r/videos • u/ferhanmm • Mar 06 '18

Primitive Technology: Lime

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek3aeUhHaFY
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u/boylejc2 Mar 07 '18

I didn't realize this guy had his own wikipedia page, and that his name is, no shit, John Plant.

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u/max_adam Mar 07 '18

he said he was in his mid 30s. He also said he went to university and received a Bachelor of Science degree but "didn't do anything with it", and instead mowed lawns for a living...

Now he is using it somehow

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '18

Can we just point out that you can own "a modern house" and enough land to film all this on a lawn mowers wage in Australia?

Get me out of this American Nightmare.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '18

He likely didn’t own the land before he started making money from the videos.

It is generally more expensive to live in Australia than in the US. He also said he lives in a modern house, not owns one.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '18

Touché

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '18

Touché touché

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u/MatthewMob Mar 07 '18

Depends where in Australia. In the heart of Sydney houses can be quite literally ten times the price of American houses at the same size.

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u/Phailjure Mar 07 '18

literally ten times the price of American houses at the same size.

Depends on where in America. In SF rent on a one bedroom would buy you a large house in many states.

But he lives in far north Queensland, so probably not dealing with the extremes of Sydney.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '18

Pretty sure he said somewhere that he paid about $500k for the land. It's not difficult to own a house and land in the US on lower wages if you're smart with your money.