Some Reasons why People Suck 

I view it as: not eating beef is not a single decision, it's a decision you make every single meal. That makes it more difficult, but also more rewarding?

there's this post on tumblr that says something like "the green brothers were made in a lab to be the world's first youth pastors for atheists" and i know that was supposed to be making fun of y'all but this video reminds me of that post but like, in a positive way. Nice secular sermon, man.

"We think that we are individuals but we are possessed by our societies." Hank Green

As a vegetarian, I remember that the hardest part of changing my diet, particularly in a meat-eating family, was knowing what to cook and how to create variety in my meals. Even if you’re just eliminating beef, it can be challenging. Perhaps we should collectively distribute our favorite non-beef recipes!

A friend of mine and I were talking the other day about how nice it is that we can eat at a restaurant or go to a bar without anyone smoking. Culture can change for the better.

"It's easier to get someone into an electric car than it is to get them on a bus" is such a keen observation and also makes me incredibly sad.

As a woman who loves efficiency, when I found out that the fastest, and largest, change to my carbon footprint was to eliminate, or moderate, my consumption of beef, it became a no brainer. This I can do.

"Cringe must be overcome" this has been my truth since turning 40. People can't be earnest anymore without being labeled cringe and we need to reverse this trend.

Craving structure yet wanting to upend the structures that exist while simultaneously desperately clinging onto other such structures is about the most human thing ever

I really appreciate your video highlighting the necessity to change our diets and yet why it is so complicated. As someone who works for an agricultural nonprofit, one thing I would like to highlight is the role of subsidies and policies. Over 75% of agricultural subsidies in Canada go towards funding animal agriculture, which reduces the cost by more than half (and one study puts the economic cost of a burger at $30 USD). This creates food environments that incentivize meat-heavy diets. To use a parallel example, in places that are more walkable, car ownership is significantly lower which was not done through convincing people not to drive cars, but having a different context. I think to address meat consumption we will need financing and policies and enable the shift as well as changing social norms.

"Never perfect, but better" is a good way to keep moving forward.

I've been watching vlogbrothers for at least 10 years and was recently reflecting on how much watching your videos each week, every week, for a decade has shaped how i think and live. I think hearing you guys say, in some way, almost every week that people are good, change is possible, and there are reasons to be optimistic has helped me build up the mental muscles to choose to be optimistic. some days that's a hard choice (especially since i studied conflict and war crimes in school and now research political violence for a living) but because i heard messages about the power that people have to change things every week since i was in my mid teens, I think I've had practice choosing hope, and I genuinely don't think i could have finished grad school and gone into the field I work in without that. thank you.

As a vegan of 6.5 years, I absolutely adore the concept of beef day! I wouldn't participate in the beef-eating myself but would be overjoyed to see the people in my life making positive steps towards bettering the planet. So glad this concept made it off the pod!

I love how mad/passionate you are, we need more more mad/passionate people

Hank! This is unrelated to the video but I wasn’t sure where to give this feed back. I love the new packaging with awesome socks club. I had a few pairs get holes not being careful getting the tinny plastic pieces out of them. And the new all cardboard holder is amazing. Thanks for bringing such goodness and realness to the internet !

Love you, Hank. Your contribution is always thoughtful and appropriately complex. And sometimes even still a little silly, my favorite part. ❤

Just tried subscribing to the newsletter for the third time. I hope it works this time.

My favorite part about this video is when I thought it was going to be about social systems and change and then you talked about hockey! As a fairly new hockey fan I am already made about some changes and the “frozen” pun was top notch. Thank you!

I know there's more to it than this, but reminded me of this:

Love 100% of this. I have been thinking a lot recently on the positive social consequences of the technology of church. I am no longer a believer in Christian Faith, but I love the community and side effects of church. Beyond the beauty of "sacred days" as you said, there is something absolutely wonderful about gathering with a like minded community once a week and interacting in a large social setting. It fills me with joy each week to go to a place where many of my friends are and reflect on positive things about our community and try to make each other better. And I think very much this could be adopted into a secular mindset. There is so much more that you could gather and reflect on from a secular perspective. Everyone could collectively donate to have a shared playground and gathering place, and pay a therapist to just be around and talk to people and learn about new topics and share them with the community. A place where everyone could gather a challenge one another to grow, but instead of operating in the limited thinking of an ancient text, you strive for goodness through what science and data have shown us to be good for humanity. Secular church.