Quote Originally Posted by dejayou30
i claimed straightedge at age 16 until i was 20. then i decided i wanted to know what it was like to be drunk. i wasn't really into the whole hardcore scene like most straightedgers and i never marked my hands with X's or anything stupid. i was just a normal person that chose not to drink, smoke, or do drugs. i fucked my girlfriend at the time like it was my job though. i don't think its a bad thing, one of my best friends is straightedge and hangs out while we drink and smoke herb all the time and doesn't say anything about it. i just think its stupid when you go around proclaiming it like you're doing some noble thing. its a personal choice like anything else.
See, I don't even consider people who don't do drugs straight edge, 'cause like I said, its ridiculous to make a life-style out of something you chose not to do. Like saying "Hey everyone, I DON'T play baseball! Look at me! I'm a non-baseball playing whore!"

It shouldn't have to be a damn lifestyle, people put too much emphasis on stuff and forget to live their life. Its like emo people, listen to whatever-the-fuck music you want, do whatever-the-fuck you want, but to make a lame-ass lifestyle about it and stereotype yourself constantly is just lame.