Cognitive Dissonance and Diet

[@dearauset]

"I don't eat that much meat." -- Mostly said to me by people who eat meat at EVERY MEAL.

[@vi4269]

Ikr I talk too my family and they say the same thing and then eat a hamburger and I'm just like 😑

[@jasonito23]

Much like all of those 300 plus lbs people at work who eat salads everyday for lunch.

[@ValseInstrumentalist]

I used to claim this exact thing, back when I was eating meat at least daily, if not 2-3 times a day. I had cognitive dissonance hardcore.

[@niijigod3864]

@@jasonito23 LOL

[@lxschwalb]

"Where do you get your protein?" "Same place you do, from plants. The only difference is mine doesn't have to go through an animal's digestive system first."

[@approximatelyyours]

And the environmental efficiency of this is mind boggling.

[@sonja4164]

I like that!

[@janisir4529]

I call bullshit lol

[@niijigod3864]

Haha

[@ss4kaioken295]

I'm vegetarian myself but I do got to say when the animals eat it it becomes more concentrated

[@omgkitcat]

One of my favorite quotes about ominvours loving animals is "You don't love animals, you love pets."

[@99sins]

I would not support this saying. It is literally handing them the next belief to latch on to once the Cognitive Dissonance hits. "yeah you're right, fuck animals, if they're not pets I don't care"

[@corsicanlulu]

u could tell them " how would u feel if an asian person took ur dog or cat and deliberately tortured them and then eat them?" in asia, our pets is their food. i felt like a hypocrite after i learned that and became vegan

[@spopparty]

It's always a little uncomfortable when someone says they love animals then 2 minutes laters tells you about the ham they are having on christmas... what do you say, right? lol without being a jerk or making them feel bad and losing friends.

[@venusstardustkyojin8116]

I had a lot of guilt with meat consumption when I was an omnivore and just lied to myself because I thought the difficulty of being vegan outweighed the benefits of being conscious of the suffering and holding myself accountable. I went vegan. I feel so much better in myself. Don't get me wrong, being vegan where I live isn't easy but stopping lying to myself is so much better. I feel like my conscience is clearer. I'm not perfect but I'm trying (got about 20 mins into Okja and was crying my eyes out. I had to turn it off!! I'll try again)

[@AmongtheCosmos]

🙌🙌

[@venusstardustkyojin8116]

Karoline I know what you mean. When I was vegetarian (about 15 years ago) I wasn't at ALL educated on the dairy industry and I would eat eggs from uncaged hens. I thought it was enough. It really wasn't. I just didn't know. Now I do. I think dairy is almost worse than beef. Just unreal cruelty. At least most people know they're eating an animal carcass if they're eating beef. They don't consider so much with dairy. Just heart breaking

[@nonamejenkins3293]

venusstardustkyojin When I was about 15 I tried being vegetarian but let others convince me to eat meat again. I actually shut my conscience off everytime I ate meat because I thought I needed it to be healthy. I grew really fast at that time so I was underweight and had really low blood pressure which made everyone around me believe I had an eating disorder and just to "prove" it to them i stuffed my face with so much disgusting fast food. I'm really ashamed that I let the disapproval of other people mess with my own morals back then. As soon as I found out I didn't need that shit I went vegan over night and had no regrets ever since. :D

[@babbarsher413]

But don't forget to take vit B12 supliment. It is absent in vegan food.

[@LexiePersonForever]

you're actually the one who made me go vegan, because i'm someone who sincerely trusts non-biased studies, and when you showed them and broke them down for me it helped a lot. keep up the good work.

[@devina8812]

It didn't take much for me to go vegan because I was young. It was just a video of pigs crying.

[@AbhishekVermaWasHere]

Thanks for going vegan

[@AtheistEve]

animals rule I'm old but it was the chicks being mashed up alive that made me go from vegetarian to vegan on the spot. All the extra info about health, environment and PTSD in slaughterhouse workers etc, is mainly helpful when discussing the issue with closed-off, clueless non-vegans.

[@LexiePersonForever]

yeah, that was unfortunately me. i was vegetarian several years ago, but stopped because of social pressure, so i'm really glad i was pulled back on the train and went even farther this time

[@KTKuhBOOM]

JE Hoyes Same. I went from vegetarian to vegan after seeing vid of a dairy farm worker abusing a baby calf.

[@AveryCreates]

I shared your channel with my GRANDMA, and she wants to share your videos with my grandpa! This is HUGE, she never wants to hear about veganism!

[@aarthemuse6946]

Obsidia congrats

[@kristennicole218]

that's awesome! usually the older generation has the hardest time changing their minds so i am glad your grandmother was so receptive :)

[@dhunter8286]

Holy shit, that "onions tho" was bril'

[@chrisnamaste3572]

Proof that onions are sentient! ;-)

[@veganfortheanimals6994]

One day you'll have to do a video with a black beard and orange head hair and see how many people notice

[@corsicanlulu]

lol

[@theliberatedplanet]

Hilarious!

[@borofreak]

Two other very prominent strategies for coping with Cognitive Dissonance is: - Forcefully assigning negative (and often untrue) characteristics and attributes to the event/information that is causing your Cognitive Dissonance. "Vegans are skinny and don't get enough vitamins" or "Vegans are so annoying, I'm not listening to them shove their stuff in my face", "Vegan food is WAY more expensive", etc. The event/information becomes less potent for you so you have an easier time disregarding it. - Artificially downplaying the severity or weight of the other argument/event/information so that it becomes on par or even worse than your current point of view. "Plants have feelings too [so killing animals is now okay]" or "There are vegans who die from their diet [therefore it is worse] is so it is not as good of a diet".

[@Lana-ic2tm]

I swear, mic could be a professor in a Pokemon game.

[@Lana-ic2tm]

An ethical Pokemon professor where he knows using Pokemon is wrong.

[@consciousconscience7496]

Lana 綺麗な but they're free range, grass fed and enslaved humanely.

[@Yorker1998]

Free range> Factory Farming

[@MictheVegan]

Prof Mic?

[@MagisterialVoyager]

That's oddly specific and I like it, to be honest, hahah.

[@VegAnimation]

*But what would you do if you were on a sentient island and there were only ancestors that you could force your lions on, tho?*

[@MattLamPiano]

I would use the food chain to justify my ancestors because b12 feels pain too

[@chainamarie03]

PaleDale but is bacteria sentient? I think not.

[@davidkim2005]

Plants have feelings too cause God said it's okay to use our canines so please respect my lifestyle and I'll respect your lifestyle of allowing animals to overpopulate the Earth.

[@severusschwarz8245]

PaleDale Since when does yeast have bacteria? Yeast is fungi.

[@MattLamPiano]

PaleDale We are all being sarcastic here

[@comfychels]

Mic getting a green screen is the most exciting thing to happen to me all week.

[@arunitaseth7537]

Chelsea Sue Cook SAMEEEEEE

[@upittman1]

yes good riddance to that blue background with those things hanging down. btw Chelsea Sue Cook best name ever!

[@Kiribruh02]

Chelsea Sue Cook so true haha

[@Len1977gt]

i love mic, but that background was serisously boring.

[@vulpesinculta672]

I think green screen is boring. I prefer seeng people in their actual room or wherever they are, not some fake background picture.

[@laurieparis2203]

The longer I'm on this planet, the greater my need for an authentic life. Going WFPB has allowed me to align my beliefs with my diet. All while improving my health.

[@NaomiMordi]

Hi Mic. I think this explains way more than just the eating habits of today. Way more. 😓

[@FlashManinSpace]

Hey beautiful what you had for breakfast today ☺️

[@NaomiMordi]

Hi, Flash Man. ☺

[@plants4ever48]

With my family, I just set an example and remain positive so I can win them over with my endless energy and good health!!! I drive them crazy of course in a good way!! No negativity needed! Maybe I'll wear them down this way...just need to give them time to come to their senses!!!

[@gmnyg]

You really managed to convert your family Belex? Which family members and how old are they may I ask? Sounds really impressive.

[@piku5637]

It took me a long time but even as a vegan I still kept buying hygiene products that may have been not CF and vegan cause I was afraid of overpricing. I regret not looking deeper and finding out some stuff isn't that obscure to find and it's actually a good price competitive to mainstream products but my focus was mainly meat, eggs, dairy, honey and basic clothing which is most easy for newer vegans. I found out nearly all mainstream brands test on animals and now I have no excuses, plus it's more eco friendly anyways.

[@NaomiMordi]

Nageva To me, it's okay to take things at your pace and do your best. A lot doesn't happen overnight.

[@thenewhope8171]

2:10 this is one of the most cancerous videos by FuzzBeed

[@lvl-up3951]

TheNewHope seriously fuck Buzzfeed. Bunch of whiney, obnoxious, entitled assholes.

[@devina8812]

That video got me triggered. They didn't just die they were killed.

[@chrissullivan3654]

TheNewHope yes, terrible video

[@chrissullivan3654]

TheNewHope yes, terrible video

[@Scipio12232]

I actually think the video is good. Because what does it matter who killed the animal in the end? Just the person changed and it gave me a better understanding how I would react if I had to kill my own animals for meat that I would later eat. It was one of the reasons I started to eat vegetarian, then mostly vegan

[@sherriflower7200]

I guess my new challenge is not feeling upset when other's are eating meat. I don't think that will ever go away. I see meat, I see my friend.

[@JF-hv2bl]

Hey! Would you be able to make a de-programming video? :) This video is definitely a great start to showing people the ties between their dissonance and their diet, but a lot of people will go back to their omnivorous diets because it's "normal". Can you make a video showing how we were essentially brainwashed into thinking so? Thanks :) Keep up the great work!

[@WellYourWorld]

Love your work as always. You always hit the relevant topics we all notice and don't always converse deeply about. Thanks for your insight.

[@nommh]

Thnk you so much for explaining the meat eaters reaction to me telling them I'm vegan. I hardly ever try and confront them. For most it is so hard to confront their discomfort.

[@tamcon72]

Really, really enjoyed this, and THANK YOU for promoting the correct definition of CD! : )

[@thefluffychild4497]

You're a legend

[@emilybelle2083]

when the chicken is making that confused noise while hanging upside down (and I'm feeling growing horror) and the guy says, "at least they're dying for a greater purpose." Instant nausea for me. wow.

[@glenlithedwarf4023]

That strong dissonance 1:29 nearly killed me. Well put Mic!

[@lemmonpie5914]

cognitive dissonance is what made me go vegetarian almost a year ago. I stumbled upon your channel and unatural vegan and hearing you two talk about it so rationally just made me confront the fact that esting animal products is completly unnecesary and I was making the chioce to do it anyways. my sister went vegetarian too 4 months later, said I inspired her and we both want to go completly vegan once we move out of home (: cognitive dissonance can make you desperate to grasp at any straw but it can be a powerful fuel for change too

[@truefuschniken]

We (my family of 9 and I, who are all vegan) love your videos Mic, keep them coming!!! :D And thanks for all the good you are doing!!!

[@ToniaHicks]

wow Mic. This is amazing! Thank you. I feel like I need to watch this a few more times and really apply it. Thanks again!

[@katiavione]

I just want to thank you for this video. As a social psychologist, I've been trying to explain this for quite a while, sometimes it takes a lot of time to explain this to people, now I can just refer them to the video. Moreover, this is a very important insight on how we should phrase and shape any type of activism or message promoting a vegan diet. Many people who advocate for a vegan diet think they are doing something good when they are actually reinforcing people's (meat eaters) belief that what they are doing is the right and better thing. Unfortunately this seems to be the case far too often, being more harmful than good.

[@KazTrumpet]

Well articulated! Thank you!

[@Michael-fb5ek]

Buzzfeed is pathetic

[@josephineelise3068]

I'm 15, and vent vegan a few months ago. I recently came back into contact with a friend of mine who is an adult, and a vegetarian. He is a nutritonest. He asked me where I got my protein. I reacted badly, not realizing that he was actually looking out for me, making sure that I wasn't only eating rice and pasta (which knowing me, I might've assumed too). But he later said that he was kind of joking, but also seriously wanted to know I was being healthy. I guess when a nutritionest asks where you get your protein they're probably not doing it out of close-mindedness (I actually gave hum a recipe for my protein-laden ginder, peanut butter, jelly, and chia seeds pancakes!)

[@lorrainewilliams7896]

For years I have wondered why so many people swear they don't eat "carbs", yet eat candy, cake, ice cream, etc. and drink alcohol on a nearly or daily basis. Thank you for explaining cognitive dissonance and food in a way a common person can understand. And a huge thank you for explaining why to this day people attack me for my diet choices. I try to keep quiet about it, not bring it up, but people how have known me for nearly 10 years still ask the protein question and still get up in my face about what I "can and can't" eat. This video is brilliant.

[@ritaalfalah1272]

I'm so glad I made the change!! For the animals, my health, and the environment 💕

[@abcde12345edcba]

Might be off subject but your shirt really brings out how blue your eyes are. My son's eyes are just like that.

[@ezybella]

Thanks Mic!! You are so good at putting into words what I feel but cannot describe. I lived with this dissonance for years and it literally made me sick. Also when people want to question or criticise veganism I feel that they are actually almost taking the first step towards an awareness: they pretend to love animals but contribute to the torturing and killing of innocent loving beings. So this anger towards vegans is kind of misdirected and it is really anger towards themselves. Anyway, keep up the good work. I need my daily dose of Mic the Vegan :-)

[@queertales]

Mic, I think this is one of your best videos. It's spot on, and explains why so many people react negatively to vegans.

[@rickyricardo9918]

Landmark work Mike - influential & persuasive for us non-vegans, helps towards slowly orienting our eating habits for the better.

[@rebeccazaranko3016]

I absolutely love your channel and your videos. I've learned so much, and I appreciate all of the truly fact-based information I get here. As a new Vegan, this channel has been invaluable.

[@omalleysmith9100]

Great comprehensive video. I've been on the recieving end of people's vitriolic outbursts too many times. Thank you for putting into words and images what I have been unable to. :)

[@typelogin]

Great Video Mic! I wasn't aware of the study - it makes a lot of sense. I've experienced cognitive dissonance in my own life and couldn't understand it until I started studying psychology.

[@Tim123]

Personal choice tho Bacon tho Superior tho Top of the food chain tho Intelligence tho Morality is subjective tho Moral baseline is subjective tho Philosophical terms are for pussies, I want to be like a lion tho Sharks tho Carnivores tho Evolution tho Nature tho God puts animals on this planet for me tho You can't stop me tho Humans are animals and I want to be a shark tho We are predators tho Protein tho B12 tho Vitamin K tho Morality doesn't exist tho Rape is fine tho Murder isn't always bad tho Superiority tho In groups tho THO THO THO

[@Amanda.c91]

Phillectual I think you covered it all👏🏼

[@approximatelyyours]

Deserted islands, tho.

[@TheFettuck]

Sentience tho, Consciousness tho, Nervous system tho, Brain tho, Cancer tho, Feelings tho, Plants can't move tho, Torture tho, Greenhouse effect tho, Animals eat more plants tho, Speciesism tho, Pets tho, We aren't cavemen anymore tho. Vegans are exactly the same!!

[@Tim123]

TheFettuck And we are on point.

[@marypalmer00]

Phillectual s l a m m i n g

[@ConscientiousOmnivore]

Wow, the vintage Festinger's Experiment footage really demonstrates how the human psyche works. I wish I knew this when I first became vegan. It would have saved me a lot of trouble with family and friends. Thanks for your videos!

[@VeganTrove]

Thanks for not showing any graphic animal images. I really think your channel is excellent. I've only come across it recently. Good work.

[@MictheVegan]

Thanks for the kind words :)

[@VeganTrove]

@@MictheVegan Thank YOU :)

[@ladyjatheist2763]

I'd had Okja in my queue for a while, thanks for giving your mention to it, it was a wonderful movie that hurt in so many ways but still managed to convey hope.

[@embraceuncertainty7127]

Really well done, Mic. I think this is your best work, so far.

[@veggiequeen9897]

I waited for this video. Thanks for uploading!

[@lienschuur4897]

When I talk to people about my diet, I always tell them that I feel much better about myself because I knew I deep down felt guilty. I tell them I feel much better not eating animals and knowing I do not support their torture and the effect it had on nature. I tell them that maybe other people don't feel responsible, but that I do, and that I'm taking my responsibility. I tell them I feel healthier, and that it's not that hard to do because my mind is more at ease. People never respond by attacking me then, they are mainly silent or say it's good I stand for my beliefs.

[@phasespace1156]

This is IT, right here. LOVE this video. I try to keep in mind, when talking with non vegans about my life choices, that it took me YEARS to acknowledge my own cognitive dissonance and do something about it. I didn't become vegan overnight because someone pointed out my logical fallacies, and neither will anyone else. I just keep not eating animal products and not dying. That negates ninety percent of their arguments right there.

[@99sins]

phase space hard to argue when you're dead at 50 from cancer, chronic disease, Alzheimer's... yeah that's where it gets hard for me because I still wouldn't enjoy the idea of letting someone die a slow, painful and early death just because "these fuckin' vegfags".

[@phasespace1156]

Kaweta I don't enjoy the idea either. I don't WANT people, or animals, to suffer needlessly. I think it comes down to a basic moral and political question: am I, knowing what I know about all the health benefits of being vegan and the suffering of millions of sentient creatures, morally obliged to be outraged by people who don't want to agree? A part of me screams YES!! Animals are being murdered, and people are dying. What kind of person would I be if I said or did nothing? A part of me also knows that people won't hear what they aren't ready to hear. The first step is admitting you have a problem, as they say, and until then all I can do is hope that living by example is enough to get at least a few people to start their own journey. That being said, loud voices start conversations, so there's a place for everyone in this fight.

[@Potato_Gal.m3]

This video is GOLD, Mike

[@julianw7097]

Thank you for not making cognitive dissonance an auto-antonym.

[@annieleymarie46]

Massive cognitive dissonance about climate change all around, of course (including the impact of our diet on it)...

[@NanaNana-gt3mr]

What you said by the end is so important for efficient activism. If we want people to listen and stop consuming animal products, we need to find a way to get heard, not scare people away by being mean.

[@VeganFootsoldier]

great vid. crisp green screen

[@angelg8445]

Footsoldier my hero1!!!!

[@vegansrising4473]

Great video. Any boat in a storm would also be a great title for this video. That's what they are doing. Their mind storms with dissonance and they hop on any boat possible or even anything that looks like it will float to get a reprieve from it.

[@99sins]

Nice one

[@daellis130]

Great video. Makes sense, given the reactions I have at work (on almost a daily basis - 2 months now) due to my wholefood plant based diet.

[@themormonn7625]

Some truthbombs dropped...I can never forget how I became a plant rights activist in first months when I started to confront more and more facts about the topic...And some people like some of my friends still are plants rights activists, I was 3 years vegetarian and now more than 2 years vegan and I am happy that I ve done that...

[@spongebobonmolly]

Your videos are so informative, so glad I found your channel I used to think vegan diets were unhealthy because "how could a diet be healthy if they need supplements?" and I've always felt hypocritical saying I loved animals when I ate meat

[@tonja4824]

Great video Mic! Cognitive dissonance is one of my greatest triggers. When I encounter someone who justifies behavior that they themselves cannot possibly truly think is good I am usually rendered speechless at the illogical b*llsh*t that comes spewing out of their mouth.

[@lindtothesayyy]

Omg your little skits in this video had me rolling 😂

[@christinesenz9905]

Very thought provoking, Mic. Yes, if only it were that easy.

[@emden1191]

As always very well researched and presented. It is a real pleasure watching your chanel.

[@spiritman5613]

Well said Mic!! Yes to the new backdrop!!!

[@AH-cy4md]

Good points, Mic! I've long thought that when someone finds out I'm vegan, they get all defensive because of their own feelings about their behavior; I haven't said anything about their behavior, but they sure do get all worked up about mine! ;-)

[@isabellezablocki1102]

Yeah, I can relate to that when I was eating meat, just looking the other way. When I met a vegan friend for the first time and he invited me to go vegan, I felt threatened like the life was being taken out of me. It took me a while but I got there. Absolutely no sense of deprivation now. It is very much like quitting smoking.

[@mudaquetoca]

Example of cognitive dissonance: "I want to get thin, but I can't stop eating fat and sugar".

[@msflyingfree7]

I was waiting for this one! great job!! The thing I find myself using quite a lot is the imposed arbitrary bs line thingy and BAM! the dissonance appears! there's a lot of comedians hitting that sarcasm hard in the comments 😂😂 just when you think you hit the funniest there's another one😂

[@atmapriyayoga]

That experiment was so enlightening!

[@indigoquixote2700]

Another awesome video Mic! Love this latest theme!

[@johndough23]

Well worth watching this one. 6:00 on is pure gold.

[@malikrahman8649]

We need, like a million more of you!!

[@vikistk]

what an absolutely amazing video!!!!! never seen anyone else ever explain cognitive dissonance in such a detailed way! this will totally help in my activism (: one thing: i think you could deliver your message sounding a little less aggressive (but please keep the jokes haha) (:

[@PrettyPastelWinter]

I'm so glad you brought up the whole "I don't even really like meat, I don't eat it that often" thing. Recently I've noticed that this has been even more popular than the "where do you get your protein"..... yet I see those same people eat meat on a daily basis. So many excuses, who are they kidding? -_-

[@avinashtyagi2]

The first thing that crossed my mind after this video was that Cognitive Dissonance seems to be a good explanation for the existence of most of Unnatural Vegan's videos. Her desire to get rid of said cognitive dissonance.

[@romiezi4390]

Excellent Video, very important to keep these things in mind when talking to non-vegans. I also thought Mic was speaking a bit more slowly in this one, is that possible? Was nice to follow!

[@MercyForTheInnocent]

thank you for your work Mic

[@vietnamd0820]

Thank you Mic! In one video, you recommended adding chopped dates as a sweetener to a meal. I tried it and am super pleased with the taste 😋👍

[@Lola-Yo]

I’m binge watching your channel today, but I’m working at the same time, multitasking, that makes it okay, right, haha...

[@mandarinz69]

I'm really pleased you fixed your shirt sleeve lol

[@sisukaslife]

Thank you for sharing this video. 👍

[@veganfortheanimals6994]

I like the new grey background...(better than the old seashells).....good video

[@Amanda.c91]

Okja made me ugly cry, literally sob, cry cry cry.

[@devina8812]

I'm too scared to watch it.

[@ijmwpiano]

Same here

[@abstractswirls]

That RAW Nurse hey! I love your videos :) I hope your watermelon detox went well. I'm currently eating one for breakfast. I also cried during Okja. such a powerful moving film and helped me love animals and their survival even more

[@carrieyeager952]

Me too!

[@inkedveganmediaandproducti1974]

As a 20 year veteran of neurology, I love the content of this video. I believe in dietary changes to the point of losing my career over the issue. I am building a channel that points out the myths of medication vs diet, so any tips you may have would be much appreciated.

[@paloozadroid4749]

I was a pescatarian once, and my technique in diving out of cognitive dissonance was telling myself a once popular belief that fish don't feel physical pain or emotion. In the back of my mind I was screaming, yeah not true. So what I did was sort of make up excuses to why I needed to eat fish anyway. And you could all guess what they were.

[@simonsays525]

Great job!! Another awesome video!

[@sabatheus]

Brilliant, man. Just brilliant.

[@bongodave13]

Another great video. Thanks.

[@makaylablackburn13]

I'm a vegan now but I recall the moment I decided to go vegitarian. I was watching this fishing show and the fisherman from the island was explaining that the fish they were catching turn from blue to red when they're afraid or stressed.... so in other words that can uncountable express theyre afraid for their life by changing color? So yeah, that was the moment it really hit home for me, the thought that they could so easily express fear like that made me incredablly sad

[@Anabriella]

Gotta say, I've just recently discovered your channel and I'm blown away. Great content! (new vegan)

[@cosmicsoul3938]

Since I watched Okja I no longer eat meat (occasional dairy still though 😐...working on it)

[@KingReyYT]

Hurricane Irma is currently approaching my Hometown (Miami) with winds faster than 160 MPH. The strongest hurricane recorded in the history of natural disasters. Why do you think this is Mic, due to global warming/air pollution from the agriculture business? I'm never going to eat meat again if I know I'm contributing to more dangerous hurricanes resulting in MORE fatal casualties.

[@HarbingerBK]

Interesting ultimatum. Rising ocean temperatures, melting polar ice caps, and rising ocean levels are known contributing factors to extreme weather events such as hurricanes that have been displacing people for over a decade (we just don't hear much about it in North America, but islands in the south pacific are disappearing...) and occasionally causing death and destruction. Animal agriculture is one of the leading causes of climate change and is therefore a direct factor. Animal agriculture also has many other negative effects on your fellow humans (contributing to world hunger, PTSD in slaughterhouse workers, causing lifestyle disease/reducing life "health-span", etc). To learn more check out Mic's other videos and other documentaries such as Cowspiracy, Before the Flood, An Inconvenient Truth, Forks Over Knives, etc. Re: the environment though.... Climate change is real, it's scary, it's happening fast, and the BIGGEST effect you can have immediately is removing animal products from your diet. Hope this helps :)

[@JF-hv2bl]

HAARP. Weather modification

[@JF-hv2bl]

Why do you need 100 reasons to go vegan? 99 is enough, methinks

[@tamcon72]

Yes. Also, please go vegan, as it's better for everyone and easier to be plant-eater in an emergency situation(tinned beans and fruit and veg + bread is cheap, non-perishable, and pretty nutritious). Lastly, stay safe in the coming storm: Make sure your emergency kit is stocked, and that you have a week's worth of potable water. Good luck.

[@niconii9894]

King Rey thats a myth. It's all natural. Animal agriculture is not linked to big things like this. That's like saying animal products are linked to disease

[@jerilinmejia4173]

LMFAOOOO “you just don’t have to cry when decapitating broccoli... Onions tho” 😂😂

[@juliavalentine5291]

"I just don't think I could ever give up eating burgers...they just taste so good." I became a vegetarian a few months ago, and have already noticed a huge difference in how I feel. It was hard at first, but I do plan on going full vegan. 😊 My mom's cognitive dissonance is insane when people bring up the fact that meat comes from animals. She won't even eat meat that has bones in it, because she doesn't want to accept the fact that she is eating a dead animal's carcass. I'm never disrespectful towards her for eating meat because I ate meat all my life until I recently made the change to vegetarianism. I just give her little facts of all the health benefits that go along with cutting meat out of your diet every now and then. After changing my diet I look at my dog and cats, and I couldn't imagine ever eating an animal again. 💔😭

[@andreas-linden]

Great video, as always!

[@Luizam55]

This and several other youtube channels are helping me a lot. 1 month vegetarian hoping to be full on vegan by the end of the year. I know, I know, having dairy, eggs etc is equally bad but I'm afraid of going fully vegan and collapsing so I'm going one step at a time. So yeah, just a thank you!

[@Elmgren76]

Luiza Moreira why would you collapse by going full vegan?

[@Luizam55]

Elmgren76 collapse as in give up in the diet change. Sorry, English isn't my first language!

[@onemoregarden]

Very, very well done!

[@FIBONACCI_V_]

Great subject! Well explained

[@nikam4167]

This was explained so perfectly that I wish that all of the 'where do you get your protein' inquirers, could watch this.

[@godemperormeow8591]

Cognitive Dissonance. People die every day but when you know these people personally, a larger impact is given.

[@SamGriffithsx]

Love u man keep up the videos