Finland is again ranked the happiest country in the world. The US falls to its lowest-ever position
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Here's an old Finnish joke:
Why are people in Finland the happiest people on Earth?
Because all the sad people have killed themselves.It sucks that we still have that reputation abroad. We're doing a lot better in that front. Also at least 2019 and 2016 our suicide rate was actually lower than the US, where a lot of these jokes come from (I was pretty surprised)
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As a Finn, I'd like to remind you this is 50% bullshit.
They go around asking people how they are and in Finnish culture, you're not allowed to complain, and our society sees to it that we give even substance abusers and drunks rent money, so people answer "can't complain".
Finnish people are emotionally stunted and don't even understand the concept of happiness.
in Finnish culture, you’re not allowed to complain
What a load of shit, people complain openly all the time. Foreigners are even shocked when sometimes we're too frank in answering "how are you doing
and our society sees to it that we give even substance abusers and drunks rent money, so people answer “can’t complain”.
You think the ranking is bs because we realize that things are pretty good here?
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Findland keeping its third world immigration at bay. Coincidence? Zealots will continue saying immigration is our greatest strength.
weird way to refer to Russian aggression
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According to the other comments, they ask "How are you?" ans the response is a barked out "eVeRyThInG Is gReAt" and this gets written down as a 5/5 on the happiness scale.
No, it's because things are all things considered pretty good here, so people say "can't complain". Things overall are pretty good. Some understand happiness as being giddy about life but what this ranking more about is how content you're with your life and when things are overall alright, it's easy to be content.
The happiness thing is misleading since what it means varies a lot culture to culture.
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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.
It's easy to be content with life when things are overall pretty good. And Finns typically are happy with fairly little, so we rank high.
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Findland keeping its third world immigration at bay. Coincidence? Zealots will continue saying immigration is our greatest strength.
Not saying that couldn't affect the ranking but Sweden is up there too.
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They are one of the highest spenders already and are planning on spending more. Dumping even more public money on war will make everyone happier wait and see..
We are "dumping" it to our defence from what I've understood. If the war we would "dump" it to was the one where Ukraine defends itself against Russian attack, then yeah that seems like a good cause.
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weird way to refer to Russian aggression
No sugar pie, Im refereing to muslims, africans and indians.
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As a Finn, I'd like to remind you this is 50% bullshit.
They go around asking people how they are and in Finnish culture, you're not allowed to complain, and our society sees to it that we give even substance abusers and drunks rent money, so people answer "can't complain".
Finnish people are emotionally stunted and don't even understand the concept of happiness.
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.
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I dunno, man. Israel being 8th is pretty fucked up.
If you had a territory where you could sort mostly the wealthy people into one "country" and mostly the poor people into another "country", you could make one really happy and one really sad country.
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I get what you mean, support in laws and numbers is not real solidarity, and therefore not effective nor complete support.
But from an outsider perspective (and i still leave in one of the most "supporting" country i'd say), it's already a big step from our current position to not get evicted or starve.
It's a good thing to know that solving symptoms with money does not solve problems though, but i feel like it remains hard to explain to people that it's not already a big step forward.
Financially? Sure.
"Getting help when you're feeling like killing yourself"? Nah.
Like literally I couldn't get help. The ER doc dismissed me, a crisis center dismissed me, my family dismissed me. Even after the documented seizures and me not getting any fucking help.
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in Finnish culture, you’re not allowed to complain
What a load of shit, people complain openly all the time. Foreigners are even shocked when sometimes we're too frank in answering "how are you doing
and our society sees to it that we give even substance abusers and drunks rent money, so people answer “can’t complain”.
You think the ranking is bs because we realize that things are pretty good here?
It's literally measuring contentedness, not happiness.
Saying "Finland is the happiest country in the world" is akin to those studies which say "one glass of wine gives you the benefits of a half hour at the gym" or smth. Completely misunderstood.
It's very different being un-discontent vs being "happy"
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It's literally measuring contentedness, not happiness.
Saying "Finland is the happiest country in the world" is akin to those studies which say "one glass of wine gives you the benefits of a half hour at the gym" or smth. Completely misunderstood.
It's very different being un-discontent vs being "happy"
I agree that the name can be misleading because different people and different cultures view happiness differently. Life is good here, so we are content. But I disagree that we aren't happy too, we're just happy with fairly little. Some nice peace and quiet at the summer cabin, good sauna, that's happiness.
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I agree that the name can be misleading because different people and different cultures view happiness differently. Life is good here, so we are content. But I disagree that we aren't happy too, we're just happy with fairly little. Some nice peace and quiet at the summer cabin, good sauna, that's happiness.
Fuck right off with that shit. It's the exact type of bullshit I'm talking about.
You just refuse to accept any fault in our systems and me criticising the systems which literally made people break my basic human rights and decency. For days without medication, a day without water. Completely fucking psychotic, drawing with my blood on the walls.
And afterwards, no-one wants to admit this happened. Not my family, not lawyers, not anyone.
But I've the proof, so....
Fuck your "Finnish dream" it's a delusion
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I agree that the name can be misleading because different people and different cultures view happiness differently. Life is good here, so we are content. But I disagree that we aren't happy too, we're just happy with fairly little. Some nice peace and quiet at the summer cabin, good sauna, that's happiness.
And this isn't the first time you do this.
I be asserted this several times because I know my shit and what the study is actually about.
You alway come in to deny deny deny deny
EXACTLY the sort of willful ignorance
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Fuck right off with that shit. It's the exact type of bullshit I'm talking about.
You just refuse to accept any fault in our systems and me criticising the systems which literally made people break my basic human rights and decency. For days without medication, a day without water. Completely fucking psychotic, drawing with my blood on the walls.
And afterwards, no-one wants to admit this happened. Not my family, not lawyers, not anyone.
But I've the proof, so....
Fuck your "Finnish dream" it's a delusion
Nobody is saying the system is perfect, far from it, just that we have things a lot better than most places. Which makes it easy to be content and even happy. If recognizing that things are good and being happy with fairly little is a delusion, it's a delusion I'm happy to have, along with a lot of other Finns.
It's like with the corruption thing, when Finland was #1 people rushed to say how there's still corruption in Finland. No shit, but it's a ranking and it's comparing to other countries. We just have less than most.
which literally made people break my basic human rights and decency. For days without medication, a day without water. Completely fucking psychotic, drawing with my blood on the walls.
And afterwards, no-one wants to admit this happened. Not my family, not lawyers, not anyone.
This sounds pretty personal.
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And this isn't the first time you do this.
I be asserted this several times because I know my shit and what the study is actually about.
You alway come in to deny deny deny deny
EXACTLY the sort of willful ignorance
I'm sorry but I'm not sure what you are talking about here. Are you saying we had this conversation last year?
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Nobody is saying the system is perfect, far from it, just that we have things a lot better than most places. Which makes it easy to be content and even happy. If recognizing that things are good and being happy with fairly little is a delusion, it's a delusion I'm happy to have, along with a lot of other Finns.
It's like with the corruption thing, when Finland was #1 people rushed to say how there's still corruption in Finland. No shit, but it's a ranking and it's comparing to other countries. We just have less than most.
which literally made people break my basic human rights and decency. For days without medication, a day without water. Completely fucking psychotic, drawing with my blood on the walls.
And afterwards, no-one wants to admit this happened. Not my family, not lawyers, not anyone.
This sounds pretty personal.
You just won't believe it.
It's insane that I have to argue you about a thing existing which you're giving the perfect textbook demonstration of.
No, it's not "a lot better tham others [so the fact you got tortured doesn't mean anything which is why it's okay for me to. Completely ignore it]"
You're doing the exact autistic denial bullshit that infects 98% of Finnish population
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I'm sorry but I'm not sure what you are talking about here. Are you saying we had this conversation last year?
Honestly.
The lengths you will go to avoid seeing how the system in Finland literally TORTURED me for DAYS.
It's beyond delusional.
