I've just been feeling so bad lately because I feel so intellectually lonely. I don't want to look down on others but I really struggle to find people I can have meaningful and interesting conversations with. I studied so much, I'm so curious, I like to learn, create and go deep into anything. That's why I watch youtube a lot, I can find creators similar to me. It's stimulating. Loved the vid as always (:

@misssicily100

Жыл бұрын

Best comment ever!

@Curiositycat1900

Жыл бұрын

I know what you mean. It's so hard to find people to chill with and have genuinely deep and interesting conversations.

@Christina-sf4py

Жыл бұрын

Padme, same 🇦🇺

@aegisfate117

Жыл бұрын

Maybe the problem is we always tend to stay inside watching videos people like us instead of searching for each other. Meanwhile, people who are obsessive in want to talk about bullshit can easily find each other

@padmeasmr

Жыл бұрын

@@aegisfate117 yeah it certainly depends on the environment too. When I was in university studying philosophy I could find people to really talk to. Now it's become much more difficult! I usually enjoy talking with older people now, sometimes I find someone with an interesting background.

Everyone has an ego nowadays. Nobody is genuinely happy for other people anymore, every conversation you start the other person tries to relate it to themselves, I miss the 90s

@Lori1976

Жыл бұрын

Disagree. I think there are ppl who are genuinely happy for others. We just don't hear about it. ❤ (I miss the 90s too)

@KittyKat-vb1nd

Жыл бұрын

Grew up in 90 s London. The last decade where we still had some humanity. We're in the last days.

@krisxaero

Жыл бұрын

chill down, egoism has been around for centuries, if not for millenia. people where circlejerking themselves with cars, jewellery, and bigger houses than their neighbors when smartphones didn't exist. your doomerism is simply clouding your perspective of history.

@danicegewiss862

Жыл бұрын

So empathy is bad? I feel good and bad for others because I understand. So sorry you think that is bad.

@rhondalyn100

Жыл бұрын

Ha! You are correct but it was even better in the 70's. 🙂

The good people are not going into extreme debt, they raise their children, tending to a sick neighbor, learning about other countries, thru research or travel. They pay their bills, care about each other, families and not about what strangers think. Your content is always on par. Thank you sir.

If I drank every time you said P.......S rocket , I be drunk LOL

Agustin gets an "A+" for this video!!! Totally agree with you, Austin...frugal people seem more well rounded, environmentally conscious, skillful, grateful and kind. Thank you for bringing this important subject to light. Wonderful vid! I don't even mind that you said "penis" 362 times! 🙂

@ElAgustin

Жыл бұрын

haha, I appreciate it!

@maxhatty

Жыл бұрын

He could've said elbow. Not a big deal. Just a part of anatomy.

Definitely touched an aspect that a lot of people never get: the role of the consumer in the environment. Unaware people go around blaming governments and companies for the environmental damage but they never realize that perhaps they consume too much. It’s pathetic how obvious this is and how not so many realized it.

@janebaker966

Жыл бұрын

A lot know it REALLY but it's cheaper,easier and acceptable to blame business and/or "the government".

Still on your 30 day frugal challenge. I'm keeping to it with 11 days to go. This was from the may 22 posting.

I totally get the creativity. I married a creative person. He was the grandson of a multimillionaire. The lawyer took the money and gambled it away. The family found out and it became a huge legal thing. The lawyer ended up committing suicide, so my husband grew up middle class. I met him on a blind date. He was a nice quiet guy. I grew up poor. He was used to his parents spoiling him. I was used to saving. We smacked heads for years. I introduced him to frugality and minimalism. You should see our house. It's unique because of our creativity. We sit comfortably financially because we met in the middle. My husband rewired our electricity and set up our new heat system. He figured out how. He said penis.He hehe hehehe...Beavis was weird and quoted a lot.

You are hands down one of my favorite people on KZread. You help me remember that I don’t have to feel bad about not having a bunch of money and nice stuff. Yes it’s harder work, but it’s so much more fulfilling! For example, I can’t afford to buy a leaf blower, so I will continue to sweep my sidewalks after I mow. I guess this is making me more well rounded 😁

@janebaker966

Жыл бұрын

Well,you're not annoying your neighbours by having the damn thing on just when they're relaxing in the garden or trying to have a Sunday lie in!

I wish Jeff Bezo would spend money on low income housing. For example, Mitchell Lama where people buys into a low cost co-op. Spend it on animal shelters, and food banks, instead of his 🖊️ rocket. He would be a much better person, someone who is admirable. While he is at it, pay his employees better.

Some people owns so many TVs, we always had just 1. 😂 Some think we are weird. 😂

I agree with your reference to Bezo's extension of his manhood; such a horrible waste of money & natural resources! Wish he was a frugal person who spent that money on animal rescue!!

@elevationview673

Жыл бұрын

True. I can't think of anything more unnecessary and pointless than space travel.

Good morning, Mr. Austin Williams. I loved this video and I'd like to comment on #5: You’re Not An Entitled Spoiled Brat! I know a woman who used to work part-time at a grocery store. She could not make ends meet and often complained about how entitled shoppers treated her rudely. She was shy and meek. But a year or two ago she won over a million dollars and is now no longer working at a grocery store but when she shops there now she is rude to the workers. As well, we went for breakfast one morning and she snapped at a waitress because her eggs weren't cooked to her liking. She wanted her meal free and demanded to see the manager. He said no but would cook more eggs for her which she abruptly refused. I felt like hiding under the table. I ended up paying including the tip. It goes without saying we don't hang out anymore. Dear Austin Williams, how soon do some people forget where they came from.

I think the fact that so many people feel ENTITLED is the main issue. They only think of themselves. My brother and his wife act this way. It’s so disappointing.

We are here; we are here; we are here!! A person is a person, no matter how frugal and genuine

Preach my brother 🗣

I was totally called out for using Amazon! Lol 😂 I do it for various reasons but I agree with you, entitlement these days needs to stop. I sat at lunch the other day and sat quietly not knowing what to say except when I did have a moment no one liked what I said, so I stayed quiet again. I was asked my thoughts on home improvements which aren’t wrong they can be needed etcetera, however in excess can be ridiculous. I said,” I just think people our age act and think themselves into entitlement whereas our parents and grandparents worked their entire lives for nice things and people in their 20s and 30s think it should be theirs NOW. Maybe they should lower their expectations and be grateful… be nice..” That didn’t go over well… I said it nicely but… oh well. Until next time. Lol 😂

@sct4040

Жыл бұрын

I agree with you, why do 20 something think they should have it all, and immediately without working and saving for it. Example, I saw a news about 2 recent college graduates, both 23 years old, expecting banks to give them a loan for a house. They barely have job records or have money for a deposit. 😮😂😂😂

@maxhatty

Жыл бұрын

You have to keep in mind that inflation has made things difficult for a majority of folks world wide. I'm guessing you are American and so am I. Look at what was "realistic" even in the 90's. Al Bundy was able to afford a 2 level home in a middle class neighborhood while supporting his wife and 2 kids as a shoe salesman. You think a kid working at foot locker can do the same today? Unnecessary inflation is insane. Boomers are on their way out. A lot of folks are having trouble affording rent. No option to buy at these inflated prices when you live check to check. America has become a sad place due to corporate greed.😮

I relocated to Cyprus and have found many great kind good hearted people... Like those once we're...( I am 71 years young) and that's the best thing I have done🎉❤

What's another way frugal living makes you a better person?

@Luncheon23

Жыл бұрын

It removes the worry I might have had from accruing debt due to an expensive, consumerist lifestyle.

@daviddean6032

Жыл бұрын

Frugal people will tell other frugal people about sales, bargains, etc. And basically, help each other out.

@MariaSophiaWorld

Жыл бұрын

Being able to help others in need.

@yoshitabhatt8700

Жыл бұрын

By not buying a sofa and not buying a car

@chezpierree526

Жыл бұрын

By living frugal I have money left to donate it to organisations, that mean something to me. For example our local animal shelter or the DKMS, an organisation that fights blood cancer.

New drinking game: Take a shot every time he says, "Penis Rocket". 😂🤣😆

Was expecting a new video, just in time Agustin! By the way, I liked the animation of the T shirt travelling from the manufacturer to your home. These small things make the video just that much more interesting, although the content is itself thought provoking and relevant to frugal people.

@ElAgustin

Жыл бұрын

Monday/Friday at 7MT! I'm pretty consistent!

Oh my word...you almost made me spit my water out of my mouth..( love your humor)😂

I am all about frugal living.....for my own purposes and goals and also to help the less fortunate than me because I have a surplus of resources... 🙏🇦🇲

I always enjoy your thought provoking videos. 👍

Loved this one-very wise yet hilarious observations! You're one of a kind! Thank you!

Well said! Love your videos! Thank you for your humor AND wisdom❤️

Austin thank you so much for starting a different mind set for myself and I’m hoping this will improve my mental health in general. As most people I know and work with it’s hard to even enjoy life now and have searched for change but not looked at my own actions. Wish me luck and I intend to watch many more of your videos. Thanks again

Love your content. I follow many simple living and frugal contributors, but you put an original spin on the usual content. Very much food for thought. Keep up the great work!

So glad I subscribed to this channel!

Love that the sponsor is gone, also love the video, its information and presentation. Thank you.

Your understanding of reality is superb, and you amuse us greatly too!

Congratulations on the 50k subs

This video was 💯 percent right on. Couldn’t of said it better than this. Yes, yes, loved it ❤👍👌

This was funny and inspiring all at the same time. I enjoyed your video as has been the norm since j came across your channel a couple months ago ❤

You are a great observer of reality and counselor

Best video yet!!! I love your content!

@ElAgustin

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Amen brother! Finally someone gets it.

Man Austin, I agree wholeheartedly!!!

The realist on KZread no doubt 💯

This is one of my favourite videos of yours. 😊

Well said, Austin !!! 👍

You’re so funny, Austin! And wise beyond your years.

Thankyou for your content, your vlogs are excellent 😊

@ElAgustin

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

You are so right agustin, celebrity gossip never interested me. Besitos desde irlanda.

Austin, you said the P word, and so many times ! You made my day ! 😂🤣. You’re right about people being so serious on the internet. I’m in a Costco FB group, and read so many mean & critical comments, on a post made by someone just looking for advise, or simply letting others know about something they liked. 🤷‍♀️ The good does outweigh the bad, but the bad is slowly closing in. Thanks again for an inspirational video ! ☺️☺️

Point of no. 2 is like necessity is the mother of invention...😊

Love your Jokes Austin.

Agree wholeheartedly.

Cryptobro hahahaha I’ve never heard that one. You also forgot “hustle bro”, which is something I only just heard! Hahaha 😂

My favorite channel is the GRIT channel. I love westerns.

Creatividad, cuidar el medio ambiente, consumir menos y ser mejor persona. Totalmente de acuerdo contigo Agustín!!! Por cierto no me ha tocado el billete para el pene del bezos...

Yes yes yes. Love it love it love it thanks. Yes so many superficial junk!!!!!!! I'm more creative yes .....outside is good..I love bike riding....

You crack me up. You’re awesome.

Lmaooo. Best intro ever 👏

😂 who knew you could be so funny! 😊

Necessity is the mother of invention.

Talk about carbon footprint- never mind the trail of waste to get this stuff here. I look at my neighbors' yards every holiday and know that those giant blow up Santas and Easter bunnies will just end up in some landfill one day *sigh*

Cheap = You want something for nothing . Frugal = you don't want junk at any price.

I do not order online...esp from Amazon.

Just the thought of buying someone on Amazon makes me shudder but I don't know anyone in my life who doesn't use it.

@Michelle_Emm

Жыл бұрын

I've never used Amazon and I never will. Bezos is the main reason, I can't stand him, but also I just don't need stuff.

i love ur videos austin..........

@ElAgustin

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate it!

What I’m hearing is you are a better person

@Michelle_Emm

Жыл бұрын

A better person than you used to be not better than anyone else.

Did you just use the "P" word!!😱(🤭)

I certainly agree that not getting everything handed to you makes you a more resourceful person -- not necessarily "better" (I suspect there are a lot of entitled poor people too) but more resilient and, by necessity, more creative. I think we're all doing the best we can -- even the Kardashians, alas -- and want to feel like our lives have meaning. A lot to think about!

Well Augustine,it's early to bed for you with NO SUPPER! If I was your Mom or Grandma. But I'm not! I recently inherited a small amount of money and I'm,yes,spending it,on EXPERIENCES. I'm visiting places I've always wanted to go but never had the time to or the money to or other factors would preclude it. I'm not talking about Honolulu or Singapore or Uluru or Las Vegas (especially not Las Vegas) my travel is within the UK. I'm talking about Edinburgh and Tintagel and Sutton Hoo and Slough (to see if it's a grim as it's myth,it's not) and Alnwick and Bridgnorth. This is my 2 years of travel. 2022+2023. By train + bus + sometimes Shanks's Pony. How I feel is (and from experience) if I don't spend it I'll have to pay a bill with it,usually someone else's,then I want to spend it before CBDC comes in and it won't be money anymore and not even mine. All that hoo haa about rocket trips to space. It's all died down now. They paid Captain Kirk to really go to the final frontier and William Shatner said something really interesting amid all the upbeat"it was a fantastic experience" talk he was paid to say. I only heard this clip of his words one time on one radio station. Amid all the upbeat talk he went quiet for a second then said,in a totally different tone of voice,"you could not see anything,it was all black,it felt like being dead". And his voice had tones of horror in it. (He is quite close).So that was mostly edited out. It's my surmise that the plan was to fool all the muggles into thinking a trip into space is only for rich glamorous people so if we get offered one free we'll enthusiastically take it. Because THEY want to rewild the world,restore it's pristine beauty and without surplus unneeded humans to mess it up again. Now they don't need us as a market or a labour force. Imagine,the elite get to live in the New Eden and the few actual humans they need for manual labour (can bots clean toilets) will exist up in a space accomodation unit.

Vinaka Austin ❤❤❤

I think you had a really good time making this video.😂

I love today's video! So I am not the only one who thought Bezos rocket looked like a penis. Freud might say he was compensating.

Exactly!!!!

Great conversation today.❤ need to say penis more often, you catch our attention. Lol

Amusing but important message, thank you. I've recently decided that I will no longer buy from Amazon and cancelled my Prime account. I'm tired of putting more money into billionaires' pockets.

@Michelle_Emm

Жыл бұрын

Good for you! I've never used Amazon for the same reason, and because I just don't need stuff.

@NJGuy1973

10 ай бұрын

@@Michelle_Emm I don't use Uber. I use a car service which has been in business in my town for decades.

I am not any of those three types of people you mentioned at the beginning of this video.

I used to be like that. Luckily, I snapped out of it, adapting frugal living lifestyle, and working towards financial security. He said “penis” **giggle**giggle**

Lol facts 😂

Love the "penis rocket". Great observation.

🧡

Hello❤

@ElAgustin

Жыл бұрын

Hola!

❤❤❤

Injecting his money into his biceps😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

The K sisters are dreadful, but millions of young women love them. Such a werido world we live in.

Agustin, thank you for your work! You're bringing a good to us, ordinary people, by making such a content🫂

I am very naive and I DONT GET OFFENDED!!!!

I think being frugal can make us more down-to-earth because we've chosen to not be involved with the superficial, but I'm not sure that makes us a "better" person. ??

Every dollar you spend damages the environment, the less I spend the less damage I do. People need to let go of the idea that the economy is infinite, it cannot grow indefinitely, the planet has finite resources.

You could be a Ted Lasso

Lmao!!!!😂😂😂😂😂

Wearing a shirt a few times?

Bingo Amigo ... I totally agree, including the comments about the supposed "saviors of the world" and their odd shaped rockets, hehe 😂🤭 My ode to kids using their imaginations from the good ol' days: "Use your imagination and you'll understand - adventures in wonderland ..." kzread.info/dash/bejne/g2qplpqeidzgcbg.html

I prefer the Swabian term for penis: Schnebberle

Being frugal makes us worse, not better, for others. We consume less, therefore helping the economy much less. We leave smaller tips (or no tips), meaning servers are paid less. We tend to work less, as we have lower expenses and need to "help society" less to be able to afford our lifestyle, if we don't also stop working earlier, meaning we're helping society even less. There's nothing more egotistical than being frugal. The expression "going Dutch" should hint you something 😁 It's all good, though. We should do what makes us happy. F*ck everybody else. If everybody else also becomes frugal then we starve because there will be nobody willing to bring food to us cheaply like they currently do.

@ngeee10

Жыл бұрын

Frugal now a days means living like we did 30 years ago.

@janebaker966

Жыл бұрын

You are making a good and true point but I still think choosing to opt out of consumerism is a good choice and it's NEVER going to catch on in a big way. I have come to the conclusion that this is why (in UK) schools don't teach financial educated,some might do but I know from radio phone ins a lot still don't. When your economy is based on growth and consumer spending teaching a whole generation not to freely spend money is counter productive.

@Truth-of-the-matter

11 ай бұрын

I'd argue that over consumption makes the economy worse. How many people owe massive amounts of debt while also working full time at jobs that they don't enjoy? Consumption is necessary but over-consumption (which most people are part of) really harms the people and environment. Who said you can only have happiness in a suburban mansion filled with a bunch of cheaply made materials and imported crap?

Frugality can make you little better person but not necessarily a good human being with honesty and integrity. Many frugal people are so bad in their nature.

@janebaker966

Жыл бұрын

Those arent frugal,they're mean. I'm frugal so when the other day a beggar at the train station on one of my travels asked me for some money to get the train to ..... I gave him a tenner because I was having such an enjoyable day I thought I would share my good fortune. I doubt if he did use the money for what he said but then once I gave it it wasn't my business anyway. But I could only do they because I'm mostly frugal.

@hereim5648

Жыл бұрын

@@janebaker966 Thanks for sharing. Frugality can give you money and you can be generous to donate. But not all those who donate money are necessarily very good human being in other ways.

I’m very surprised you waste your time with t v. I haven’t watched t v in a long time

Penis is a scientific word. I don't know what is the fuss about it. 😂

Crypto bro lol

As we say in England, you're as 'camp' ( ie: gay) as a ' row of tents', but your advice Is sound.

This is a fallacy. A frugal person does not mean a better person.

@Michelle_Emm

Жыл бұрын

It makes you a better person than you used to be, not a better person than anyone else.

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