Sophia Esperanza is No Longer Vegan

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    0:00 Intro
    1:18 Ethical Animal Products
    6:49 Everything Everywhere All At Once (but for ethics)
    11:32 Factory Bad
    14:16 Vibe Ain't Right
    16:11 Speaking My Truth About Your Truth
    19:42 Outro
    20:17 NOPE!
    #sophiaesperanza #vegan #exvegan

Комментарии • 408

  • @UnnaturalVegan
    @UnnaturalVegan  11 месяцев назад +312

    My soul cannot dance to this (also, I meant walk instead of DRIVE, not walk instead of bike lol)

    • @thenayancat8802
      @thenayancat8802 11 месяцев назад +10

      I think you had to be on the journey to really understand

    • @christophersmith4438
      @christophersmith4438 11 месяцев назад +12

      This is debilitatingly funny 😭😭 Solid video, but this comment is the MVP

    • @fleabitz1474
      @fleabitz1474 11 месяцев назад +17

      "Fuck alignment" could be your next tshirt design.

    • @el-bov8034
      @el-bov8034 11 месяцев назад +3

      I'm not capable of filling the cracks with myself. Too many cracks :(

    • @fern9234
      @fern9234 11 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@fleabitz1474Damn you beat me to it😂

  • @princessviolet4522
    @princessviolet4522 11 месяцев назад +80

    Actually lobsters and other crustaceans are sentient and boiling them alive is cruel

    • @ebisk
      @ebisk 10 месяцев назад +16

      Yeah I agree, really weird that Swayze would say that. The studies done on lobsters (primarily to determine whether boiling them alive is 'humane') seems to agree that they are sentient enough that murdering them via such a method causes them immense suffering.
      "The UK government has declared that lobsters, crabs, octopuses and related species will be included under the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill". This happened like two years ago, sounds like there's enough evidence for crabs and lobsters to be sentient if they are being included in animal welfare legislation.

    • @patrickbateman1660
      @patrickbateman1660 10 месяцев назад +5

      Isn't it illegal in some countries to actually boil them alive?

    • @princessviolet4522
      @princessviolet4522 10 месяцев назад +3

      @@patrickbateman1660 I think so but not in the US

    • @thatwasweird954
      @thatwasweird954 10 месяцев назад +13

      Yeah, I was really taken aback by UV saying that lobsters are completely non-sentient. And the only reason she doesn't eat them is because they're "gross?" Seriously? (There's a RUclipsr, Brady Brandwood, who's been caring for a former grocery store lobster for a couple years now. You see this creature who started out very weak and scared develop this distinct personality. Not to mention, he uses defense mechanisms that clearly demonstrate he does not want to be harmed.)

  • @Beechbeach
    @Beechbeach 11 месяцев назад +273

    If you convince yourself to be vegan for nonsense reasons, you are also going to convince yourself to stop being vegan for nonsense reasons. Magical thinking is fickle, which is a good reason to listen to your channel, and get rational justifications to back up the ethics that will help you to become or stay vegan.

    • @ebbyc1817
      @ebbyc1817 10 месяцев назад

      ​@biochemica2 in general, in a society where people are lazier than they were say, 30 years ago, or 60 years ago, it would be harder to get the majority to do anything that requires more effort than the alternative, whether it's being physically fit/not overweight, doing less online and more physically or in-person, spending more time with children (their children) and less time away from them, or adopting a more plant-based diet that requires using raw, natural products that need to be cooked, which requires patience and technique. It's not about intelligence, it's about effort. It requires more effort to cook beans than to eat a couple slices of bread, so bread will always be more popular. If bread were not plant-based, that would automatically mean that more people would be choosing the non-plant-based option. Getting people to give up bread in favour of beans would have very, very little chance of success. As it happens, that battle doesn't need to be fought but it's not because bread is vegan. It's because it's easy.

    • @NotTodaySatan557
      @NotTodaySatan557 10 месяцев назад

      She definitely exhibits magical thinking 😂

    • @SteversChed
      @SteversChed 10 месяцев назад

      Why do you use animal products needlessly for sensory pleasure while only pretending to be against it?
      If it's okay for you, it's okay for Sophia right?

    • @Beechbeach
      @Beechbeach 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@SteversChed who are you talking to?

  • @wix6893
    @wix6893 11 месяцев назад +120

    her vid was so dramatic I had second hand embarrassment the whole time.

    • @tamcon72
      @tamcon72 10 месяцев назад +5

      I think melodramatic is the more accurate word.

    • @momo_u
      @momo_u 9 месяцев назад +2

      "there are your headlines" (me looking around my empty livingroom for the nyt journalists)

  • @user-yn5sk5ru5g
    @user-yn5sk5ru5g 11 месяцев назад +67

    It sounded like a chatGPT script wordsalad ego talk of 1 hour. 🤷

  • @noosphericaltarzan
    @noosphericaltarzan 8 месяцев назад +20

    She’s maybe half a bottle of wine away from rationalizing a bbq because she spirit-felt the animals wanted to gift themselves to her.

  • @bri4550
    @bri4550 10 месяцев назад +27

    It’s so funny to me how these people complain about things that are “not natural” but have tattoos, lip fillers, wear makeup, use SPF, etc etc. Cherry pick much??

    • @ramenjd6239
      @ramenjd6239 10 месяцев назад +6

      Appeal to nature fallacy - an fallacious argument that only natural things and good and unnatural things are bad

  • @Samsona75
    @Samsona75 11 месяцев назад +111

    That merits one massive eyeroll from me. I applaud you for watching that verbal vomit of a video for that long.

    • @Samsona75
      @Samsona75 11 месяцев назад +3

      Also, she must be terrified of the dead looking beet juice in her vitamix

    • @tayyrahhh11
      @tayyrahhh11 10 месяцев назад

      @@MdoubleHBxx.bro what

  • @maryalice6375
    @maryalice6375 11 месяцев назад +46

    I’m so exhausted by coming to every issue from a place of emotional ‘truth’. If that’s the way issues are framed and discussed there will never be any agreement because people’s emotions about things will never align. And because it’s about the individual feelings there’s no way to encompass what’s best for the whole. Utterly exhausting…

    • @betterworld2958
      @betterworld2958 10 месяцев назад

      Uh...peoples's emotions and feelings regularly do not align. We have wars.

    • @betterworld2958
      @betterworld2958 10 месяцев назад

      And so what you think is best for the whole is best. OK

  • @brendandalton7879
    @brendandalton7879 11 месяцев назад +57

    Her chicken/conveyor belt comparison just made me incredibly angry.

    • @sophiebrear3597
      @sophiebrear3597 10 месяцев назад +2

      It’s completely insane especially coming from someone whose actually been inside slaughterhouses and seen how horrific they are first hand…

  • @democratie_et_esprit_critique
    @democratie_et_esprit_critique 11 месяцев назад +28

    5:40 even assuming the hens are treated correctly, “sharing the bounty of stewardship” still leave half of the chickens out of the equation. Unless they have a way to determine the sex of an egg before the embryo became conscious.

    • @patrickbateman1660
      @patrickbateman1660 10 месяцев назад +3

      They actually do. This technology exists in Europe and will be used soon. But it doesn't change the fact the birds will be murdered brutally.

  • @daypsiequartz
    @daypsiequartz 11 месяцев назад +97

    Damn, i wish i was pretty enough to just say whatever i want because of the vibes lol

    • @thatsalt1560
      @thatsalt1560 11 месяцев назад +5

      Haha! Yes, exactly.

    • @Seas47
      @Seas47 Месяц назад

      Jealous much 😂

  • @mancillado
    @mancillado 11 месяцев назад +60

    When I think I can’t watch another ex-vegan video, you get me with the thumbnails every time

    • @ThingsYoudontwanttohear
      @ThingsYoudontwanttohear 10 месяцев назад

      The illogical arguments are the worst part.
      If only they would say that the convenience of buying animal products is more important to them than adhering to their morals with every purchase and stop the video there, but no, let's keep going and debunk a strawman version of veganism with nonsensical arguments.😑

    • @dogdonut3
      @dogdonut3 10 месяцев назад +3

      I don't think I'm going to watch any more of them, good thumbnail or not. I feel like it just feeds into giving non vegans more ammunition for how "craz'y" vegans are. We're just helping to promote another. "I'm not vegans anymore."
      I don't want to promote them or focus on them.

  • @MichaelPennMath
    @MichaelPennMath 11 месяцев назад +53

    Your takes on "spiritual" former vegans are always top notch.

  • @ramenjd6239
    @ramenjd6239 11 месяцев назад +58

    The main issue with backyard hen includes:
    1. Where does this chicken come from? rescued? or brought from chicken farm? The later option still benefits the chicken farm (and where would the male chicks go?)
    2. Hens are bred to massively produce eggs every day, where wild hens could only produce 12-15 eggs per year. It's very taxing on the hen's health that lays eggs every day
    It's a grey area in terms of ethics

    • @patrickbateman1660
      @patrickbateman1660 10 месяцев назад

      What is the answer to backyard eggs for vegans. I'm trying to be vegan. I know chickens often eat their eggs for nutrients but they produce so many and some are left over. Is it wrong to eat those eggs? I wouldn't but it seems like a loophole.

    • @ramenjd6239
      @ramenjd6239 10 месяцев назад

      @@patrickbateman1660 If eggs are left on the ground to rot, I don’t see an issue of eating them. Again, hens are bred in such way that they produce eggs every day which is taxing on their bodies. If you want your hen to not be so exhausted from laying eggs, you should give them implant to limit their egg production. There’re also plant based eggs like just eggs
      If we’re looking by strict definition from vegan society, eating eggs is not vegan. But you can be ethical by eating eggs from backyard hens

    • @escitalopram15mg61
      @escitalopram15mg61 10 месяцев назад +5

      @@patrickbateman1660unless you’re taking care of a chicken that you got for free, the ethics are pretty simple. Don’t eat the eggs. Any animal or animal product that you consume that were payed for have the possibility for animal exploitation. Therefore it wouldn’t and shouldn’t be considered vegan.

    • @googanslayer6675
      @googanslayer6675 10 месяцев назад

      rearing chickens is not a grey area with ethics. Chicken are for egg laying and meat. capitalism or not caring for sentient beings is a non argument. They are an human invention. Also the vegan diet causes crops deaths, pollution, and dead zones. Corn and soy mono crops should be banned

    • @codydolanvegan
      @codydolanvegan 10 месяцев назад +2

      Its ALWAYS wrong to eat eggs. Even if the chickens are not killed, eating their eggs still normalises eating animal products and re-inforces the idea that eggs are food for humans. Just be vegan.

  • @candyorange266
    @candyorange266 11 месяцев назад +69

    I had backyard hens. They were free range during the day and started to "lay out" and lay their eggs under bushes and random places on the property. By the time i would find the eggs, they had to be thrown away because I didn't know how old they were. To get eggs in any quantity, I would have had to confine them during the day so they had to use the laying boxes in the coop.
    I decided to let them have freedom and just take the few eggs that they did lay in their boxes . Even if you're not selling or bartering eggs, you can sometimes have to do things that arenot optimal for the animal's quality of life in order to get the "product."

    • @llleiea
      @llleiea 10 месяцев назад +11

      idk what went wrong, but my parents have backyard hens as do my grandparents. And they all where/are free range with a lot of space and still all of them lay their eggs in the provided nests. We had one hen who ate the eggs she layed. but other then that...

    • @SF-op5ix
      @SF-op5ix 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@llleieathis was my experience too. The chickens had an acre to run around in but they loved to sit and lay in their boxes 😂

    • @AA-cf4es
      @AA-cf4es 10 месяцев назад +5

      You can easily determine the egg freshness by putting it in the water.
      I'm pretty sure if you don't know it you've never had chicken in reality

    • @codydolanvegan
      @codydolanvegan 10 месяцев назад +4

      The promblem with eating eggs even when the chickens are not killed is that it normalises eating animal products.

    • @shannonreid2497
      @shannonreid2497 10 месяцев назад +1

      did you ever have any issues with predators killing chickens? I won't free range for this reason.

  • @Con_blue
    @Con_blue 11 месяцев назад +55

    I've recently discovered that sarah lemkus also stopped being vegan a while ago. So basically everyone i used to watch years ago promoting veganism is no longer vegan except you who back then some of them would consider you "too lenient" towards the meat eaters! I don't understand how so many people were so horrified by what the animals are going through and years later they just don't care suddenly.

    • @mariettaszabo
      @mariettaszabo 11 месяцев назад +17

      They were vegan because it was trendy at that time I swear

    • @Con_blue
      @Con_blue 11 месяцев назад +3

      If you said that to them back then they would think you were insane. They were like a cult it was the most important thing to them and now were are these people?

    • @harbingerbk9778
      @harbingerbk9778 11 месяцев назад +12

      When I first went vegan (over 7 years ago) I was OBSESSED with the diet/lifestyle and, as a result, myself. I over thought every meal, every nutrient, every counterargument. I wanted to ensure that *I* would be vegan forever and that I could make *everyone* around me securely vegan forever. The "I'm no longer vegan" stories felt like personal insults. Then I got the heck off social media and started enjoying my life. Now I can safely say I'm happy and healthy AF being vegan, and I dont stress about my health or other peoples' choices. I think Swayze is right that these "my journey" content creators become so self-centered that they agonize about these things and every little "symptom" or inkling they think they have.
      Of note: the more science based content creators (as opposed to the "my journey"ers) seem to remain vegan. I love Unnatural Vegan, Plant Chompers, Nutrition Made Simple, and Mic the Vegan!

    • @Con_blue
      @Con_blue 11 месяцев назад

      @@harbingerbk9778 Yes i agree!

    • @YokoFuongAnh
      @YokoFuongAnh 11 месяцев назад +10

      same with Maddie Lymburner..they just all went "vegan" to get views....very sad ...

  • @SM-eb6tw
    @SM-eb6tw 11 месяцев назад +20

    If you’ve ever had to care for backyard hens then you’d know this idealized picture Sophia is painting about “animal stewardship and sharing that bounty” is a huge crock of sh*t
    Even under the most ideal conditions hens that lay inherently suffer. The modern day layer has been bred to produce way too many eggs. Along with this comes a slew of health issues. If you’re lucky you might not encounter medical emergencies but more likely you will. Choosing to rescue is wonderful but subsequently choosing to eat the very thing said chicken was exploited for in the first place is.. wild

    • @princesseville6889
      @princesseville6889 11 месяцев назад +7

      It took our rescue hens 6 months of sunlight and love to mould and finally look healthy again, their bodies were SO weak after 1,5 years of cages... and they never stopped laying. Its really not ethical overall.

  • @sophie.c7
    @sophie.c7 11 месяцев назад +22

    18:45 "my feelings would lead me to eat whatever I want, play video games, never go outside again" I FELT THAT STRONGLY.

    • @Scuzoid_Melee
      @Scuzoid_Melee 10 месяцев назад

      Just finished a binge session of "How to with John Wilson" and the reason the reason I'm able to binge it is because so many lines from the people he talks to or himself I'd classify as "Harsh truths that are hysterical when spoken aloud." Swayze would fit in perfectly.

  • @MadMadMandy
    @MadMadMandy 11 месяцев назад +33

    So chickens can give consent by sending thoughts to you now? 🤔 Doesn't sound healthy, I don't want to eat a mindreading chickens egg.

    • @thatsalt1560
      @thatsalt1560 11 месяцев назад +3

      It's a little too sentient for me ...

  • @redhead3322
    @redhead3322 11 месяцев назад +15

    My soul often feels content to dance between chips and chocolate. But my tummy is dancing in a different way when I only eat that 🤣

  • @elthablack
    @elthablack 11 месяцев назад +22

    "Fuck alignment" is a great band name

    • @ramonaa.5959
      @ramonaa.5959 10 месяцев назад

      And I'd buy their album loll. 😆

  • @annarompca9072
    @annarompca9072 11 месяцев назад +50

    I think buying used leather is fine, but I personally cannot stand the smell...

    • @jillianthrill
      @jillianthrill 11 месяцев назад +4

      My bf got faux leather shoes once and they sprayed it with artificial leather scent and it stunk up our home for daaaays. I hate leather smell too.

    • @annarompca9072
      @annarompca9072 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@jillianthrill omg sounds awful 😰

    • @thatsalt1560
      @thatsalt1560 11 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@jillianthrill😱

  • @madisonking332
    @madisonking332 10 месяцев назад +4

    “Dead looking ingredients” got me 😂

  • @madalinaanton3253
    @madalinaanton3253 10 месяцев назад +9

    My father is a bee keeper, he does it not for profit, the process of making honey is something I've known since childhood, sometimes you need to take the honey away to prepare the hives for the winter, you have to keep it in case they need more after they finish what they're already stored in the center of the hives, but the exces you can eat, although I don't do it it's not unethical, the same way propolis is not unethical, it's just surplus wax you need to clean from the hives so the bees could move freely, they do nothing with it and it's a good anti-bacterial,it smells nice and it's a shame to throw away. You can practice bee keeping ethically, in fact please do it, if free honey makes you wanna start bee keeping, please do it, I don't know how it is in the US but in Europe bees are dying.

    • @straberryshinigami15g97
      @straberryshinigami15g97 10 месяцев назад +1

      Stealing THEIR honey is ethical? When we don’t need it?

    • @stevencats7137
      @stevencats7137 10 месяцев назад +4

      Honey bees aren’t dying, all the other bees are because of the overpopulation of invasive honey bees. That’s my problem with honey farming. It creates problems for the environment, not fixed then

  • @ffiontill5924
    @ffiontill5924 11 месяцев назад +17

    It feels like spoken word poetry. Thanks for another great video💕

    • @TasteOfButterflies
      @TasteOfButterflies 11 месяцев назад +3

      Don't you mean unspoken spoken word poetry 😂
      (7:03)

  • @camerontuck108
    @camerontuck108 10 месяцев назад +44

    thank YOU for sparing me the pain of having to listen to that woman talk the way she does for an entire hour and a half

    • @claireconover
      @claireconover 10 месяцев назад +9

      the clips alone are so full of buzzword nonsense.

    • @lillyelis3588
      @lillyelis3588 10 месяцев назад +2

      that woman? you cant even say her name ...

  • @HeatherCutright
    @HeatherCutright 11 месяцев назад +17

    Lobsters, crabs and octopuses have been classified as sentient beings and granted certain protections in the UK.

    • @thatsalt1560
      @thatsalt1560 11 месяцев назад +6

      I think even Swayze mentioned in one of her summaries of good vegan news that lobsters were listed as sentient in the USA. They do feel pain and people who insist on killing them for food should not drop them alive into boiling water.

    • @roseg2239
      @roseg2239 10 месяцев назад +2

      Octopuses aren't the same as lobsters and crabs. They're way more sentient.

    • @patrickbateman1660
      @patrickbateman1660 10 месяцев назад +2

      How does this work? I'm pretty sure chickens are sentient? Not crazy intelligent but is sentient, right?

    • @spacebar9733
      @spacebar9733 10 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@patrickbateman1660 sentient is yes or no, not a scale really. Intelligence like you said is another thing. And I believe you can't judge a fish by it's ability to climb a tree. They're not intelligent in the way humans are but I'm sure in their purest form they were once the best at whatever nature made them for. I don't know the evolution of chickens specifically how they were genetically modified :P but I know they used to be able to fly so clearly this isnt their job in our world.
      How's that for natural.

  • @Angryalpaca1503
    @Angryalpaca1503 11 месяцев назад +23

    How does Sophia know Earth is a she? has she gone down to Antarctica to check what's under the snow?

  • @itscarolinemary
    @itscarolinemary 11 месяцев назад +14

    Your response is 💯 have you done a video going into people’s criticisms of mock meats and being “unhealthy,” “processed” etc? Like worse than meat? I would love to hear your insight

    • @Megan-19
      @Megan-19 7 месяцев назад

      Any processed food is somewhat unhealthy. I'm vegan and every once in a while I eat a beyond burger or have some violife cheese on a vegan grilled cheese. It's delicious for every once in a while and it's certainly much better than eating actual dairy or real meat. I'll take a beyond burger over a cows corpse any damn day of the week!!

  • @gmle843
    @gmle843 5 месяцев назад +3

    man... I hope one day I can have as clear and fully formed a sense of myself, my values and my opinions as you do. I feel like I just sort of amoeba through life without much clarity on... much...and when I happen upon something that actually seems like a good or helpful thing to do (for ANYONE) I'm thrilled, because most of the time every single issue seems way too complicated to know what kind of influence from me would be helpful or be hurtful. You seem pretty much resolved and clear about how to be a good person who you yourself are proud of and honestly, I bet that's where a lot of your viewership comes from. It's nice to listen to a person who sounds like they know the answers. Or , I don't know. Maybe that's just me. Anyway, way to go.

  • @Hiiiiiiiiieeee
    @Hiiiiiiiiieeee 10 месяцев назад +13

    I align with your opinion on a lot of these topics 😂 But for real, you have definitely been helping me work my way towards my vegan journey. I am one of those people that truly connects it to and loves all animals and it’s becoming harder and harder for me to keep the wall up in my mind between eating them at times but still caring for them as much as I do. I feel like one day you just make the plunge and go for it and I am definitely getting closer and closer by the day. Thank you for your help with that. And the witty commentary along the way.

    • @6OceanSoul9
      @6OceanSoul9 10 месяцев назад +2

      Sounds exactly like i was feeling before going vegan 7 years ago. You can do it!!

  • @porlashadas
    @porlashadas 11 месяцев назад +7

    Lobster not sentient? I would need much more information.

  • @blackmetalmatters9101
    @blackmetalmatters9101 10 месяцев назад +3

    Alignment? In D&D we would say her "alignment" is chaotic evil, but anyway...

  • @miss2slick
    @miss2slick 11 месяцев назад +6

    I finally had the time to watch the hour long video yesterday and I'm glad you made this video. I commented saying I find it extremely difficult to believe any business would have the animals' best interest in mind when they need sales to survive. But the biggest question I have is how often is she consuming these animal byproducts now that the vegan alternatives are that unhealthy? Unless she's consuming it daily (doubtful and would be unhealthy as eggs are very high in cholesterol), then consumung the vegan alternatives on an infrequent basis is perfectly healthy.

  • @wristsareforgirls
    @wristsareforgirls 11 месяцев назад +8

    The woman in the clips is delusional and extremely irritating to listen to. Also, an inherent issue with the "backyard hens" thing is the provenance of the hens; chick suppliers kill the male chicks before they ever get to the folks buying the chicks that will grow up to be backyard hens. Are these super-nice, expensive, feel-good-about exploiting animals by pretending they're cool with it farms sourcing chicks from a supplier who sends all the chicks (including males) and then allowing the roosters to grow to adulthood and happily live out their lives (just separated from the females)? I think not, especially with how many behavioral problems you'd likely get with a coop full of roosters together.

    • @laranadesign4764
      @laranadesign4764 11 месяцев назад +1

      100% agree

    • @thatsalt1560
      @thatsalt1560 11 месяцев назад +2

      Yes, and these hens have been bred to lay eggs at an unnaturally high pace.

  • @shinebright048
    @shinebright048 10 месяцев назад +6

    In my opinion, the people stop being vegan because its hard to be a minority in a meat, dairy eating world. I feel thats the main reason people look for excuses. Its fine not to be vegan, but I can’t stand influencers who made a fortune off veganism and attacked meat eaters and now you see them move away from veganism. At the end of the day people, do what you can and don’t let a label or influencers define you.

  • @anuke123
    @anuke123 11 месяцев назад

    This was great. Thanks

  • @stubbs3023
    @stubbs3023 10 месяцев назад

    Great video! Your tiny clip at the end about getting your kid school supplies made me think I’d like to hear your take on public school! I hear a lot of homeschooling discourse these days, interested to know your thoughts.

  • @arlene1212
    @arlene1212 11 месяцев назад +28

    This is her way to justify to herself that her eating non-vegan is ok. And obviously her husband wasn’t vegan & I’m sure that had something to do with it also. I’ve been vegan for 17 years no mental or health issues. I’ve heard so “many” people get on RUclips & their reasons for not being vegan anymore 🙄 .......

    • @AM-wg4ii
      @AM-wg4ii 11 месяцев назад +3

      I hate the argument “I’ve been vegan for x many years and I’ve had no issues” as if it’s a universally applicable statement. That’s good you’ve had no issues. Not everyone has no issues.

  • @brendandalton7879
    @brendandalton7879 11 месяцев назад +5

    “Fuck alignment.” Haha. Thank you.

  • @kittyfriend9888
    @kittyfriend9888 10 месяцев назад +4

    I think what she’s saying is that vegans should be more concerned with actual issues and not things like making earrings from feathers off the ground, or eating an infertile egg that was laid naturally by a backyard hen, or thrifting a piece of leather, I can see why people are against the leather though because it glamorizes the look/and she’s talking about the quality over vegan leather etc, but I mean this person probably is living a very ethical life, probably more than some that would be so upset about the egg

  • @anjaplemenitas1
    @anjaplemenitas1 10 месяцев назад +1

    "..food traveling down a conveyor belt" made me laugh out loud :D love it!

  • @saliexplore3094
    @saliexplore3094 10 месяцев назад

    The videos you make are quality ... thanks for sharing these ... great to have a rational voice in this space!

  • @corvusmonedula
    @corvusmonedula 11 месяцев назад +9

    But did she mention her "journey" tho

    • @thatsalt1560
      @thatsalt1560 11 месяцев назад

      I don't remember but she did mention ants journeying up a tree or something like that in her original video.

  • @adele2312
    @adele2312 11 месяцев назад +7

    I feel very aligned with your views and the way you express your truth 😊✌

  • @MusiKo14
    @MusiKo14 10 месяцев назад +2

    Yeah. I’m not super worried and I think she’s still doing better than 90% of the population if all she’s done is start eating more ethically farmed eggs and wearing second hand leather. HOWEVER, the faulty reasoning, seed oils pseudoscience, and woowoo worry me. Bad reasoning is a shaky foundation to build even the most ethical lifestyle on. What if she gets woo-wooed into drinking milk again? Or worse, eating the carnivore diet?

  • @Gabeee
    @Gabeee 10 месяцев назад +1

    Regarding the health topic of vegan processed foods. Do you have an opinion/video(if I missed) about additives like thickening agents, especially controversial ones like carrageenan and all sorts of gums? It's not very nice to read the long list of these on the mock meats and such :/

    • @Gabeee
      @Gabeee 10 месяцев назад

      @@MdoubleHBxx.Not sure what are you on about, it's definitely fine not to eat everything raw. Especially protein rich plants. But given that you called her a child abuser, I'm going to just say: fuck off. Reported. What a bullshit.

  • @Josephineb1834
    @Josephineb1834 10 месяцев назад +3

    Just to clarify, I think research has concluded that PFAS do indeed passes through into our blood stream. What this exactly means for our health we do not yet know, though!

  • @AimeeColeman
    @AimeeColeman 11 месяцев назад +17

    Walk instead of bike?
    Isn't biking more efficient? 😅
    I'm guessing you meant drive :)

    • @Graveryl
      @Graveryl 11 месяцев назад +4

      I agree with almost everything she says but when she dissed biking I almost unsubscribed! (Joking.)

    • @TasteOfButterflies
      @TasteOfButterflies 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@matiasmartinez720walking burns fewer calories than cycling for the same amount of time, but cycling burns fewer calories than walking for the same distance.
      Biking definitely is more efficient, humans invented the wheel to use less energy for the same tasks.

    • @AimeeColeman
      @AimeeColeman 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@matiasmartinez720 I think it would take a lot less energy to cycle 10 miles than to walk 10 miles.
      I'm pretty sure cycling is more efficient

  • @thatsalt1560
    @thatsalt1560 11 месяцев назад +9

    Another "the Universe told me to eat an egg".

  • @maschakarpova4836
    @maschakarpova4836 10 месяцев назад +4

    I recently saw the French dosumentary "Tomorrow" (Demain) from 2015 for the first time, and in that film they talk about how small gardens and farms produce relatively way more food that industrialized big monoculture farms ever could...and that if more people were to become gardeners and farmers and society could support such a trend, a lot of the problems with agriculture that we see today could be avoided. I havent done further research into that yet, but it sounds plausible, speaking from years of gardening experience myself... Would be curious to hear your take on that.
    Another thing I would love to hear your take on is a recent claim of (German) doctors that mock meat products, being so highly processed, are actually very dangerous for health. (I have been vegan for almost 10 years and at first focussed on whole foods and super foods, then my partner also decided to go vegan a couple of years ago and due to his prefrences we started eating a lot of mock meat and cheese, until 3-4 months ago this warning was all over German media. We have since shifted back to eating more whole foods but finding it sometimes hard to get enough protein from just beans and lentils)

    • @spacebar9733
      @spacebar9733 10 месяцев назад

      I liked this video but that was my immediate thought. When sophia implies using less industrial farming she means all of us having our own farms split between families and sharing that food. There would still be surplus, depending on how many people in each house/for each farm. I thought it was quite obvious what she meant in that regard. At my old high school we had our own farm (not on school property) and we got fresh food for breakfast, brunch, lunch, and supper. I live in California and it was a rich ass school but still, it's very possible.

  • @dogdonut3
    @dogdonut3 10 месяцев назад +7

    Maybe a more positive idea would be introducing us to new influencers who ARE vegan.
    Spead the love!

    • @steviee.4918
      @steviee.4918 10 месяцев назад +3

      she does

    • @dogdonut3
      @dogdonut3 10 месяцев назад +1

      @steviee.4918 Just seems like every week there's another "I'm not vegan anymore" video that she covers. That gives them a lot more attention than I personally feel they need. I'd rather see new youtubers/influencers who ARE vegan. Just my opinion.

  • @clarecurtis36
    @clarecurtis36 11 месяцев назад

    Your channel is awesome, thanks!!!

  • @kennyfinger8306
    @kennyfinger8306 11 месяцев назад

    Good commentary, thx.

  • @olivia4394
    @olivia4394 11 месяцев назад +17

    Yes I would love to see how mock meats are made, much MORE than a slaughterhouse!

    • @firstlast9855
      @firstlast9855 10 месяцев назад +1

      Am I the only one who would think it would be cool to watch a 'How it's Made' style video of mock meats?

  • @DearMariska
    @DearMariska 11 месяцев назад +18

    This is such an intelligent and accurate analysis!

  • @Askalott
    @Askalott 10 месяцев назад

    I’ve actually been wondering about backyard eggs. I have a neighbor who sells them, and I’ve been tempted to buy some. But I’d want to know where are the chickens purchased from? And what happens to those chickens when they stop producing eggs? Does anyone here have info about backyard eggs? “Backyard” as in, some regular person with a regular house has a chicken coop in their backyard and sells the eggs.

    • @spacebar9733
      @spacebar9733 10 месяцев назад

      We can't give u info bc like you said last sentence. It's whatever the random person selling the eggs wants to do, however they do :P . Ask your neighbor.

  • @straberryshinigami15g97
    @straberryshinigami15g97 10 месяцев назад +2

    This reminds me of my step sister. After I told her why I’m vegan she said “ I understand how you believe that”. She said before how she was “vegetarian” and now is not even plant based. And she calls herself an “environmentalist” yet was so nice to my cat. How about being nice to ALL animals?🙄🙄🙄

    • @silaswild6233
      @silaswild6233 10 месяцев назад

      Being Vegan isn't being nice to ALL animals, many many animals, insects and habitat is destroyed in the farming of crops

  • @auralit8
    @auralit8 10 месяцев назад +3

    My read is she wanted to preserve her sense of moral righteousness. Instead of admitting she's making a less ethical choice out of self-interest, she needs to find a way to make her choice the most enlightened path.

  • @beebeeisland
    @beebeeisland 11 месяцев назад +12

    Great video. Honestly I get kind of annoyed when people are like “animals aren’t the only thing worth fighting for” and try to make vegans feel bad about not driving an electric car, buying all organic or whatever. Veganism is about reducing the suffering of animals. ALL the vegans I know are also very informed about other types of suffering like child labor, unfair workers’ pay and buying used products to minimize their effect on other types of suffering. STILL. That’s just because they are trying to be good people both through practicing vegan morals and other morals as well. It doesn’t really have anything to do with veganism and should. If veganism is about not only eating solely plant based but also about only buying used stuff, never traveling or buying chocolate it just because way to hard being vegan. Nobody is perfect but we should all try to be better.

    • @iansane1928
      @iansane1928 10 месяцев назад

      Yeah the people that say that shit are complete knobs. We are very capabLe of being concerned about many different aspects of life. This same thing happens in politics. People say "we need to secure our borders" before we help Ukraine. No, we can do both.

  • @pinetree2289
    @pinetree2289 8 месяцев назад

    “Seriously tho y she molestin that tree?” 😂

  • @CazAvery
    @CazAvery 11 месяцев назад +32

    Speaking as someone who *loves* the 'how it's made' videos for things that get mixed in massive things and then sent along a conveyor belt with different parts of the process happening, I'd really enjoy watching that as I ate whatever mock meat it was. That would be really cool, I'd have a great time.

  • @kristen7013
    @kristen7013 10 месяцев назад +2

    Great video. I would recommend you read what a fish knows. People have a hard time thinking of sealife the same as land animals.

  • @IgniteBurningIce
    @IgniteBurningIce 10 месяцев назад +1

    Is there a reason for “walk instead of bike”? Perhaps you meant drive but just caught my attention.

  • @kunaal_1928
    @kunaal_1928 11 месяцев назад +3

    9:23 what do you mean by walking instead of biking? What’s wrong with bikes?😅

  • @RealJingy
    @RealJingy 11 месяцев назад

    18:25- I hear you! Right Here....

  • @johncrondis4563
    @johncrondis4563 10 месяцев назад +1

    My issue with the backyard hens is that it is so rare that one acquired hens without purchasing them and then also gave them a free life, allowing them to coexist with roosters. We basically make a tiny nunnery for our own gain. If it isn't hyper controlled, contorted, and we just allow the chickens to do what they want, then we won't really get unfertilized eggs often at all. And we have to feed those chickens, often seeds, which means we could just buy seeds for ourselves instead of investing in a personal chicken factory.
    Basically, you need to get a couple rescue chickens for free with no rooster at all, and they have plenty of space to live freely, and if they like eating their own eggs then they get to. In these highly specific occasions, same with like a random gifted goat, or rescue cow, one can have animal products without harm....or one can just buy a damn broccoli and not keep plugging the message to the world that it is alright to have animal products, because the more people try to replicate the "local backyard" reality, the more that gets ever corrupted, and turns into something not good.

  • @vividgreenvegan9286
    @vividgreenvegan9286 10 месяцев назад +1

    Wouldn't that be a great idea for a new Tshirt? "Fuck Alignment"
    I'd buy it :D

  • @squidleyskidley
    @squidleyskidley 10 месяцев назад +2

    You think lobsters aren’t sentient?? What?! Have you not seen the RUclips videos of that guy who bought a live lobster from the store and then raised him as a pet? He has a very obvious personality and tastes/ distaste. He responds to the guy. How can that lobster not be sentient?

  • @ginparadise
    @ginparadise 10 месяцев назад +1

    "Why is she molesting that tree?" 😂😂😂

  • @andrewharmony
    @andrewharmony 10 месяцев назад +3

    This is a little off topic, but I will never give up on bringing you to the dark side! (i'm joking about the "dark side"). You said in the video that as soon as money is exchanged with backyard hens, the hens are turned into a commodity and are exploited. You can say the same with humans, where any job turns your labor into a commodity and you are being exploited, and by the definition of capitalism, the laborer must be underpaid and exploited so the owner can make a profit. Yet you seem to not connect the two in your past video on capitalism :(

  • @hannahmacdonald3804
    @hannahmacdonald3804 11 месяцев назад +1

    I was waiting for your video on this because I could not sit through the 1 long ramble lol

  • @Draw4Dame
    @Draw4Dame 10 месяцев назад +2

    I agree with her that buying garbage polyester shoes is ridiculous and is in fact anti vegan. Buying old leather shoes that decompose in the ground after you die is much better if the spirit of veganism is minimizing environmental/animal harm

  • @ievaritina5891
    @ievaritina5891 10 месяцев назад +3

    When she says "we try to walk instead of bike", why?

    • @itstrysten
      @itstrysten 10 месяцев назад +1

      If we're charitable we assume she meant walk or bike instead of drive. lol

    • @UnnaturalVegan
      @UnnaturalVegan  10 месяцев назад +3

      Yes! I meant walk instead of drive!

  • @fionnbeith1
    @fionnbeith1 9 месяцев назад +1

    Wild We Roam (YT Channel): Another soul embarks on a different journey, choosing to reintroduce [insert animal product here] into their life after ten years of veganism. It is always a heart-wrenching moment when someone decides to part ways with a lifestyle that seeks to alleviate suffering, both for animals and the planet. While their reasons may be their own, it reminds us of the ongoing need for compassion and understanding in our conversations about veganism and its impact on our lives.

  • @Beechbeach
    @Beechbeach 11 месяцев назад

    Great vid!

  • @luiseick
    @luiseick 10 месяцев назад

    such a good video!

  • @shaijahalohalove1
    @shaijahalohalove1 10 месяцев назад +2

    7:19 your expression of priceless! Made me lol I had to watch it again! 🤣 ya, I agree with you, vegan for life.

  • @AppleFrogTomatoFace
    @AppleFrogTomatoFace 10 месяцев назад

    at first i thought she was supergirl actress from flash movie… lol

  • @marzettik
    @marzettik 11 месяцев назад

    Good video, you’re also really funny! ❤

  • @GS-lq2is
    @GS-lq2is 11 месяцев назад +2

    You think lobsters aren’t sentient? What are you basing that nonsensical idea on?

  • @astreakofcolour_3687
    @astreakofcolour_3687 11 месяцев назад +7

    she looks like she got lip fillers though, i don't know for sure. does that align with mother nature

  • @veganfromvenus
    @veganfromvenus 10 месяцев назад +2

    You did a good analysis of the video. I still consider her to be vegan... ish! If every person does their best to try to avoid animal products then more animals will live. I respect your words on why your vegan.. Animals at the forefront 🙏

  • @lilikroth8564
    @lilikroth8564 10 месяцев назад +1

    Why would you say that lobsters aren't sentient?

  • @Mondomeyer
    @Mondomeyer 10 месяцев назад +1

    Uh-oh, an earthquake. Earth must on the rag!

  • @probowler2000
    @probowler2000 11 месяцев назад +49

    Thank god for you. While i appreciate poetry, i cant stand it when people try to sound like this. It's probably pretty easy for "artist types" (me) to get sucked in when someone spins around and calls the earth a breathing being. The stark contrast you bring asking what all of the flowery words even mean really brings things back to the ground. I'm always impressed with your perspective and ability to deal with things rationally. ❤

  • @TheSnuffy1994
    @TheSnuffy1994 10 месяцев назад

    But what happens to all the backyard male chickens?

  • @mariafamilia5551
    @mariafamilia5551 10 месяцев назад +1

    When she was comparing looking at killing a chicken and processing, I was sure I misunderstood something, but then you said that it was what literally happened…

  • @straberryshinigami15g97
    @straberryshinigami15g97 10 месяцев назад +2

    Disagree with the egg discussion. Even if you’re just eating backyard eggs, you were still viewing the animals as a commodity as a means to the end, as someone that can give you something, which vegans are against

  •  11 месяцев назад +2

    "We" (i. e., the world human population) need that “quite destructive” industrial agriculture particularly when 77% of all the agricultural land is used as pastures for grazing or to grow crops for farm animal feed. Add to that all the land "trapped" under roads, stroads, detached houses, lawns, parking lots, etc.

    • @wallflower6942
      @wallflower6942 10 месяцев назад

      The problem with the destructive agri practices is that it is not something we can keep doing indefinetely. It is not just a problem of the amount of land, because even if there is enough land, at this moment in time the only way to make a lot of that land productive for the lowest price is by using fossil fuels to make fertilizers. Veganism is definitely better because it uses less of those resources, but it is not a real solution from a sustainability perspective (ofc it is a solution for ethical issues!). The reason that those lands are unproductive without those fertilizers is because our farming practices degrade our soils. See the problem? Fossil fuels will be increasingly difficult to extract and therefore more expensive. This will definitely be a huge problem for food production in the future. We need to step towards less destructive farming and less people in the long term if we want that all people are fed in a sustainable way. I think as vegans it is important to be mindfull of these issues that veganism alone can't fix.

  • @pauscleanliving839
    @pauscleanliving839 11 месяцев назад +1

    So, canola oil isn’t toxic, right? 💀

  • @amandac3005
    @amandac3005 10 месяцев назад +1

    I'm just glad she's not going back to eating meat like most of the vegans on you tube. It's nice to know she's still being conscious of what she's eating.

  • @russianvegangirl
    @russianvegangirl 9 месяцев назад +1

    Why are you saying lobsters are not sentient, they have central nervous system 😞

  • @early.autumn.summer
    @early.autumn.summer Месяц назад

    3:35 yes!! I’ve never heard it said better

  • @VeganofCourse
    @VeganofCourse 11 месяцев назад +8

    NGL, this is maybe the best reaction to this. Totally disagree with backyard hens and all that though.

    • @patrickbateman1660
      @patrickbateman1660 10 месяцев назад

      Why do you disagree? I genuinely want to know because I struggle with this issue.

  • @TheTjark57
    @TheTjark57 10 месяцев назад +1

    thanks for this one - Sophia Esperanza should watch this but I guess she would not get the point.

  • @Raadestdude
    @Raadestdude 11 месяцев назад +1

    Live and let live.

  • @annabels1234
    @annabels1234 11 месяцев назад +2

    Knew this vid was coming

  • @soychelly836
    @soychelly836 10 месяцев назад +4

    I’m vegan because I care about animals and don’t want to consume anything that comes from them period.

    • @Goodmorning1221-
      @Goodmorning1221- 10 месяцев назад

      Then your vegetables are 100% pesticides free, right ? If not, then you are not vegan.

    • @Draw4Dame
      @Draw4Dame 10 месяцев назад +1

      Religious beliefs are great because they don’t have to be consistent with any reality, you just gotta be “trying your best” to meet the central tenets