Why do people say edgy?

[heavens-champion 1,893]

What does it even mean?

[Coffee 4,320]

It must be when someone is Tense, nervous or irritable or when feeling different.

Edited August 15, 2023 by Starry Sky

[heavens-champion 1,893]

1 minute ago, StarrySkyDash said:

I believe it's when someone is Tense, nervous or irritable like they seem different and i'm not sure why people say it 

Agreed, because the characters people use that word to describe don't look like the nervous type.

[Pastel Heart 6,463]

I think people use edgy most often when they perceive that a character or setting that is dark is trying too hard to be dark. Really, the proper term is "narm".

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Narm

But even then, it's overused and exaggerated a lot. Nothing wrong with "edgy" stuff in my book~

[ShadOBabe 18,984]

1 hour ago, StarrySkyDash said:

I believe it's when someone is Tense, nervous or irritable like they seem different and i'm not sure why people say it 

@heavens-champion

Edgy means something deliberately abrasive, dark , or gritty in an attempt to look “worldly”, “realistic”, or just “cool”.

In reality, you more often than not look like a poser or an angry preteen.

 

[heavens-champion 1,893]

2 minutes ago, ShadOBabe said:

@heavens-champion

Edgy means something deliberately abrasive, dark , or gritty in an attempt to look “worldly”, “realistic”, or just “cool”.

In reality, you more often than not look like a poser or an angry preteen.

 

Then what do you consider cool?

[ShadOBabe 18,984]

33 minutes ago, heavens-champion said:

Then what do you consider cool?

Hmmm... well first, are we talking about fictional characters or real people? I was talking about real people who act “edgy”, particularly on the Internet, but in reality are just being mean-spirited and misanthropic.

But if we’re talking about fictional characters who don’t actually hurt or affect the lives of real people, it’s a little less repugnant, as long as you take it with a little grain of salt/irony.

Let’s talk one of my oldest favorite fictional characters, Shadow the Hedgehog, one of the biggest poster children for the mocking of edgelords. When I was a teen, I thought Shadow was the COOLEST. He was dark and broody, black and red. He drove a motorcycle and had a tragic backstory, and dude, he was just the BEST CHARACTER EVAR.

But I grew up, and while I still really like Shadow and still think he’s cool, it’s more in kind of a fond, “teehee, so angsty, does someone need a hug?” kind of way. He’s a really great straight-man character to bounce comedy off of, because he’s just SO SERIOUS.

Something else that keeps Shadow cool despite his over-the-top angst, is the fact that he’s still capable of doing actual cool things, like teleport, fire lasers, and having super speed. Unlike an internet edgelord, who can’t really do much outside of say nasty things to get some kind of attention. Shadow doesn’t give two quills about your attention.

So basically, edgy irl is lame, while edgy in fiction can be fun. As for what traits I find cool in real people:

• friendliness and the ability to care about the interests of other people
• a willingness to listen to others’ thoughts, even if you don’t agree
• being cool with who they are, not constantly tripping over themselves to appease whoever they’re talking to

Edited March 15, 2020 by ShadOBabe

[Cash In 21,510]

It often just refers to a person who's trying hard to be angsty or harsh. The term is incredibly overused, but it's not really as bad as people make it out to be.

[Xoomy228 418]

4 hours ago, heavens-champion said:

What does it even mean?

Edgy can be used to describe something that is excessively dark, often to a point where it's overbearingly depressive nature could be considered humorous.
 

[Emerald Heart 24,577]

This thread is so edgy 

[A French Derpy full of Salt 404]

A word that now no longer means "trying to be cool by being violent ECT." But is now a word that annoying internet gooers type when they see anything negative they don't like

Guy: I've been diagnosed with depression, and I don't want to live anymore
Other guy: you're so edgy

[Clawdeen 12,110]

It means when you behave like I do