tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449952380128375575.post6300836961522358789..comments2024-03-21T00:30:14.738-07:00Comments on Yoga in the Dragon's Den: The evils of online chess and meat-eatingNobelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00655577410721103577noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449952380128375575.post-87219681913439729112013-06-08T10:00:35.516-07:002013-06-08T10:00:35.516-07:00I've personally always been a fan of the 95% r...I've personally always been a fan of the 95% rule, which can apply to being vegetarian/vegan/gluten-free, or really any type of diet. That is, eat your favorite diet type 95% of the time, and don't stress about the other 5%. I actually don't eat any meat, but that's mostly a physical thing for me - meat stresses my digestion a bit too much. However, I think this could help a great deal with the possible emotional stresses of events such as family/group meals, dim sum restaurants, etc., where the emotional stress of not eating meat would cause more harm than the actual consumption of meat.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05085807755442770146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449952380128375575.post-25770895102354105622013-06-07T13:36:10.734-07:002013-06-07T13:36:10.734-07:00I'm sorry to hear about your chess injury. Hah...I'm sorry to hear about your chess injury. Hahaha! I just wanted to be able to write that. I wonder if it is accurate and fair to describe myself as a vegetarian who falls of the wagon a few times a year.I do notice that the falls are less frequent every year. and the memory of the flavor is always better than what it tastes like when you do cave in. I really cannot come up with any nutritional or health adverse reason not to be a vegetarian. I thing the desire to indulge in the flavor of flesh (boy does that sound bizarre!)is what has a hold on our taste bud's cravings. Now Sugar, there really should be rehab facilities for sugar. sereneflavorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01918585302744520840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449952380128375575.post-53023348287823030732013-06-07T13:19:32.744-07:002013-06-07T13:19:32.744-07:00on that point I recommend David Foster Wallace'...on that point I recommend David Foster Wallace's 2000 essay, "Consider the Lobster," for Gourmet Magazine.RebeccaLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449952380128375575.post-67278846286897405632013-06-07T11:29:02.493-07:002013-06-07T11:29:02.493-07:00I've also heard the shrimp-and-seafood-not-hav...I've also heard the shrimp-and-seafood-not-having central-nervous-systems arguments before. Even setting aside the considerations about Atman, I just don't find them particularly convincing; somehow, I get the feeling that people are trying too hard to justify what they are doing--or in this case, eating. <br /><br />I hear you about keeping the hand off the mouse. The trouble is, I *am* playing speed games; I simply don't have the patience to stare at a computer screen forever. Moreover, my experience has been that without the timer, many people have the tendency to just take forever when they play online. Nobelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00655577410721103577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449952380128375575.post-75442754293397805752013-06-07T06:07:58.520-07:002013-06-07T06:07:58.520-07:00I've heard arguments that shrimp etc. don'...I've heard arguments that shrimp etc. don't have the nervous system required to experience pain and suffering, but that's really not the point. The point is that the shrimp represents an Atman, and violence toward any Atman is ultimately toward all Atman(s) and Brahman. That said, I'm omnivorous. Hainanese Chicken Rice is pretty awesome stuff.<br /><br />Playing chess online - if you're not playing speed games, a good habit is to keep your hand off the mouse, and only when it's your turn and you've decided what that move is, put your hand on the mouse. Same as if you were playing face to face, your hand would not be hovering over the board all the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com