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  • fook
    fook replied to a topic in the forum Dutch News:
    I wonder why all this is now happenning more often than before?.. Or is it just anti-plagiatrism software that has gotten more advanced? Or do the the academics feel more presure to make a buck at any cost
    • June 26, 2012
  • fook
    fook replied to a topic in the forum Dutch News:
    Haha, thanks, didn't know about German plagiatrism...
     
    True, behavioral psychologist he is. Teaching at a B School
    • June 26, 2012
  • fook
    fook posted a topic in the forum Dutch News:
    Another Dutch scientist caught forging his results
    http://retractionwatch.wordpress.com/2012/06/25/following-investigation-erasmus-social-psychology-professor-retracts-two-studies-resigns/
     
    Another young&slick Dutchie economist made up his data...
     ...  more    http://retractionwatch.wordpress.com/2012/06/25/following-investigation-erasmus-social-psychology-professor-retracts-two-studies-resigns/
     
    Another young&slick Dutchie economist made up his data...
     
    The 'oplichter mentaliteit' seems to have penetrated academic circles too (which is no surprise for me).
     
    I really do prefer Germans. They are often crude and excessively strict, but at least honest.
       
    • June 26, 2012
  • fook
    fook replied to a topic in the forum Dutch News:
    I think Holland can be a good place to live for people with certain personality type. If one or more of the following is true about you:
     
    - you are a religious Christian (esp. from protestant background)
    - you value stability and security above all...  more    I think Holland can be a good place to live for people with certain personality type. If one or more of the following is true about you:
     
    - you are a religious Christian (esp. from protestant background)
    - you value stability and security above all
    - you don't mind tight control of everything you do by the group you belong to, the community, the government, the society au large
    - you despise high culture and think that all that is just "hot air"
    - extreme stinginess does not turn your stomach
     
    then Holland can be a good place for you. The biggest problem is that if you are NOT like this Holland will be H*E*L*L* for you. There is not enough pluralism of opinion, not enough diversity in the Netherlands to accommodate people with differing views. If you don't fit you have no chance in this society. You can be a great person: smart, hard-working, kind and good-looking, but this society will throw you into the dust bin just because you eat hot meal more than once a day, or because in Dutch opinion you are...    less
    • May 5, 2012
  • fook
    fook replied to a topic in the forum Dutch News:
    Isn't it such a shame that the xenophobe party gets to decide whether there will be a left-wing government in this country or a right-wing one?..
    • May 4, 2012
  • fook
    fook replied to a topic in the forum Discuss Dutch Culture:
    Very interesting and relevant comment about Romanians indeed..
    • July 30, 2011
  • fook
    fook replied to a topic in the forum Discuss Dutch Culture:
    I thought Latino guys were rather popular with Dutch chicks. What's the matter?
    • July 21, 2011
  • fook
    fook replied to a topic in the forum Discuss Dutch Culture:
    Why Dutch men never look at (Dutch) women?..
     
    Well, for the very same reason why seagals don't fly after a Dutch ship - they know they won't get anything out of it
     ...  more    Why Dutch men never look at (Dutch) women?..
     
    Well, for the very same reason why seagals don't fly after a Dutch ship - they know they won't get anything out of it
     
    But I have seen how Dutch men behave around Czech, Russian, Hungarian Brasilian etc. women - i. e. from countries where women are warm, kind, pleasant human beings, not robotic cows, like NL women. Oh baby, they do look, those poor bastards! They STARE, like morons, with saliva dripping from their mouths.
       
    • July 21, 2011
  • fook
    fook replied to a topic in the forum Discuss Dutch Culture:
    I've lived in Groningen, which is one of the major university cities. I'd say it's a very nice place to spend a couple of years. Lots of tall blond girls on bikes, bars that stay open all night...all that stuff. University cities in Holland are supposed t...  moreI've lived in Groningen, which is one of the major university cities. I'd say it's a very nice place to spend a couple of years. Lots of tall blond girls on bikes, bars that stay open all night...all that stuff. University cities in Holland are supposed to be liberal compared to the rest of the country.

    Not sure whether Eindhoven is of the same kind. I visited it only once, and architecture is largely horrible concrete 1960-70 style, and their university is a technical one. The good thing is that this is South, and southern Dutch generally seem to be a bit more easygoing and relaxed.  less
    • July 19, 2011
  • fook
    fook replied to a topic in the forum Discuss Dutch Culture:
    ouloveit1 said:
    Well, the tax people are not gonna speak English to you because they want to protect themselves. If their English communicates something to you that is incorrect - that's their head and no, they cannot guarantee that every
     
     ...  more    ouloveit1 said:
    Well, the tax people are not gonna speak English to you because they want to protect themselves. If their English communicates something to you that is incorrect - that's their head and no, they cannot guarantee that every
     
     
    This is nonsense, ouloveit1, and I think you know that. They do so because they have a policy prescribing them to do so. And why their bosses introduced such a policy? Because they want to be "like Germany and other countries" and "to protect Dutch culture".
     
    One of the positive things about Dutch culture is pragmatism and wilingness to do whatever is necessary to facilitate reaching a common goal. Normally Dutch folks are pretty cool about this and use whatever language they can to get the message across. So by introducing this idiotic policy BD in fact goes against Ducth culture! Just another example of how national pride (or should I say national insecurity) is a bad advisor in business.
     
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    • July 19, 2011
  • fook
    fook replied to a topic in the forum Discuss Dutch Culture:
    Just had similar experience. Even worse - they made a mistake and charged me road tax for a car that I've never owned. I called and complained using my best Dutch, and was told to write a letter of objection. I sent in a letter (mostly in English, with mo...  moreJust had similar experience. Even worse - they made a mistake and charged me road tax for a car that I've never owned. I called and complained using my best Dutch, and was told to write a letter of objection. I sent in a letter (mostly in English, with most important keywords spelled out in Dutch), but there was no reply for a month or so, and the collection agency started bothering me again. I called second time to find out what wasgoing on, and was told that since my letter wasn't in proper Dutch it won't be considered.
     
    To be honest, this pissed me off. THEY make a mistake and  perfectly understand what my complaint was about, but would not correct the mistake because of the language issue. I think Belastingdienst is really taking it a bit too far these days.  less
    • July 17, 2011
  • fook
    fook replied to a topic in the forum Discuss Dutch Culture:
    If you read carefully - he did not say anything really narrow-minded or offensive. He only said he undrstood why things are what they are, and there is nothing wrong about understanding a phenomenon. Ithink I also have my understanding of this fact (altho...  moreIf you read carefully - he did not say anything really narrow-minded or offensive. He only said he undrstood why things are what they are, and there is nothing wrong about understanding a phenomenon. Ithink I also have my understanding of this fact (although rather different from his). Naturally he couldn't go without reciting the idiotic mantra loved by all European politicians these days - "multicultural society failed", but this is hardly a surprise.
     
    The Dutch have brought in a large number of Turkish and Moroccan workers and call this  'multicultural society'. Resulting tensions are supposed to confirm that 'multicultural society failed'. What can be stupider than this?..  less
    • July 13, 2011
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  • June 26, 2012 3:41:11 PM CEST
    in the topic Another Dutch scientist caught forging his results in the forum Dutch News

    I wonder why all this is now happenning more often than before?.. Or is it just anti-plagiatrism software that has gotten more advanced? Or do the the academics feel more presure to make a buck at any cost

  • June 26, 2012 3:35:29 PM CEST
    in the topic Another Dutch scientist caught forging his results in the forum Dutch News

    Haha, thanks, didn't know about German plagiatrism...

     

    True, behavioral psychologist he is. Teaching at a B School

  • June 26, 2012 3:19:08 PM CEST
    in the topic Another Dutch scientist caught forging his results in the forum Dutch News

    http://retractionwatch.wordpress.com/2012/06/25/following-investigation-erasmus-social-psychology-professor-retracts-two-studies-resigns/

     

    Another young&slick Dutchie economist made up his data...

     

    The 'oplichter mentaliteit' seems to have penetrated academic circles too (which is no surprise for me).

     

    I really do prefer Germans. They are often crude and excessively strict, but at least honest.

     

  • May 5, 2012 12:58:40 PM CEST
    in the topic Netherlands ranked third best country to live in in the forum Dutch News

    I think Holland can be a good place to live for people with certain personality type. If one or more of the following is true about you:

     

    - you are a religious Christian (esp. from protestant background)

    - you value stability and security above all

    - you don't mind tight control of everything you do by the group you belong to, the community, the government, the society au large

    - you despise high culture and think that all that is just "hot air"

    - extreme stinginess does not turn your stomach

     

    then Holland can be a good place for you. The biggest problem is that if you are NOT like this Holland will be H*E*L*L* for you. There is not enough pluralism of opinion, not enough diversity in the Netherlands to accommodate people with differing views. If you don't fit you have no chance in this society. You can be a great person: smart, hard-working, kind and good-looking, but this society will throw you into the dust bin just because you eat hot meal more than once a day, or because in Dutch opinion you are not thrifty enough.

    This post was edited by fook at May 5, 2012 12:58:40 PM CEST
  • May 4, 2012 5:00:19 PM CEST
    in the topic Government falls in the forum Dutch News
    Isn't it such a shame that the xenophobe party gets to decide whether there will be a left-wing government in this country or a right-wing one?..
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