But what if the paperwork itself is wrong?

That cousin has a point about people changing. But an apology needs to match the harm. Saying sorry once to save your career is different from showing you actually learned. The real test is what they do after. Do they keep making the same kind of jokes? Or do they change their actions for good? Moving on needs proof, not just words.

Oh man, you're totally right about the hands... they always give it away. The trick is to watch the eyes and the mouth movement, not the big actions. If those look dead or out of sync, the whole thing falls apart. That ad probably had a huge budget and a ton of human editing to fix the weird bits.

But 12 years isn't that long for a saw.

My uncle ran a butcher shop for 30 years and swore by his old American-made bandsaw. The new ones, even the expensive brands, just don't have the same guts in the motor. He said they build them to fail now. I'd look for a used industrial model from a shop closing sale before dropping cash on something shiny that'll break in five years. That old saw lasting 12 years proves they don't make them like they used to.