Ace wrote:I know a 25 year old who is still straight edge. is that weird enough?

Small town? If he's actually in Chicago, then I guess that IS pretty weird.

m.koren wrote:

Ace wrote:I know a 25 year old who is still straight edge. is that weird enough?

Small town? If he's actually in Chicago, then I guess that IS pretty weird.

He's in NYC. He's a great person, but it still weirds out my friends and i a bit.

Ace wrote:

m.koren wrote:

Ace wrote:I know a 25 year old who is still straight edge. is that weird enough?

Small town? If he's actually in Chicago, then I guess that IS pretty weird.

He's in NYC. He's a great person, but it still weirds out my friends and i a bit.

What kind of Straight Edger is he ? I mean, how far does he take it ?

m.koren wrote:

Ace wrote:

m.koren wrote:

Ace wrote:I know a 25 year old who is still straight edge. is that weird enough?

Small town? If he's actually in Chicago, then I guess that IS pretty weird.

He's in NYC. He's a great person, but it still weirds out my friends and i a bit.

What kind of Straight Edger is he ? I mean, how far does he take it ?

total.

i'm not joking. totally and completely straight edge.

Ace wrote:

m.koren wrote:

Ace wrote:

m.koren wrote:

Ace wrote:I know a 25 year old who is still straight edge. is that weird enough?

Small town? If he's actually in Chicago, then I guess that IS pretty weird.

He's in NYC. He's a great person, but it still weirds out my friends and i a bit.

What kind of Straight Edger is he ? I mean, how far does he take it ?

total.

i'm not joking. totally and completely straight edge.

Right. But when I think of totally SXE, I'm thinking he could pass for a member of Earth Crisis, Vegan Reich, and the like.

m.koren wrote:

Ace wrote:

m.koren wrote:

Ace wrote:

m.koren wrote:

Ace wrote:I know a 25 year old who is still straight edge. is that weird enough?

Small town? If he's actually in Chicago, then I guess that IS pretty weird.

He's in NYC. He's a great person, but it still weirds out my friends and i a bit.

What kind of Straight Edger is he ? I mean, how far does he take it ?

total.

i'm not joking. totally and completely straight edge.

Right. But when I think of totally SXE, I'm thinking he could pass for a member of Earth Crisis, Vegan Reich, and the like.

yeah he has the vegan thing going to - or maybe he's just a vegetarian - i don't remember, but i know he converted a few of my friends to "vegetarianism".
Yeah, he's up with that whole culture.

i had 2 friends back in the day who claimed to be straight-edgers. one of them ended up selling drugs. the other actually stayed staightedge.

burun wrote:

m.koren wrote:You mean that they were Krishnas who were into hardcore ? I remember those ones too, now that you mention it. That particular drummer gave up music and the outside world pretty much all together for the Brotherhood (or whatever fuck it is).

Hardcore kids that turned to Krishna. Once the guys from the Cro-Mags (Harley) and Ray from Youth Of Today got into Krishna, an army of kids followed them.

It was sort of bizarre. Then again, New York in the 80's was pretty bizarre.

The only straight edge kid I ever knew was one of these guys. I'm pretty sure it was John Joseph from the Cro-Mags who converted. I remember my friend taking me to some Krisna Parade on Avenue B and John Was there chanting and jumping around.
Bizarre indeed.
The last I knew my friend graduated with a degree in Computer Science, Lives in Brooklyn and drinks like most normal adults.

They all just go to the opposite end of the spectrum, and become raging alcoholics or hardcore drug addicts. I think it's because they miss the period that everyone else uses to learn how to moderate their intake of drugs and alcohol.

I knew a straight-edge couple when I was in college the first time.
The girl was kinda cute, but after they broke up, she got kinda fat, engaged to a ginormous dude and moved to Ohio or West Virginia or some other weird ass place.
I remember running into the dude on Thanksgiving of 2002 and he was trashed, but every other time I saw him he had his shit together so I guess he became "normal."
He plays guitar in a band called Thrushes.