Comment on Every Landlord I've Had In Australia

• rabber@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  No as a canadian my impression of australia is that it’s just canada with the same problems but worse

  Have many close friends there and it’s been tough in recent years

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  • im_fine_sandy@nord.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I think most western countries could say that about each other.

    Yes, there are shitty landlords in Australia. However, I’ve never encountered mould or a landlord that wouldn’t make appropriate repairs.

    I’m sure there are shitty landlords in Canada, and every other country.

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    • teslekova@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Friend of mine once lived in a rental house that had black mold with his wife and kid. The landlord had done precisely jack shit for those three years. They kept getting lung conditions and stuff, and my friend tried to clean it himself, but it always came back.

      Then one day his wife had a series of strokes during a particularly intense bout of the chronic lung shit they all got when the weather was wet.

      She’s blind now. Suffered brain damage. Different personality, loss of cognitive ability, an irate shell of her former self. This woman who once had a 200 grand job in the Commonwealth public service. The marriage did not survive.

      My friend is now looking after his kid mostly as a single dad in a smaller but mold-free apartment in a cheaper suburb.

      The Canberra rental market is insane, and that landlord deserves arson.

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  • saltesc@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s definitely the opposite.

    When Australians say times are tough, it’s true, but they’re usually unaware of how much tougher it is for everyone else.

    There is a reason for the increasing uptick of North Americans moving to Australia and not looking back.

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  • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They chronically elect right wing wankers. Not like the old days…

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    “Oi! Bruce!”

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    • teslekova@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Albo is a centrist wanker, thanks very much. Very much like a Democrat before Reagan.

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      • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Centrists are just right wingers with PR.

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  • socsa@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Canada, but all the wildlife can kill you.

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• AviAdi@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’ve always looked at Australia as the baby brother behind USA 😂 Canada is the middle child. We should just all be States United 💪💪

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  • Embargo@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This may be the most American thing I’ve ever read. The ego that must be present for someone to think that the U.S. is more mature or a country to look up to is ridiculous.

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    • AviAdi@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      But but but we’re the greatest country in the world? The whole world looks up to us! Every single person on this planet would sacrifice their first born to get a chance to live in this beautiful land! Last night I read a story on the interweebs about europoors dying in the Atlantic Ocean on rafts trying to escape socialism and come to murica! Imagine that, and the young illegals here in the beautiful country would vote for these socialists now, IT’S INAMERICAN! Anyway don’t forget to vote for America this November! Gobbless

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      • im_fine_sandy@nord.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Some 35 years ago my 3rd grade teacher explained to us little Aussie battlers… That through history we have usually had a chance to observe what hasn’t worked in the US and improve our own implementation.

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    • spankysalmon@fedinsfw.app ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Nah. Being the bigger brother only means you have your shit together in fairy tales. It’s accurate.

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  • Obituarykidney@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’d like to distance myself as far as possible from America actually. That idea can fuck right off

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