FIRESIDE G-TUBE CHATS
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- Hey y'all, been a while.. why don't you sit down and have some lunch with me? Let me tell you why I'm excited about this new series..
My name is Andy and I was born Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing and unable to speak, so sign language is my native language. I do music covers in American Sign Language (ASL), as well as tutorials and other fun series incorporating ASL! Sign Language allows a different perspective and experience in music, it truly shows the emotions and concepts behind the songs' meanings.
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I’ll be honest it was a “culture shock” coming to college just in the food realm alone. All my friends go out to eat together to socialize.
Made me realize how vital food/eating is in our social world, so I figured exposing folks to how I eat will help “normalize” and bring those like me into these social experiences with ease and less fear.
Also if you’re g-tube dependent hi!!! Nice to meet you! What’s been your experiences?
(Also check out Aaron Loggins. Amazing influential leader in the Deaf community! My shirt is from him!)
Just saw your interview with SBSK, and there is alot I want to say but yea I'm very happy i saw your video and so excited to possibly get to know you both. I'm born with EEC, which means I got only 2 fingers on my right hand, 3 fingers on my left and only two toes on each foot, but y'all inspire my faith in pressing forward and not giving up. thank you both for sharing and caring. I know we never met but thank you for being you..
Just wanna say college is a culture shock for us all! Amazed you found time to do this at all!!
Hey Andy! Sorry if this is weird, but where do you live? If you’re anywhere near Los Angeles I’d love to be friends :) I’m 24 yr old with a heart as kind as yours
You are so cute in this video haha
Also can we appreciate the fact that I GOT A VIDEO DOWN TO 5 FREAKIN MINUTES! Picking up more ASL/syntax at RIT really helps speeds things along
@Andy Signs Hey Andy I Myself Am Not A G-Tube User But I've Had A Friend That Is And I Absolutely LOVED This Video And Cannot Wait For This Video Series On Your Channel!
Andy Signs I notice how much you have learned in ASL.
You missed an opportunity to call this a mukbang tube lunch. Heehee
I've been wondering how you were doing. Glad to see you back. I never thought about how isolating mealtime can be in terms of socializing. That's why these videos are needed. Thank you.
I like this series. I have never sat eating with someone with a g tube before, so here are my thoughts you asked for, how do i feel.
I would say the uncomfortable factor for me is on two topics,
- firstly any medical thing like a hole and tube makes me think of pain and so i flinch a little. Even if i know you're not hurting from it, i can't stop associating the things. Hole, tube, pain, injury.
- i am a food addict, i don't eat to live, i live to eat. I'm not proud but that's the truth. So, for me this looks like deprivation because i would freak out without my "mouth feeding fix". I guess you probably never got attached to mouth feeding in the first place so you don't care a bit, but to me it looks sad not having things to chew, colorful shapes to look at, the traditional experience i have for my eating.
I hope that made sense, and i can't wait for another episode so i can get used to this more.
YOUR BACK WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀
I’m here from SB/Sk, but I’m subscribing because of the awesome level!
This is great, I’m down for G-chat.
I appreciate your candor, and self acceptance, you have a lot to teach this old lady.
See you next week!
I love this, I agree that it's important to educate people about this, so thanks! I am looking forward to more videos like these!
Andy, I love you. Thank you for sharing and allowing us the opportunity to become more comfortable.
I love that you are totally normalizing this. By being so comfortable in your skin, you make others comfortable. Thanks for being you and doing great work.
Just saw your interview with SBSK, and there is alot I want to say but yea I'm very happy i saw your video and so excited to possibly get to know you both. I'm born with EEC, which means I got only 2 fingers on my right hand, 3 fingers on my left and only two toes on each foot, but y'all inspire my faith in pressing forward and not giving up. thank you both for sharing and caring. I know we never met but thank you for being you..
Just amazing the way Andy has to live through, and anyways he stays happy, stays possitive, just an example of life, thanks for existing Andy, good luck
Awesome idea to stop the fear of g-tubes in public. Love this!
I really appreciated everything you had to say when you and your brother chatted on SBSK, and that's how I got here. I'd love to bump into you and get a chance to hear your perspective because it's truly refreshing and honest. I really feel like I'm missing out on rich experiences not being able to sign... and will have to work on that. Thanks for your videos, keep up your truth!
I couldn’t love the vibe of this comment section more! Going on a like spreeeee!
Hi Andy! I found your channel because I watched the video that you and your brother did with the guy from "Special Books by Special Kids". I thought that interview was really good. I also watched your Ted Talk. It was good too. I am "Hearing" and I know a lot of ASL signs, and can communicate very slowly with people who are in the Deaf community. Thank you for sharing this video with us, and showing us how you eat with the G-tube. I have a friend who has a daughter who uses one, but I have never seen the process before. This was very interesting and educational. I like learning about people who do things differently than I do. I have a friend who, at the age of 6 years old, "lost" both of his legs due to getting hit by a semi truck. He has to do things differently than people who have legs. My father's eyesight isn't good enough for him to drive a car, so he has to either use other modes of transportation, or get a ride from someone. It's good for people to learn about others. Thanks again, and have a good day!
"Now I know there's no fire, except for me because I look that hot" Man I love your vids, and you're super smooth too ;)
Hi Andy Thank you for sharing your meal with us. I saw your video with SBSK and thought you have the nicest eyes and love the afro! your brother has nice eyes too! It was very nice to meet you!
I’m a pediatric nurse and take care of a lot of littles with gtubes. I pray they can feel as confident as you do one day when they are able to do their own gtube feedings. You’re bridging the gaps with these videos. Thank you for creating these. Thanks for being a friend to us!
Me. A, Thank you so much for opening people's eyes and showing everyone that although people are different, we are the same as everyone else. I personally don't know anyone with a g-tube on a regular basis but had a friend that suffered a traumatic brain injury and had a g-tube for over a year but has since made a fantastic recovery as to his daily needs. I hope this video will help those that feel they have to hide away just to eat is no longer necessary. I would welcome anyone that eats differently to join me at anytime. Again, thank you and keep the videos coming............. Just Me
Hey Andy, I recently came across you and your brother's story via the SBSK channel. I just wanted to thank you for the powerful message that you shared, I was really moved by your story and words, and thank you to Jamieson for interpreting! Unfortunately I could not leave a comment on the SBSK video, so I hope you will see mine here!
Great idea, it was a pleasure to feel your openess in chatting over a meal with us, such a warm and brilliantly 'direct action' way to nurture fast change in society. After the first few seconds, its not strange anymore, and was totally caught up in what you had to say, as usual. Im deeply inspired by your example. It breaks my heart to think anyone would have to hide how they eat, miss that togetherness with people. It can be that way for alot of different reasons, and the isolations really saddening. Your smart determined friendlieness is worth more than gold. Thanks for sharing!!
Have a Beautiful weekend Andy.
I enjoyed our chat! Thank you so much for having lunch with me... when can we do this again? 😊😊😊
Dude you rock. You explained that so eloquently and you articulate yourself very well. That was amazingly insightful. Thank you
I think this was such a great idea! I work alot with adults and children with who have g tubes and are in feeding therapy, it is so great to normalize this!
Thank you for sharing this with us. I'm a boy from Germany who has never seen anyone eating with that G-Tube before in my entire life. I completely agree with you that it is important to make people see how eating with a G-Tube looks like. My honest first reaction was to be scared. For me any kind of tube or something which opens up our organs seems so unnatural and painful. I feel ashamed of reacting like that to something people like you have to use in their normal life. That's why I think it's a great idea to post videos like this. Your videos makes people like me get in contact with such kind of devices. After I saw you eating with your G-Tube it made me comfortable with it. Thank you very much and keep on with that content!
You’re amazing....I saw you and you’re brother on sbsk...i love the way you rock those badass locks❤️
We missed you soooo much, I think all of your subscribers is now really happy. Thank you for the greatful videos, you're teaching us useful things and to love each other. You make this world much better. ♥️ Hope you like college. :)
Thank you for sharing i have learned something new and I really appreciate it....peace
Dude, this video was awesome. Thank you for being so cool. I cant believe I've gone my whole life without seeing someone eat with a G Tube. That was fascinating to watch. I love how passionately you speak. Youre a really cool dude.
I'm really looking forward to the next video in this series.
Miss you so much! So excited to see as much of you as possible!!
So much love! Thanks so much for this!!!
Thanks for explaining brother! ☝️ ❤️ from California!
Hey Andy, I'm a little late to this video (three years late lol) but I am entirely G-Tube fed and I love that you put content like this on UA-cam to make people who are G-Tube fed and people with disabilities feel more normal. Like you, I was super insecure about the way I ate. In high school I would eat in a little room in the attendance office. But now I've started eating with everyone else and I've discovered that people don't really care. Everyone's busy eating their own food anyways. Hopefully a youngster with a G-Tube sees this video and it makes them feel more comfortable with theirselves because, as you said, we're just eating to live, like everyone else. I'd love to see more of these vids!
only true andy fans come early 😌
I'm from Spain and your videos make me happy and help me to learn English, thank you bro
In other videos when you talk and you say that your pronunciation is bad you are wrong I think that no because i understand you
Love the idea, amazing chanel
I've been wondering how college was going. So great to see you back. This is an awesome idea. You are an incredibly creative guy. I'm excited to see what's coming next!
So happy to see you and what a great new creative idea. Keep doing what ur doing. Ur an inspiration and also very funny 😄
Thank you for who you are and what you do. 🤗 Hug from the Netherlands
Love this! Great to see your face again and I love this concept for videos. It certainly made me more aware of the social experiences you have missed out on for so long. I think that videos like this are crucial in ways of bringing understanding and acceptance to the table (pun fully intended!) GREAT TO SEE YOUR SMILING FACE! :)
Beautiful on what you are doing andy
Andy, I went to RIT also. Seeing all the bricks out the window brought back the memories. Cool video. Much success and joy to you and your brother whom I saw on another video. Is he at RIT also?
I found your channel today, and I really think you're amazing. You became one of my favourite youtubers, thanks for opening my mind
I'm really happy to see you again. First time I saw you was a long time ago on SBSK and I felt joy dude, and I'm feeling it again right now! I think its your humor and the way you express... will wait for further content of yours!! Much love ♡
Thank you for your character and strength, we need more and more people with courage, to end so many taboos that are there just hurting people. When one is discriminated, for any reason, we are all affected.
Hi Andy! Good to see you back! I just subscribed and was very happy to see you in my subscriptions :)) Thank you for this video, beforehand I'd never even considered what it'd be like to eat with a G-tube. I feel more educated and more acquainted with them, and I always love to come by new knowledge :)
Also, very impressive one handed signing, haha!
My brother eats with a G-Tube and I never really noticed how other people see him eating in public. I grew up with him eating like that, so obviously I never expected anything different. Your video really opened my eyes to the fact that “normal” people without G-Tubes don’t see this on a day to day basis and might even be uncomfortable.
As with sooo much you do, you are paving the way. I have to watch at least 3 of your videos every evening. They are great! I enjoy seeing Jamieson and your other family members too. I hope you and yours are all doing well, and Happy New Year!
We are at a time when learning about differences is sooo important, and I applaud all you do i this direction. I love this video and all the ones you do. I can understand that you are sooo busy, but I'm also very glad that you come to us through the videos. Keep up all the good work and take care, Andy!
and yet, people like the kardashians are famous and "brave"... God bless. You are so inspirational and if I had the confidence you have in your pinky I would be a better person and if we all had that... the world would be a much better place. Please continue doing what you are doing. It is amazing, eye opening, and astounding. Your personality is GOLD and hilarious, and your platform and goal in life is so much brighter than many people way further in life than you. You were sent here with a purpose, and it is the most amazing. Please continue. Prove to the world how close minded this "accepting" society is. Thank you so much. Seriously.
I absolutely love all of your videos, Andy. You're so positive and you think outside of the box , I love it. Great way to bring people together ♥️🤘
It’s important to let people see different ways to eat, to normalize stuff. Keep it up!
And I would love to see more of those lunch talks ☺️💜🖖
Rockin it Andy!
Bravo for all you do to spread awareness! My daughter is a college senior and she has special needs. I sent her your link because you’re simply amazing ❤️
so informative, looking so forward to getting to know you! Cheers!
I think this sort of thing is very important right now, so thanks andy❤️
Im gonna enjoy these chats. Nice to have lunch with someone even if they're in a UA-cam video!
I like that even though you're eating you're still able to talk. People who eat by mouth can't eat and talk at he same time otherwise it's considered impolite. Benefits of g-tube.
This was surprisingly fun to watch, cheers Andy!
Love you man! -Zachy
I just want to say that my boyfriends family is def. Some which can hear better than the otners. I love learning sign language, and getting to interact with them :) it doesn't matter if they can't nessacarly speak. They are so smart and down to earth. I just wanted to say how smart you are, and that I enjoy all of your videos as well. It's interesting to learn different things and I'm proud of my boyfriends family for what they do on a regular basis, and I enjoy how strong everyone is including you. :) keep up the good work!!
I’m glad to see you back. Once again, this is a BRILLIANT idea! I’m looking forward to the next chat, topics included, and I’m also curious how college is going for you, how you’ve been!
Honestly, I did not find it strange, you're just feeding yourself. I loved your interview and found it amazing the things you expressed about accepting the differences! I hope you are having good experiences in college!
Hello from turkey. A want to meet you. You are incredible :)
being able to sign full speed with the tube in one hand is freaking incredible, holy cow. i'm learning sign and i can barely stumble through a sentence with both hands free. i'm not deaf or even hard of hearing, and i don't personally know anyone who signs, but i still want to learn as a skill, just to have the skill. i learned spanish for the same reason. mi espanol es muy malo, but i get by ;)
I find this to be more than interesting. I always love a step forward to more acceptance. Also I was always really interested how eating with a g tube works. I'm glad I'll finally find out by someone with a good source
Much love from Germany. Glad you're back!
You are just a joy. I learned much from this video, and I look forward to more.
Came across your stuff after getting hooked on the SBSK series given their current struggles. Man, you and your brother sound like absolutely awesome people! (Missing that afro though haha) As a tutor, I wish you both the best of luck in your college journey!
Nice hair cut looks great dude!
I just came across your channel! I really hope you grow your hair out again. It's so amazing!
I love this idea! I'm looking forward to more of these videos. And I'm really interested to learn more about g tubes and what you eat and that. I was going to suggest that topic until you said that's what you're doing next. Can't wait for the next video, man. 🤟
"whether you eat by mouth, tube, or ass" I DIED
I agree with you so much, you are amazing tho
DANG THIS IS A BRILLIANT IDEA!!!
Love your videos! So glad to see you back 💖 love you!
New sub here. I never thought of this. You're so right, eating together is an extremely important social activity I do every day! I would be so sad if one of my friends was missing out because of this. Ugh! I found you on SBSK and you're so amazing. I love your style.
Also, I haven't scrolled though too many videos yet but I hope your brother is in some as well! You're both great!
This series is a great idea Andy! I am going off to college next year so I would love to know more about your experiences (pos and neg) and how this transition has gone for you!
You're such a chill guy! Never seen this way of eating before, but it doesn't feel weird at all tbh!
Upload soon !!! Please this is great I can watch these with you communicate well not really haha but cus it is a phone screen but to be able to hear see what you have to say is great I enjoy these more than watching a drama mukbang video ! Haha
You are truly an inspiration bro I wish I could be your friend and go out to eat with you you seem like a super genuine person that I could have meaningful conversations with I really hope village treats you well I’m just finishing high school myself lookin into collages maybe I’ll see you round 😂
I used to have a feeding tube. I have Cerebral Palsy and when I was 6 months old, I kept aspirating my food back up so my doctor put one in. I finally got it out when I was 17 years old when I hit 65 pounds. Now I’m 20 and I felt awkward and embarrassed by it but no one made fun of me but little kids gave me dirty looks but other than that I was comfortable having it.
If your sitting with friends no one should be uncomfortable or they aren’t your friends.
Also If someone has a problem with someone eating this way and socializing they should leave NOT YOU. They are the one who’s got the problem! Not you!!! Don’t let anyone tell you any different! You be you and if someone doesn’t like it they can piss off. :)
Like I hear young girls omg what if someone hears me in the bathroom and I’m thinking if someone comes in an has an issue with your sounds they need help not you lol
It’s life ! Everyone lives their own way that works for them and the world is much more fun and interested with diversity! X
So happy to see that you uploaded again! I love this idea for a video series, and as a new college student too I appreciate the struggle haha. Can't wait to see what's next!
this is awesome, thanks for this
I like your videos lots i deaf I sign i from BCSD students
Hi Andi! Nice to have you back! Great video and brilliant idea! My questions:
- I liked that you made the video completely silent! So I wondered why you ran music during the filling up, shaking and hooking up of G-tube?
- You can drink water, can you drink a little food - just to know what it tastes like?
- Does a one-handed version of ASL really exist?
- Have you heard that SBSK had their comments disabled on all videos? They are running a petition to reinstate comments again. Here's the link to their latest video explaining the situation:
ua-cam.com/video/oAEOnW25jNE/v-deo.html
Kind regards! Take your time - college comes first!
andy u r rly a very inspiring person and i love your mindset and your energy, pls keep doing these videos i enjoy them a lot maybe next time put some sound under it
Thank you, but I wanted no sound because that’s the authentic Deaf experience. Besides it’s hard to hear my voice in a cafeteria environment, and when I sign and speak that’s when I slip out of using ASL
Nice video my friend, I totally understand your point and I feel so proud of how you think, you're amazing and even if I don't know you like your family and friends does I've got to say that you're a gold of mine and a very amazing and wowser person, my humble respect and opinion towards to you :)
Man I wish I could meet you & your brother in person. I found your page through SBSK & I’ve realized ive never met anyone deaf before and I really wish I had a friend like you to further educate myself on both deaf culture and just to hang with you because you seem awesome! Id love to have a conversation w you sometime maybe if your down!! Just let me know and we can exchange some non private info.
YOUR HAIR
Hey Andy I love that you are so open about this.
come on we need more vids!
This is where the afro had gone missing
Thank you for sharing. I personally never seen a G-tube. I got to watching your videos though SBSK. Enjoyed your sign/singing videos so subed. My daughter is Autistic (non verbal). I have tried to learn more ASL though your videos.
Great video! I have been wanting to find an engaging channel to keep up my ASL skills and this is perfect. I have a question about eating by tube. Do you think it is easier to eat healthy this way? Eating healthy by mouth can be such a struggle because junk food tastes better. Since taste isn't a factor for tubes, does that make getting healthy nutrition more of a no-brainer? Or is it harder, since it's liquid? Maybe you can talk about the nutrition aspect in your next video?
Im still waiting for moar fireside chats ;)
I’ve honestly never simped more in my life I wanna be your friend
HI! From sbsk.
You should invent a gtube holder so u can utilize both hands! Honestly this didn’t bother me. What does bother me is your extremely busy schedule hehe. Is there enough hours in the day! Cool video thank you!
I don’t have G-tube but I love this UA-cam channel but i deaf
I know this might sound stupid Andy but do you feel satisfied and full after you eat with a g-tube? I don’t know anyone with one and I am curious. Oh and what happened to the great HAIR!!! 😫
still waiting for the 2nd video, dude ;)