Happiest / Least Happy Countries

[bhinso]

Top 10 happiest countries
1. Finland (7.769)
2. Denmark (7.600)
3. Norway (7.554)
4. Iceland (7.494)
5. Netherlands (7.488)
6. Switzerland (7.480)
7. Sweden (7.343)
8. New Zealand (7.307)
9. Canada (7.278)
10. Austria (7.246)

Least happy
147. Haiti (3.597)
148. Botswana (3.488)
149. Syria (3.462)
150. Malawi (3.410)
151. Yemen (3.380)
152. Rwanda (3.334)
153. Tanzania (3.231)
154. Afghanistan (3.203)
155. Central African Republic (3.083)
156. South Sudan (2.853)

Sauce:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6826655/The-worlds-happiest-countries-REVEALED-Finland-comes-South-Sudan-bleakest.html

Anyone who says anything about the bottom 10 is officially Racist.

[Polarbear]

Sweden? I find that surprising given it's the rape capital of the world.
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[bhinso]

Over there it's just called Surprise Sex.

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[kawakid]

Having worked in Rotterdam/Oslo and Gothenburg I'm calling billy big bullox on that poll.
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[bhinso]

Lucky for you mpd doesn't visit this area.

[kawakid]

Just realised I've also worked for about 3 weeks in Helsinki.

Tbf it was okay, the food strangely familiar to the UK and lots of UK ales, even on cask. I was shocked by this.

Went sometime in December I think and it was Finland's national day, massive night out, taxis not to be found for hours.

Seem to remember going to the ice hockey too, Helsinki Jokerat or something like that.

Saying that I don't think of it as the happiest place I've ever been to. That would probably be one of the Greek Islands or Cyprus.
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[Lord Percy]

Happiness isn't going to be that easily measured after just a short trip. I'm pretty sure the report will use measures to do with lifestyle, free time, disposable income, personal space, public health etc.

Not exactly the kind of stuff you can garner from a quick visit.

(This is in response to those who've said stuff like, "I was in Finland for a weekend and it was a bit meh")

[MarJay]

[Polarbear]

[MarJay]

One might argue that countries where women feel safe and secure are more likely to result in rapes being reported which would make the stats look worse for those countries.

I did read recently that Denmark has a poor record of handling rape reports with the police regularly victim blaming and similar... Which does surprise me a lot, as Denmark is as close to a social utopia as you might get on planet earth in 2019.
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[bhinso]

[MarJay]

Original subject of the thread is probably a great excuse to post this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baHsoEAAMZU
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[bhinso]

Lol snacks get a mention in that song.

[Polarbear]

[bhinso]

He wound me up again last night. Dunno why i was just thinking about it.

It's fine for him to be SJW whining with his nice warm bed and full belly.

If I was starving or seriously ill, the colour of skin of the person helping me out would be the LAST thing on my mind.

fucking hypocrite.

[Howling Terror]

Would a pessimistic depressive feel worse by living in Finland?

'Here I am, living in the happiest country in the whole shitestained world'. Woot!
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[bhinso]

It is strange how the top countries are Scandinavian.

Long hours of darkness during winter.

Alcohol very expensive.

Maybe that's the reason.

[Baffler186]

Would be interesting to see if this was based on statistics, or actual interviews with a large number of people over a very long time. Happiness cannot be assumed by things like job prospects, wealth etc. Some people without a pot to piss in are extremely happy, whilst others may be rich, have everything they want and are miserable.
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[MarJay]

[bhinso]

Yeah I believe energy wise they're self sufficient, and pretty clean too?