I wasn’t trying to say that ethical funds don’t exist, I’m well aware of them. I was saying that when money is on the line, loyalty and ethics often end up second place.

I absolutely agree. I used to have no choice but to buy budget and have to deal with it when stuff inevitably failed and broke. But now I’m much more financially stable, I made a commitment to buy quality when I can, the old “buy once, cry once” mantra.

With clothes I’m in the best of both worlds. I’m a proper hawk for charity shops and if you’re patient you can get both budget and quality. I bought a £100 shirt for £3 the other day and it looked like it had never even been worn, there’s no reason it won’t last me decades if I look after it. Good riddance to TK MAXX and fast fashion. Charity shops are especially good for suits and smart shirts as a lot of men only get them out for interviews and weddings, meaning they are usually in great condition and can be bought at a tiny fraction of the original price, you just have to be patient waiting for ones that are the correct size for you.

Unfortunately, there aren’t many ethics in the world when it comes to money.

$50 per month for thirty five years saved with no interest at all is $21k, so I can absolutely understand the point of view that it’s not worth it if you’re currently struggling to scrape by to wait 35 years for what might be just an extra $14k

If that $50 has literally no other use to you, then great, if that $50 can provide fair value for you now, it’s a much tougher decision.

People these days just don’t appreciate a strong and healthy frame when they see one.

You may not like it, but this is what peak male performance looks like.

I haven’t watched the video, but I’m guessing it’s about college football.

Maybe it’s different in your area. Where I live the local fishing spot is nearly all men.

Buy an extra rod and a headphone splitter :p

Oh OK. I’ve never watched it so that’s why I didn’t understand.

What’s the implication? Am I naïve? I just thought it was traditionally a man’s hobby with little interest from women, just as most men mostly aren’t very interested in crochet.

I like fishing, I just think it’s quite unpopular with women.

As long as it’s not fishing haha

I wish I was wealthy and unemployed haha

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It’s worked for me but with a couple layers of insulation tape rather than a rubber band.

Yh I got to the squeaky cartoon AI voice bit and it was too much.

I’m not complaining about the length of the video so much but more that it took six minutes for the video to actually start.

I got six minutes in to the video and had to bail.

Way to much waffle, not enough debunking and the format seemed aimed at kids (which is fine, but I’m not a kid anymore).

I used to enjoy these videos but maybe I’m just a grumpy old man with no spare time now.

Does anyone remember streamlined mythbusters? I need that format for this video.

It’s feed back only in the sense that it can be seen as a success or a failure by an independent observer.

It’s not like a tree can see that last year’s seeds weren’t very good and try a different mutation this year.

Genes are not self aware, mutations do not have an end goal and survival simply comes down to chance.

There is no knowing or feedback.

Mutations are random and there are many more failed mutations than successful ones.

You only see the successful species for that very reason, the failed ones have not been able to compete or pass their genes on at an appropriate rate.

Definitely not a tube amp. A tube amp usually has only one or two tubes. This number of tubes implies that they are being used as primitive transistors for logic functions, you can also see a number display made from nixie tubes at the top of the image.