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channel which is pretty crazy, and uh I wanted
to celebrate and also just be here to answer

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and everything. So, ummm, I have—oh hi! There’s
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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.