Comments | maybemonday: assuming there's some truth to every legend....

maybemonday

assuming there's some truth to every legend....

Mar 14, 2006 23:53

Okay, so:

If warriors used to eat their enemies to absorb their powers and make themselves stronger, what does it say about me, and about our culture in general, that our main protein source is chicken? How would I be different if I ate, say, bear and mountain lion on a regular basis instead?

ponderings

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aleffert March 15 2006, 05:14:23 UTC

You would be more broke. Mountain lion probably doesn't come cheap. Also, what does that say about vegetarians? You could have soy powers!

trevoke March 15 2006, 05:21:45 UTC

I don't know how much your friend realizes that he's right.

Part of the belief comes from the killing of the enemy itself. We are eating merely for sustenance. We don't kill the enemy (or the food), so there's no reason to believe that it makes us stronger. Mountain lion would indeed just make you broke.

If you killed the bear and mountain lion on your own, then you would be justified in eating your prey's heart in an 'unofficial' ritual. How much stronger would it make you? It would give you more confidence that you have killed before and can kill again. Your skills would increase accordingly from that increase in confidence.

oh dear sanslimites March 15 2006, 05:24:19 UTC

back on that subject again, are we? Whatever happened to the croissants?

Re: oh dear maybemonday March 15 2006, 05:47:37 UTC

I shall start a GASTROINTESTINAL REVOLUUUUUUTIONNNNNNN!!!! B-)

Re: oh dear sanslimites March 15 2006, 06:05:30 UTC

Trying to figure out where that fits into our usual bohemian standards. It's bizarre enough, I'll give you that much. Now you need to get together with rob, who (as I believe i mentioned) has been known to launch off into ponderings of what would happen if smell was communication and currency, and self-discovery will be complete.

Re: oh dear trevoke March 15 2006, 12:02:50 UTC

Smell is already communication.. But it's not currency.

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emk March 28 2006, 21:27:11 UTC

I love the things you come up with! Someday, for Christmas, I want a calendar of daily Chelsea Thoughts/Imponderables.

If a person's main source of protein were something like, oh, maybe peanut butter, what would that say about them? And can you absorb the power of what you eat if you didn't kill it yourself? Would I have to mash the peanuts myself? I think some health food stores let you do that, but I don't know of any place that would let you kill your own chicken... although Dad has some chickens...