical, nor how it is in any way a blame game of some sort. Could you elaborate?

I have recently come across a few white supremacy scumbags on sites like Tumblr who are straightedge, but straightedge itself has no origins in any community centered around racism. I'm certainly anti-racist, myself, and have several friends who are both straightedge and of color. In fact, one of the reasons I am sober is to boycott industries that have historically preyed on marginalized people.

[anonymous]

whats funny about it? should i become a comedian?

[zeroenthusiasm]

Because the comment was absurd. You have to be trolling or something. Straightedge isn't some secret society. And if it is, how do you know our secret meaning if you yourself aren't straightedge?!

[anonymous]

i know your secret meaning not because i am straightedge but because you cannot be sober in order to know the secrets.you know these hypocritical tendencies of yours and the name game you play. you're just too pompous and power hungry to admit it. not so much a secret society...rather a society who hates secrets with an antisocial nature. you only converse with those you know personally while you ask double negative questions to people like myself to impress those you associate with.