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Title: Hey it's Lent
Post by: xelement5x on February 15, 2018, 04:30:38 AM
So Lent started yesterday and runs until Thursday, March 29.

Anyone here observe, traditional or otherwise?  I know there has been an upward trend of people doing "secular lent" and giving up various things for the period.  I guess Twitter is the most popular thing for people to give up for Lent this year. 
Title: Re: Hey it's Lent
Post by: hoobs88 on February 15, 2018, 04:44:48 AM
Doesn't Lent run until Easter?
Title: Re: Hey it's Lent
Post by: Galad on February 15, 2018, 05:36:51 AM
Where did you get March 29 from?
Title: Re: Hey it's Lent
Post by: Necromancer on February 15, 2018, 05:51:13 AM
Xele is a good Catholic.  Lent ends on Holy Thursday with the Mass of the Last Supper.

I don't do anything for lent.  I don't really have any luxuries or vices that I could give up that would really be a sacrifice.
Title: Re: Hey it's Lent
Post by: Arkhan on February 15, 2018, 05:59:06 AM
im gonna lent my foot in someones ass
Title: Re: Hey it's Lent
Post by: _joshuaTurbo on February 15, 2018, 06:27:22 AM
I'm giving up gamehuggers for lent. Can't wait until April!!
Title: Re: Hey it's Lent
Post by: xelement5x on February 15, 2018, 06:36:38 AM
I'm giving up gamehuggers for lent. Can't wait until April!!

Goddamnint Josh, you can't give up something you've already given up. 


And I'm actually not a good Catholic (is anyone really?), I got the date from Google because most of the time it knows more than me. 
Title: Re: Hey it's Lent
Post by: crazydean on February 15, 2018, 08:54:57 AM
Xele is a good Catholic.  Lent ends on Holy Thursday with the Mass of the Last Supper.

I don't do anything for lent.  I don't really have any luxuries or vices that I could give up that would really be a sacrifice.

What about PC Engine?
Title: Re: Hey it's Lent
Post by: Necromancer on February 15, 2018, 09:35:31 AM
I wouldn't want to give it up, but it wouldn't be that much of a sacrifice for only 40 days.  Harder would be to give up gaming altogether.
Title: Re: Hey it's Lent
Post by: TheClash603 on February 15, 2018, 10:35:13 AM
I just do the no meat on ash Wednesday and for all Fridays through lent.  I'm not a church going type, but being born and raised in a predominantly Roman Catholic city has rubbed off on me this much.

...Plus it makes my mom proud of me, for once.
Title: Re: Hey it's Lent
Post by: Zero_Gamer on February 15, 2018, 01:23:33 PM
It's Lent! (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180216/2f0af97014c3d44792400e87823d1027.jpg)
Title: Re: Hey it's Lent
Post by: Necromancer on February 16, 2018, 01:11:09 AM
I just do the no meat on ash Wednesday and for all Fridays through lent.  I'm not a church going type, but being born and raised in a predominantly Roman Catholic city has rubbed off on me this much.

Priests rubbed off on a lot of boys over the years.
Title: Re: Hey it's Lent
Post by: majors on February 16, 2018, 03:17:22 AM
And I'm actually not a good Catholic (is anyone really?)
Typical Catholic. My fam are much more religious, but I'm the fallen one as I'm told. Last mass I attended was prolly when my cousin got married 5-6 years ago...I've been to my girls' Episcopalian more recently, but as my fam tells me, "that does not count".

So, No. I'm not doing shit for lent.
Title: Re: Hey it's Lent
Post by: Lost Monkey on February 16, 2018, 08:14:13 AM
I am thinking about giving up my dumb lent joke...

"I'm giving up lent!"

Nah...
Title: Re: Hey it's Lent
Post by: esteban on April 15, 2018, 02:48:11 AM
I gave up pcefx for Lent.

I blame the devil for this horrid affair with FacialBook and InstaShite.

Title: Re: Hey it's Lent
Post by: NightWolve on April 15, 2018, 04:52:23 AM
I gave up pcefx for Lent.

I blame the devil for this horrid affair with FacialBook and InstaShite.

Just to give credit where credit is due, "FacialBook" was sparky's joke comrade. I know you heard it from me first and took a liking to it, but I should not let you continue to think I was responsible for that creativity. ;)
Title: Re: Hey it's Lent
Post by: xelement5x on April 17, 2018, 04:27:30 PM
I made it through my Lent abstinence but probably didn't get that much out of it.  Didn't even go to church for Easter, but I made it last week.

My daughter loves church because she has somehow associated it with the donuts afterwards.
Title: Re: Hey it's Lent
Post by: esteban on April 17, 2018, 05:24:24 PM
I made it through my Lent abstinence but probably didn't get that much out of it.  Didn't even go to church for Easter, but I made it last week.

My daughter loves church because she has somehow associated it with the donuts afterwards.

Let me be the first atheist to admit that I would go to church if I was guaranteed donuts and coffee.

Amen.
Title: Re: Hey it's Lent
Post by: crazydean on April 18, 2018, 05:32:05 AM
I made it through my Lent abstinence but probably didn't get that much out of it.  Didn't even go to church for Easter, but I made it last week.

My daughter loves church because she has somehow associated it with the donuts afterwards.

Let me be the first atheist to admit that I would go to church if I was guaranteed donuts and coffee.

Amen.

The churches I went to as a kid always had free coffee and sometimes donuts!

I have been to a few that actually sell coffee...that’s a little too close to business in a house of worship to me. I’m not personally offended, but it’s quite hypocritical.
Title: Re: Hey it's Lent
Post by: Necromancer on April 18, 2018, 05:37:25 AM
Some friends go to a church with two hour services with a half hour "intermission" for coffee and donuts right in the middle.  I love me some donuts, but damn... two hours?!?

Still, I almost feel cheated only getting a little cracker.  :mrgreen:
Title: Hey it's Lent
Post by: esteban on April 18, 2018, 09:03:50 AM
Some friends go to a church with two hour services with a half hour "intermission" for coffee and donuts right in the middle.  I love me some donuts, but damn... two hours?!?

Still, I almost feel cheated only getting a little cracker.  :mrgreen:

Pour some Velveeta on that cracker and [emoji4]
Title: Re: Hey it's Lent
Post by: HailingTheThings on April 18, 2018, 10:20:00 AM
Some friends go to a church with two hour services with a half hour "intermission" for coffee and donuts right in the middle.  I love me some donuts, but damn... two hours?!?

Still, I almost feel cheated only getting a little cracker.  :mrgreen:

Churches have come a long way. These days its commonplace for them to prominently feature same-sex couple make out tents right next to the smoking section.

God bless America.

<3
Title: Re: Hey it's Lent
Post by: wildfruit on April 18, 2018, 11:20:18 AM
I agnostically abstain from abstaining. Though my dad only had fish on Friday growing up and when I was younger I did go church occasionally. Not too regularly but I went to a church school so it was like going every day.
Title: Re: Hey it's Lent
Post by: soop on April 18, 2018, 11:30:05 AM
Fun fact: back in the day, the church declared that beavers were fish.  The reason?  So the pope could eat beavers on the sabbath.  No innuendo intended.
Title: Re: Hey it's Lent
Post by: NightWolve on April 28, 2018, 07:01:31 AM
Fun fact: back in the day, the church declared that beavers were fish.  The reason?  So the pope could eat beavers on the sabbath.  No innuendo intended.

:lol:

So that was true, ha! I thought your denial of innuendo was sarcasm!