I think it’s happening. Hi! Hi everyone! How are you guys doing?
I hope you can hear me and everything. This is... I’ve never done the phone version of YouTube streaming.
Ummmmm....
I can’t tell… OK, I think you guys can hear me, I hope you guys can hear me, please let
me know if you can hear me, just say hello. Hi from Liverpool! Ummm…ok...
Oh you guys can hear me? Ok, good! Hi! I just, thanks guys for being here! This is kind of a last-minute
thing, this is not typically how I operate. But we just went over the 150k mark for the
channel which is pretty crazy, and uh I wanted to celebrate and also just be here to answer
any questions and also just have some time with you guys that’s a little more casual
and everything. So, ummm, I have—oh hi! There’s so many people, yay! So just so you guys know,
I’m on like the new… YouTube just rolled out like a, well I don’t know when they
did it, because they don’t tell anyone anything, but there’s like a live stream on my phone
now instead of doing it on my computer, so bear with me because I’ve never done it before.
So it’s gonna look like I’m poking you in the face a bunch. But I’m just trying
to look at the comments. for anyone who hasn’t already, make sure that you click the little
bell thingy on the channel to get notifications, because that’s how you’ll know when I
do these things or if I post videos. Just so you know. OK. Alright. I’m gonna try
to just get to some questions, because I want to make the most of y’all’s time, so let
me… there’s a lot of stuff happening up in here… ok. Ok. Thanks for letting me know
that you guys can hear me. I see that, ok. Julian Mack says... Just preemptively, I’m probably
gonna say everyone’s names incorrectly, just saying that up front. Julian asked: “What
do you tell non-vegans if they say, ‘Oh you vegans think that you are so much morally better,
but you kill bugs in crops, and there’s animals in computers and cell phones’?”
That’s a good question, Julian. And I actually have a video on that called... and once I’m
done with this Q and A, guys, I’m gonna go in after the fact and put in links that
are specific. Like videos that are specific to every question, and hopefully eventually
also have time markers for every single question which is what I’ve done with the previous
Q and A which you guys can watch, which is super long, but I put time markers so you
can jump to each question. It’ll take a little bit of time to do that, and to caption it
uh, but I will do that. So anyway, Julian, your question with... what about, you know, vegans
kill bugs when they...and animals when they harvest the foods and everything. So I do have a video
called “Do Vegans Kill Animals More Than Meat Eaters?” and I go into that because
there was this one study put out a while back about,
“Oh, hey, vegans kill more animals than non-vegans
with the harvesting process.” But, if you watch the video, you’ll see... that the way
the study was conducted, there was just a lot of different caveats and flaws and
in the end, when you really think about it, in the most basic and logical manner,
in order for meat-eaters to… if you’re eating animals, you’re also eating… I mean, you still
have to deal with the fact that they ate all of the plants that they’re eating. So, you know,
non-vegans tend to consume around like 10 times more plant matter, at the end of the
day than vegans, so you’re kind of compounding… Even if we do slaughter, like, a huge amount
of animals through harvesting and whatnot, that’s compounded and that’s packaged
into eating animals. And so it’s kind of… it’s kind of a non-starter of an argument.
And then as far as… I’m gonna try to not do my thing where I spend like 30 minutes
answering one question because that’s what I tend to do… but! You also said what about
when… I’m totally losing my brain track right now… oh! Like with computers and cellphones,
that there’s animal parts in that, that’s kind of like the whole “100% vegan” type
of thing, or being a “perfect vegan,” or like, can you be completely vegan? I have
an older video with Gary Yourofsky called like “100% Vegan” or “Can You Be 100%
Vegan?” and in that I talk about how being vegan is the striving to eliminate as much
as practical and possible. However- practicable and possible... however, being humans, we like
to take that word and we like to say, “Well, it’s not practicable for me not to eat... bacon
every day,” you know so it’s kind of more taking an honest look at ourselves and the fact that
as long as we are alive and on this world we are going to be inadvertently hurting other
beings, and you know, it's incredibly unfortunate but that doesn't mean that oh because I might
step on an insect or drive over many of them with a vehicle or the vehicle has animals
in it. It's kind of like the black and white thinking of human logic to say... or illogic to say
oh because I can’t not squish a bug every once in awhile I might as well slaughter billions
of animals needlessly It just… It doesn't make sense, you know, we would never say:
‘I can't stop all murders, so i’m just gonna stab everyone I see everyday.’
Because why not? You know. It’s kind of - It’s a way of avoiding - avoiding the issue; and
avoiding what we actually, umm, you know, ahh... okay yea.
Maritza says: “ Don’t make the answers so long” - You are SO correct!
Okay I’m gonna try to - I’m going to try and shorten it up, you guys. It’s hard because
I don’t want to just give you a just like a sound bite that’s like totally doesn't
even answer your question - but then I also want to make sure that I answer more than
- more than like three.
Uhh ‘cause it’s like ridiculous. Okay, and there’s a lot of them.
Okay, so that’s—I’ll link to that video later.
Oh my gosh. There’s a lot, so I'm trying you guys to go back up to the top.
Okay here we go. Hello everyone. Hi. Umm. Now there’s a lot of people telling me that
you can hear me. Hello?
Hello Phil? Phil Dieu? from France. That was my attempt at trying to say something french.
It was not good. Umm. HI from Iceland - HI Tina from Iceland.
When is it going to start? I think it’s - it’s starting right now.
Okay here we go. Oh Thank you, Uhh.
Hi Redneck2Vegan Hello, big Hello. Umm. Okay guys. I’m getting down to some questions...
Oh The Black Bean Industry says: “Why are you so awesome?”
Oh man; I don’t know; I don’t know if I even agree with that assessment, but I appreciate it.
Hello from Scotland. HI Tennessee. Dallas, Texas
Oh Thank you JV that you - Hello to you and your wife, as well. Thank you. Umm.
Okay guys. I’m getting down to the two question. Here, it’s gonna happen. There’s like
a lot of ‘hellos’; which is exciting. Umm. Oh.
Pay The Troll says: "You look great!" Thank you. That’s weird, because it’s
like a troll saying something nice about my appearance; that’s like the reverse. OK...
HI Vegan Gains Jr. you get around, sir. Hey Vegan Warrior. I haven't seen you in umpteen
million years. That is the exact amount of time.
oh... Ok… Lets see… Sup… HI Hench Herbivore .
Oh. Thank you for skipping class Poor Piggy but I don’t know if I… Well, I’m not
going to endorse anyone dropping out of school but thank you.
OK. Here we go. Trying to get down you guys, to a question. Um… “I think you have a
video on almost every subject” yes Maritza, there are a lot of them… Yeah.
Oh my goodness. I am sorry you guys. Like the phone it shows two comments at a time.
Oh here we go. Pay The Troll asked: “How do you help someone who has relapsed with
eating meat?” So… I guess with that, it depends on what the factor was, you know,
what it is that… Why they went back to eating meat, you know, if they were feeling ill or
feeling like if maybe I have a uh nutritional deficiency or I'm feeling, weak. So I’m
gonna, you know, go back to eating meat. A lot of times, you know, just… Human… It’s
hard. *sigh* I tend to make generalizations sometimes when I don’t want to but there's
just no better way of doing it for these kinds of answers. But it does seem that we as humans
tend to kind of jump to conclusions of: Oh I feel weak it must be I went vegan… You
know. And especially with something like going vegan where there is already kind of this,
uh, predisposition to believing that it’s not gonna...that it's not good for us or that
there is going to be an issue with it. I kind of poked fun at this with my, new year's eve
“How vegans ruin new year's” is, you know, like as soon as someone goes vegan, like oh
my god my iron is gone, my B12’s gone. So if it is something nutritional, you know, err...
It can be kind of like helping ground them a little bit, you know. With… You know…
If they feel like something is wrong nutritionally go see a doctor, get some blood work done.
Uh. Us trying to like just assume maybe something is wrong with me can can be difficult...umm...
A lot of times I think it’s like social pressure or just the, the messages that we get cause,
you know. Once someone goes vegan maybe they saw Earthlings or maybe they made the connection
and then. You know… They are back into their environment and 99.999% of the messages that
we get are that eating animals is normal and regular and good and
...you’re weird if you don’t. And so, I think, depending on why that person went
back to eating meat, would, kind of, determine what approach would be best.
But I think, kind of, finding out what it is, what fears they might have, what the problem might be.
And just kind of helping them connect with what it is… why they wanted to go vegan in the first place.
You know, and, and giving them a sense of community, if it is something
about, you know, feeling isolated, or feeling like they’re the only person, you know,
or that, you know, their family won’t accept them. So, There’s a lot of...
There’s a lot of ways, to, to go about it, ‘cause it’s hard, not knowing, uh, if you don’t
know why they went back. But one thing I will say: and i’m going to keep going, you guys,
and try to knock it out. Is that uh there is a time, sometimes, like especially with
family, If you kind of, you’re hitting a wall, and if you’re, kind of, you know,
trying to make someone vegan, it might be time as well to kind of give them space and
just be the best example that you can be, because we can’t make anyone vegan, and
sometimes it actually is, like, counterproductive if we try. but helping people make that connection
for themselves, is how it can really, .. last. because then they’ve come to that conclusion on their own.
Okay....
HI Katy from Oklahoma. I am doing well, Thank you.
Oh yay! Sophie. That’s so great that your friends are moving on the veg-train there. That’s awesome!
Okay, Theo Vegan I see that your question needs an answer,
but I can’t find it. ‘Cause I’m sure it’s way ... above,
where I am right now... ‘cause the comments
jump up all the time. umm...
"In our country, you can’t find the…. " ...Sorry guys... Oh thank you Meat-free Athlete and thank you Ann-Marie
for the, for the congratulations. Umm...
Saw you... saw when you went to Pigs before slaughter.
HI Hilda Thank you. Yes, That’s - that’s good, sorry guys I’m looking. Okay. ...
Okay, that’s weird. Okay, Alright. This is, this is a bizarre way to try to find questions.
It’s a bit overwhelming. Okay. Let’s see. Oh. Thank you MJ gal I’m i’m really glad
that you enjoy details, because I, I, tend to be a bit excessive with them.
Like waste, way much, it is really hard to try to wrap it up. Mmm.
Hench Herbivore I’m hoping that you’re, i’m hoping that you’re joking about: Is it vegan to cut your lawn?
Yeah, I think, yeah, I think so. You know, I mean you can try to find like, maybe like, manual
mowers, if you want to be less uh, using gas and what not.
Oh Alley Cat Strikes says: "I saw you at Rowdy Girl, but was too nervous to say hi."
Just so you guys know, like, if you guys ever just see me in, in, the real life.
Umm... Definitely don’t feel bad.
Come up, ‘cause i’m like the most awkward human being in the world; so..
i’m probably far more nervous than you are. So just, definitely come up
and say Hi to me.
I also will sometimes, be in my own little universe, so it’s never
that I’m like, not paying attention, I'm just totally...you know... pfft, up in my head, thinking
about videos and talks and stuff. So, definitely come up and always feel free to say Hi.
I might feel startled; I might seem startled at first, but then i’ll be alright. okay,
Here we go, Oh my goodness: Emma-Kat : says look at my question. I don’t know where
it is... ‘cause there’s so many things; ‘cause I can only see two at a time. Okay.
Ariel says: any suggestion for effective vegan, for vegan, effective vegan activism.
I do have a number of videos about that. I think like, “Just Speak” is a talk that
I have that I did at... Toronto Pig Save, well, at the Chicken Save, at the slaughterhouse there
I’ve always just said that the most effective form of activism is really what
you connect with, and what you’re passionate about because if you try to model yourself
after: oh, this activist, I like what they do, and I’m going to try to be that person,
and do that way. You know, I think people connect with, with, you know, honesty
in a genuine, when you’re genuinely invested, and people can tell. I think that’s what
people connect with a lot of the times, so if you find a form that works for you, something
that you’re really passionate about. Then I think that, that’s probably more advantageous,
than even trying to find, you know, “the best way”, uh, that said, I put a lot of
value in education, I think education is really... a powerful way of advocating, because it proliferates,
it, you know, it moves outwards, and so, if you’re able, if someone gets the knowledge,
and understands, you know, why to, why, you know, all of the arguments, or like the, the
reasons, and rationalities and, or, you know, it really connects with them - they have that
knowledge, they can then help educate others. You know, so, I think education is an incredibly
powerful tool and...you'll also have... you know.. that's going to help hopefully break the chain
of parents teaching their children and then children teaching their children about, you
know, ‘it’s okay to eat and kill the animals that we love’. It kind of helps break that down.
So then also, obviously direct action is really valuable for the animals who are
rescued in that moment. So that’s also something that’s incredibly powerful.
Because to them, that’s their only life. you know...ummm...
Ok, So… let’s get up in here... Alright.
Oh, Jonathan, you said you met me at the march to close all slaughterhouses. YAY! Hi!
Leikin, I’m sorry that the lag is bad. I don’t know
if it’s on my end or yours. Ummm...
Tara Scott, it’s like I keep going back up you guys
and I’m trying to find your questions and then I find you asking if I’d seen your questions.
Oh, Rayma says - I have no idea if that’s how you say it - “Have you ever thought about
visiting the Netherlands? There are not a lot of vegans, and awareness is needed”.
I would love to... You guys, I wanna - I have like a massive plan that I would love to do
for like a giant crazy project that would be astronomical. I have so many of these things
that I want to do, but one of them is involving kind of what I did for Ireland with going
really in depth into the government documents and looking at the best standards of that
country and kind of as a case study of the humane debate as a whole. Because Ireland
is one of the most idealized places around the world of grass-fed, pasture-raised cows
and all of these things. And so kind of using that as “let’s look at what the actual
standards are” because the standards are never actually met and when you actually look
doing into it - into the standards- they’re pretty horrifying. So I would LOVE - one of
my long term goals is to be able to kind of do something like that for every country.
And then build like a giant database as well and all of these things. And that way activists
and vegans and people learning will be able to access this information and learn more
about the regulations in their areas and their countries and thus be able to better educate.
And then on top of that, also learn how to do the research as well themselves and find
more information. But that’s like a HUGE thing. Like right now I’m still trying to
keep up with the basics. But that’s part of why I’m taking all this time behind the
scenes to try to build up the structure and sustainability of Bite Size Vegan so that
eventually I can hopefully expand the resources and be able to provide more for more people.
So, okay. Let’s get up in here.
Thank you guys. I see some of you guys are answering
each other so that’s very helpful too.
Oh, hI Rachel! She said, “Will you ever come
back to the UK. Met you in Manchester. Yes I would love to. I would love to. There’s
so many places I would like to go.
Ok so let’s see.. (inaudible)...”I eat dogs” Good for you. That’s fantastic.
Ok..hmmm…(laughing)... Some of these are super offensive, but they’re hilarious in
their offensiveness that it just makes me giggle.
Ok. Sorry about that you guys.
Um… ok...oh, that’s lovely. Thank you. I really like the creative insults.
Those are the best ones. Ok. JV Marenchello says “What’s the best
advice to help friends cut out honey? The best documentary or resources. Thank you”.
So, I have a video - two videos - on honey. One is pretty old, but it is the main one I think
that people see. I do have a new video - or newer video - on honey that’s for kids.
But it has more updated information. That one I would recommend for getting a kind of
more comprehensive thing, even though it’s for kids. It also makes it pretty easy to
access, I guess. The older one - it still has good information. The editing is… somethin’ else
but, one thing that I’ve been trying to figure out (oh, my goodness. This is like
on this little mobile thing) With the older honey video, there’s one part that I wanted
to be able to do a... caveat because I quote T C Fry, I think, who... You know, of course looking
back the longer that I’ve done these videos, the more I’ve gotten more in depth and careful
about my sources and citations. So if you go to the older videos, a lot of those are
not cited or I haven’t - I don’t package them in the way that I do now. And that’s
one of the long term things that I want to go back through - probably need a whole team
with that to cite all of those. Anyways, that said, check out those videos. There are links
to other things as well. I think one of the...
For me, like talking about... there’s a couple of things you can go,
angles you can go with honey.
Of course there is the “gross out” factor, which there’s
a lot of controversy over whether thats a good approach to do. But the fact that it's
more or less “bee vomit”. Of course, they’re putting it in a crop, rather than a stomach.
But for me, what’s most impactful is that honey is the food that bees make for their
babies - their family. And for the production of honey for humans, they’re given this
sugar substitute that’s inadequate for them nutritionally. And [they’re] killed off
during the winters most of the times. Then you also have the issue of the shipping of
the bees. They’re shipped in the mail and the queen bees, a lot of the times they’re
killed off they’re damaged in the shipping and in order to keep the queens in the hive,
they’ll have their wings ripped off. It’s just like anything else that we do with non-humans
where we’re controlling every aspect of their lives and for our benefit.
OK, But I would check out those videos and I’ll link them below when I get back up in here.
Ok. Yeah, and I do need to get some moderators, you guys. I’m sorry. I didn’t have that
in place cause I’ve never done this thing. It’s brand new to me. And technology...
Not.. It's very discerning.
..hmm..ok. I’m trying to go back up so I don’t just answer the newest ones.
...Oh Thank you Arvay, I am going to keep doin’.
oh Mauria... Mauria Marklets, thank you that’s very sweet.
I really, I really appreciate it. Okay, Okay,
I do have vaccinations on
my video list, which i’ve had on my list forever, but I am going to, that’ll be on
there. There’s a lot of things that I still want to get to, I have hundreds of videos
on my list and so, that is one of them is vaccinations is definitely going to be one of them...
Oh yes, Caleb I would love to do one for Scotland; a video and a speech for
Scotland. There’s so many, I mean I would love to do one for every country, honestly.
‘Cause, you know, I don’t, it doesn’t matter how I deal in…. I know, it’s like:
it’s not like that here. But if you break it down, it really is like that here. ‘Cause
there’s no kind way to enslave, and murder animals, there just isn’t so… okay,
Simon asked: Do you consider crops grown using bone meal as a fertilizer, vegan?
This is a legal requirement for organic crops in Sweden. And that is, that is definitely
something that is... an important... or a question that I get a lot. And I have a video called
“Grow your own food” something like that, where we talk about veganic gardening, and I do
think that’s, that would ideally be where things eventually shift to is: you know, growing
our own food, primarily, community gardens, veganic farming. ‘Cause veganic basically
that just means: that it is not used with; like if you’re doing veganic farming you’re
not using bone meal, or blood, or any of those kinds of things to - to use as fertilizer,
so. In countries, like, it sounds like you said that bone meal is required? By law? I
don’t know if it is also required by... for... I don’t know if it is also required for
standard crops. Sorry guys, I gotta hit my battery so this, so that the phone doesn’t
kick it. I think it went on, let’s hope that it’s on. Okay, so if, I mean, obviously,
you don’t want to go to conventional crops if they don’t have bone meal just because
then you’ll also have that issue. But, I guess I would say do the best that you can,
again this is kind of in the in those lines of practical and possible, or practicable
and possible, ideally you can even try to grow your own, grow your own food, as much
as you can, so you know, try to start a garden if you’re able to there’s even a lot of
help with, you can look online, and there’s a lot of help with growing your food even
if you’re in like a tiny apartment, and you don’t have a yard. And those kinds of
things in the video that I have on grow your own food, I have a lot of links to resources
of people who do this and have a lot of wisdom to give and are very open to helping others.
So that I would really recommend. And then doing the best that you can, outside of that,
but there are ways to grow like lettuce and stuff like that, you know, in... in like an
apartment, and other things. But you know, again just do - do what you can: if it’s
between, like not eating, you know, and having, getting some organic produce that’s grown
in an unideal manner, then, you know, make sure that you - you feed yourself. Okay. Sorry
Alright guys, I’m gonna go back up, there’s a lot of random stuff happening up in here.
It’s like, I have to do like this, it’s like two - two comments at a time;
it’s ridiculous. Oh okay
Abdallah Correy asked: Can you please do a video on Animal Liberation Front, and do you
support this kind of activism? Yeah, I could definitely a video on them.
. It’s hard, you know the ALF, the Animal Liberation Front, is not any set, it’s not like a set membership
or anything it’s, I mean the whole aspect of it is that there are no, there is like
no set membership, or structure or anything, and so commenting on, kind of, you know, “what
they do” is a bit, it’s a bit difficult to do that, since it’s, it’s kind of,
you know, people will take out actions, you know, carry out actions, and then credit the
ALF with it. So it’s more of a loose, unorganized, organization type thing, you knowthere’s
Wow a lot of stuff happening. Oh okay. Emma, oh wait, yeah,
Emma De Cat asked: what do you think of home raised livestock, like cows, pigs, goats,
I know you don’t eat meat, just want to know your opinion? I don’t know if you mean,
like, raised at home in order to be eaten... But yeah guys, i’m sorry guys. Rayma I do
see that; I would love to delete the spammers, I just, uh, with the amount that are going
by, I would just be like, doing this and poking this the entire time. I don’t want to spend
the entire time sitting here trying to moderate the comments, next time, i’ll have to do
a better job, you guys, of getting some moderators in place, so that I could see the questions
and not poking this the entire time. But anyways, oh so... having like raising animals in your
home type of thing, so I mean, even if - even if like, I think it’s almost just more disturbing
in some ways that, you know a lot of times we want to go to like the humane - the - the,
I know the farmer and they have a small farm and it’s like you know, they love their
pigs they love their chickens, they love, you know, these, and I mean I feel like that
is almost like a bigger betrayal to the animals. I mean, could you imagine, like - like, trusting
your caregiver and you know, knowing them and them being kind to you, and then at the
very last minute they’re slicing your throat. I mean, I feel like from the animal’s perspective,
that’s kind of, that’s kind of rough. But, I mean, I think one of the ways to kind
of put it into perspective, at least for those of us in, you know, the cultural mindset of,
you know, dogs being companion animals, and family members, and all the other - other
animals animals being “consumable food” animals is: you know, would we use that justification
for our dogs? If I went next door to my neighbor and killed their dog, and I said oh well,
he had a great life, and he was loved and I didn’t, he didn’t, he didn’t know
it was going to happen, it was very peaceful, it doesn’t make it, it doesn’t make it
okay. You know, it’s - it’s still cutting a life short, so, That is kind of, I guess,
where I would go with that. Oh my goodness, these are going crazy, with the comments,
okay. I’m going to try to hit a couple more you guys. Oh
Okay. Oh my goodness, I’m not going to say this right:
Udwalls Channel, I appreciate your boldness at the way you presented the video named:
the blurred lines of bestiality. Presenting that with proper research in an organized
way must have taken a lot of work. Thank you, yes, that was a very difficult video, and
it was like two days late, you guys didn’t notice, which I know lately I’ve been, not
been on my hard and fast schedule, that I've kept for the last three years ‘cause there’s
a whole lot of stuff going on that i’m working on, for the channel, but, yeah, the bestiality
video was very intense to make and it was heartbreaking to research, as I’m sure you
can imagine. And then also trying to present a topic like that in a - in a, structured
and effective manner and also be... be cognizant of the - of the very huge taboo, and like,
the issues around it, ‘cause it is not something that is comfortable for anyone to talk about,
or hear about. But I feel like that’s, a lot of times that’s exactly why we need
to talk about these kinds of things, you know, the very things that we try to you know, hide
and put behind closed doors are the things that need the most attention, from us, so
I em... I won’t ever hesitate to - to address difficult topics, you know, it just - it is
a whole, it is - it’s quite an undertaking, and I, I think I was, like, at least, the
three days prior to that didn’t even sleep, just going through trying to get that video done.
Okay. Okay. what are your thoughts on….wow there’s a lot of stuff.
Alcohol and veganism for health; how do you reconcile these or are you alcohol free? It’s
a struggle for me. That’s from Darren Burton. So, Darren, thank you for your question, and
I do… I don’t think this is what you’re asking about at all, but i’ll just let everyone
know, that I do have a video called: “Is Alcohol Vegan?” and in that video, I do
have links and information about finding out what alcohols are vegan and what is not, so
there are vegan alcohol - alcohols, but, you know, beer, liquor and different things. However,
if you are hoping to, I mean, if you’re going vegan for health and part of that is
you don’t want to - you want to stop drinking as well, then obviously that’s a whole different,
you know, issue, but as far as “vegan-ness” of alcohol is that there are a lot of - there
are a lot, yeah, Ankaiser, definitely hit - hit the nose on the head, nope, nail on
the head, there we go. At - In that video that I have of: “Is Alcohol Vegan?” I
do link to Barnivore.com, so that is a really great resource. If you go to their website
they, kind of, have a really fantastic catalogue of, you know, alcohol that has been - that
is vegan, and has been, you know, verified, versus, you know, others, and... oops, sorry,
and then oops, good lords, good - good lord, i’m gonna drop this thing. So then in the
video, I go through more of like “why” and everything, but that is a really great
website as well. okay… I’m gonna try to answer a couple more, you guys.
There's a lot of stuff.
If you had to get rid of one species, not humans, or micro-organa - micro-organisms,
what would you get rid of? That’s from Mike. I don’t think I would. I mean, I know that’s
like a that defeats the question, but I don’t know if I could really say that really. Uh
Okay, that was a that was a worst answer ever. Okay ch-ch-ch. Oh thank you Leslie.
That’s really sweet. Oh
A Thrifty Vegan asked: what do you think about killing bugs, like mosquitos and others, which
could be potentially deadly? I actually just answered this. I just had a... like a two hour
q live Q&A with my Patrons the other day, ooh legs falling asleep. And they asked, someone
asked, one of my patrons asked about the uh about dealing with insect’s invasions, and
you know and the home, what not, and I think it does come down to, I do - I do intend to
make a separate video about this, and have for quite some time, is i’m going to have
one video on how to deal with insect invasions, like in your home, and other
places, and also I’m going to do a video on invasive species.o those will be two separate ones.
But for just like kind of a quick quickish answer, is you know, with - with insects, you know,
there are times when if, you know, if, when I lived in India, for a while, I - I did take,
a malaria medication, you know, and so there - there are times where, depending on where
you are, and the circumstances, like a life or death type of thing. It’s, you know,
it comes down to an element of self defense, but again we, just as humans, our tendency
is to try to exploit that and say well it was self defense for me to do x, y, or z,
you know, i’ve even heard people say, if you don’t kill the pigs; the pigs are going
to kill you type of thing, so but, kind of taking it on situation by situation there
are also a lot of ways to naturally prevent, you know, insects from coming into your home
or things like this. I also have a, like I have a natural bug spray, that I use, that’s
based on I think it’s like essential oils and things, and it’s actually made here
in Iowa. And it’s - it’s fantastic, it works really well, and it’s non toxic, it
doesn’t kill, you know, the insects, it just they just don’t like it and it smells
nice. ‘Cause I think most bug sprays, to me at least, make me feel sick as well. So
that’s a way to potentially do that without it being toxic or harmful. You know, awesome.
So but also around, this area of the country we have a brown recluse spiders, if any of
you know anything about them. If you get a bite by a brown recluse you start - your flesh
can start to rot, you know, it’s kind of an intense reaction, so maybe, if I had a
brown recluse about to bite me probably flick him or her off of my body, you know, and do
the best that I can, so okay. Alright, I’m gonna. Ooh it’s already 36 minutes, alright,
i’m gonna try to do I guess like two more, I guess you guys. Try to do my best here.
Sorry guys, I know need to do, i’ll definitely try to be more prepared for comments
with moderation and everything.
Instant Remix asked: What do you think about fake meat? Is it okay to eat every few days?
Well, the fake - fake meat, I guess, it depends on, like, what you’re concern might be.
So if it is a concern of health, then, you know, I mean it depends on the level of it
being processed and everything, but, you know, it’s gonna be better than eating animal
products. As far as, I mean, if it doesn’t have anything, I mean, if you’re not, like,
concerned about, like, the additives, or anything in the different fake meat. I’m a huge fan
of fake meat, and, you know, they even have the veggie burgers that like bleed now, which
is to me, that’s, like, creepy. I don’t - I don’t want, personally, I don’t want
any part of that; however, i’m really glad that that exists, because it’s the more,
you know, like, there are people who... they want that. They want to have the same, you
know, taste, the same texture, the same experience, but they might not wanna, you know, they don’t
want to kill animals anymore. But at least this way they can still have the same taste
experience, so I am a huge fan of, you know, of all of the vegan alternatives, and having
them as realistic as - as we can make them. Because the more, you know, the more, like
there are direct analogues, the more easily people will be able to transition, and more
willing to transition, because you’re not really making a huge change even so. Okay,
Ariel Rayes asked: Is vegan dog food healthy for dogs?
I’m just gonna, i’ll answer another one after this, but I just wanna say: I have a
number of videos on that, and if you go to “Can Pets Be Vegan?” if you google that,
not google. If you search: “Can Pets Be Vegan?” on either my channel, or on bitesizevegan.com,
you will find the post for that, and if you…
On the website, like bitesizevegan.com, if you - if you search, “Can Pets Be Vegan?”
at the bottom of that, I have a bunch more links, as well, I do intend to do follow up
videos on that because, I have , ‘cause the old, that video is very old, and I also
want to do, an additional video that’s just about cats, because I get the cat question
a whole lot, so that is something I intend to do. Hopefully soonish, i’ve been meaning
to do it for quite some time, so… Oh, thank you Maritzah. I really appreciate it,
OK, guys, let me find, see if I can find, like, one or two more. Bye Joe Blush going to sleep.
That’s awesome. Okay oh my goodness...
How do you...wait? Okay uh, , how do you...(trails off)
Ok... Emm...
Oh, thank you Leigh-M. That’s really sweet.
Oh wow. That was a - that was interesting one. hmm. ,
Okay so... Mid My Brew asked: How do you avoid hidden, non-vegan ingredients?
So with the non-vegan ingredients, you know, sometimes they are, sometimes you really don’t
know, you know, there are different guides that you can find, like there’s an A-Z guide
of the animal ingredients, so there are, you know, different time, like, there’s ways
to kind of, search and learn a little bit more about them, but I think, when it comes
down to, especially when you’re new, and also when you’re talking to people who are
wanting to go vegan, it gets to a place of like ... Ooo ooh nope, okay, look, you know,
working on what working on the big stuff it pretty you know: eggs, dairy, meat, honey,
these things, doing the best that you can, being as prepared as you can. You can always
look on the back of, if it’s a prepared food, you can, you know, look in the ingredients,
and at least in America, a lot of times it will have like allergens, and they have to
list dairy as one of them. So that’s kind of, like, a way to look, but there are a lot
of like sneaky type ingredients. And it’s kind of a thing I do have a couple videos
that talk about some of the weird additives, especially my older - my older video of
“What i s REALLY In Your Food?”
‘Cause there’s all sorts of bizarre stuff that’s in there, so you know do the best
that you can, be as vigilant as you can, and , as you learn, you’ll, you know, be able
to better know and adapt in these kinds of things, of course, when you go out to eat,
it’s always a little bit of a - of a gamble, because you could try to explain it as best
as you can to people but you’re never gonna really know exactly how someone has prepared
food but on your end of course the easiest way to avoid them is to, you know, have non
processed food that is, you know, , fruits and vegetables and things of course you can
run into the fact that sometimes beeswax or shellac is used on fruits to make them shiny
and stuff. So, again, it goes back to the whole “100% vegan” “perfect vegan”
these - that kind of thing when you know it’s really about doing the very best that you
can and being honest with yourself about that. Not using that as an excuse, to say: ‘Oh
well, I can’t do, you know, I can’t not eat, meat everyday so that’s my best.’
So just kinda, it kinda just takes like this constant evaluation of ourselves, and that’s
kind of what I really went into depth in that with the “A Wake Up Call For Vegans“ speech
that I did that’s kind of talking about how even as vegans; being vegan isn’t like the
end. We’re done. Yay, i’m vegan i’m perfect I don’t have to ever analyze or look at
myself again, like, it is important for us to stay vigilant, as well. And continue to
be honest with ourselves about what we might still be contributing to. Okay. . Yeah, sorry
guys, I know the chat’s a mess. I feel really bad about that, and I will hopefully do a
better job about that next time. . okay, i’m going to answer one more, because I have to
get, gotta go to a super-fun business appointment.
Oh Sophie H For the art supplies, that one is coming very soon.
I’m actually in the process of doing a video on art and art supplies, so stay tuned. I
apologize that it is taking forever, but that will be happening. Hm-mm-hm-hmm. I’m going
to find one more, it’s gonna happen. This is very intense. .
Oh my goodness, guys, I’m so sorry,
This is like super boring dead air-time. Good Lord. There’s a lot to - there’s
a lot to scroll through. .
Ayn Kaiser I’m sorry that this is such a short stream, it’s
just ‘cause I have this other appointment coming up, but I wanted to - to do this okay
Ooh...
Nope okay oh and the coconut thing I do I have been having that on my list forever
too, as well as, to do a video on the monkey - monkey slave use, in the coconut industry.
Which is really heart-breaking and rather prolific as well. So it is something that
I also want to do.
Ummm... OK
Ich liebe Deine Arbeit (I love your work) - oh Danke (thanks), Five vegan dankies
Vielen Dank (many thanks)
okay guys.
I swear to goodness… I am going to find one... "I love eating horsemeat", OK.
That's fantastic (sarcasm). Oh my goodness, you guys. I am gonna find one more question.
It’s kind of intense. I think I am in the dead zone of lots of weird stuff flying up.
Mm, ok I am gonna scroll down and see if any good ones. It’s kind of gotten ridiculous.
Ok sooo, oh one, where is it? Marnie Travels asks: How to deal with cravings for
non-vegan foods? I actually have a Q&A, an older Q&A, where that’s one of the questions. So if
you go to my Q&A playlists list it will actually say like in the title, it is one of the ones
in the title, it is like dealing with non-vegan temptations . So check out that Q&A.
I do have right now like all of the Q&A playlist linked in this description. And I’ll be
going back down in there later and do more specific links.
Sooo... ummm...
Oh wow, oh this is really sweet. So Chris Elam asks is there anything I can do to
help your work directly. I just think you’re doing amazing work and it’s been so effective
when I show my friends and family and I just want to know if there is anything specific?
So, thank you for that, that’s very kind of you. I am, you know, currently, one of
the biggest things that I am doing right now behind the scenes is trying to build up the
foundation and the structure and everything to be able to bring, actually bring on like
a full volunteer team. You know if anyone coming in, people to help, you know, do different
tasks, if people want to volunteer and things, then that would be, you know, like a huge
help to be able to keep things functional. Because there is like, the workload has kind
of gone far beyond me, a long time ago and so then I am kind of falling behind on a lot
of different areas. So, I will, as like once that’s, the foundation is kind of there,
I’ll do like an announcement video on the channel.
But anyways, right now, you know, one thing, I do see people say, sometimes I have comments
of people saying: I am sorry that I can’t support you on Patreon - Patreon is the website
where I have crowdfunding to make this even possible to the level that it is currently.
And I do have people saying : I am sorry I can’t support you there financially. And
I want everyone to know: Never feel bad about that, because I always reply that, you know,
watching the videos, commenting and liking, and then especially sharing. The more you
can share the content on different platforms with different influencers, that’s incredible
helpful. Because I don’t have the time to even really try to promote or share things
enough, and I am also awful at it.
So all of that, I don’t want anyone to undervalue the effect of that and how much I appreciate it
and how much your support just from watching, commenting, sharing is incredible.
I love having people over on Patreon and the nugget army. And I do, I know I share a whole
lot with my Patreons that I don’t put on the channel. But I don’t want there anyone
to think that not being on there, and that just being a viewer is not appreciated;
because it is huge, it’s huge. You know I couldn’t, the channel wouldn’t be what it is if it
wasn’t for you guys. And I don’t forget that for a second. Which is why I also feel
awful that I have been falling behind so much recently and really awful with trying to get
to all the comments and questions and everything. So I do appreciate every single one of you.
I know that sounds probably super corny, but it’s true.
Ok, all right, I guess, ooh, ooh
I saw someone say something about eggs. I do have a video
called “Can vegans eat eggs from backyard chickens?”. So check that out.
Alright guys, let’s see, I think that’s gonna be it, cause I gotta, I am gonna be
late for this appointment. Thank you guys so much for being here. I am sorry for the
kind of like super last minute, hey it’s happening. But I really appreciate. And I
definitely next time I’m gonna try to a better job of getting some moderators ahead
of time so that the chat can be something.
And I do have service dogs on my list as well, you guys, So sorry, there is so many topics
and I wanna do everything. Thank you, thank you, thank you, I will also get in and fix
this video as soon as I can with links and captions and everything, so really appreciate it.
Thank you for watching and everything. Definitely click the bell and I haven’t
said that enough … HI VeganGeezer, way to show up. Nah, loving it Martin. Alright guys,
definitely check out Martin, he is awesome, guys, the VeganGeezer - he has an incredible
child called Jo-Jo who is like the coolest kid in the world. Just saying. Just saying.
Alright, I love you guys. Thank you for your support, for your patience. And please just
stick with me, I know that I am not; I am bit of a hotter mess than I normally am, right
now, which is saying a lot. I am gonna go do this business stuff, as if I know what
I am doing, as business person. I don’t. Bye guys. I love you. Thank you so much.