30,000...Yes!
Hi it’s Emily and Ooby from Bite Size Vegan and welcome to a
special vegan nugget. This is a quick informal video, because it’s informal Friday,
about how freakishly awesome you are. I’ve been meaning to tell you this for some time
in a video but I just couldn’t find the words. Okay that’s not true, I could find
the words but what I couldn’t find was the time. I decided to film outside today because it’s
lovely. And because I haven’t left my room in quite sometime. Okay well I’ve gone to
the kitchen for my food and to the bathroom but my computer's there so I just kind of...
...hunker down in my room most of the time and never see the light of day.
So I recently hit over 30,000 subscribers apparently, which is pretty mind blowing.
Check out this little image that I made in PowerPoint when I reached 300 subscribers
and thought that that was pretty freaking cool. Unlike the opening sequence of this
video, I don't actually keep my eyes on my subscriber numbers because I’m too busy
keeping them on research and writing, and Ooby, of course. I mean, who could take their
eyes off of that face? Especially when she’s wearing her new vegan dog bandana? It says
"I'm a vegan!" V-dog sent this for her birthday. Anyways, this is supposed to be your video.
Ooby hijacks everything. I just want you to know that I am so very grateful for you. You
guys are what makes this channel possible. I know that I said this to you guys a couple
times, but you can never say it too many times...I just want to reiterate that I really
value each and everyone of you for watching and sharing my videos, for taking the time
to comment on them. Please know that I do read the comments and I do my very best to
reply to all of them. But I know that I’m falling far short of that at this point. But
I do want you to know that if I don’t get to your comment or message on any platform,
it’s not because I don’t care what you said or that I think I’m far more important
than you, or anything like that. It’s simply lack of time on my part. And honestly with
the different social media platforms sometimes things do get lost in the mix. So if you ever
do send me something that’s really important and needs my attention and you don’t get
a reply, do feel free to e-mail me. Just know that I do get a lot of e-mails as well every
day so it may be a little bit before I can respond, but I do respond to every single one.
The easiest way to e-mail me is to use the contact form at the bottom of BiteSizeVegan.com.
So now that all of my excuses are out-of-the-way, let me just tell you that you are incredible.
I honestly think, and this is my totally unbiased opinion, that I have the best audience on
all of YouTube. My viewers are the coolest, in our nerdy way, most intelligent and thoughtful
people on all of YouTube. Which, when you look at YouTube comments in general, really
isn't saying much.
Seriously though, I appreciate the community that you all have
created around Bite Size Vegan.
You have made this channel what it is and I am so proud that it is a place where people
who are curious about veganism and wanting to learn more about their impact in the world
and the animals, can come and not be attacked but rather given helpful information for their
journey. I am also honored to apparently be seen as someone that other vegans can look
too to learn how to express themselves. As many of you know from some of my more candid, personal videos,
learning to speak about being vegan and speak out for the animals was one
of the most difficult things for me throughout my life. So hearing that what I am doing is
helping other people do that is rather mind-blowing.
So anyways before this gets super long- Ooby is already leaving- wandering about now.
You guys keep me going. Your support means everything to me. And I want you to know that
if you can’t support me through my Patreon page or one-time donations or anything monetary,
that does not mean that you are not a huge supporter of my work. Sharing my videos is
incredibly helpful. Watching them, adding them to playlists, commenting, liking them,
all of these things are stuff that I value and, that YouTube values. Not that I really
cater to YouTube, but these kind of things make YouTube happy and when YouTube is happy
it will place the Bite Size Vegan videos higher in search results, thus making the educational
resource more accessible to people.
So please know that you guys make a huge difference, even if you think that what you’re doing
isn’t huge. As a community we can create change. And a further note, for quite sometime,
I was someone who couldn’t do anything more active then educate myself, read books, and
hope that one day I would find the words to speak for the animals. So if that’s where
you’re at right now, value that. You are an activist in the making. You don’t have
to follow my path. Or anyone else’s path. You will find your way to speak for the animals.
Alright. I’m really gonna wrap this up. This is what happens when I’m unscripted but...
...I just really wanted to make this video and let you guys know what you mean to me.
I am going to do my best to keep living up to the image that you seem to have of me.
And please know that I am doing my best to be available to answer questions, but
that even working on this from wake to sleep- when I do sleep- I am still always behind.
But that does not mean that you are not important or valued.
So, I would love to hear from you on this. Always feel free to let me know if there something
in particular you would like to see me cover. I have a huge list of topics and I do
take all suggestions and put them in there if they’re not already in there.
I was also thinking about maybe doing another Q&A video soon. So, if you’re into that, let me know.
If you liked this video, do give it a big thumbs up and feel free to share it around.
Although I suppose if someone is not a viewer of mine already, they may not appreciate a
video about me appreciating my viewers. But maybe they’ll feel like becoming a viewer
is a good idea because I love you guys so much. Anyways, if you’re new here be sure
to hit that big red subscribe button down there so I can appreciate you too.
And you can get some awesome vegan content every Monday Wednesday & some Fridays. If you do want to
help support Bite Size Vegan in a financial manner, check out the support links in the
video description below where you can give a one-time donation or join the Nugget Army
on Patreon where you get perks and rewards for your support. The links for both of those
are in the video description and the links for the Nugget Army is either on that logo
right there or in the iCard sidebar. Now go live vegan, keep being awesome,
and I'll see you soon.
Why did you give up on the video?
People want to see your beautiful face and you just walked away.
I think the fame is going to her head.
Do you not have time for us anymore? You just got a busy schedule? You got too much to do?
You're a hard worker!
Ow I actually kind of hurt myself. [laughs]
I was really excited!
[oddly pitched speaking - played backwards]