I’ve just found out that this mentality has a “cool” Western-subculture counterpart; “Straight Edge”. Seems to place a lot of focus on abstinence from certain things and “cleaniness”. A form of hygiene? Many of them are active, alternative artists, so being “straight edge” is not the same as being a “stick in the mud” “party pooper” “wet blanket”...
I’ve just found out that this mentality has a “cool” Western-subculture counterpart; “Straight Edge”. Seems to place a lot of focus on abstinence from certain things and “cleaniness”. A form of hygiene? Many of them are active, alternative artists, so being “straight edge” is not the same as being a “stick in the mud” “party pooper” “wet blanket”...