https://www.quora.com/What-does-it-mean-to-be-edgy/answer/Alex-K-Chen It often means that you have a strong personality, appear to be emotionally intense, Dionysian, like emotionally charged/provocative stimuli (many “edgelords” are trolls), are high-contrast, and like to bring a lot of energy into the room. You’re vivid/memorable at a level others aren’t. You rile people up in polarizing ways (you make people go LOL, generate excitement, and also generate “hater” energy”). You like to “up” the temperature parameter in simulated annealing/you have a sharp “impulse function”. Edgy people often take risks that others don’t. They’re often adrenaline-driven. On online forums, they often have the effect of dominating the entire social scene. It doesn’t necessarily have to be transgressive but often is. They will often give non-standard questions and answers, and are quicker to test you than the avg person is. Edgy behavior is often equated as risky, but fully mature people know how to utilize edginess to generate energy without the risk. Emotionally unstable people are often edgy precisely because “edgy” brings them the most proximal relief (and a very large percent of emotionally unstable behavior is classified as “edgy”, though a very cool-headed/calm person can still act edgy and not let the resulting emotions overwhelm them as much - though popular perception often draws the more emotionally intense/unstable to edgy).
What it means to be edgy
What it means to be edgy
What it means to be edgy
https://www.quora.com/What-does-it-mean-to-be-edgy/answer/Alex-K-Chen It often means that you have a strong personality, appear to be emotionally intense, Dionysian, like emotionally charged/provocative stimuli (many “edgelords” are trolls), are high-contrast, and like to bring a lot of energy into the room. You’re vivid/memorable at a level others aren’t. You rile people up in polarizing ways (you make people go LOL, generate excitement, and also generate “hater” energy”). You like to “up” the temperature parameter in simulated annealing/you have a sharp “impulse function”. Edgy people often take risks that others don’t. They’re often adrenaline-driven. On online forums, they often have the effect of dominating the entire social scene. It doesn’t necessarily have to be transgressive but often is. They will often give non-standard questions and answers, and are quicker to test you than the avg person is. Edgy behavior is often equated as risky, but fully mature people know how to utilize edginess to generate energy without the risk. Emotionally unstable people are often edgy precisely because “edgy” brings them the most proximal relief (and a very large percent of emotionally unstable behavior is classified as “edgy”, though a very cool-headed/calm person can still act edgy and not let the resulting emotions overwhelm them as much - though popular perception often draws the more emotionally intense/unstable to edgy).