Comments by "Marvin De Bot" (@marvindebot3264) on "friendlyjordies" channel.

Holy crap man.
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@krissteel4074 yeah but we are talking about journalism, what's that got to do with The Project? 😁
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Very odd that there is only one comment on the seven news story is mine (assuming it's still there) after an entire day . . .
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The fact that an Aussie YouTuber can't post the truth because if he did people would die as a result is both horrific and unacceptable in this day and age. Remind me who runs this country again?
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Firstly, as someone with a deep involvement in the shadier parts of Africa in the '80s, 90s and Noughties the only folks to blame for the diamond trade are De Beers; the local tinpot generals were just doing what came naturally, it's Africa. Secondly, both parties will fuck us over just in different ways. A change of government, assuming the parties stay as they are now won't do diddly squat on anything but minor (this still important) issues while the big ones will still benefit anyone but the little guy. Thirdly, not all landlords are arseholes and without them a large percentage of people in this country would be fucked. This fact is both ignored and/or denied by far, far too many people who appear to think that a roof over their heads is some kind of God-given right. Well, guess what, it isn't. You either work towards it while saving like all fuck or you rent for ever. Either way you need landlords like it or not.
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That Chicken Tax is a bugger. hey mate? @Mr-pn2eh
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Oh boy . . . Dis gun be gud! To be fair tho, both sides pull this crap it's just that the LNP has got very good at it.
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Go check the video, you won't find any comments at all . . .
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Zeher is living proof that not all heroes wear capes, some of them wear load vests. What he uncovers daily is a stain on the entire industry, it's a disgrace and it happens every damn day.
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The problem with housing is way too many folk appear to think that landlords have no right to make a reasonable profit. No, they shouldn't;'t beripping people off but this "hand the landlord, eat the rich" BS is not helping. The vast majority of landlords are folk who started out as working-class people, either tradies or small business owners who didn't buy 100k 4x4s or wakeboard boats but bought houses instead. Some still have one or two houses, some have built that into a dozen or so properties and can now semi retire as landlords. To me, most of the people who scream and yell at these folk are simply jealous of the position these folk are in thru hard work and smart investment. Why is being successful so looked down upon in this country? Landlords in particular get the short shift but if it wasn't for them a heckin' lot of people would be in tents or worse. If I have 800k tied up in a place (and I should say I don't own investment properties) that tenants continually fuck up (as they do) costing me 10s of 1000s in repairs why the hell should I not be entitled to a decent return on my investment? If the market average says my place is worth 600 a week I should get 600 a week. OK, if I'm asking 800 a week "because I can" then I'm a cunt but it's still my right to do so, like it or not. Most of the people in that position spent their time on the factory floor (so to speak) but were smart with what they did with their money and it shits me that they get treated so badly for investing in real estate and not expensive recreational toys. e need more of them not less, the more people investing in rental properties the more there will be and the less they will cost. Supply and demand say that prices right now are fecking high, that's a free market. If you don't like that then move to China or another communist country. If that's your thing go for it, just don't bring it on here. /rant
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@tim211292 People are entitled to a fair return on their investment. I'm not saying g there aren't dodgy landlords, there are but the vast majority are charging prices in line with the market. There are also many costs associated with a rental that people fail to take into account. Repayments, rates, insurance, maintenance and more. Rates alone on the average home are between 2 and 4 grand a year, rental insurance is 4 grand plus then there;'s maintenance which is easily 2 grand or more on a rental. There's 8 to 12 grand plus repayments if you don't outright own the place. at 500 a week (average for QLD) that's 16 to 24 weeks just in expences assuming you own the place outright. People have a right to make a return on their investment, this view that a roof over your head is a right for free just doesn't hold water unless you want to live in, well, nowhere really because even in china or Nth korea your housing has a price.
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Jordies, do you see an issue with someone expecting people to take cash? Seriously? I'm surprised and a little disappointed.
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I am not a rabid greenie, far from it but this crap is criminal. This is old growth turned into woodchip. 07:54, anyone who thinks this is plantation timber is denuded or a crook. This makes Terania Creek look like clearing out some weeds. We need timber, we need to log and any environmentalist who thinks otherwise is a dick but we have more than enough ground for plantations but old growth is cheaper and as a result, it suffers and certain people make a fortune out of, er, "tributes" when they allow it to happen. Soon there will be none. . .
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If it wasn't so serious it would be funny.
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Oke a true asshat "holier than thou" 711 staffer would be fun to play with but none of the staff around here are deserving of flack, honest folk doing an honest job but asshat ones are so much fun as there are good reasons to unleash on them. Dude, it's six bucks something on the shelf, that's the price. Thankfully those clerks don't actually exist or are by far the minority because most 711 staff are fecking saints given the crap they put up with. It's called 711, if you dicks think a store called Seven-Eleven is going to be open any longer than from 7am to 11pm you have issues, folks. Are they? Fuck yeah, but that's just a bonus. Any later than that and all you should need is the kabab stand outside the local pub. Need more? Fine, take the drive to the nearest servo with a Coles Express. Sigh, it's 711 you dumbasses, WTF do you expect? Y'all should be happy that someone is there to feed you at 1AM not abusing them for the effort they make. As for the staff? I don't give a flying F what you think of their attitude, they deal with asshats like you each and every day, 100 times a day and many times worse, they get physically assaulted as in hit and beaten, they deserve an award, not your condemnation. Walk a mile in their shoes one day, I doubt you could.
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The fact an international airport shuts at any hour is pretty dumb and a legit complaint, throwing people out on the street during a layover is crazy and wouldn't happen anywhere else in the world. But yeah, the rest are a pack of whingers.
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Mate, OK, the Libs/Nats suck but do you honestly think Labour will be any better? The more things change the more they stay the same. It doesn't really matter who is in power, with the current choices, especially in federal we're screwed either way. And now we have an exclusive Labour clean sweep bar Tassie, is that really healthy regardless of which party it is? I vote Labour more often than not but I still don't see a clean sweep as a good thing. In reality, none of the current mob deserve a vote IMHO. The only reason to vote is to keep the bloody Greens out.
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