First thing you noticed when you became edge ?

[xWiglex]

When you withdraw all that poison from you'r life , surely you fell different !


FOR ME : In the first days i had major withdrawal signs of caffeine ( i was a major addict ) . My mind bacame clearer , and my mind started working like an overclocked computer ( the casual alcohol intake slowed me down i think.. my best friend just made me do it , so that i don't stand out in the crowd too mutch ) .

[xCrucialDudex]

I felt like my mind was super clear like I've got a second cpu core on top off existing one and as a result gained an abundance of energy and power. The problem at that point was that I wasn't really prepared to deal with such a performance boost so I spent some time figuring out the productive ways to apply this energy.

I used to smoke (heavily) and drink alcohol (moderately) but when I decided to quit doing all those things (I didn't even heard a word about straight edge at that point; I just made up my mind and realized that those were the things I had never actually wanted in my life and primarily they were existing due to absence of firm position on these issues and peer pressure) so when I quit those leisure activities I had a lot of free time and abundance of engergy at my disposal as a result, withdrawal syndromes to fight, peer pressure and a few habits to break and to develop some good new ones.

I can still remember this very clearly. It was like living the same but longer days, living throught the same yet longer hours, more thoughts in my head, more energy.

I still often feel like hyperactive throughout my days even though I don't even do much physical exercise.

The clarity of mind rules.

Oh, hardcore music itself and lyrics give such a decent kick-start to a mental performance actually. Combined with clear mind, one that is free of influence of substances such as tobacco, alcohol, drugs and is sound from a mental health perspective, this yields a super charged brain.

[Pilaf]

That's a very hard question for me to answer.

I was always sober and never wanted to fit in much anyway...I claimed at a very young age initially too. I found out about sXe on the internet way back in late 1996. I was only twelve at the time.

I guess since I was going through that initial "edge as fuck" stage so many of us went through when we first claimed, about the only thing I noticed was that people hated me a lot for who I was, except maybe moreso because I was negative and elitist about it. But time, education and experience have softened those characteristics.

[straightXed]

I think the first thing i noticed was the look on my friends face that was asking me to elaborate after i had just said something along the lines of "yeah, i'm pretty much just straightedge".

I also noticed how people in the UK do most socialising in the presence of alcohol and it is incredibly hard for them to comprehend a fun evening out that doesn't involve a pub visit.

[xCrucialDudex]

I also noticed how people in the UK do most socialising in the presence of alcohol and it is incredibly hard for them to comprehend a fun evening out that doesn't involve a pub visit.

Same here. This kinda sucks and frankly pisses me off a bit. Most people just can't seem to enjoy their lives without getting drunk and/or high. As you pointed out "socializing in the presence of alcohol" seems like the overwhelmingly only way to "have fun" and "kill some time". It's kinda even sad.

[mouseman004]

I'll have to agree with Ed here. I started to notice how much everybody drinks and how it is pretty much impossible to convince anybody to go out on a Friday or Saturday night and do something that doesn't invovle a bar or alcohol.

[Pilaf]

I also noticed how people in the UK do most socialising in the presence of alcohol and it is incredibly hard for them to comprehend a fun evening out that doesn't involve a pub visit.

That's true of most places in the developed world, it seems.

It's especially sad and true here in rural Tennessee. Everyone is on something..it's either alcohol or meth, and so many young people under 30 take up smoking. If you try to do something alternative for recreation like gaming or art you're labeled a freak.

Worse yet we don't have anything resembling a scene of any kind for about 100 square miles around my town. You pretty much have to be in either Nashville, Memphis or other bigger cities to even see a Hardcore show, much less a straight edge show.

[straightXed]

That's true of most places in the developed world, it seems.

It's especially sad and true here in rural Tennessee. Everyone is on something..it's either alcohol or meth, and so many young people under 30 take up smoking. If you try to do something alternative for recreation like gaming or art you're labeled a freak.

Worse yet we don't have anything resembling a scene of any kind for about 100 square miles around my town. You pretty much have to be in either Nashville, Memphis or other bigger cities to even see a Hardcore show, much less a straight edge show.

i dunno, from my experience it seems less so in some parts of the US. Pubs just seem to be a much larger part of culture here than they are there, i mean everything involves Pubs like everyday people i work with leave to go to the pub then when we have any works do it ends up in the pub or starts in the pub. A lot of places you eat are pubs foremost or have bars in them, people plan there days off around going to the pub, pubs are meeting points for everything pretty much. Wanna watch the football, go to the pub, wanna watch the rugby, go to the pub, got family visiting, lets go to the pub. I speak to hundreds of people daily and often they ask about local pubs and there is genuine disbelief to hear that someone doesn't go to pubs or clubs even at my age. I found that in the US a lot of social interaction was had by eating out, in fact i eat out so much in america and don't think i have actually been to a pub there. I often go to pubs here in comparison although i rarely go in comparison to people here, i mean most venues for straightedge hardcore shows here are pubs!!!

[xsecx]

Worse yet we don't have anything resembling a scene of any kind for about 100 square miles around my town. You pretty much have to be in either Nashville, Memphis or other bigger cities to even see a Hardcore show, much less a straight edge show.

then you should move.

[xCrucialDudex]

I speak to hundreds of people daily

Like literally?

[straightXed]

Like literally?

yes.

[xCrucialDudex]

yes.

How do you manage to do that? Is this work related?

[straightXed]

How do you manage to do that? Is this work related?

i manage it just fine.

[xCrucialDudex]

Alright, I meant to say that for me personally "hundreds of people daily" sounds like a huge number. Real huge. I can hardly remember talking to even fifty people in a single day. Even if I factor in brief and short greetings it still would be hard not to lie if I say "a hundred of people". So, I'm wondering what exactly this is that lets you meet so many people and enables you to actually talk with them on a daily basis.

[straightXed]

Alright, I meant to say that for me personally "hundreds of people daily" sounds like a huge number. Real huge. I can hardly remember talking to even fifty people in a single day. Even if I factor in brief and short greetings it still would be hard not to lie if I say "a hundred of people". So, I'm wondering what exactly this is that lets you meet so many people and enables you to actually talk with them on a daily basis.


Doesn't seem so huge to me.

[xCrucialDudex]

Doesn't seem so huge to me.

You didn't answer the question actually.

[straightXed]

You didn't answer the question actually.

You didn't ask one.

[xCrucialDudex]

You didn't ask one.

Now you just ignore it.

[straightXed]

Now you just ignore it.

yeah, thats right, i'm ignoring the question you didn't ask!!

[D1988]

Ed, how do you manage to speak to literally hundreds of different people each day in your life?

[straightXed]

Ed, how do you manage to speak to literally hundreds of different people each day in your life?

I manage it just fine, its really not much of a task...if you asked me to remember all their names then i would struggle.