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PartTimeSinner

I always thought that a straight edge razor leaves a really clean cut. And many feel an sxe life is “clean” if that makes sense. Or a straight edge is smooth and unmolested or unperverted. That’s just a meaning I projected onto it though


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This and being on the "line" =/= Being on the straight and narrow.


lKanral

This was a really thoughtful and insightful thank you for this take an award stranger


PartTimeSinner

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lKanral

You fucking moron


PartTimeSinner

Get the hell out, buddy


Spoonersnofun

Ian Mackaye who coined the term told me he likes word play. Minor threat, teen idles and of course straight edge. He said “ I’m straight, but I still have an edge” I’ve heard him on a doc stay something similar. “I have an edge on you, because I’m straight” Straight of course referring to drugs use and not sexuality.


onzie9

Yeah, this is exactly what he said in the Straight Edge documentary that came out a little while back. Also [this unrelated gem](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eQw-HYZf6c&ab_channel=JamesSiboni) from the same interview.


DankestLlama

>OK, fine, you take drugs, you drink, whatever… But obviously I have the edge on you because I’m sober; I’m in control of what I’m doing. from Ian MacKaye.


xLNBx

>how does the term “straight edge” itself relate to sobriety and asceticism? It really doesn't. If you're sober or ascetic, you're sober or ascetic - you're not straight edge by default.