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I think it’s happening. Hi! Hi everyone!
How are you guys doing?

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I hope you can hear me and everything. This is... I’ve never done the phone version of YouTube streaming.

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Ummmmm....

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I can’t tell… OK, I think you guys can hear
me, I hope you guys can hear me, please let

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me know if you can hear me, just say hello.
Hi from Liverpool! Ummm…ok...

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Oh you guys can hear me? Ok, good! Hi! I just, thanks
guys for being here! This is kind of a last-minute

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thing, this is not typically how I operate.
But we just went over the 150k mark for the

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channel which is pretty crazy, and uh I wanted
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any questions and also just have some time
with you guys that’s a little more casual

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and everything. So, ummm, I have—oh hi! There’s
so many people, yay! So just so you guys know,

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I’m on like the new… YouTube just rolled
out like a, well I don’t know when they

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did it, because they don’t tell anyone anything,
but there’s like a live stream on my phone

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now instead of doing it on my computer, so
bear with me because I’ve never done it before.

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So it’s gonna look like I’m poking
you in the face a bunch. But I’m just trying

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to look at the comments. for anyone who hasn’t
already, make sure that you click the little

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bell thingy on the channel to get notifications,
because that’s how you’ll know when I

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do these things or if I post videos. Just
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to just get to some questions, because I want
to make the most of y’all’s time, so let

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me… there’s a lot of stuff happening up
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that you guys can hear me. I see that, ok.
Julian Mack says... Just preemptively, I’m probably

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gonna say everyone’s names incorrectly,
just saying that up front. Julian asked: “What

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do you tell non-vegans if they say, ‘Oh
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but you kill bugs in crops, and there’s
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That’s a good question, Julian. And I actually
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done with this Q and A, guys, I’m gonna
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are specific. Like videos that are specific
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also have time markers for every single question
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Q and A which you guys can watch, which is
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can jump to each question. It’ll take a
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uh, but I will do that. So anyway, Julian,
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kill bugs when they...and animals when they harvest the
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called “Do Vegans Kill Animals More Than
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there was this one study put out a while back about,

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“Oh, hey, vegans kill more animals than non-vegans

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with the harvesting process.” But, if you
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the study was conducted, there was just a
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in the end, when you really think about it, in
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in order for meat-eaters to… if you’re eating animals,
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have to deal with the fact that they ate all
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non-vegans tend to consume around like
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day than vegans, so you’re kind of compounding…
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of animals through harvesting and whatnot,
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into eating animals. And so it’s kind of…
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And then as far as… I’m gonna try to not
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answering one question because that’s what
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when… I’m totally losing my brain track
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that there’s animal parts in that, that’s
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of thing, or being a “perfect vegan,”
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an older video with Gary Yourofsky called
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Vegan?” and in that I talk about how being
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as practical and possible. However- practicable
and possible... however, being humans, we like

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to take that word and we like to say, “Well,
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every day,” you know so it’s kind of more taking
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as long as we are alive and on this world
we are going to be inadvertently hurting other

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beings, and you know, it's incredibly unfortunate
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step on an insect or drive over many of them
with a vehicle or the vehicle has animals

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in it. It's kind of like the black and white
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oh because I can’t not squish a bug every
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of animals needlessly It just… It doesn't
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‘I can't stop all murders, so i’m just
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Because why not? You know. It’s kind of - It’s
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avoiding what we actually, umm, you know,
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Maritza says: “ Don’t make the answers
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Okay I’m gonna try to - I’m going to try
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I don’t want to just give you a just like
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even answer your question - but then I also
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Uhh ‘cause it’s like ridiculous. Okay,
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Okay, so that’s—I’ll link to that video
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Oh my gosh. There’s a lot, so I'm trying
you guys to go back up to the top.

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Okay here we go. Hello everyone. Hi. Umm.
Now there’s a lot of people telling me that

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you can hear me.
Hello?

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Hello Phil? Phil Dieu? from France. That was
my attempt at trying to say something french.

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It was not good. Umm.
HI from Iceland - HI Tina from Iceland.

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When is it going to start?
I think it’s - it’s starting right now.

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Okay here we go.
Oh Thank you, Uhh.

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Hi Redneck2Vegan Hello, big Hello. Umm.
Okay guys. I’m getting down to some questions...

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Oh The Black Bean Industry says:
“Why are you so awesome?”

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Oh man; I don’t know; I don’t know if
I even agree with that assessment, but I appreciate it.

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Hello from Scotland. HI Tennessee. Dallas, Texas

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Oh Thank you JV that you - Hello to
you and your wife, as well. Thank you. Umm.

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Okay guys. I’m getting down to the two question.
Here, it’s gonna happen. There’s like

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a lot of ‘hellos’; which is exciting.
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Pay The Troll says: "You look great!"
Thank you. That’s weird, because it’s

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like a troll saying something nice about my
appearance; that’s like the reverse.  OK...

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HI Vegan Gains Jr. you get around, sir.
Hey Vegan Warrior. I haven't seen you in umpteen

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million years. That is the exact amount of
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oh... Ok… Lets see… Sup… HI Hench Herbivore
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Oh. Thank you for skipping class Poor Piggy
but I don’t know if I… Well, I’m not

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going to endorse anyone dropping out of school
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OK. Here we go. Trying to get down you guys,
to a question. Um… “I think you have a

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video on almost every subject” yes Maritza,
there are a lot of them… Yeah.

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Oh my goodness. I am sorry you guys. Like
the phone it shows two comments at a time.

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Oh here we go. Pay The Troll asked: “How
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eating meat?” So… I guess with that, it
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what it is that… Why they went back to eating
meat, you know, if they were feeling ill or

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feeling like if maybe I have a uh nutritional
deficiency or I'm feeling, weak. So I’m

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gonna, you know, go back to eating meat. A
lot of times, you know, just… Human… It’s

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hard. *sigh* I tend to make generalizations
sometimes when I don’t want to but there's

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just no better way of doing it for these kinds
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tend to kind of jump to conclusions of: Oh
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know. And especially with something like going
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uh, predisposition to believing that it’s
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there is going to be an issue with it. I kind
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“How vegans ruin new year's” is, you know,
like as soon as someone goes vegan, like oh

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my god my iron is gone, my B12’s gone. So
if it is something nutritional, you know,  err...

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It can be kind of like helping ground
them a little bit, you know. With… You know…

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If they feel like something is wrong nutritionally
go see a doctor, get some blood work done.

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Uh. Us trying to like just assume maybe something
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A lot of times I think it’s like social pressure
or just the, the messages that we get cause,

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you know. Once someone goes vegan maybe they
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and then. You know… They are back into their
environment and 99.999% of the messages that

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we get are that eating animals is normal and
regular and good and

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...you’re weird if you don’t. And so,
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back to eating meat, would, kind of, determine
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But I think, kind of, finding out what it is, what fears
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And just kind of helping them connect with
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You know, and, and giving
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about, you know, feeling isolated, or feeling
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or that, you know, their family won’t accept
them. So, There’s a lot of...

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There’s a lot of ways, to, to go about it, ‘cause
it’s hard, not knowing, uh, if you don’t

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know why they went back. But one thing I will
say: and i’m going to keep going, you guys,

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and try to knock it out. Is that uh there
is a time, sometimes, like especially with

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family, If you kind of, you’re hitting a
wall, and if you’re, kind of, you know,

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trying to make someone vegan, it might be
time as well to kind of give them space and

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just be the best example that you can be,
because we can’t make anyone vegan, and

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sometimes it actually is, like, counterproductive
if we try. but helping people make that connection

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for themselves, is how it can really, .. last.
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HI Katy from Oklahoma. I am doing well, Thank
you.

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Oh yay!  Sophie. That’s so great that your friends are moving on the veg-train there. That’s awesome!

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Okay, Theo Vegan I see that your question needs an answer,

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but I can’t
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where I am right now... ‘cause the comments

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jump up all the time.  umm...

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"In our country, you can’t  find the…. " ...Sorry guys... Oh thank you
Meat-free Athlete and thank you Ann-Marie

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for the, for the congratulations. Umm...

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Saw you... saw when you went to Pigs before slaughter.

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HI Hilda Thank you. Yes, That’s - that’s
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Okay, that’s weird. Okay, Alright. This is, this
is a bizarre way to try to find questions.

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It’s a bit overwhelming. Okay. Let’s see.
Oh. Thank you MJ gal I’m i’m really glad

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that you enjoy details, because I, I, tend
to be a bit excessive with them.

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Like waste, way  much, it is really hard to try to wrap it
up. Mmm.

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Hench Herbivore I’m hoping that you’re, i’m hoping that you’re joking
about: Is it vegan to cut your lawn?

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Yeah, I think, yeah, I think so. You know, I mean
you can try to find like, maybe like, manual

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mowers, if you want to be less uh, using gas
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Oh Alley Cat Strikes says: "I saw you at Rowdy
Girl, but was too nervous to say hi."

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Just so you guys know, like, if you guys ever
just see me in, in, the real life.

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Umm... Definitely don’t feel bad.

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Come up, ‘cause i’m like the most awkward
human being in the world; so..

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i’m probably far more nervous
than you are. So just, definitely come up

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and say Hi to me.

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I also will sometimes, be in my own little universe, so it’s never

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that I’m like, not paying attention, I'm just totally...you know... pfft, up in my head, thinking

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about videos and talks and stuff. So, definitely
come up and always feel free to say Hi.

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I might feel startled; I might seem startled
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Here we go, Oh my goodness: Emma-Kat : says
look at my question. I don’t know where

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it is... ‘cause there’s so many things;
‘cause I can only see two at a time. Okay.

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Ariel says: any suggestion for effective vegan,
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I do have a number of videos about that. I
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I have that I did at... Toronto Pig Save, well,
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I’ve always just said that the most
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you connect with, and what you’re passionate
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after: oh, this activist, I like what they
do, and I’m going to try to be that person,

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and do that way. You know, I think people
connect with, with, you know, honesty

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in a genuine, when you’re genuinely invested,
and people can tell. I think that’s what

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people connect with a lot of the times, so
if you find a form that works for you, something

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that you’re really passionate about. Then
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than even trying to find, you know, “the
best way”, uh, that said, I put a lot of

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value in education, I think education is really...
a powerful way of advocating, because it proliferates,

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it, you know, it moves outwards, and so, if
you’re able, if someone gets the knowledge,

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and understands, you know, why to, why, you
know, all of the arguments, or like the, the

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reasons, and rationalities and, or, you know,
it really connects with them - they have that

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knowledge, they can then help educate others.
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powerful tool and...you'll also have... you know.. that's going to help hopefully break the chain

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of parents teaching their children and then
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know, ‘it’s okay to eat and kill the animals
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So then also, obviously direct action
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rescued in that moment. So that’s also something
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Because to them, that’s their only life. you know...ummm...

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Ok, So… let’s get up in here... Alright.

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Oh, Jonathan, you said you met me at the march 
to close all slaughterhouses. YAY! Hi!

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Leikin,
I’m sorry that the lag is bad. I don’t know

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Tara Scott,
it’s like I keep going back up you guys

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and I’m trying to find your questions and
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Oh, Rayma says - I have no idea if that’s how
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visiting the Netherlands? There are not a
lot of vegans, and awareness is needed”.

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I would love to... You guys, I wanna - I have
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for like a giant crazy project that would
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that I want to do, but one of them is involving
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really in depth into the government documents
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country and kind of as a case study of the
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is one of the most idealized places around
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and all of these things. And so kind of using
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standards are” because the standards are
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doing into it - into the standards- they’re
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my long term goals is to be able to kind of
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about the regulations in their areas and their
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more information. But that’s like a HUGE
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keep up with the basics. But that’s part
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scenes to try to build up the structure and
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eventually I can hopefully expand the resources
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each other so that’s very helpful too.

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Oh,
hI Rachel! She said, “Will you ever come

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back to the UK. Met you in Manchester. Yes
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so many places I would like to go.

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Ok so let’s see.. (inaudible)...”I eat
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Ok..hmmm…(laughing)... Some of these are
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their offensiveness that it just makes me
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Um… ok...oh, that’s lovely. Thank you.
I really like the creative insults.

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Those are the best ones.
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advice to help friends cut out honey? The
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So, I have a video - two videos - on honey.
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that people see. I do have a new video - or
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more comprehensive thing, even though it’s
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access, I guess. The older one - it still
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but, one thing that I’ve been trying
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on this little mobile thing) With the older
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to be able to do a... caveat because I quote
T C Fry, I think, who... You know, of course looking

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back the longer that I’ve done these videos,
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about my sources and citations. So if you
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not cited or I haven’t - I don’t package
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one of the long term things that I want to
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with that to cite all of those. Anyways, that
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a lot of controversy over whether thats a
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more or less “bee vomit”. Of course, they’re
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babies - their family. And for the production
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sugar substitute that’s inadequate for them
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during the winters most of the times. Then
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the bees. They’re shipped in the mail and
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killed off they’re damaged in the shipping
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they’ll have their wings ripped off. It’s
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where we’re controlling every aspect of
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OK, But I would check out those videos and I’ll link them
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Ok. Yeah, and I do need to get some moderators,
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in place cause I’ve never done this thing.
It’s brand new to me. And technology...

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Not.. It's very discerning.

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..hmm..ok. I’m trying to go back up so I
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...Oh Thank you Arvay, I am going to keep
doin’.

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oh  Mauria... Mauria Marklets, thank you that’s very sweet.

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I really, I really appreciate
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my video list, which i’ve had on my list
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there. There’s a lot of things that I still
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on my list and so, that is one of them is
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Scotland. There’s so many, I mean I would
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‘Cause, you know, I don’t, it doesn’t
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it’s not like that here. But if you break
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there’s no kind way to enslave, and murder
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This is a legal requirement for organic crops in Sweden.
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something that is... an important... or a question that
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“Grow your own food” something like that, where
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our own food, primarily, community gardens,
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that just means: that it is not used with;
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not using bone meal, or blood, or any of those
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so. In countries, like, it sounds like you
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don’t know if it is also required by... for...
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standard crops. Sorry guys, I gotta hit my
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kick it. I think it went on, let’s hope
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you don’t want to go to conventional crops
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then you’ll also have that issue. But, I
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as you can, so you know, try to start a garden
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help with, you can look online, and there’s
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if you’re in like a tiny apartment, and
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things in the video that I have on grow your
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of people who do this and have a lot of wisdom
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but there are ways to grow like lettuce and
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apartment, and other things. But you know,
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between, like not eating, you know, and having,
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in an unideal manner, then, you know, make
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Alright guys, I’m gonna go back up, there’s a
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It’s like, I have to do like this, it’s
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Abdallah Correy asked: Can you please do a
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support this kind of activism? Yeah, I could
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. It’s hard, you know the ALF, the Animal Liberation Front,
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or anything it’s, I mean the whole aspect
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no set membership, or structure or anything,
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they do” is a bit, it’s a bit difficult
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you know, people will take out actions, you
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ALF with it. So it’s more of a loose, unorganized,
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Emma De Cat asked: what do you think of home
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I know you don’t eat meat, just want to
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like, raised at home in order to be eaten...
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see that; I would love to delete the spammers,
I just, uh, with the amount that are going

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by, I would just be like, doing this and poking
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the entire time sitting here trying to moderate
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a better job, you guys, of getting some moderators
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and not poking this the entire time. But anyways,
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home type of thing, so I mean, even if - even
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in some ways that, you know a lot of times
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I know the farmer and they have a small farm
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pigs they love their chickens, they love,
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is almost like a bigger betrayal to the animals.
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your caregiver and you know, knowing them
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very last minute they’re slicing your throat.
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that’s kind of, that’s kind of rough.
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of put it into perspective, at least for those
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you know, dogs being companion animals, and
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animals animals being “consumable food”
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for our dogs? If I went next door to my neighbor
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he had a great life, and he was loved and
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it was going to happen, it was very peaceful,
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okay. You know, it’s - it’s still cutting
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where I would go with that. Oh my goodness,
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okay. I’m going to try to hit a couple more
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Okay. Oh my goodness, I’m not going to say this right:

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Udwalls Channel, I appreciate your boldness
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the blurred lines of bestiality. Presenting
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way must have taken a lot of work. Thank you,
yes, that was a very difficult video, and

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it was like two days late, you guys didn’t
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been on my hard and fast schedule, that I've kept for the last three years ‘cause there’s

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a whole lot of stuff going on that i’m working
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video was very intense to make and it was
heartbreaking to research, as I’m sure you

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can imagine. And then also trying to present
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and effective manner and also be... be cognizant
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the issues around it, ‘cause it is not something
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or hear about. But I feel like that’s, a
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to talk about these kinds of things, you know,
the very things that we try to you know, hide

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and put behind closed doors are the things
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I em... I won’t ever hesitate to - to address
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a whole, it is - it’s quite an undertaking,
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three days prior to that didn’t even sleep,
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Okay. Okay. what are your thoughts on….wow
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Alcohol and veganism for health; how do you
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a struggle for me. That’s from Darren Burton.
So, Darren, thank you for your question, and

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I do… I don’t think this is what you’re
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know, that I do have a video called: “Is
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have links and information about finding out
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there are vegan alcohol - alcohols, but, you
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if you are hoping to, I mean, if you’re
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you don’t want to - you want to stop drinking
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you know, issue, but as far as “vegan-ness”
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are a lot, yeah, Ankaiser, definitely hit
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the head, there we go. At - In that video
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do link to Barnivore.com, so that is a really
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they, kind of, have a really fantastic catalogue
of, you know, alcohol that has been - that

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is vegan, and has been, you know, verified,
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and then oops, good lords, good - good lord,
i’m gonna drop this thing. So then in the

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video, I go through more of like “why”
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website as well. okay… I’m gonna try to
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There's a lot of stuff.

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If you had to get rid of one species, not
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what would you get rid of? That’s from Mike.
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like a that defeats the question, but I don’t
know if I could really say that really. Uh

366
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Okay, that was a that was a worst answer ever.
Okay ch-ch-ch. Oh thank you Leslie.

367
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That’s really sweet. Oh

368
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A Thrifty Vegan asked: what do you think about
killing bugs, like mosquitos and others, which

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could be potentially deadly? I actually just
answered this. I just had a... like a two hour

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q live Q&A with my Patrons the other day,
ooh legs falling asleep. And they asked, someone

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asked, one of my patrons asked about the uh
about dealing with insect’s invasions, and

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you know and the home, what not, and I think
it does come down to, I do - I do intend to

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make a separate video about this, and have
for quite some time, is i’m going to have

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one video on how to deal with insect invasions, 
like in your home, and other

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places, and also I’m going to do a video on invasive species.o those will be two separate ones.

376
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But for just like kind of a quick quickish answer,
is you know, with - with insects, you know,

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there are times when if, you know, if, when
I lived in India, for a while, I - I did take,

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a malaria medication, you know, and so there
- there are times where, depending on where

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you are, and the circumstances, like a life
or death type of thing. It’s, you know,

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it comes down to an element of self defense,
but again we, just as humans, our tendency

381
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is to try to exploit that and say well it
was self defense for me to do x, y, or z,

382
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you know, i’ve even heard people say, if
you don’t kill the pigs; the pigs are going

383
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to kill you type of thing, so but, kind of
taking it on situation by situation there

384
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are also a lot of ways to naturally prevent,
you know, insects from coming into your home

385
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or things like this. I also have a, like I
have a natural bug spray, that I use, that’s

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based on I think it’s like essential oils
and things, and it’s actually made here

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in Iowa. And it’s - it’s fantastic, it
works really well, and it’s non toxic, it

388
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doesn’t kill, you know, the insects, it
just they just don’t like it and it smells

389
00:36:06,980 --> 00:36:11,021
nice. ‘Cause I think most bug sprays, to
me at least, make me feel sick as well. So

390
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that’s a way to potentially do that without
it being toxic or harmful. You know, awesome.

391
00:36:22,030 --> 00:36:27,940
So but also around, this area of the country
we have a brown recluse spiders, if any of

392
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you know anything about them. If you get a
bite by a brown recluse you start - your flesh

393
00:36:33,720 --> 00:36:40,380
can start to rot, you know, it’s kind of
an intense reaction, so maybe, if I had a

394
00:36:40,380 --> 00:36:46,790
brown recluse about to bite me probably flick
him or her off of my body, you know, and do

395
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the best that I can, so okay. Alright, I’m
gonna. Ooh it’s already 36 minutes, alright,

396
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i’m gonna try to do I guess like two more,
I guess you guys. Try to do my best here.

397
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Sorry guys, I know need to do, i’ll definitely
try to be more prepared for comments

398
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with moderation and everything.

399
00:37:16,020 --> 00:37:21,520
Instant Remix asked: What do you think about
fake meat? Is it okay to eat every few days?

400
00:37:22,300 --> 00:37:29,220
Well, the fake - fake meat, I guess, it depends
on, like, what you’re concern might be.

401
00:37:29,220 --> 00:37:35,730
So if it is a concern of health, then, you
know, I mean it depends on the level of it

402
00:37:35,730 --> 00:37:39,190
being processed and everything, but, you know,
it’s gonna be better than eating animal

403
00:37:39,190 --> 00:37:45,200
products. As far as, I mean, if it doesn’t
have anything, I mean, if you’re not, like,

404
00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:50,030
concerned about, like, the additives, or anything
in the different fake meat. I’m a huge fan

405
00:37:50,030 --> 00:37:55,691
of fake meat, and, you know, they even have
the veggie burgers that like bleed now, which

406
00:37:55,691 --> 00:37:59,310
is to me, that’s, like, creepy. I don’t
- I don’t want, personally, I don’t want

407
00:37:59,310 --> 00:38:05,540
any part of that; however, i’m really glad
that that exists, because it’s the more,

408
00:38:05,540 --> 00:38:09,560
you know, like, there are people who... they
want that. They want to have the same, you

409
00:38:09,570 --> 00:38:14,440
know, taste, the same texture, the same experience,
but they might not wanna, you know, they don’t

410
00:38:14,440 --> 00:38:17,590
want to kill animals anymore. But at least
this way they can still have the same taste

411
00:38:17,590 --> 00:38:22,660
experience, so I am a huge fan of, you know,
of all of the vegan alternatives, and having

412
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them as realistic as - as we can make them.
Because the more, you know, the more, like

413
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there are direct analogues, the more easily
people will be able to transition, and more

414
00:38:35,470 --> 00:38:41,840
willing to transition, because you’re not
really making a huge change even so. Okay,

415
00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:44,780
Ariel Rayes asked: Is vegan dog food healthy
for dogs?

416
00:38:44,780 --> 00:38:48,790
I’m just gonna, i’ll answer another one
after this, but I just wanna say: I have a

417
00:38:48,790 --> 00:38:54,869
number of videos on that, and if you go to
“Can Pets Be Vegan?” if you google that,

418
00:38:54,869 --> 00:39:01,730
not google. If you search: “Can Pets Be
Vegan?” on either my channel, or on bitesizevegan.com,

419
00:39:01,730 --> 00:39:05,450
you will find the post for that, and if you…

420
00:39:05,450 --> 00:39:10,599
On the website, like bitesizevegan.com, if
you - if you search, “Can Pets Be Vegan?”

421
00:39:10,599 --> 00:39:15,980
at the bottom of that, I have a bunch more
links, as well, I do intend to do follow up

422
00:39:15,980 --> 00:39:22,930
videos on that because, I have , ‘cause
the old, that video is very old, and I also

423
00:39:22,930 --> 00:39:27,580
want to do, an additional video that’s just
about cats, because I get the cat question

424
00:39:27,580 --> 00:39:32,040
a whole lot, so that is something I intend
to do. Hopefully soonish, i’ve been meaning

425
00:39:32,040 --> 00:39:38,500
to do it for quite some time, so… Oh, thank
you Maritzah. I really appreciate it,

426
00:39:38,700 --> 00:39:48,060
OK, guys, let me find, see if I can find, like,
one or two more. Bye Joe Blush going to sleep.

427
00:39:48,060 --> 00:39:54,600
That’s awesome. 
Okay oh my goodness...

428
00:39:58,500 --> 00:40:01,800
How do you...wait? 
Okay uh, , how do you...(trails off)

429
00:40:04,760 --> 00:40:06,100
Ok... Emm...

430
00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:11,480
Oh, thank you Leigh-M.  That’s really sweet.

431
00:40:13,360 --> 00:40:19,560
Oh wow. That was a
- that was interesting one. hmm. ,

432
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Okay so... Mid My Brew asked: How do you avoid hidden,
non-vegan ingredients?

433
00:40:28,840 --> 00:40:36,540
So with the non-vegan ingredients, you know,
sometimes they are, sometimes you really don’t

434
00:40:36,540 --> 00:40:41,010
know, you know, there are different guides
that you can find, like there’s an A-Z guide

435
00:40:41,010 --> 00:40:46,680
of the animal ingredients, so there are, you
know, different time, like, there’s ways

436
00:40:46,680 --> 00:40:53,240
to kind of, search and learn a little bit
more about them, but I think, when it comes

437
00:40:53,240 --> 00:40:57,630
down to, especially when you’re new, and
also when you’re talking to people who are

438
00:40:57,630 --> 00:41:05,500
wanting to go vegan, it gets to a place of
like ... Ooo ooh nope, okay, look, you know,

439
00:41:05,500 --> 00:41:12,640
working on what working on the big stuff it
pretty you know: eggs, dairy, meat, honey,

440
00:41:12,650 --> 00:41:16,750
these things, doing the best that you can,
being as prepared as you can. You can always

441
00:41:16,750 --> 00:41:22,230
look on the back of, if it’s a prepared
food, you can, you know, look in the ingredients,

442
00:41:22,230 --> 00:41:24,839
and at least in America, a lot of times it
will have like allergens, and they have to

443
00:41:24,839 --> 00:41:29,150
list dairy as one of them. So that’s kind
of, like, a way to look, but there are a lot

444
00:41:29,150 --> 00:41:35,089
of like sneaky type ingredients. And it’s
kind of a thing I do have a couple videos

445
00:41:35,089 --> 00:41:39,850
that talk about some of the weird additives,
especially my older - my older video of

446
00:41:39,850 --> 00:41:41,200
“What i s REALLY In Your Food?”

447
00:41:41,200 --> 00:41:46,290
‘Cause there’s all sorts of bizarre stuff
that’s in there, so you know do the best

448
00:41:46,290 --> 00:41:51,880
that you can, be as vigilant as you can, and
, as you learn, you’ll, you know, be able

449
00:41:51,880 --> 00:41:57,079
to better know and adapt in these kinds of
things, of course, when you go out to eat,

450
00:41:57,079 --> 00:42:01,589
it’s always a little bit of a - of a gamble,
because you could try to explain it as best

451
00:42:01,589 --> 00:42:05,760
as you can to people but you’re never gonna
really know exactly how someone has prepared

452
00:42:05,760 --> 00:42:12,720
food but on your end of course the easiest
way to avoid them is to, you know, have non

453
00:42:12,720 --> 00:42:19,869
processed food that is, you know, , fruits
and vegetables and things of course you can

454
00:42:19,869 --> 00:42:24,890
run into the fact that sometimes beeswax or
shellac is used on fruits to make them shiny

455
00:42:24,890 --> 00:42:30,430
and stuff. So, again, it goes back to the
whole “100% vegan” “perfect vegan”

456
00:42:30,430 --> 00:42:37,410
these - that kind of thing when you know it’s
really about doing the very best that you

457
00:42:37,410 --> 00:42:44,440
can and being honest with yourself about that.
Not using that as an excuse, to say: ‘Oh

458
00:42:44,440 --> 00:42:51,810
well, I can’t do, you know, I can’t not
eat, meat everyday so that’s my best.’

459
00:42:51,810 --> 00:42:57,100
So just kinda, it kinda just takes like this
constant evaluation of ourselves, and that’s

460
00:42:57,100 --> 00:43:01,150
kind of what I really went into depth in that
with the “A Wake Up Call For Vegans“ speech

461
00:43:01,150 --> 00:43:07,310
that I did that’s kind of talking about
how even as vegans; being vegan isn’t like the

462
00:43:07,310 --> 00:43:15,010
end. We’re done. Yay, i’m vegan i’m perfect
I don’t have to ever analyze or look at

463
00:43:15,010 --> 00:43:22,190
myself again, like, it is important for us
to stay vigilant, as well. And continue to

464
00:43:22,190 --> 00:43:32,080
be honest with ourselves about what we might
still be contributing to. Okay. . Yeah, sorry

465
00:43:32,080 --> 00:43:37,900
guys, I know the chat’s a mess. I feel really
bad about that, and I will hopefully do a

466
00:43:37,900 --> 00:43:44,370
better job about that next time. . okay, i’m
going to answer one more, because I have to

467
00:43:44,370 --> 00:43:50,920
get, gotta go to a super-fun business appointment.

468
00:43:50,920 --> 00:43:54,780
Oh Sophie H For the art supplies, that one
is coming very soon.

469
00:43:54,780 --> 00:43:59,750
I’m actually in the process of doing a video
on art and art supplies, so stay tuned. I

470
00:43:59,750 --> 00:44:06,960
apologize that it is taking forever, but that
will be happening. Hm-mm-hm-hmm. I’m going

471
00:44:06,960 --> 00:44:18,340
to find one more, it’s gonna happen. This
is very intense. .

472
00:44:20,760 --> 00:44:22,060
Oh my goodness, guys, I’m so sorry,

473
00:44:22,300 --> 00:44:31,660
This is like super boring dead air-time.
Good Lord. There’s a lot to - there’s

474
00:44:31,660 --> 00:44:36,940
a lot to scroll through. .

475
00:44:38,500 --> 00:44:40,000
Ayn Kaiser I’m
sorry that this is such a short stream, it’s

476
00:44:40,180 --> 00:44:48,460
just ‘cause I have this other appointment
coming up, but I wanted to - to do this okay

477
00:44:48,860 --> 00:44:49,740
Ooh...

478
00:44:52,120 --> 00:44:58,820
Nope okay oh and the coconut thing I do
I have been having that on my list forever

479
00:44:58,829 --> 00:45:05,310
too, as well as, to do a video on the monkey
- monkey slave use, in the coconut industry.

480
00:45:05,310 --> 00:45:10,920
Which is really heart-breaking and rather
prolific as well. So it is something that

481
00:45:10,920 --> 00:45:11,620
I also want to do.

482
00:45:13,040 --> 00:45:14,760
Ummm... OK

483
00:45:16,220 --> 00:45:22,240
Ich liebe Deine Arbeit (I love your work)
- oh Danke (thanks), Five vegan dankies

484
00:45:22,240 --> 00:45:24,400
Vielen Dank (many thanks)

485
00:45:24,400 --> 00:45:25,400
okay guys.

486
00:45:25,400 --> 00:45:32,240
I swear to goodness… I am going to find
one... "I love eating horsemeat", OK.

487
00:45:32,840 --> 00:45:40,260
That's fantastic (sarcasm). Oh my goodness, you guys.
I am gonna find one more question.

488
00:45:40,260 --> 00:45:50,060
It’s kind of intense. I think I am in
the dead zone of lots of weird stuff flying up.

489
00:45:51,360 --> 00:46:00,800
Mm, ok I am gonna scroll down and see
if any good ones. It’s kind of gotten ridiculous.

490
00:46:08,080 --> 00:46:15,680
Ok sooo, oh one, where is it? Marnie Travels
asks: How to deal with cravings for

491
00:46:15,880 --> 00:46:20,660
non-vegan foods? I actually have a Q&A, an older Q&A,
where that’s one of the questions. So if

492
00:46:20,670 --> 00:46:24,450
you go to my Q&A playlists list it will actually
say like in the title, it is one of the ones

493
00:46:24,450 --> 00:46:29,200
in the title, it is like dealing with non-vegan
temptations . So check out that Q&A.

494
00:46:29,200 --> 00:46:36,660
I do have right now like all of the Q&A playlist
linked in this description. And I’ll be

495
00:46:36,660 --> 00:46:41,260
going back down in there later and do more
specific links.

496
00:46:41,260 --> 00:46:43,260
Sooo... ummm...

497
00:46:48,220 --> 00:46:52,740
Oh wow, oh this is really sweet. So Chris
Elam asks is there anything I can do to

498
00:46:52,750 --> 00:46:57,220
help your work directly. I just think you’re
doing amazing work and it’s been so effective

499
00:46:57,220 --> 00:47:01,710
when I show my friends and family and I just
want to know if there is anything specific?

500
00:47:01,710 --> 00:47:07,570
So, thank you for that, that’s very kind
of you. I am, you know, currently, one of

501
00:47:07,570 --> 00:47:11,140
the biggest things that I am doing right now
behind the scenes is trying to build up the

502
00:47:11,140 --> 00:47:18,260
foundation and the structure and everything
to be able to bring, actually bring on like

503
00:47:18,260 --> 00:47:25,210
a full volunteer team. You know if anyone
coming in, people to help, you know, do different

504
00:47:25,210 --> 00:47:32,451
tasks, if people want to volunteer and things,
then that would be, you know, like a huge

505
00:47:32,451 --> 00:47:39,220
help to be able to keep things functional.
Because there is like, the workload has kind

506
00:47:39,220 --> 00:47:46,440
of gone far beyond me, a long time ago and
so then I am kind of falling behind on a lot

507
00:47:46,440 --> 00:47:55,160
of different areas. So, I will, as like once
that’s, the foundation is kind of there,

508
00:47:55,160 --> 00:47:58,450
I’ll do like an announcement video on the
channel.

509
00:47:58,450 --> 00:48:08,300
But anyways, right now, you know, one thing,
I do see people say, sometimes I have comments

510
00:48:08,300 --> 00:48:14,330
of people saying: I am sorry that I can’t
support you on Patreon - Patreon is the website

511
00:48:14,330 --> 00:48:21,960
where I have crowdfunding to make this even
possible to the level that it is currently.

512
00:48:21,960 --> 00:48:25,349
And I do have people saying : I am sorry I
can’t support you there financially. And

513
00:48:25,349 --> 00:48:31,980
I want everyone to know: Never feel bad about
that, because I always reply that, you know,

514
00:48:31,980 --> 00:48:36,319
watching the videos, commenting and liking,
and then especially sharing. The more you

515
00:48:36,319 --> 00:48:41,609
can share the content on different platforms
with different influencers, that’s incredible

516
00:48:41,609 --> 00:48:48,480
helpful. Because I don’t have the time to
even really try to promote or share things

517
00:48:48,480 --> 00:48:52,380
enough, and I am also awful at it.

518
00:48:52,380 --> 00:48:58,470
So all of that, I don’t want anyone to undervalue
the effect of that and how much I appreciate it

519
00:48:58,470 --> 00:49:04,900
and how much your support just from watching,
commenting, sharing is incredible.

520
00:49:04,900 --> 00:49:10,119
I love having people over on Patreon and the
nugget army. And I do, I know I share a whole

521
00:49:10,120 --> 00:49:17,520
lot with my Patreons that I don’t put on
the channel. But I don’t want there anyone

522
00:49:17,520 --> 00:49:23,130
to think that not being on there, and that
just being a viewer is not appreciated;

523
00:49:23,130 --> 00:49:30,120
because it is huge, it’s huge. You know I couldn’t,
the channel wouldn’t be what it is if it

524
00:49:30,120 --> 00:49:35,000
wasn’t for you guys. And I don’t forget
that for a second. Which is why I also feel

525
00:49:35,000 --> 00:49:39,540
awful that I have been falling behind so much
recently and really awful with trying to get

526
00:49:39,540 --> 00:49:48,079
to all the comments and questions and everything.
So I do appreciate every single one of you.

527
00:49:48,080 --> 00:49:52,470
I know that sounds probably super corny, but
it’s true.

528
00:49:52,470 --> 00:49:57,380
Ok, all right, I guess, ooh, ooh

529
00:49:59,240 --> 00:50:01,780
I saw someone say something
about eggs. I do have a video

530
00:50:01,940 --> 00:50:07,720
called “Can vegans eat eggs from backyard
chickens?”. So check that out.

531
00:50:07,720 --> 00:50:15,670
Alright guys, let’s see, I think that’s
gonna be it, cause I gotta, I am gonna be

532
00:50:15,670 --> 00:50:20,040
late for this appointment. Thank you guys
so much for being here. I am sorry for the

533
00:50:20,040 --> 00:50:26,790
kind of like super last minute, hey it’s
happening. But I really appreciate. And I

534
00:50:26,790 --> 00:50:31,450
definitely next time I’m gonna try to a
better job of getting some moderators ahead

535
00:50:31,450 --> 00:50:34,440
of time so that the chat can be something.

536
00:50:34,440 --> 00:50:38,130
And I do have service dogs on my list as well,
you guys, So sorry, there is so many topics

537
00:50:38,130 --> 00:50:43,160
and I wanna do everything. Thank you, thank
you, thank you, I will also get in and fix

538
00:50:43,160 --> 00:50:47,820
this video as soon as I can with links and
captions and everything, so really appreciate it.

539
00:50:47,820 --> 00:50:52,330
Thank you for watching and everything.
Definitely click the bell and I haven’t

540
00:50:52,330 --> 00:50:58,210
said that enough … HI VeganGeezer, way to
show up. Nah, loving it Martin. Alright guys,

541
00:50:58,210 --> 00:51:01,940
definitely check out Martin, he is awesome,
guys, the VeganGeezer - he has an incredible

542
00:51:01,940 --> 00:51:07,560
child called Jo-Jo who is like the coolest
kid in the world. Just saying. Just saying.

543
00:51:07,560 --> 00:51:13,000
Alright, I love you guys. Thank you for your
support, for your patience. And please just

544
00:51:13,000 --> 00:51:17,309
stick with me, I know that I am not; I am
bit of a hotter mess than I normally am, right

545
00:51:17,309 --> 00:51:24,000
now, which is saying a lot. I am gonna go
do this business stuff, as if I know what

546
00:51:24,000 --> 00:51:30,029
I am doing, as business person. I don’t.
Bye guys. I love you. Thank you so much.