"it might be worth familiarizing yourself with the kind of behavior that is accepted and expected here."
True, you didn't explicitly say it, but your words did imply it. While we're being pedantic, I didn't say you said so either, I just said you said a permutation of it, which you did.
"I can only guess by your comments, but it would seem you're not very happy in the Netherlands?"
Oh I'm mostly happy right now, and the Netherlands is one of the best countries for me to live in right now. But just because I'm fairly content with something doesn't mean that I can't identify any faults with it - actually, I could name a whole list of things I dislike about the Netherlands and Dutch culture in general, yet I still choose to stay here (I guess relevant: while Belgian by nationality, I have a Dutch wife, was born from a Dutch mother and Belgian father and have lived in the Netherlands for 10+ years. I basically asymptotically approach being 'real' Dutch, so to speak, and I could list just as many things I dislike about Belgium as I could about the Netherlands - more, actually, hence me living where I do).
"I care not for the 'discount' I might receive if I lend it."
OK well if you prefer to be irrational wrt your finances, more power to you, but proclaiming some sort of moral superiority because of it is out of line.
True, you didn't explicitly say it, but your words did imply it. While we're being pedantic, I didn't say you said so either, I just said you said a permutation of it, which you did.
"I can only guess by your comments, but it would seem you're not very happy in the Netherlands?"
Oh I'm mostly happy right now, and the Netherlands is one of the best countries for me to live in right now. But just because I'm fairly content with something doesn't mean that I can't identify any faults with it - actually, I could name a whole list of things I dislike about the Netherlands and Dutch culture in general, yet I still choose to stay here (I guess relevant: while Belgian by nationality, I have a Dutch wife, was born from a Dutch mother and Belgian father and have lived in the Netherlands for 10+ years. I basically asymptotically approach being 'real' Dutch, so to speak, and I could list just as many things I dislike about Belgium as I could about the Netherlands - more, actually, hence me living where I do).
"I care not for the 'discount' I might receive if I lend it."
OK well if you prefer to be irrational wrt your finances, more power to you, but proclaiming some sort of moral superiority because of it is out of line.