Stephen is a great guest. He is clean and tidy and respected the house rules.
July 2024
Hey, I’m Stephen!
Vegan · Leeds · Joined in June 2024
I'm 5ft 7" tall, I'm male, I have long light brown hair, grey/blue eyes, I have a tiny scar above my eye that I got as a toddler, I usually wear a red hoody or a black faux leather jacket that I bought years ago.
My Lifestyle
If I stay in your accommodation I will most likely play on my switch and watch films on my phone, message people or look at social media, then go out in the day and do tourist stuff. If there is a kitchen I might also make food suitable for vegans and tidy up after. I don't drink alcohol, par special occasions, and even then if I don't think drinking would make me enjoy the occasion more, I won't drink, as any amount of alcohol increases the risk of cancer, but everything comes with some risk, so it would have to be worth the risk. Basically, it's rare I drink and I never do drugs. I'm vegan, I only use products suitable for vegans, and eat a plant based diet. I do it because it's wrong to mistreat animals, and I try to be healthy, but still eat junk food every now and again. I'm pretty much a typical person in most regards, that happens to be vegan. I started being vegan at Christmas in 2011, so really since 2012. I aim to avoid products from companies that test on animals, when an ingredient in a product they sell was tested on animals by that company, even if that product is considered plant based. I only support products that didn't cause animal testing to happen. So if a company sold a product that wasn't tested on animals. I would still buy it, because buying the product doesn't directly cause harm. I will support anyone selling a product that is suitable for vegans. I just will not buy a product that had to cause harm to animals or exploit animals/humans bodies to exist. I understand they could spend the profits negatively, but the way economics is, no matter where you spend money, someone could be given that money, and then use it negatively, and so I just don't worry about it and focus on if the product itself caused harm, this will mean more products suitable for vegans will be made instead, which will help reshape society leading to farm animals ending up being in sanctuaries, it would mean a lot of domesticated animals ended up in sanctuaries, on those sanctuaries animals could freely start a family and any animals which don't get on well with other animals on the sanctuary once they become an adults and could be housed with people that was vetted to be safe to look after animals, which would be better for all animals, and mean a lot less animals are treat badly by humans, leading to farming animals becoming historic and no longer exists. I will not support business that exploit and encage animals. I think sanctuaries for animals is fine, I believe humans can look out for animals without exploiting them, as long as they truly care about animals having a good life. In the wild many animals are harmed and treat badly by other animals, or accidents happen. Domesticated animals are use to food being given to them, so I think a valid solution is sanctuaries for domesticated animals, farm animals, and endangered animals, but I don't agree with Zoos that confined animals in small areas, and abuse the animals in order to get animals to do tricks for human entertainment. To me it's all about being considerate of what is in the best interest of all animals, and being understanding of the animal kingdom. If the technology existed which could prevent all predators killing herbivores, without harming herbivore or predators, preventing them attacking each other, and that this tech also produced food for predators, that predators wanted to eat, and prevent all the injustice which can happen in the wild to animals, which calculated the best way to protecting eco-systems, so nature didn't get to imbalanced, that in this situation I would support that technology. I would also support aid to any animals that got injured in the wild, and general veterinary care to wild animals. This would give animals lots of freedom, while protecting their health. But that situation is unrealistic at least right now. So this is why I support sanctuaries, as I think people can do what is right for animals, if they're considerate of animals and are not just thinking about how to exploit animals, to get a profit for their business. Basically I want to keep all the best parts of nature, while removing all the vicious cruel parts of nature, and I want humans to treat animals correctly and be considerate of animals existence and be considerate of animals circumstances, and to think about how hard it is at times for animals to exist in the wild, but it also has the perk of having a lot of freedom. So in the perfect world animals would live in the wild with a lot of freedom, be safe from horrible circumstances, and get Veterinary care, and shelter if needed, but that doesn't exist, so a sanctuary is the best outcome for most animals.
Hobbies & Interests
Cinema, gaming, walking/hiking, technology, finding good food.
Languages Spoken
English