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And Canada appears to have reduced happiness, I suspect due in part to our proximity to the USA.
Finland isnt ”happy” but less miserable than other countries. Though our current gov is cutting from the poor and education etc to make economy numbers look better. Worse times are coming.
Dining alone makes me happy.
Dining with other people can make you happy too. Not judging in any way, just saying it's a possibility and sometimes just being able to share shit can make things better.
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"I used to be happier like you. Then I took a Trump in the knee..."
Understandable, especially with what's going on here.
The United States is still at 24th, where do they rank amongst first world countries?
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I am American and can confirm I feel like this.
Serbia winning big with largest increase.
Any Serbians able to weight in on why?
I thought Finland and Nordic countries were notoriously depressed all winter??
Well sure, but the summer actually makes up for it.
(Personally: I'm from Finland, have had depression with seasonal pattern. Winters aren't that bad, early/late winter sucks though. Psychochemically, because the day length is noticeably changing and sleeping patterns get disturbed. Socially, because all sidewalks and walking paths get really slippery no matter how much sand and gravel they put there and going outside gets a bit scarier.)
that's just the loganberries talking.
I'd move back to Europe and live there but I'm too worried about Russia.
Distance will not provide you any additional safety when the nukes start flying anyway. Come back and your last time here with us.
There’s no way. It’s dark half the year and every Finnish people I met didn’t look happy at all, or at least they didn’t express it whatsoever.
If seasonal depression is the worst thing your citizens have to deal with, that's a pretty fucking incredible country imo.
Well, when you are as happy and content as Finland, there is no dark.
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