Straight Edge

I made the decision years ago not to drink/smoke/do drugs... and I don't want to sound like an idiot but even if the opportunity was there to sleep around I wouldn't anyway. I decided all this before I'd even heard of straight-edge, infact I only found out about it last night when I was hanging out with my drinking, smoking friends.

And I'm pleased that the term straight edge is about because it means I have something easier to say if anybody offers me any of the above.

I also appreciate that for some people it's part of the whole non-conformity thing, like following the emo trend... Where they are conforming to non-conformity, if you get what I mean.

But it's unfair to assume that 'straight-edgers' go around in gangs beating the crap out of people because they're smoking. All my friends drink, and all my friends smoke, and most of my friends'll happily sleep around... I just sit there with my bottle of water and enjoy myself like they do.

So you folks on here that call us fags/losers can sod off because that's simply not true in all cases.

THIS DID NOT HAPPEN, BUT HYPERTHETICALLY/BORINGLY:

Friend of mine before he knew me: D'you drink?
Me: No.
Friend of mine before he knew me: D'you smoke?
Me: No.
Friend of mine before he knew me: D'you do drugs?
Me: No.
Friend of mine before he knew me: So you're straight edge then?
Me: Urm, I guess so.
Friend of mine before he knew me: Cool, I respect that.
Me: That's good then, I also respect your decisions.

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