World happiest countries (2019 report)

[Puupi]

So Nordic countries at the top, African countries at the bottom.

Nice...real nice. Why is right wing propaganda like this even published?

What....?

[Coolthulhu]

Had a free abs workout by laughter just by looking at the freedom indexes. What absolute twaddle.

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Why is right wing propaganda like this even published?

You're kidding, right?

[GutsAP]

You're kidding, right?

No, I find anything blatantly promoting white nationalism absolutely disgusting.

Also the notion that African/Middle Eastern countries are unhappy is incredibly offensive and ignorant.

[Coolthulhu]

No, I find anything blatantly promoting white nationalism absolutely disgusting.

Also the notion that African/Middle Eastern countries are unhappy is incredibly offensive and ignorant.

Please do tell me how that index promotes white nationalism, I'm genuinely curious to hear about it. I'd also like for you to elaborate on the second part, because usually the less human rights and stability there are, the less happy people are, but apparently that's a crazy idea for some utterly unfathomable reason.

[Mighty Tim]

How is happiness determined?

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Please do tell me how that index promotes white nationalism, I'm genuinely curious to hear about it. I'd also like for you to elaborate on the second part, because usually the less human rights and stability there are, the less happy people are, but apparently that's a crazy idea for some utterly unfathomable reason.

Well I can see how as the more " white" a country is the happier it seems to be.

[yetgdhfgh]

Meaningless list like most lists.

[JohnBrown1917]

Had a free abs workout by laughter just by looking at the freedom indexes. What absolute twaddle.

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You're kidding, right?

Salty that 'Murica is not 1# in both?

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How is happiness determined?

Ask the people.

[Queen of Hamsters]

How is happiness determined?

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Sense of well-being, stability, financial security, societal structures. All co-exist and lets people focus less on survival and more on what they want in life.

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It's not that cold.



Oh, and suck it Sweden!

Just some friendly rivalry between neighbors, please don't ban my ass. D:

Le gasp! The Finnish audacity never ceases to bamboozle!

You win this one, Finland, but you still have... uh... um... mykyrokka! Yes! Suffer!!
...Then I remembered we have Svartsoppa... T.T

[Vash The Stampede]

I see a lot of happy countries that have socialism. No sorry, capitalism with strong welfare policies.

[Xarkan]

Odin has not abounded his people :P

Also I been to Demark the people there are really nice and welcoming.

Give us time and we can prove different :P

[Vatrilian]

I thought diversity was strength?

[The One Percent]

Both the people, the food, and the environment is just bad over there.

I've spent a few years all over Russia, and the people there were very welcoming towards me. Don't make blanket statements about people you've never met.

[minteK917]

I thought diversity was strength?

Canada is on that list, so its more like diversity has no bearing on this index what so ever one way or another. Those country have strong social programs and less incomes uncertainty thats the only thing you can link them on. Per capita Canada takes in more Immigrants then the US, more then anyone else in G7. Yet its the only G7 country that makes this list every year?

[dubious_doomhammer]

No, I find anything blatantly promoting white nationalism absolutely disgusting.

Also the notion that African/Middle Eastern countries are unhappy is incredibly offensive and ignorant.

So ... they could be the most accommodating, hospitable, generous people in the world ... but since they're predominantly white, its promoting white nationalism?

I am left leaning, but this is the dumbest shit I've ever heard.

[oplawlz]

I hear ignorance is bliss.

[exochaft]

Browsed over the report, but it kind of makes sense, especially when you skip to the end concerning the changes in their results over the years. The big flaw with this report is that it's largely based upon perception, not necessarily reality. With respect to the US, it's pretty evident if you just turn on the news: it's almost all exclusively negative media 24/7. You expose a populace to such things, it has a negative effect on them, such as their perception of happiness. As a recent example, the current job market is the best it's been in about 100 years, yet I can guarantee you that many people don't feel or perceive this to be reality (despite it being reality)... and this is mostly due to the constant negative media exposure that bombards people all day, every day, about how life is miserable and X/Y/Z is wrong with the world and <insert random person> is the devil.

[Topornic]

Odin has not abounded his people :P

Also I been to Demark the people there are really nice and welcoming.

Finnish native paganism is not the same as Norse and there was no Odin there. Finland isn’t technically even Scandinavia.


I don’t like these stats. They seem to give accurate info at least in some way but still they are based on some preconceptions and actually prove nothing just like any statistic.

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I hear ignorance is bliss.

Some slaves always want to be slaves even after you abolish slavery.

[steristumpie]

Surprised we’re as high up as 106. With the genocide and all that. I guess the people that are happy at doing the genociding are pushing the numbers up.

[VanishingAct]

Russia not being in the 100s is astonishing. That is one miserable fucking place.

I wouldn't mind living in russia, it seems like Australia back in the day. But vodka and snow instead of beer and sun. Language is similar after the vodka and beer too

[d00mGuArD]

Can't access it, it just keeps loading, where did South Korea place?

54th

check out http://worldhappiness.report/assets/.../2-2_Table.png

seems to be very bad in Freedom, Corruption, and Social support

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Finland wins it again. How can all those grumpy people say they're happy?

They don't. They rank 41 on positive effect. They just do pretty well in other things