Reno Straight Edge scene: trend or philosophy?

cutiepiex0x0 wrote: i <3 weed

and alcohol and sex.
=)

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I tried to be straight edge...

... I failed.

You don't try to be straight edge.

"It's something you get into only if you're feeling it."

wtf wtf seriously they listen to punk omfg

KittensKill wrote: living with out drinking, smoking, weed, pills, and sex???

No-thanks!

You live your way and I'll live mine.

Well first of all, I would just like to say that I am part of the Reno Straight Edge. Now I can safely say that SOME of the people who are apart of the scene are in it for the trend or to be accepted by people. However most aren't. Most, like myself, have made a commitment not just to the 'sXe movement' but to themselves. People say that Reno Straight Edge is a 'gang' but it isn't. What people call 'Hate Edge' is a gang. It's where you beat people up for smoking, drinking, etc. I personally am not a part of that because I think it is wrong when Straight Edge is suppose to be making a difference. A lot of people who are apart of Reno sXe are Pacifists so it would make sense that most Reno Straight Edge kids are not 'gang members' as all of the media has said we are. Most of us have the thoughts that you can do whatever you want in your life, but our choice is the Straight Edge lifestyle. Living in Reno, NV has made a difference in my life because I found out about Straight Edge and that it was okay not to indulge into certain things like drugs, alcohol and sex. I'm not saying at all that my lifestyle is better than yours, its just better for me. You can make whatever choices you want. But I just have a fear that something I do like drugs or alcohol will end up making me kill someone either by accident or purpose. Also, I don't want to mess my life up. That's all.


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btw, my username HASSSS to do with straightedge. x has nothing to do with 'emo' it has to do with straight edge. so all you 'emo' kids who drink and whatnot that have x's around your names and you think you're all B.A. dont know anything. Just saying. OHYEAH and we don't put x's on our wrists btw to whoever said that its on the back of our hands. And the fact that some of you are saying that Reno sXe is alllll a trend is stupid, because so is this 'emo' shit. The only reason why I joined was to explain the reno straight edge scene, not so all of you can do your stupid ass 'research' about it.

xPAIGEx wrote: Now I can safely say that SOME of the people who are apart of the scene are in it for the trend or to be accepted by people. However most aren't. Most, like myself, have made a commitment not just to the 'sXe movement' but to themselves. Most of us have the thoughts that you can do whatever you want in your life, but our choice is the Straight Edge lifestyle. I'm not saying at all that my lifestyle is better than yours, its just better for me. You can make whatever choices you want. But I just have a fear that something I do like drugs or alcohol will end up making me kill someone either by accident or purpose. Also, I don't want to mess my life up. That's all.

*highfives*

I'm still young, and I'm only gonna be young once.
I loved HELLOSHiTTY's post on page 1, about how like excepting and loving the community is
but I still wanna try things and I'm not ready for the commitment
maybe when I'm older
...maybe....

xmxyxmxrx: good decision however, I've discovered during the past year that the scene (here) isn't that omg amazing and respecting and loving. So don't get an image of it being totally cool, because a lot of the people in it will take every chance to tell you that what you do and how you look isn't 'true hxc'. But I'm in it for myself, I support the bands I want to support and if they have a problem with that, well, it's totally their problem.
It's not hard being accepted, but it's hard being accepted. If you get what I mean.
Or, that was about the hardcore scene in general. But they are strongly related.

*should go to sleep and will probably delete this tomorrow so read it while you can!*

mISERYpERFECTED wrote: I hate the people who only do it as a histrionic activity. For instance, in "Don't Trust Me". "X's on the back of her hands, wash them in the bathroom to drink like the band" Hate it. If you act like you are sXe, then be sXe.

i don't think in the song they meant to be sXe

The letter X is the most known symbol of straight edge, commonly worn as a marking on the back of both hands, though it can be displayed on other body parts as well. Some followers of straight edge have also incorporated the symbol into clothing and pins. According to a series of interviews by journalist Michael Azerrad, the straight edge "X" can be traced to the Teen Idles' brief U.S. West Coast tour in 1980.[1] The Teen Idles were scheduled to play at San Francisco's Mabuhay Gardens, but when the band arrived, club management discovered that the entire band was under the legal drinking age and therefore should be denied entry to the club. As a compromise, management marked each of the Idles' hands with a large black "X" as a warning to the club's staff not to serve alcohol to the band. Upon returning to Washington, D.C., the band suggested this same system to local clubs as a means to allow teenagers in to see musical performances without being served alcohol. The mark soon became associated with the straight edge lifestyle. In recent years, more music venues and (even dance clubs) have begun adopting this system.

maybe in the song they were refering to that^
not sXe

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_edge

HELLOSHiTTY wrote:
Now, when I'm 17, I call myself Edge. I started last year, after being to a hardcore show in my home town (I've been to hc shows earlier, but this one really was special). There were these huge, tough hardcore boys everywhere, and almost all of them had x'es on their hands, or straight edge shirts, or things like that. I was like 'wow'. When the band started playing, everyone of there guys started moshing, stagediving, you name it, and I mean, people could easily get killed there. But there was only love in the venue. Everybody took care of each other, everybody was happy singing along and every single one was sober. And no one looked down on me because I was a 16-year-old blonde emo girl, instead, they smiled.

thats lucky. In my city (and many others) those tough hardcore boys look for any excuse to fight someone at a show just to prove their hardcore-ness to everyone else. Whether or not they like you and respect you is all politics.
What bothers me about all those people is that they think they're better than everyone else because they're straightedge. And also it bothers me that they be straightedge to better their lives but they are all a bunch of degenerates. They're usually high school dropouts, no job, 25 years old and living with their mothers spending all their time and money on going to shows to fight people.
I have met some great people who are edge but very very few compared to how many of them are douches.

Anon wrote: Ohhhhh, you don't think for yourself; I mean Straight Edge.

Palmdale (Surprisingly enough) has a good Straight Edge scene.
Really nice people. Respectful and not full of the "If you're not sxe then you die" attitude.
Just last week, Two Steps back(Straight Edge) played a show with MindGallows (Druggy,mellow desert rock.all members were stoners) everyone had a blast.
There were no fights or conflicts. To them it's a personal choice,not something to be forced upon people.


Also...
I don't have to wait to be 18/21 to drink.
I'm surrounded by it,in my town(Acton).
I could have pot,acid,and alcohol if I wanted it.
It's right there.
I just don't want it.
It's stupid to me.
And all the people who do it are just stupid to me here.
They're those people who think smoking pot opens up
a spiritual realm beyond our plane of existence.
They go around forming stoner gangs and beat up kids who they deem as "Faggots"

Anywhoo on a side note.
I don't like to call myself Straight Edge.
I dislike how it's used as so.
I recall from Minor Threat,
that the song goes
"I've got the straight edge"
Not
"I am the straight edge"


I've got the straight edge : P
And i don't think i'm better than anyone else.
I don't think everyone should be straight edge.
It's my choice,not my choice for everyone else.

http://images.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/1/1f/Lifeofastraightedger.jpg

The whole image won't show on EB, it's too effing wide ;_;

Ningage wrote: http://images.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/1/1f/Lifeofastraightedger.jpg

The whole image won't show on EB, it's too effing wide ;_;

Haha, I love Nothing Nice To Say

Unfortunately that's true with most underaged 'straight edge' people.

But as i said above
"I don't have to wait to be 18/21 to drink.
I'm surrounded by it,in my town(Acton).
I could have pot,acid,and alcohol if I wanted it.
It's right there.
I just don't want it.
It's stupid to me. "


And i believe that can apply to other people As well