Finland is again ranked the happiest country in the world. The US falls to its lowest-ever position
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“can’t complain”
That would never work around here. We complain about everything. And then we'll complain how much everybody is complaining. Our happy state is complaining.
It's more of a phrase that just means "I guess things are pretty okay, considered". People say "can't complain" and then immediately before and after complain hah
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Actually, the Finns already spend 2.4% of their GDP on defense, making them one of the highest defense spenders in Europe (relative to GDP)
Just a heads up that I have the person you replied to tagged as "Russia shill," in case their strangely aggressive comments about Finland made you wonder.
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Damn socialists with their happiness. If my neighbour is happy, it makes me mad /s
You joke, but this is literally how the average American thinks.
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I dunno, man. Israel being 8th is pretty fucked up.
I'm sure if they counted the Arab population in the calculation, it would be much lower.
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I have no trouble seeing the faults in Finnish system. Again, nobody thinks we're perfect, far from it. But I have no idea about your personal stuff wtf.
You are quite literally avoiding even saying there is a fault to begin with.
When confronted with photographic evidence of torture.
Tä on just sitä välttelyä mistä mä puhuin.
It's called avoidance. And it's a sickeningly strong trait in Finnish. I don't think you understand how deeply that trait is connected to the Finnish people. It's literally in the language when you know what you're looking for. But you can't see it when it's shoved in your face so you definitely won't understand it on that level.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avoidance_coping
Coward
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You are quite literally avoiding even saying there is a fault to begin with.
When confronted with photographic evidence of torture.
Tä on just sitä välttelyä mistä mä puhuin.
It's called avoidance. And it's a sickeningly strong trait in Finnish. I don't think you understand how deeply that trait is connected to the Finnish people. It's literally in the language when you know what you're looking for. But you can't see it when it's shoved in your face so you definitely won't understand it on that level.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avoidance_coping
Coward
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You are quite literally avoiding even saying there is a fault to begin with.
When confronted with photographic evidence of torture.
Tä on just sitä välttelyä mistä mä puhuin.
It's called avoidance. And it's a sickeningly strong trait in Finnish. I don't think you understand how deeply that trait is connected to the Finnish people. It's literally in the language when you know what you're looking for. But you can't see it when it's shoved in your face so you definitely won't understand it on that level.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avoidance_coping
Coward
I'm thoroughly puzzled by what the fuck you are on about
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I wonder which US state most closely resembles this. Probably in the NE
Minnesota and Upper peninsula could be closest
Many Finnish people historically immigrated to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and the Iron Range of northern Minnesota to work in the mining industry; much of the population in these regions is of Finnish descent.
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Finland is named the happiest country in the world for the eighth year in a row, according to the World Happiness Report 2025 published Thursday.
Other Nordic countries are also once again at the top of the happiness rankings in the annual report published by the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford. Besides Finland, Denmark, Iceland and Sweden remain the top four and in the same order.
Country rankings were based on answers people give when asked to rate their own lives. The study was done in partnership with the analytics firm Gallup and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
When it comes to decreasing happiness — or growing unhappiness —the United States has dropped to its lowest-ever position at 24, having previously peaked at 11th place in 2012. The report states that the number of people dining alone in the United States has increased 53% over the past two decades.
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I'm thoroughly puzzled by what the fuck you are on about
Read the conversation back and see how many times you've even implicitly acknowledged I was stuck in a cell writing with blood on the walls, breaking my basic human rights.
The fact that I have to actually spell it out for you IS the problem. That IS the avoidance I'm talking about.
You came to this thread to tell me Finnish people don't do the exact thing you're doing. Congrats.
It's always the same, and I'm tired of how deeply embedded that is in Finnish culture.
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Read the conversation back and see how many times you've even implicitly acknowledged I was stuck in a cell writing with blood on the walls, breaking my basic human rights.
The fact that I have to actually spell it out for you IS the problem. That IS the avoidance I'm talking about.
You came to this thread to tell me Finnish people don't do the exact thing you're doing. Congrats.
It's always the same, and I'm tired of how deeply embedded that is in Finnish culture.
Who peed in your cornflakes today?
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Who peed in your cornflakes today?
So you're trying to score internet points by riduculing a victim of torture.
Cool beans man, definitely proves me wrong, right?
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So you're trying to score internet points by riduculing a victim of torture.
Cool beans man, definitely proves me wrong, right?
Nope. Just asking who peed in your cornflakes today.
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I was actually wondering about that. Finland keeps getting this high ranking, so at what point do the Finnish people feel obligated to maintain that reputation when they answer these surveys? For at least a few people, I'd imagine it becomes a small point of pride.
There's been actually a huge counter-reaction to this, with people rushing to say how the ranking must be bullshit. I'd imagine that at least outweighs that potential pride effect. It was PISA we used to cherish.
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We are the happiest because we don't give a fuck. Today I took my bike to work and slipped on some ice. Hurt my back a bit. What I did was yell "PERKELE!" and just go on my merry way. Work was shit but what can you do.
Best day of my life.
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I'm convinced Finns have just found a way to troll this somehow. Not that Finland isn't great and all, but it just makes more sense.
Like they just lie on the Gallup poll calls so they seem less suicidal?
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There's been actually a huge counter-reaction to this, with people rushing to say how the ranking must be bullshit. I'd imagine that at least outweighs that potential pride effect. It was PISA we used to cherish.
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I'm curious about what might have changed. Has there been a quality of life change or a perceptual change?
For the happiness thing, it's been that way for a long time. i think part of it is just us being terrible at appreciating good news hah. For PISA it's that our ranking has been dropping so now it's not cherished but just painful.
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We are the happiest because we don't give a fuck. Today I took my bike to work and slipped on some ice. Hurt my back a bit. What I did was yell "PERKELE!" and just go on my merry way. Work was shit but what can you do.
Best day of my life.
