Mega Thread The Random Thoughts Thread Part 1

[Trewth]

lol wut you were edge?

Yeah for about 2 years. I was vegan for 5 years also. I was an idealist who naively thought I could change the world. What an idiot. I'm much wiser now. I stopped when I realised that I was angry all the time, I'd developed a massively elitist attitude (which is common amongst edgers) and I just needed to chill out.

It was a good time for Adelaide Hardcore i reckon, those late 90s-early 00s. Throw in Wheres The Pope? who were probably the best of the lot, shotpointblank, a tribe is calling, inspite. Im sure im overlooking a dozen others.

Force Fed 9, Enemy Of, Slackjaw, Keith, St Alban's Kids, Love Like Electrocution, Testeagles (lol). Good times, good times.

 

[Oliver King]

I stopped when I realised that I was angry all the time

And hungry.

 

[The Smaller Warrior]

I'd developed a massively elitist attitude (which is common amongst edgers) and I just needed to chill out.

You still think you are better than everyone else.

You always look down on me like I am a street urchin.

 

[King_Tredrea]

I'm thinkin bout goin Edge Trewth, any tips?

 

[Oliver King]

Just having a look on my iPhone for some current Australian music. Only have Grinderman and Tame Impala. Also liked The Cops when they were around.

 

[Trewth]

You still think you are better than everyone else.

You always look down on me like I am a street urchin.

Bullshit. You think I'm looking down on you when in reality I am gazing lovingly with a heart full of adoration. Plus you are shorter than me.

 

[Trewth]

I'm thinkin bout goin Edge Trewth, any tips?

Yeah, don't. Unless you are a Zen master. You'd miss the benny classics too much (****en classics, still recovering from that silly decision!)

 

[The Smaller Warrior]

Bullshit. You think I'm looking down on you when in reality I am gazing lovingly with a heart full of adoration. Plus you are shorter than me.

So now I am ****ing shorter than you?!

Talk about attitude

 

[King_Tredrea]

Yeah, don't. Unless you are a Zen master. You'd miss the benny classics too much (****en classics, still recovering from that silly decision!)

That would be catastrophic.....lucky i seeked your advice

 

[Trewth]

So now I am ******* shorter than you?!

Talk about attitude

You haven't seen attitude yet, pal. Wait til I go all 'Kano' on you

 

[King_Tredrea]

You haven't seen attitude yet, pal. Wait til I go all 'Kano' on you

Rip out his still-beating heart and lift it victoriously over his corpse?

 

[finbarr]

Yeah, don't. Unless you are a Zen master. You'd miss the benny classics too much (****en classics, still recovering from that silly decision!)

True story. I have been "straight edge" since I became aware of the whole thing in the mid-1980's. It wasn't something I sought to be, it was just the way I was. So when I found out about it I kind of adopted the tag. Others labeled me "straight edge" anyway and I just ran with it. I do not identify with the 90's mutation of straight edge though in any way, shape or form. I've never preached anything to anyone and most of my friends were **** ups. I just didn't drink or take drugs. It was just something that stuck. I was more of the "I hate the drunken footy player types I grew up with so much that I wanted to be the complete opposite of what they were" type.

#toomuchinfo

 

[Jumbo]

It all went downhill after Alex Kidd

 

[Natman]

True story. I have been "straight edge" since I became aware of the whole thing in the mid-1980's. It wasn't something I sought to be, it was just the way I was. So when I found out about it I kind of adopted the tag. Others labeled me "straight edge" anyway and I just ran with it. I do not identify with the 90's mutation of straight edge though in any way, shape or form. I've never preached anything to anyone and most of my friends were **** ups. I just didn't drink or take drugs. It was just something that stuck. I was more of the "I hate the drunken footy player types I grew up with so much that I wanted to be the complete opposite of what they were" type.

#toomuchinfo

WTF is 'straight edge' - is that a modern word for 'normal'?

 

[Trewth]

Rip out his still-beating heart and lift it victoriously over his corpse?

Nah I was thinking more skull ****ing. But that will do.

True story. I have been "straight edge" since I became aware of the whole thing in the mid-1980's. It wasn't something I sought to be, it was just the way I was. So when I found out about it I kind of adopted the tag. Others labeled me "straight edge" anyway and I just ran with it. I do not identify with the 90's mutation of straight edge though in any way, shape or form. I've never preached anything to anyone and most of my friends were **** ups. I just didn't drink or take drugs. It was just something that stuck. I was more of the "I hate the drunken footy player types I grew up with so much that I wanted to be the complete opposite of what they were" type.

#toomuchinfo

This is awesome. Thanks for sharing. The bolded bit is the exact reason I came to the same conclusion. Growing up in the country I was surrounded by stupid footy playing jocks who would give you worlds of shit if you weren't exactly like them. I hated it, their ignorance and stubborn refusal to accept anything outside of their world was suffocating. I've only just gotten over being mad about that, actually.

 

[bomberclifford]

True story. I have been "straight edge" since I became aware of the whole thing in the mid-1980's. It wasn't something I sought to be, it was just the way I was. So when I found out about it I kind of adopted the tag. Others labeled me "straight edge" anyway and I just ran with it. I do not identify with the 90's mutation of straight edge though in any way, shape or form. I've never preached anything to anyone and most of my friends were **** ups. I just didn't drink or take drugs. It was just something that stuck. I was more of the "I hate the drunken footy player types I grew up with so much that I wanted to be the complete opposite of what they were" type.

#toomuchinfo

Shouldn't you have waited until a major post milestone to tell us this?

 

[finbarr]

WTF is 'straight edge' - is that a modern word for 'normal'?

Ok, it was a kind of sub movement that came out of the 1980's punk rock/hardcore scene in the US, more specifically, Washington DC. It sprang from a song by the band Minor Threat titled "straight edge" where singer Ian Mackaye put forward the idea of living a life free of alcohol and drugs particularly. At the time the US hardcore scene had a lot of random alcohol fueled violence and it was kind of a reaction to that in a lot of ways.

It quickly turned from a local, personal choice thing into something of a movement, first US-wide, then internationally. Since the 1980's Mackaye has disassociated himself from the straight edge "movement" due to it becoming very much the very thing he was rebelling against - ie, a preachy, angry, jock mentality boys club.

That's very much a condensed version. There's no doubt many resources on the web if you REALLY want to read up about it. I really don't have the time right at the moment as its my lunch break and I need to eat

 

[finbarr]

Shouldn't you have waited until a major post milestone to tell us this?

Hahaha. I was thinking the same thing as I typed.

 

[The Smaller Warrior]

Never knew if you drank or what Morrison,

Always thought you were 'straight edge' so I snuck small volumes of vodka into your salad sandwiches at the footy. <3

 

[Gillian Batty]

I like the idea of it but I could never do it. I just really, really like beer.

 

[finbarr]

I like the idea of it but I could never do it. I just really, really like beer.

It's never been a big deal for me. I've just never felt tempted. I guess my choice was helped along when I smashed a bottle of Jacobs Creek claret from my friends dads booze cupboard in about half an hour back when I was 15. Was passed out and vomiting all over myself, woke up the next day and swore I'd never touch a drop again. All these years later I've managed to remain true to my word.

 

[Macca19]

Was passed out and vomiting all over myself, woke up the next day and swore I'd never touch a drop again.

Dont worry, Jacobs Creek has that effect on most people that drink it.

 

[Portia]

I think people are making all these confessions because we feel more likely to be discriminated against for being a Port fan; anything else is almost socially acceptable by comparison.

 

[Trewth]

I think people are making all these confessions because we feel more likely to be discriminated against for being a Port fan; anything else is almost socially acceptable by comparison.

I've felt for a while now that being a Port supporter is being a part of a vilified minority group.

 

[Teal Plums]

Rising Star/Dangerfield Brownlow/Premiership treble. Can anyone think of anything worse?