Someone tell Bryan Barczyk to stick to snakes!!!!!

[Derivative]

It doesnt matter what he does to HIS animals! How about you go up there and tell him to his face? Cause this thread is uncalled for and will never do anything to help brian. All you guys care about is what hes doing wrong you never stop and think maybe you can help him youd rather bash him way over here on a TARANTULA HELP forum. This is helping no one with their tarantulas like this forum ia built to do. This is cyber bullying to brian, it doesnt matter who he is, If this thread isn't taken down action will be taken because cyber bullying should NOT be tolerated under ANY circumstances. I'm so dissapointed in this forum and hobby right now. We are supposed to be better than them instead we are bashing them and not helping to better the hobby.

I do think we should be more respectful towards Brian in this thread and try to be more productive. But it is extremely hard to break through to him and I'm sure many people on this thread have commented constructive criticisms on his youtube videos and or emailed him. As of right now I think the best course of action is giving as much support to youtube channels like Eulersk and Tom Moran because they are the only 2 youtubers I have seen who have good informational content and put their animals well being over their youtube channels wellbeing. By promoting these two channels we are promoting responsibility and good information over glamour and popularity.

 

[SonsofArachne]

It doesnt matter what he does to HIS animals!

It doesn't matter? Really? If I put up a video like that I would expect (and fully deserve) the bashing I would get. I don't how you can defend this garbage video.

 

[basin79]

Here is the rule quoted from the FORUM RULES under Personal Attacks.

Arachnoboards has an incredible array of demographics within its membership. About the only thing that actually defines us as a group is our interest in arachnids. As a result of this incredible diversity, it is unacceptable to discriminate against someone based on religion, race, color, creed, sexual preference, financial status, the size of their tarantula collection, the make of their car, the gun(s) they own, or any other type of categorical discrimination that wouldn't fly in, for example, the workplace.

Ia this entire thread not breaking the rules??? @Ungoliant @cold blood @EulersK

I'm not kidding around. I came to this forum expecting to be accepted with open arms and when i made mistakes I was nicely taught otherwise. Why should it be any different with Brian .If you cant teach him then why bash him here???

You're in the wrong place if you think the members here will fan boy/girl over a popular youtuber no matter.

This place is PACKED with members who look out for the animals FIRST.

It's a proper animal forum. Not a popularity contest.

Strange and sad how someone tries to bring up forum rules to protect a keeper who cares more about views than the welfare of the animals they're in charge of.

 

[SkittleBunny]

I think this thread helps because it shows what NOT to do.

I also disagree that we shouldn't be criticizing people who create harmful videos or doing harm to animals .... for attention and money. It's also not like we are speaking about a small youtuber. To many people this dude is the unofficial face of the reptile community. Am I cyber bullying if I say Tanked (the animal planet show) is a hallmark of bad fish husbandry??

Tanked is a TV show that is produced for entertainment. You can bash "tanked" but if you bash a single person from it, that seems wrong, Brian is one person following his dreams and feeds his animals very well and none of them seem in distress. I dont agree with his tarantula keeping methods but I dont want to be mean to him for it!
No one deserves that!
Its okay to disagree with someone but being straight up mean and saying things like "he deserves the worst"
Thats where the bullying is.

 

[basin79]

Tanked is a TV show that is produced for entertainment. You can bash "tanked" but if you bash a single person from it, that seems wrong, Brian is one person following his dreams and feeds his animals very well and none of them seem in distress. I dont agree with his tarantula keeping methods but I dont want to be mean to him for it!
No one deserves that!
Its okay to disagree with someone but being straight up mean and saying things like "he deserves the worst"
Thats where the bullying is.

PLEASE NEVER buy a snake if you think Brian treats them well just because he FEEDS them.

 

[SonsofArachne]

Ia this entire thread not breaking the rules???

Is bryan a member?

 

[Derivative]

Tanked is a TV show that is produced for entertainment. You can bash "tanked" but if you bash a single person from it, that seems wrong, Brian is one person following his dreams and feeds his animals very well and none of them seem in distress. I dont agree with his tarantula keeping methods but I dont want to be mean to him for it!
No one deserves that!
Its okay to disagree with someone but being straight up mean and saying things like "he deserves the worst"
Thats where the bullying is.

Oftentimes with people who have a large following you need to be a lot harsher to break through to them than a normal person.

 

[basin79]

Oftentimes with people who have a large following you need to be a lot harsher to break through to them than a normal person.

AKA massive EGO.

 

[SkittleBunny]

Hmmm.... I have to respectfully disagree. Based on his endless stupidity I think he would probably end up killing the rock especially with their strict temperature and humidity requirements.

Yeah, he'd keep it in a volcano or something, then take it out for handling. Everyone knows how bad it is to morph sedimentary rocks to igneous!

#NoHybridRocksAllowed

It doesn't matter? Really? If I put up a video like that I would expect (and fully deserve) the bashing I would get. I don't how you can defend this garbage video.

Come on why does no one see the big picture? HELP THE GUY OR HUSH UP ABOUT HIM cause this thread is only here to HURT him.

This forum is for HELP. At the very least move this thread to the discussion page, this is less of a friendly chat .

This is not a positive thread and it helps no one. I'm starting to see that even this doesnt matter, people will still find someone to take their anger out on . How about a thread called "lets all throw cash in for a road trip to michagin to teach Brian better instead of being straight up mean to a nice guy who loves animals"

C'mon guys. This is arachnoboards, where folks come together to better the hobby. Bashing him wont help his animals get better care.
I'm about to leave this forum. Im dissapointed in all of you.

Kindness is supposed to be important.
Love is supposed to be important.

 

[Phia]

I do think we should be more respectful towards Brian in this thread and try to be more productive. But it is extremely hard to break through to him and I'm sure many people on this thread have commented constructive criticisms on his youtube videos and or emailed him. As of right now I think the best course of action is giving as much support to youtube channels like Eulersk and Tom Moran because they are the only 2 youtubers I have seen who have good informational content and put their animals well being over their youtube channels wellbeing. By promoting these two channels we are promoting responsibility and good information over glamour and popularity.

I agree! Tom Moran is excellent. I'm a huge fan

 

[basin79]

Come on why does no one see the big picture? HELP THE GUY OR HUSH UP ABOUT HIM cause this thread is only here to HURT him.

This forum is for HELP. At the very least move this thread to the discussion page, this is less of a friendly chat .

This is not a positive thread and it helps no one. I'm starting to see that even this doesnt matter, people will still find someone to take their anger out on . How about a thread called "lets all throw cash in for a road trip to michagin to teach Brian better instead of being straight up mean to a nice guy who loves animals"

C'mon guys. This is arachnoboards, where folks come together to better the hobby. Bashing him wont help his animals get better care.

Do you honestly believe he hasn't be told about his awful reptile practices before? His ego is MASSIVE.

The fact you've actually typed they're HIS animals so it's no one's business is revolting.

 

[Derivative]

Come on why does no one see the big picture? HELP THE GUY OR HUSH UP ABOUT HIM cause this thread is only here to HURT him.

This forum is for HELP. At the very least move this thread to the discussion page, this is less of a friendly chat .

This is not a positive thread and it helps no one. I'm starting to see that even this doesnt matter, people will still find someone to take their anger out on . How about a thread called "lets all throw cash in for a road trip to michagin to teach Brian better instead of being straight up mean to a nice guy who loves animals"

C'mon guys. This is arachnoboards, where folks come together to better the hobby. Bashing him wont help his animals get better care.

If he was a nice guy who loves animals he would have took the time to properly research how to care for them!!! He may be a nice guy but I dont know that he loves animals. This thread is a good way to bring the many problems with exotics youtubers into the light and I'm sorry if you think dragging the problems with exotics youtubers into the light is equivalent to insulting them. The things you perceive as bullying are jokes to lighten the mood at the very worst.

 

[Vanessa]

In that video, he clearly states that tarantulas are at risk from falling and points out that his enclosures pose a risk of them falling. It is only logical to come to the conclusion that he has dismissed safe husbandry practices, and is intentionally putting them at risk, in order to do what HE wants as opposed to what is in their best interest.
He has received countless comments from people, many of them being very kind (like the guy who offered to literally move closer to Brian to help care for them), and he chooses to completely ignore them. I started out having far more patience with him and, quite simply, my patience has run out after about two dozen comments. He has done the same thing with people complaining about his obviously sick snakes in the past and he is doing it now with the arachnids.
How can anyone defend that blatant disregard for an animal's well being?

 

[Phia]

The whole 'talking to his face' thing is unrealistic.

We can all send a respectful letter and just count the days until he posts a apology/correction video! It has worked SO WELL for the reptile community ....

 

[SkittleBunny]

How can anyone defend that blatant disregard for an animals well being?

I'm not defending his animal practices im defending him as a human being who makes mistakes. Why upset ourselves over it if we dont plan on going and telling him in person? Seems pointless unless we are planning to help the animals.

When i posted pictures of my first eggsac incubator i got help, not bashed.

We as a community have the power to talk to him and help him but we havent tried as a community we try as individuals .What if we thought of a way to come together to make a huge (and nice) point about it ? That would be a productive thread . however this website is not a good enough outlet for media like that..he'll never see it.

 

[dangerforceidle]

C'mon guys. This is arachnoboards, where folks come together to better the hobby. Bashing him wont help his animals get better care.
I'm about to leave this forum. Im dissapointed in all of you

The problems here have been touched on. People from this community and others have offered constructive criticism already, which has been dismissed and ignored. If you receive advice and completely reject that advice and do what you were doing because you "know better," then open and harsh criticism becomes justified. People who have a large following on social platforms need to be more responsible because people new to keeping will follow their practices as an example. "Famous youtube sensation guy does things this way, so I should as well."

Animals are under our care, not our property. Abuse is abuse, and if you willingly care for your animals poorly, you are an abuser. We don't take kindly to animal abuse.

 

[Derivative]

The problems here have been touched on. People from this community and others have offered constructive criticism already, which has been dismissed and ignored. If you receive advice and completely reject that advice and do what you were doing because you "know better," then open and harsh criticism becomes justified. People who have a large following on social platforms need to be more responsible because people new to keeping will follow their practices as an example. "Famous youtube sensation guy does things this way, so I should as well."

Animals are under our care, not our property. Abuse is abuse, and if you willingly care for your animals poorly, you are an abuser. We don't take kindly to animal abuse.

I couldn't have said it better myself.

 

[basin79]

I'm not defending his animal practices im defending him as a human being who makes mistakes. Why upset ourselves over it if we dont plan on going and telling him in person? Seems pointless unless we are planning to help the animals.

No. You see some will deem him a youtube god. Think "I'll get a tarantula" and start searching. This thread will pop up on Google or Arachnoboards 100% will.

Keeping quiet because you can't bob round to have a word in the weapon's ear is dumb.

 

[EtienneN]

I'm not defending his animal practices im defending him as a human being who makes mistakes. Why upset ourselves over it if we dont plan on going and telling him in person? Seems pointless unless we are planning to help the animals.

When i posted pictures of my first eggsac incubator i got help, not bashed.

We as a community have the power to talk to him and help him but we havent tried as a community we try as individuals .What if we thought of a way to come together to make a huge (and nice) point about it ? That would be a productive thread .

Are you familiar with plain old venting or just blowing off steam about a “public figure” that collectively annoys us? I mean we could have all watched that video and then gone and went on about it to our family members, but we all know we’re thinking the same thing so it’s nice to air our grievances about Bryan with each other, here in this thread.

 

[Vanessa]

I'm not defending his animal practices im defending him as a human being who makes mistakes. Why upset ourselves over it if we dont plan on going and telling him in person? Seems pointless unless we are planning to help the animals.
When i posted pictures of my first eggsac incubator i got help, not bashed.
We as a community have the power to talk to him and help him but we havent tried as a community we try as individuals .What if we thought of a way to come together to make a huge (and nice) point about it ? That would be a productive thread . however this website is not a good enough outlet for media like that..he'll never see it.

After he made the video bashing the people who have banned the spider gene at expos and defending the continued breeding of the spider gene in ball pythons - several very well respected members of the reptile community posted videos responding to the blatant misrepresentations he made in that video. They went to a great deal of effort to take every erroneous point he made and provide proper information. Brian has completely ignored and dismissed every last one of them. Why? Because he has hundreds of dollars worth of spider gene ball pythons on Morph Market and it is in HIS best interest to keep breeding them, despite the overwhelming evidence that the gene is detrimental to the health of those animals.
He gets zero sympathy from me.