How to be the edgiest person on campus

Tired of blending into the wallpaper? Sick of looking like a walking advert for Forever 21 like the rest of the population?

Here is a guide to being edgy for the highly confused mainstream people out there: because being normal just isn’t good enough anymore…

Invest in a scrunchie

Clearly do not go to Urban Outfitters to do so, that would be far too mainstream. For extra edge, leave hair unwashed for four to six days (don’t even consider using that Batiste girlfriend: you’ve gotta look like a scag’ed to really complete the look).

So many scrunchies, so little time

Acquire a completely pointless tattoo of a shape

The more pointless the tattoo, the edgier you become. Think straight lines and dots. Meaning is mainstream.

It’s ‘prison’ guys

Do background work on DJs normal people have never heard of

Pretend to everyone you know all about them, and have even had sex with some. Edgy people cannot sleep with mainstream humans in case they become infected with normality. Edgy conquests, edgy life.

Dress in the dark

Who says a 90s Adidas tie-dye top doesn’t look smashing with a pair of velvet leggings. Add a bindi for extra effect. Head turning.

Edgy people don’t have ‘tellies’

Confine yourself to your room and do drugs bought with daddy’s credit card, while flicking through AnOther magazine. Edgy people must radiate independence. No one can be like them – apart from their friends who all look the same.

Started from the Heat mag now we’re here

Edgy people love irony

Compose yourself in any jacket as seen on chavs and a pair of unwashed oversized Levis from Oxfam, and wait patiently for daddy to collect you from University in his Merc.

Start smoking

The more you damage your body with cigs and drugs, the edgier you become. Pass the smack.

Why smoke one when you can smoke two?

Become a vegan gluten-free low G.I nut free kale consuming eater

Cut out dairy. Asda is for normal people and you are what you eat.

#whatveganseat

Try not to let the pressure of withholding dirty secrets get to you

Remember you have no idea who David Guetta is, regardless of his songs mysteriously appearing on your iPod.

Does the word “edge” look strange to you now? Yep, me too: living on the edge has its downsides.

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