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Originally Posted by Hesher
If some people don't want to get laid, do drugs and get wasted then they're missing out. Who cares? I think a lot of kids become "straight edge" because they're too scared to get involved in illicit substances or too self-conscious/ugly/stupid/fat to get laid, so they're glad there's some social group they can join where they don't have to test their own courage and are encouraged to pass moral judgement. Sounds like a religion to me.
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That's basically what I used to think when I was in high school. There's a shred of truth in it because there are kids in the edge scene who join up out of a fear of the unknown, which I see as total compliance with accepting the limitations of what somebody else doesn't want them to do. Yeah, its like a religion.
But that is a very general statement. In my opinion, people who get high, **** and drink every week are missing out as well. Because that too is an acceptable societal norm for the high school and college crowd. It seems that most American kids are expected to be total idiots until they're 30, college is supposed to be nothing more than a place to learn how to drink and ****, and you're not really supposed to go there to learn
anything to make you smarter. And its just like going along with something out of fear for sticking out. Much like the edge kids who join out of the same fear. That is what they call a catch 22.
But most of the edge kids that I know are totally respectful of other people's choices. And I am totally respectful of theirs. If it helps people treat each other with respect and dignity, what does it matter?