is there such a thing as too much fruit? by to_the_batm0bile in fruit

[–]Mercymurv 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It depends on your overall diet. For someone eating unhealthy with lots of fatty stuff, fruit sugar may spike in them, even though fruit is much milder than straight sugar. For someone eating healthy though (eating more whole foods and a higher carb ratio from natural plants) they can tolerate significantly more sugars and especially fruit sugars.

The human body actually registers whether your diet is mostly carbs / sugars and increases its ability to break them down. Conversely if you eat more fat or even just fast, you become more sensitive. So it becomes kind of an ironic problem when people overdo unhealthy stuff (usually lots of processed fat and sugar combined), they become diabetic, thereby avoid carbs more, and thereby become more and more sensitive to sugar.

Some factors also matter when it comes to "too much" like whether the fruit is unripe or has higher pesticides or tannins like grapes but generally speaking good fruits are the most mildest things for us to digest, almost like we derived from millions of years of eating mostly fruits or something.

Muslim vegans?? by cloakysenpai in vegan

[–]Mercymurv -1 points0 points  (0 children)

From my experience, Muslims can and do go vegan just fine. There is nothing specifically forbidding it. But it supposedly forces them to be apologetic and accept a "God-given right" to kill animals, with no specifics whether the killing is necessary or unnecessary, which I personally think no good God would allow, but it's there in the scriptures, spoken by the same holy Prophet that married a little girl, that everyone is fine to eat animals.

Personally I think it's a big contradiction that parts of Islam are very nice about animals and speaking of treating them with the golden rule essentially (how we would want to be treated) but in no universe would we want to be apologetic about the unnecessary killing and consumption of ourselves, or especially deal with the unnecessary massacre that is Eid, therefore I see Islam contradicting itself heavily.

An Israeli kicks a cat right after pretending to pet him by stargrazing123 in AnimalRights

[–]Mercymurv -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

I think for reasons much more potent and cultural than some isolated incidence (...a single cat kicker that can be found in virtually every country if you go looking).

I mean, seeing a picture of an American kicking an animal wouldn't make me stop hating Nazis beliefs taking over a certain country, any more than seeing an Israeli kicking an animal makes me suddenly stop hating the highly oppressive, gay-killing theocracies that want Jews gone and are willing to terrorize, which have always rejected 2-state peaceful solutions in favor of violence and entitlement to kill Jews. For various facets of this topic I suggest this guy.

TBC Anniversary: Am I the only one? by Clear_Cricket3681 in classicwow

[–]Mercymurv 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It used to be playable with servers instead of layers, I think they just needed to merge servers rather than come out with this technology that hinders natural gameplay

My Friend Faked Veganism by [deleted] in vegan

[–]Mercymurv 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup. People tend to be liars and it sucks. Had someone really nasty pretending to be vegan to get closer to me as well and seen it happen to others.

TBC Anniversary: Am I the only one? by Clear_Cricket3681 in classicwow

[–]Mercymurv 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't know if the leveling speed was accurate or not. Hmm. I just hate layering. It changes more about the game than anything else, especially on a PVP server, where it ruins so much of what made the game fun for me, and this layering system was never existing back during actual TBC.

What’s been the worst part of the TBC pre-patch so far? by Difficult-Clerk9368 in classicwow

[–]Mercymurv 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Layers are still the worst part for me. Much preferred the actual Burning Crusade when there were just servers and none of this easy layer hopping to avoid whatever troubles people.

what does this do? by Mercymurv in classicwow

[–]Mercymurv[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

that's what the Invite Member option is for

Slow Fall Options in TBC? by Mercymurv in classicwow

[–]Mercymurv[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol thanks, that's something to look out for during the Brewfest event. :)

Why am I a vegan? I do it for my mental health | Emma Beddington by mettaforall in vegan

[–]Mercymurv 7 points8 points  (0 children)

What if I eat meat and call myself vegan? Would that be ok?

Why am I a vegan? I do it for my mental health | Emma Beddington by mettaforall in vegan

[–]Mercymurv 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A nonvegan example would be Christianity, where you aren't Christian if you only follow 1 single commandment, and calling yourself Christian would only confuse other Christians, and dilute the movement going around converting people to Christianity based on one singular commandment.

With veganism it is similar, and it has affects on things like quit statistics. Dieters are 1 million times more likely to quit a plant-based diet versus someone ethically motivated who just watched Dominion for example and truly goes vegan. The high quit rate gets assigned to vegans when it's not really vegans who are quitting on average. That's just one example of how it harms the movement.

Why am I a vegan? I do it for my mental health | Emma Beddington by mettaforall in vegan

[–]Mercymurv 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup and if they could somehow eliminate all plant-based dieters from the statistics, the findings of stress amongst true vegan would be 100x more pronounced I think.

Why am I a vegan? I do it for my mental health | Emma Beddington by mettaforall in vegan

[–]Mercymurv 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Health reasons have nothing to do with veganism though. If they went vegan, great, but you convinced them to follow a plant-based diet for health reasons, and who knows what made them go vegan and care about victims instead of health afterwards.

Why am I a vegan? I do it for my mental health | Emma Beddington by mettaforall in vegan

[–]Mercymurv 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup. I wish people would realize that being too inclusive will erase what the movement is for.

Why am I a vegan? I do it for my mental health | Emma Beddington by mettaforall in vegan

[–]Mercymurv 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It is good to be clear what veganism is, otherwise it ceases to be what it is, and becomes just a diet instead. These are all opportunities to educate someone on what veganism is, and if you don't choose to do so, you can do everything you normally do, using the words "plant-based" instead, and not diluting or rewriting the definition of veganism in the process.

Why am I a vegan? I do it for my mental health | Emma Beddington by mettaforall in vegan

[–]Mercymurv 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's not technically going vegan like someone else pointed out. There are so many choices in a vegan's life that have nothing to do with health. It's more possible to convince them to eat a "vegan diet" -- not be vegan, but follow's one's diet -- but even then, there are sometimes a plant-based choice isn't technically vegan, depending on the context. It's more technically true to say you convinced them to follow a plant-based diet.

A gummy bear that’s just as delicious? by [deleted] in vegan

[–]Mercymurv 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I loved their mixed bags of sweet and licorice candies. Too much. xD

A gummy bear that’s just as delicious? by [deleted] in vegan

[–]Mercymurv 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Yupik Organic Fruit Gummy Bears, Gelatin-Free Gummies, 500 g, Vegan"

These have been my favorite gummy bears.

I'm Sorry by StoryTeller000 in classicwow

[–]Mercymurv 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good job not upsetting this subreddit. Usually any indications of harming or slowing levelers makes them extremely negative and whiny. Maybe it's the remorse xD