FINLAND - WHY IT >is < THE HAPPIEST IN THE WORLD
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Expat Smoggie
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Monty Python's version of Finland...
Finland is the happiest country in the world because it knows that me and my mate Bev are planning on running away to Finland as soon as we're rid of all of the responsibilities that we have in our own countries. That's where we're going to properly begin with our global, all species revolution. We've been planning it for years.
The Card Cheat
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Is it though? Or is it just the country where people are most likely to lie on the surveys that people fill in? Thereby proving it's actually the most unfulfilled, unhappy and insecure country in the world.
Lying Finnish b***ds.
I've been on the red wine. Sorry.
Lying Finnish b***ds.
I've been on the red wine. Sorry.
The Ruthsayer
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Cannot be arsed to Google, but did this country not have the highest suicide rate a decade or two ago?
Frozen Horse
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Finland doesn't really exist and neither does happiness.
Abel Tasman
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It’s dark half the year. I reckon they will be all miserable in the deepest winter.
Mind you their Eurovision entry this year is a banger.
Mind you their Eurovision entry this year is a banger.
Nobby_Barnes
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Cam me and Park End Carol come and make a foursome ?
NorthumberlandBoro
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Happiness is just an illusion.
Sheriff_John_Bunnell_ret
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This is a brilliant post. You should always be on the red wine.
Andy_W
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Me and a few mates from work were once nearing end of our shift on a Friday afternoon and decided to effectively go wherever the soonest flight with space was going, within a reasonable distance, ended up being Tampere in Finland. We just went, zero research, and just booked a hotel somewhere near the perceived centre, and winged it all weekend.
The place seemed to be about the same size as Boro/ Stockton and we had a couple of unreal nights out, ending up in rock bars with the locals etc. The people were just sound, everyone we spoke to was great, and none of the girls were nutters/knobheads.
Would quite happily live there, same as anywhere else in Scandinavia I've been to and the only thing which puts me off is that the weather appears to be even slightly worse than here. Although, saying that I think the summers are about the same, and winter is more like freezing and snowy, rather than cold, wet and miserable. The more I think about it, I'd probably prefer the weather there.
The place seemed to be about the same size as Boro/ Stockton and we had a couple of unreal nights out, ending up in rock bars with the locals etc. The people were just sound, everyone we spoke to was great, and none of the girls were nutters/knobheads.
Would quite happily live there, same as anywhere else in Scandinavia I've been to and the only thing which puts me off is that the weather appears to be even slightly worse than here. Although, saying that I think the summers are about the same, and winter is more like freezing and snowy, rather than cold, wet and miserable. The more I think about it, I'd probably prefer the weather there.
asredastheycome
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That's what I thought.
I thought that was Norway. I could be wrong about that though.
Sheriff_John_Bunnell_ret
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Maybes they all killed themselves and only the happy people are left.
To be honest, I can see how a country full of 'happy and content' people could have have a high suicide rate. 'Happy and content' people would probably get bored, because life was too easy for them. It was Bev's idea to run away to Finland, not mine.
BlindBoyGrunt
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Aye, it's normally Denmark so they probably just lied to beat them.
When they do these happiness measures I don't think its just a survey that asks you to self describe your happiness. Its stuff like how much crime per capita a country has, how much autonomy people have at work, how much disposable income you'd be left with if you take average rent away from average salary.
I think that's been overstated. Don't really know why. Just a shorthand for comedians or something perhaps - a bit like how our town often ends up being an easy punchline to a joke
List of countries by suicide rate - Wikipedia
This list has them on fewer suicides per capita than the USA or Belgium.