Those white Melitta filters I used for years looked papery but never broke down. My compost pile is full of sad little filter ghosts now, so I finally bought the plain brown ones.

Wait but is this really a big deal? Like @mila_wood68, sometimes a bad tool just breaks your stuff no matter how good you are.

Peace of mind and portfolio growth sounds nice, but where's the fun in that? I miss the good old days of checking my stocks every five minutes and feeling my heart race!