sTuDiEs ShOw ThAt nOrDiC cOuNtRiEs ArE tHe hApPiEsT - Kotaku In Action 2

sTuDiEs ShOw ThAt nOrDiC cOuNtRiEs ArE tHe hApPiEsT (media.communities.win)

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– AntonioOfVenice 39 points 3 years ago +41 / -2

I am very skeptical of happiness ratings by self-report.
Suicide rates also don't show whether a country is happy or unhappy, since it says very little about average happiness.

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– DogFacedPepeSoldier 5 points 3 years ago +5 / -0

Watched a video put out by a Dane who explained that it's extremely impolite in nordic society to admit that you're unhappy. He claims that despite indexes like this, Denmark and probably the other Scandinavian nations are actually very unhappy.

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– current_horror 10 points 3 years ago +10 / -0

Swedes fall into two categories:

People who think they deserve what is happening to their country because of who they are, which never goes away
People who don't think they deserve what is happening to their country but are suffering the consequences nevertheless

Why would either group be happy?

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