History Main / SmugStraightEdge

Direct descendant of the DryCrusader and often shares the Dry Crusader's self-righteousness.

* ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'': Peggy (the TeamNormal) describes superpowers as like vegans. "They can't ''wait'' to tell you about it."

* Todd Ingram from ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'', who says a big part of committing to veganism is knowing that you're better than most other people. Granted, this is a world where going vegan gives you powerful psychic abilities. He also [[spoiler:[[StrawHypocrite isn't even a real vegan]]]]. Subverted with the other vegans seen though.

* After making a lot of music about being on drugs, Music/{{Eminem}} claimed to have given them up in 2002. Many of his diss tracks in 2003-5 involve smarmily raised middle fingers at his enemies for being worthless junkies for smoking weed, snorting coke or taking ecstasy (which just a couple of years prior had been Eminem's signature favourite substance and brazenly gobbled up by him in public and on stage). Considering Em's personality, the irony here is likely intentional. However, Eminem had not stopped using sleeping pills and painkillers and was in fact a far worse addict of them than he'd ever been to illegal drugs — so it may have just been his addiction-denial talking.
* Averted after Eminem [[RecoveredAddict got clean for real]], after which his music shows obvious compassion and empathy towards drug addicts and users — even, amazingly, extending that compassion towards his [[JunkieParent mother]].
* He gets back to talking shit about drug users on ''Kamikaze'' and ''Music To Be Murdered By'', with much of his irritation with the current generation of rappers revolving around them sitting around drinking lean and giving themselves brain damage. (To be fair, Em knows first-hand how much worse opioid addiction can make you at rapping.)

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* [[Creator/PennAndTeller Penn Jillette]] doesn't object to alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs, in fact, he advocates legalizing them. He also never misses an opportunity to remind people he's never used them ''("I am pretty sure I am the only person to have been on the cover of ''High Times'' magazine who has never smoked a whisp of Marijuana"). This either comes off as [[UsefulNotes/{{Objectivism}} some grand proclamation of philosophical fortitude]] or just a disclaimer from an opinionated person who's never experienced drugs first hand and does not want to be judged to be someone merely endorsing the legalization of drugs because he himself likes drugs.

* [[Creator/PennAndTeller Penn Jillette]] doesn't object to alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs, in fact, he advocates legalizing them. He also never misses an opportunity to remind people he's never used them ''("I am pretty sure I am the only person to have been on the cover of High Time's Magazine who has never smoked a whisp of Marijuana"). This either comes off as [[UsefulNotes/{{Objectivism}} some grand proclamation of philosophical fortitude]] or just a disclaimer from an opinionated person who's never experienced drugs first hand and does not want to be judged to be someone merely endorsing the legalization of drugs because he himself likes drugs.