CinnamonStar Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 Of course it is kind of pointless and the best thing would be to never ever eat animal products/drink alcohol/do anything unneeded again.:3 But the woman over here explained it well: http://www.wuestenigel.com/2010/02/17/beginn-fastenzeit-2010-wann-wie-warum/ Translation: [quote] Everyone is talking about what we should consume in order to be a "better person". If I can afford it, I'll go for organic fairtrade coffee, organic free-range eggs and meat of course...so while riding the wave and going for every cliché of the organic bourgeoisie, I can buy myself free? Why doesn't anyone say: "abstinence helps"? Just consuming a little less... And showing your solidarity with the less fortunate and really doing something for the environment - this can be lenting too. It won't necessarily turn me into a better person, but maybe it can free me from consumer pressure that I don't even recognize as such in my everyday life. And I can re-define my life according to my own personal values. It's worth a try, every year during those 40 days. [/quote] :3 At least in my country it's not just a religious thing anymore and many people are doing it, especially car lenting is pretty big here. [b]So if you're going with the wave, what do you abstain from?[/b] For me it's mostly alcohol. I don't smoke but I'd include that if I did.:3 I have my phases during the year where I'm living almost entirely vegan (because 100% animal-free never really works, even for someone who thinks he's doing it), sometimes a few days, sometimes weeks and now I'm using the lenting season for that again.=) I do eat dairy products during that time (because I could never go without it for more than 2 weeks =.=), but much less and just in the form of grated cheese on my pasta. I also don't buy any cosmetic products during that time (yeah that's my dirty habit) and try to finish at least 10 open tubes lying around. So aaaaanyone else?=D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 I'm obviously not Christian or Catholic or whoever lents now, but back when I used to go to a Catholic private school (granted, this is when I was like five), they used to always force me to do something for lent. And seeing as my dad is Christian (or Catholic, whatever), and seeing as I was a five-year-old who didn't know about atheism, I always complied. However, I was a sneaky little boy, and I would always tell my teachers that I gave up ice cream for lent. Which worked out perfectly, because everyone thought that I loved ice cream, when in fact I would rarely eat it. So I gave up something that I didn't even eat that often anyways. Yeah, but I don't lent anymore. People in my school gave up like meat and stuff, which is kind of weird, because everyone in my school don't like no vegetarians. Huh. I know one kid who gave up video games, but I thought lent was related to consumable items, like food and drink. Whatever, as if I honestly care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yasu Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 I'd lent my computer. Ha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tentacruel Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 What is lent? I'm religious and I've never heard of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wahrheit Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 Lent is where you give something up from day X to day Y, supposedly to prove your faith or something. One of my server's admins decided to give up Minecraft and didn't warn me beforehand. I demoted him. Unless you give it up entirely, Lent is pointless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturn of Elemia Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 I'm currently giving up doughnuts... ...and it's difficult. I LOVE doughnuts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 I'm jogging so I can fulfill my Lenten promise not of not being lazy. It's been working well so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tentacruel Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 I'll give up eating babies. *Everyone stares at me* Don't worry, I'm only joking... [size="1"]I won't [i]really[/i] stop eating babies...[/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catterjune Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 Abstaining from speaking for Lent this year. Friends kept calling me to troll me and get me to slip up. < < Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tentacruel Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 [quote name='PikaPerson01' timestamp='1301067557' post='5095591'] Abstaining from speaking for Lent this year. Friends kept calling me to troll me and get me to slip up. < < [/quote] Speaking? If everyone would do this. Ahhh... the possibilities... +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Berserker- Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 I don't feel like looking a translator to learn what lent is, but based in the posts in this topic, I suppose is what here is known as Cuaresma. I gave up half my sleeping time, but that is because now I work during day and have univ. during night... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simping For Hina Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 I am not into the Lenton gift of Lenting. But as my family does every year I gave up doing HW. My teachers are giving me 100 percent so I am good standings LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CinnamonStar Posted March 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 Wow, do some people have a hard time reading or what?>_> Lenting started off as a religious tradition but it's not about proving your faith (anymore and I doubt that it ever was). The woman I quoted doesn't seem very "religious" either but she's doing it as a kind of...reviewing your daily routines and re-defining yourself and what you want. Entirely pointless, I don't think so, because it's mostly for you. If you try to live vegan just for a while, it can be pretty pointless, but you can try and see if it works for you. Even if you go back to using your car everyday after it, the days that you didn't use it count. Bah I'm not realling caring about the whole lenting season but just wondering if other people were trying to abstain from something for while. I rack discuprine so I often try to do something even though I can never carry it through.=D I already slipped back 2 or 3 times but it gives me something to work for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catterjune Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 I don't see it so much of a "spiritual" or religious thing as much of a "just to see if you can" kind of a thing. Prove you have willpower and all that jazz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacoby746 Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 I'm lenting lent. I'm not much of a religious person, so I don't lent. I haven't even heard of it until this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catterjune Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 [quote name='Jacoby746' timestamp='1301184572' post='5098951'] I'm lenting lent. [/quote] OMGURSOCLEVER On-topic though, you're supposed to give up something you do everyday or something you enjoy doing for lent, not something you never do anyway. Just sayin'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacoby746 Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 [quote name='PikaPerson01' timestamp='1301187818' post='5099076'] OMGURSOCLEVER On-topic though, you're supposed to give up something you do everyday or something you enjoy doing for lent, not something you never do anyway. Just sayin'. [/quote] [s]Screw the rules I have money![/s] Fine then. I'll give up MW2 and play more BO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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