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NZ a 'pariah' if oil and gas exploration is revived
  • Some of the recent climate change articles are getting rather nutty. They are talking about BBQ and gas cooking as if it was a bad thing, and in an article about housing, one author claimed that climate change would alter the housing market, by destroying houses in floods. They cannot go five minutes without injecting their climate change theory into everything.

  • Landlords are parasites - photos of my chalk activism
  • My website stats are not that great even after all my effort. I'm glad I gave it a go and set an example, because some people supported me. One guy shouted out to me "bro you're right, landlords ARE parasites". So, most people don't say it out loud, but there are people who agree with me. I was between the university and Ilam New World writing with my chalk, and a group of students walked past. One girl just said "FACTS". They got the message :)

    Most New Zealanders are neither here nor there, they just wander aimlessly through life with a passive attitude like NPCs in a computer game. I'm not trying to win over those who are entirely passive "go with the flow, yeah nah bro" kinds of fools. If a few good people saw my chalk and laughed, then it was worth it. I don't care about the unwashed masses who are willing to accept any amount of abuse from landlords or the government. The type of person who rents, but is indifferent to my cause, I ignore them. These people will be the first to line up at the edge of a trench and take a bullet to the back of the head, willingly, if there was an authoritarian government. I'm the person who has to be assassinated or black-bagged first thing because I'm the person who agitates the second tier.

    Put it like this:

    1. agitators and potential leaders: these people get pissed off first and take action.
    2. future activists: they see the actions of the above, and eventually become a type of activist themselves.
    3. supporters: they agree with the message but rarely take part in anything, besides agreeing with the message.
    4. lemmings: this is the bottom tier, they are totally indifferent. They will occasionally grumble about the cost of living, but they are happy to be taken advantage of. The lemming never does anything to help the cause, and will even grumble about those who take action.
  • Landlords are parasites - photos of my chalk activism

    Open the URL, I self-hosted a zip file with 9 photos so you don't have to visit a website that's filled with ads.

    http://rentingcrisis.nz/forum/images/chalk/activism.zip

    I wrote in 20 locations around riccarton and ilam. Most of my chalk was on riccarton road or perhaps 50 metres into a side street.

    Please share this file.

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    Boys falling behind in education
  • I'd agree to teach programming and maths for the minimum wage if they'd let me, but there's probably some BS requirement like needing a degree or having to pass a police check. The only thing I've done wrong is have the wrong thoughts about the government, that's not even a criminal record. They only want brain-dead degree wielders to teach. If you have any anti-government views and don't have a degree, might as well stay on the benefit. They don't like people who engage in wrong-think, even if it's in their own time. The failed education system is by design, and only a fool would think that Luxon and/or more funding will fix it. The education system is rotten to the core. It needs a complete re-work.

  • Boys falling behind in education
  • You couldn't make me go there just for the money. No way am I going to study 3 years just to become a teacher, when I can teach in a world class city like Moscow with only a minor qualification that takes 1 month to get.

  • Boys falling behind in education
  • That last part is the real deal here. Somewhere I have an old screen-shot from Trade Me Forum where a guy said he quit teaching because they basically thought he was a pedo or something like that. As a male, you can't dare be too friendly or jokey with any student, male or female, or you'll have to go through some sexual predator prevention programme or something. It will only get worse, and eventually they will roll out this "woke" training nonsense into every profession. Women control all the cosy office jobs and it's always women in HR who push the anti-male crap.

  • Boys falling behind in education
  • I just looked for work on Seek and Trade Me and there's maybe 2 jobs suitable for me, assuming the hours are reasonable. I'd rather die in a ditch in Ukraine than live in a backwater country like NZ. Nobody should pretend we are first world. Look at the poverty here, and the downtrodden fools who work in supermarkets, hardware stores and distribution centres. Being a wigger, acting tough and boasting about made up stories makes you top dog in some industries. NZ is a backwater country and it will never develop into anything that resembles a decent country. In 10 years from now I'll still be complaining about crappy over-priced rental bedrooms, and jobs that chew through staff every month.

  • Boys falling behind in education
  • I dropped out on my 16th birthday and I never completed level 1 NCEA. I asked to do a programming class and showed them a program I had written, but all they could offer me was Microsoft Visual Basic. Which, from my understanding, is stuff like putting a button on the screen, clicking it, and making it say "button clicked" (that was year 12's programme for 16-17 year olds, but it's probably more suited to a 10 year old's level). I wanted to learn pre-uni stuff like 'c' and c++ but they didn't teach that. I don't think they even taught Python.

    The male teacher who I talked to on this matter was really boring and uninspiring. I didn't see how any of my classes would help me with my plans. The principal and secretary of the school kept on dragging me and my divorced parents into meetings because I was bogging down the school's stats. They really are just a bunch of useless paper pushers.

    I'd like to volunteer to help primary school children or speak in high school assemblies, but it's impossible to do this, because the government-owned schools don't give a crap about what's good for people. Once I tried to sign up for Big Brothers Big Sisters, but the reference checks were impossible for me to pass. I think they wanted 3 people who had known me for 5+ years and it couldn't be my best mate or family lol. Nobody has really known me closely for 5+ years because I've never held a full time job for 12 months. Like the wojak/doomer meme I'm mostly invisible in this society.

    The government won't fix this. What radical change to education could they possibly make? They can tweak a bit of administration, but the rotten core of the education system will remain.

  • South Island’s million dollar streets revealed
  • When I was in Timaru a couple of years ago I actually drove down Pages Road. The Timaru Council assures me that they are building new homes, but I guess I'll never afford to even rent one of the bedrooms of these expensive houses.

  • Why The Warehouse and Sanitarium Weet-Bix showdown is significant | Stuff.co.nz
  • I'm fine with Sanitarium being a charity. Academics and Redditors just hate anything to do with Christianity and want to persecute Christians at every opportunity. Back to the original topic though, Sanitarium made a mistake here. I've thought about buying cereals from The Warehouse but the range is extremely limited, Sanitarium should definitely keep selling WeetBix to The Warehouse, I'm sure many families benefit from it.

  • What Would Be A Fair Wage Today, In Housing Terms?

    Vince shows the numbers on how much a person must earn in order to buy a house in New Zealand

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    Dirty old buildings in the central city and those ugly shipping containers

    The other day I met a guy from Chengdu, so I looked it up on YouTube. I also follow a modest YouTuber who uploads videos of Saint Petersburg when he goes for walks with his wife and granddaughter.

    I'm not suggesting that Christchurch should look like one of these big cities with 10 or 20 million people, but could we please knock down that derelict building that's next to the bus exchange? It has walls falling down, and graffiti everywhere. Then there's the case of shipping containers on the side of the road.

    These inner-city features give third world vibes. I don't care what these buildings are, please destroy them.

    We also need a city-wide land tax to encourage development. There are empty sections all around Christchurch that aren't being used for anything (or they are just for parking a jetboat). I saw two properties in Sumner that are used for parking a jet boat, and there are places in Riccarton like Kirkwood Ave and Leslie Street, each have an empty section which has been empty for 20+ years. The central and local governments aren't doing anything to solve these problems.

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    Page hangs when posting a reply sometimes

    Am I just dumb or does this happen for other people?

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    Behind the spin, the housing crisis continues

    Back in 1935 the first Labour government came to power and faced a severe housing crisis. It didn’t fiddle and tinker – it rolled its sleeves up. By the late 1930s it was building 3500 state houses per year for a population of around 1.5 million.

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    'Controversial' new housing plan proposes 6-storey Nelson buildings
    www.1news.co.nz 'Controversial' new housing plan proposes 6-storey Nelson buildings

    Nelson mayor Nick Smith said the proposed changes are "absolutely essential if we are to improve housing affordability".

    'Controversial' new housing plan proposes 6-storey Nelson buildings

    Sounds good to me Nelson, can we please get this in Christchurch as well?

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    Housing Crisis meeting - on the 28th of August

    When

    Monday, the 28th of August, 6pm onward

    Where

    Christchurch WEA, 59 Gloucester Street (near the Art Gallery)

    https://www.cwea.org.nz/

    What to expect

    Since this is 3 weeks away I haven't confirmed any speakers yet.

    If the meeting receives enough interest, then it will grow. There are other groups such as Save Passenger Rail and a Living Wage group, the overlapping interests can help to boost this new group.

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    Old films and novels discussion

    I've been looking for some old films to watch online and I'm looking at

    • On The Beach (1959)
    • Patton (1970)
    • The Great Escape (1963)
    • The Guns of Navarone (1961)

    Those last two inspired parts of the video game series, Metal Gear Solid. In Metal Gear Solid 3, a lot of films get mentioned by characters throughout the game.

    On The Beach is one I heard about because Alex Jones was talking about nuclear war earlier this year, and he showed a scene from that particular film. There's a newer version of On The Beach but I'd always go for the original, or better, read the novel it's based on.

    Recently I watched 2 old Soviet films

    • Amphibian Man (1961)
    • Only 'Old Men' Are Going To Battle (1973)

    Some links

    Patton

    The Guns Of Navarone (this one costs $ on YouTube)

    Amphibian Man

    Only 'Old Men' Are Going To Battle, black and white version

    Only 'Old Men' Are Going To Battle, colourised in 2009

    It's disappointing that many films are 48 hour DRM'd and cost $4 or $6 despite not being restored

    but...

    https://www.aliceinvideoland.co.nz/

    w00t!

    Got to get me some novels too.

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    I will be hosting real life meetings about housing/renting problems

    Hey everyone, I registered a domain name and installed phpBB forum software, but I will also be:

    • hosting meetings at Spagalimi's Pizzeria in Christchurch
    • hosting meetings at the WEA (59 Gloucester)
    • advertising through the Christchurch Progressive Network mail list
    • knocking on doors to promote the forum
    • setting up a table and chairs in town for some real life promo

    The website is www.rentingcrisis.nz and that's where I'll be organising events in the near future.

    I had some trouble with password resets on Lemmy so I just created a new account. I want to reply to https://lemmy.nz/u/kiwikruizer regarding this thread: https://lemmy.nz/post/26847

    I complained about the crowded boarding house where I live and kiwikruizer replied: "Theres a few places around that have ensuites in the ~$230 range". This isn't the response that I expected. I pay slightly more than $230 a week (going up to $300 a week soon) and the problem isn't the lack of an ensuite bathroom. I didn't understand where kiwikruizer was coming from, because I never mentioned anything about an ensuite, I just said the place was crowded.

    To clarify, a boarding house is not a house where you have 6 or 8 bedrooms and only 2 communal bathrooms. A boarding house will, in nearly all cases, be a modern building with 6 or 8 bedrooms that all have ensuites, but which share a kitchen (and optionally, a lounge, but it isn't required). I think most rentals are under a boarding house contract these days, unless for some reason it's a fixed contract (which I would recommend avoiding unless a person is well-off)

    This confusion of terms is another reason why I want to host public meetings. People don't understand renting and have misconceptions about how it works, what it costs, and how convenient it is.

    The $230 a week boarding houses that kiwikruizer mention generally have very thin walls and doors, so you can hear people coughing from down the hall, or singing in their bathroom in the morning. The median rent price is much higher than $230 a week, and even these $230 a week properties are more likely $245 or $250 by now. The prices will keep going up and up until we do something about it.

    I'll keep you all updated on my progress. It will be a difficult road to build an active group but I'm determined to do this, because the alternative is doing nothing and having nothing change.

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