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Denmark happiest country in the world
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:49 am
by allix
The world has never been a happier place, according to a survey of global wellbeing which has ranked Denmark as the most content nation.
Social scientists from the University of Michigan said that Colombia, Canada, Puerto Rico and Iceland were among the top 10 happiest countries, while Britain was placed 21st and the US 16th.
Denmark scored highest marks thanks to its peaceful atmosphere, democracy and social equality.
Those polled were asked just two questions to gauge their contentment.
1. 'Taking all things together, would you say you are very happy, rather happy, not very happy, or not at all happy?'
2. 'All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole these days?'
Pretty hilarious survey to compiled based on two questions.
I am sure Troels is laughing to himself as he reads this
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... -says.html
Re: Denmark happiest country in the world
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 11:11 am
by Patrick
What did you expect when you have Legos, Carlsberg, porn and M$?
Re: Denmark happiest country in the world
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 2:26 pm
by Tsuroerusu
allix wrote:I am sure Troels is laughing to himself as he reads this
I'm not exactly laughing my ass off, but I think it's weird-ass way to judge who is happier. I personally like some things, and I don't like other things. I like our welfare state, I generally appreciate the environment here and so on. Although I don't like our current government at all etc. etc. so there's always two sides of one coin.
Patrick wrote:What did you expect when you have Legos,
Lego bricks are fun, I remember spending hours building weird-ass spaceships and stuff when I was younger.
Patrick wrote:Carlsberg,
We have other things as well, but good point I assume, although I don't personally touch alcohol.
Patrick wrote:porn
Ban on pornographic literature was lifted in 1967. In 1969 Denmark was the first country in the world to legalize pornography.
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_po ... on#Denmark
Patrick wrote:and M$?
Well, makes it easy to earn a few bucks at times when somebody's machine breaks down.
Sadly, Linux is not an option in most cases, because most people generally don't have to worry about their budget for essential stuff, such as housing, food, education etc., people rather pay geeks like myself something like 300 DKK (63,6 USD) to fix their machine and they go on using it like they normally would, than spending even a small amount of time getting used to a Linux environment.
Re: Denmark happiest country in the world
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 6:55 am
by dann
Tsuroerusu wrote:
Patrick wrote:What did you expect when you have Legos,
Lego bricks are fun, I remember spending hours building weird-ass spaceships and stuff when I was younger.
Which was like 2 years ago, right?
Re: Denmark happiest country in the world
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 7:17 am
by Tsuroerusu
dann wrote:Tsuroerusu wrote:
Patrick wrote:What did you expect when you have Legos,
Lego bricks are fun, I remember spending hours building weird-ass spaceships and stuff when I was younger.
Which was like 2 years ago, right?
Nah, it's like 10 years ago or something. I think my Lego bricks are in a big box somewhere, no idea where.
Re: Denmark happiest country in the world
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 8:05 pm
by reine
allix wrote:The world has never been a happier place, according to a survey of global wellbeing which has ranked Denmark as the most content nation.
Social scientists from the University of Michigan said that Colombia, Canada, Puerto Rico and Iceland were among the top 10 happiest countries, while Britain was placed 21st and the US 16th.
Denmark scored highest marks thanks to its peaceful atmosphere, democracy and social equality.
Those polled were asked just two questions to gauge their contentment.
1. 'Taking all things together, would you say you are very happy, rather happy, not very happy, or not at all happy?'
2. 'All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole these days?'
Pretty hilarious survey to compiled based on two questions.
I am sure Troels is laughing to himself as he reads this
France was so deep buried, i couldn't find it!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... -says.html
Re: Denmark happiest country in the world
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 8:07 pm
by reine
dann wrote:Tsuroerusu wrote:
Patrick wrote:What did you expect when you have Legos,
Lego bricks are fun, I remember spending hours building weird-ass spaceships and stuff when I was younger.
Which was like 2 years ago, right?
better legos than Lagos!