 I've had an overwhelming amount of people reach out to me about a recent South Park episode. Let them eat goo. The only South Park episode I've ever actually seen was the World of Warcraft one, but I was surprised to see the possibility that there will be pushback against plant-based propaganda in the media. Makes me curious if there was special interest funding behind this as it shines a pretty negative light on fake meat. If you guys haven't watched this, this will be a summary of the episode with some tie-ins to our current food system. You can just Google South Park, let them eat goo, it is available for free. The episode starts with Randy, the father figure, having an issue selling enough weed to keep up with production costs. This cartoon towel starts talking about how the byproducts of the marijuana are going to waste, all of the stems and seeds, saying how they sell all the good parts of the weed but throw away all the leftovers. You could sell that crap as mulch to a hardware company. This is exactly what we are doing now with conventional agriculture. We are growing massive amounts of corn, soy, wheat, using the good parts for human consumption, and the waste products for animal feed and seed oils. Some waste products are used for things outside of human consumption, but seed oils used to be used as machine lubricant, serving a much better purpose than clogging human arteries. The whole purpose of conventional agriculture was never because we needed to feed more people, it was to feed people as cheaply as possible while maximizing profits. Stuffing everyone full of feedlot beef and GMO wheat is far more lucrative from both an investment standpoint and the resulting poor health of the population leads to the for-profit medical system like we see in the United States. So the next scene is the boys being excited about sloppy joe day in the school cafeteria, but they are met with some fish slop on their plate. The cafeteria lady said people were complaining the food wasn't healthy and that it wasn't sustainable. The boys disappointed with their slop, speculated that the girls complained and go to confront them, they go up to the girls, girls say they wanted healthy options. For those of us who don't eat red meat, then Cartman starts freaking out having some type of panic attack, gets resuscitated in the ambulance. To me this just reinforces current culture, that meat is bad and plant based is good, Cartman being portrayed as crazy and impulsive, the girls being more concerning and righteous. It cuts to a scene of Randy driving a truck full of his marijuana byproduct and they pull up in front of a Burger King for a snack. They find out about the impossible burger, a plant based burger meant to replicate the taste and texture of beef. Then this Burger King worker turns around, instantly hands him an already prepared sandwich, which is hysterical because that's exactly what happened to me when I went to Burger King to try this poisonous shit, they just had it sitting there. But I guess that's the point of fast food, right? Of course Randy says, hey these taste like shit, you guys make money off of these? The cashier responds, of course sir, people care about the environment. Hmmm, I wonder why Burger King tastes so bad, is it because of all the glyphosate? Worth noting that Burger King was linked to a whopping million plus acres of deforestation. I'm assuming that the reason Burger King is taking all of these hits is that McDonald's has so much money, they're able to pay everyone off, keep down any negative publicity and possibly fund types of media campaigns against other competitors like Burger King. In the next scene, Randy invites his friend over with his new plant based burger invention after being inspired by what happened at Burger King. The friend says the same thing, it tastes like shit, but then he gets high off the burger and starts saying it's really good. Back to the cafeteria, the girls start giving a speech about how their parents left them in a horrible world and they are just as guilty for eating meat, blaming climate change directly on meat consumption. Cartman freaks out again, ends up back in the ambulance again. They're trying to portray Cartman as a belligerent crazy meat eater. Back to Burger King, Randy and Towel Boy are as high as a kite, selling burgers outside the Burger King at this little stand, obviously Burger King Boy not too happy about this, then they go to the gymnasium where they introduce the owner of incredible meat in front of all the kids. The goo I speak of can be made into anything and I promise your students will not know the difference. I am a simple family man and a vegetarian. I'm a goo man. I feel like this was a jab at the CEOs of these plant based meat companies being some of the most evil demonic men on this planet, yet trying to paint themselves as good people trying to save the planet and people's health. Randy is also speaking at a crowd, giving a lecture on the negatives of meat to a room full of adults. You know the usual bullshit, it's for your health, the planet and the animals, fast forward to a clip of him having a new burger joint across the street from the Burger King. They're playing music, having a party. His motto is, taste like shit, you won't care. Cartman is back from the hospital chanting, it's Taco Tuesday, but he is met by a gloomy mood and everyone is nervous, presented with the incredible beef taco. He didn't notice the difference and everyone was relieved. If you guys didn't see my Beyond Whopper tasting video, we talked about how the majority of the calories in a burger are not from the actual meat. There are so many things on the actual burger, disguising the flavor of it, this applies to a taco as well. Once you had cheese, sour cream, different vegetables, spices, seasonings, doesn't matter if it's meat or a laboratory experiment. The Goo Man tries to pitch his meat to a Chinese restaurant whose owner is enthusiastic because he will now have incredible shitty chicken instead of just shitty chicken. Unfortunately, the Chinese owner is short of business because of Randy's new plant-based burger joint. A rancher comes knocking on Randy's door and starts complaining that he has 300 cows and nothing to do with them now that no one is eating beef, leaving Randy with all of the cows. They start shitting everywhere, eating all the marijuana that Randy was growing. Nobody wants cows anymore, they're bad for climate change. We gotta kill all these cows. So they get high as fuck and start blasting cows heads open, literally a montage of them killing dozens of cows with guns, bats, beating them to death. Butters breaks the news to Cartman that the meat is fake and they have a meeting with the Goo Man who says it's just goo and he can tell people it's healthy and good for the environment but that he doesn't care because people eat crappy food anyway. Of course, you can imagine how this pans out. The students started protesting that Randy's burgers were unethical because of the murder fest that happened on his farm. In the end, Cartman apologizes because initially he thought they were trying to make him eat healthy but comes to the realization that both incredible meat and the regular meat served in the cafeteria is processed shit that comes in a box. All I wanted was to eat the same garbage I always have and if it's ethical and sustainable I'm fine with that too. I'm not quite sure there will be a direct negative impact from the episode but there will certainly be more attention brought to these fake meat products. There is even a huge backlash arising against these burgers as we speak. People realizing they are a highly processed food, many CEOs unwilling to endorse them from a health standpoint even just from a pollution standpoint. You have agrochemicals like glyphosate, genetically modified soy, textured vegetable proteins that can damage your brain cells. I don't know what to make of this. I can't imagine all of this plant-based nonsense is going to collapse with all of the billionaire investors and celebrity endorsements and we know there is more money behind plant-based foods than animal-based foods. All we can continue to do is spread the message that a vegan diet in general is lacking nutrients that are key for optimal human health and development. I think this is going to be painted as oh yeah of course it's vegan junk food you shouldn't eat it but a whole foods plant-based diet is healthy which is absolutely not true. Thank you guys for joining me. Let me know how you like this. I didn't really like just kind of summarizing the episode although I did throw some points in here and there so definitely give me some feedback on this one guys. If you could please like the video, subscribe, hit that bell icon and please above all share the video if you enjoyed it. If you guys do want to support me further, Frankie'sFreeRangeMeat.com provides you with high quality nutrient-dense animal foods at an affordable price. You can also check out Frankie's Naturals for minimal ingredients, minimally processed hygiene and cosmetic products. If you'd like to reach out for one-on-one health consultations you can shoot me an email frankatofano at gmail.com. Thanks again guys, enjoy the rest of your day.