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What the heck is "sXe"? Is that related to RahXephon?

I plugged sXe into google and found that it stands for "straight edge with an X thrown in for good measure" which, in turn, refers to the "Straight Edge Lifestyle."

I'm thinking either a group of folks dedicated to the spreading and smoothing of plaster and cement with straight edges, a group of geometry buffs intent on drawing straight lines, or a group of anti-homosexuals who both cannot conceive of a curved edge and don't quite understand the concept of an acronym.

-Pufer

This post has been edited by Pufer: 18 January 2005 - 12:48 AM

Just another trend.

Ok, so definition is deemed nessecarry. sXe stands for "StraightEdge", and the X does stand for something. The sXe movement was started by an underground punk band known as Minor Threat in the mid '80's, with a song titled "Straight Edge" The song sang about a good, drug free, poison free lifestyle. If you have ever been to club or show where alcohol is served, you have undoubtably have had giant X's writien on your hands with permanent marker. ENTER THE X. The kids who listend to this song started putting X's on there hand full time, and long before they went to a show to let everyone know they were poison free. You may have seen the xXx symbol. x=no smoking/drugs, X=no alcohol, x=no promiscuous sex. The X has been adopted as the symbol to represent the Straightedge life style. This lifestyle is mostly characterized by the "Edge dance", the music that has mostly angry, loud, hardcore style, and the "Edge pit". Many peope beleive the sXe movement to be a violent one. Contrary to beleife, it is not, and did not start as such. sXe people are VERY staunch in their beleifes, and for some reason, are very boneheaded. They will almost NEVER back down from a fight. Thos sXe who start them are posers, so dont go off thinking we're all like that. They dont know what they mean when they say they're sXe, and they're the kind you need to watch out for. But all in all, check the web, search for thing pertaining to it. And you may be right its a trend, but last I checked, trends dont last 20 some odd years.

ps. Check out some sXe music if you like. Good bands are: ATREYU, As I Lay Dying, THROWDOWN, It Dies Today, Eighteen Visions, Avenged Sevenfold, In Flames, 36 Crazyfists, Armor For Sleep, Terror, Hopes Fall, Martyr AD, AFI, Murder By Death, BLEEDING THROUGH, STRETCH ARMSTRONG, Shai Hulud, God Forbid, BANE, Fear Before The March Of Flames, Alexisonfire, Nora, Caninus, Killswitch Engage, Norma Jean, Bury Your Dead, Xarmed for battleX (local), Earthday, Underoath, Himsa, Varota, Funeral For A Friend, Death By Sterio, FROM AUTUMN TO ASHES, HIDEKI, Unearth, Thrice,and Scars Of Tomorrow and many more.

This post has been edited by ShinobiGatakana: 18 January 2005 - 04:26 AM

Um, cool. I'm enlightened, I guess.

Sounds like people are just trying to make "straightedge" cool. I already live that way and, no offense, but I don't need a punk rock band to make it "cool". Also, it just seems like they're desperately trying to cling onto ideals that don't match with their own.

I already live straightedge, listen to Alexisonfire, Thrice, and FATA. But I'm not part of a movement.

ShinobiGatakana, on Jan 18 2005, 09:22 AM, said:

Riiiiiiiiiiight

Well, erm. Good luck with that. If you went into a club here with XXX writen on your hand, people would think you're selling porn...

My girl's little sister is a straight edge girl. She's really weird.

I went straightedge for eight months last year to quit smoking. It worked. No smoking, alcohol or caffeine.

I was straight edge for my entire life until July, when I started smoking cigars socially. But I quit, because my girlfriend smokes when she's stressed and I want her to stop. I can't ask her to stop of if I'm smoking, too.

And pretty much all of my friends are completely straight edge, and not a single one of them is violent.

/looks at list of sXe bands

Cool. I already listen to Atreyu, As I Lay Dying, Avenged Sevenfold, In Flames, Murder By Death, Stretch Armstrong, Shai Hulud, Alexisonfire, Killswitch Engage, Norma Jean (GREATEST. METAL BAND. EVER.), Bury Your Dead, Underoath, From Autumn To Ashes, Unearth, and Thrice.

Captaintripps, on Jan 18 2005, 03:11 PM, said:

Well done.

*3T

Well, in the interest of full-disclosure, I went through a very stressful time last year and ended up going right back to smoking, almost immediately. I've given it up a couple of times since then, only to return weeks later. I'm going to make my next attempt this week, trying the straightedge thing again (though I'm still going to drink coffee, methinks).

3vil L337, on Jan 18 2005, 02:34 PM, said:

You can do it. I believe in you .
I have a friend who quit smoking about seven times, so i know what you mean.

*3T

This post has been edited by 3vil L337: 18 January 2005 - 03:52 PM

I live that way but without that "punk" s###.

I kill people for money because I don't drink or smoke.

Rickton, on Jan 18 2005, 02:53 PM, said:

Same here.

Lektor, you asked for it when you made fun of the X. YOU HAVE A SINGLE X ON EACH HAND. Not XXX on each. The bartender looks at your hands to see if you have x's on them, and if you do, he knows your under 21, and cant sell you alcohol. so hence, the X's on the hands. Not that we want to drink alcohol, we put the X's there to show we are poison free.

ShinobiGatakana, on Jan 18 2005, 06:17 PM, said:

No..... he couldn't have.... not.... the X...

I thought this topic was a misspelling of "sex."

Okay. Well, as a regular of the local punk scene, I understoood, "sXe".

However, it's ######ing dumb. Straightedge is a fad for kids too scared to try any new things like booze or drugs, so they go "I'm straightedge". Now, there are many who practice the straightedge lifestyle because they really do care about their bodies and have had (over?)exposure to drugs, alcohol, and their negative affects, but they are a minority. The ones that are for real, I respect. However, the whole "lifestyle" has been moved in on by stupid people, so it's hard to tell on occasion.

I am not straightedge. It's boring and fashionable by the kids I mentioned above.

Shinobi: Do you acually put X's on your hands?

And most of the bands you listed are not straightedge, I'm almost positive.

And the kids you list who drink and do drugs are either a) to stupid to realize there effects or are to gutless to say no to something that can only damage you and take control of you. Hummm...I wonder who I would rather be the 'scared kid' or the drunk bum who's dead at 45 from kidney failure.

Well. Now I know what sXe is. Not too important, but it's a new piece of knowledge for me. It's a good thing that I don't know any drunk people or drugies. But it would be nice to see what their lifestyle is like and to see why I should stay drug free or not adicted to alchohol.

This post has been edited by duke_juker: 18 January 2005 - 10:04 PM

"Movement"? I don't believe straightedge could be considered a "movement." Its a fad, a style etc., but not a movement. A movement is The Civil Rights Movement and things similar.

As for "sXe" itself: I believe its merely a trend. I, myself hold some of the ideals that straightedge is built on, however it is nothing less than absurd than to place yourself in a group and label yourself as "sXe" for no better reason than feeling some need to be labeled. I listen to the same music as you and then some. In short calling yourself "sXe" is only restrictive.

And LOBF, not all people who choose not to drink or do drugs are afraid to. Perhaps some are, but in my case I just find that I have fun with out any influence. This is not to say that I won't drink some day, I just feel no need to now or any time in the near future.