Map is from the U.N.'s "World Happiness Report". Of course "happiness" is a very difficult word to define and many different people are going to have different definitions of what constitutes "happy", but this report gives its own measure which can be at least somewhat useful. The happiest country in the world, according to this, is Finland, so if you're Finnish, tell me how happy you are. The next 3 countries are all Nordic (Norway, Denmark, and Iceland), respectively, so the Nordic realm must be a very happy place (Sweden is in 9th place if you were wondering). The least happy place in this report is Burundi, so if you're Burundian, tell me how miserable you are.
Do you agree with these rankings, particularly your country's ranking?
the suicide rates speak for himself about these meme maps
Elijah Jenkins
herself*
Xavier Rivera
Why is the old world so sad? Is it because they live in the past?
Jace Parker
Can you believe me when I say, there's nothing I like better, Than just to sit here and talk with you. Although I'll rant and I'll rave about one thing and another The beauty of it is so pure to me, though, I'm a poor boy, I can still be happy, As long as I can feel free.
The top 6 countries on the list are all from the old world. Dark = Happy, Light = Miserable
Eli Bell
I'm talking in overall
Liam Long
Following after their Anglo forefathers.
Colton Campbell
>us that green >having the highest ever suicide rate in the history of the west
Noah Ramirez
Why are indians so sad?
Aiden Nelson
This is measuring materialistic comforts , happenes does not come from matter , tell the in to put this report in their ass and to do something useful for once
You've been exposed yourself. Reveal your real flag at once!
Alexander Hernandez
Western Europe seems alright overall, with the exception of Portugal. Eastern Europe, especially the Balkans and Ukraine, seem more unhappy though. I can only guess why Portugal is so miserable, but Eastern Europe is probably less happy than Western Europe because they're not as rich and whatnot. It's odd though that Latin Americans, except for Venezuelans, seem happier than Eastern Europeans.
Camden Cooper
You realize I'm not just talking about Europe?
Daniel Perry
The score for each country is based on an amalgam of these metrics: GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, freedom to make life choices, generosity, and perceptions of corruption. Only one of these (GDP per capita) is an explicitly 'materialistic' measure.
Josiah Brown
Oh my bad, when I think 'Old World' I usually think of Europe specifically and not Afro-Eurasia as a whole. Non-Europe is probably largely unhappy because of things like poverty (can't afford healthcare, sanitation, education, mental health services, etc.) and warfare (at least in certain places). What's more of a mystery to me is why Latin America is so happy compared to the rest of the less-developed world. Maybe their governments are more liberal or something.
Jeremiah Cooper
Yesterday, the sky was blue. But today, the sky is grey. It's simple, it's the world I live in. I'm still waiting in the heavy rain. Maybe I will see beautiful rainbow tomorrow.
Al of these are materialistic , you can't measure generosity , a poor man who gives you a grape might be more generous than an oil sheikh who gives you a gold watch , stop being naive
Hudson Walker
>you can't measure generosity , a poor man who gives you a grape might be more generous than an oil sheikh who gives you a gold watch That's true, but I don't know how exactly they measure generosity here. It could be how much money people give away to others in total, how much they give away relative to their income, or something else. I could look it up but I don't have time right now.
