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Germany lower that the US ? That is a bit questionable to me.

by jmclnx 1y ago

kylecazar 1y ago
It's a few spots higher than the US this year.
- kwanbix 1y ago
  Actually two.
  - kylecazar 1y ago
    Thank you for your service sir
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layman51 1y ago
This year it looks like Germany is higher on the scale. I am surprised by Mexico being really high.
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- ajmurmann 1y ago
  It's not all about finance. From my recent visits to Mexico everyone there seems much happier and friendlier than in the US and Europe. It was honestly quite striking. I have no theory what causes this (maybe large families?), but it was really quite obvious.
  - mothballed 1y ago
    I have an unsubstantiated theory that people in Latin America largely realize their institutions are completely broken or ineffectual, thus they and their local community are on their own in life. Thus it is pointless to be angry about a lot of things people in other places are angry about (corruption, government, immigrants, prices, corporations, etc) because it's a total lost cause, it's not like they could vote it away even if they tried. The end result is their sphere of worries basically are constrained to their immediate family, work, and community all of which are things they not only have control over but actually probably will care about them.
- sdsd 1y ago
  It's mostly people just rating their own lives, which leaves it open to people in different cultures reporting the same actual happiness differently. In some cultures, saying you're happy is bragging, so people understate. In others, rating it low is complaining, so people report overly happy. I see World Happiness Report as primarily a measure of what's considered the most socially acceptable way to discuss happiness across cultures. In the USA, people often brag about how miserable they are, for example.
- r00fus 1y ago
  Mexico is finally shedding their neoliberal order and getting stuff built and people taken care of (instead of foreign investors). President Sheinbaum has like an 80% approval rating.
knockergrowl 1y ago
They have standards.
iagooar 1y ago
High crime, high taxes, stagnating economy. I am surprised Germany landed this high on the list.
- DarkNova6 1y ago
  I would be surprised if their ranking would be increased if any of these were addressed.
- twixfel 1y ago
  Crime isn't high. No real risk of random violence in my experience (unlike the US, e.g. >weekly school shootings etc.). Taxes and economy, they aren't good right now true.
  - add-sub-mul-div 1y ago
    > From the 2000–01 to 2021–22 school years, there were 1,375 school shootings at public and private elementary and secondary schools, resulting in 515 deaths and 1,161 injuries. 1,700 people out of ~50 million K-12 students in a 22 year period. .003352% chance of injury or worse over 22 years. And now I realize the denominator should be bigger because it doesn't count faculty/staff or college students. There's no reason to live in fear of school shootings. (But there should still be much greater gun control.)
    - gusgus01 1y ago
      I think only concentrating on those that were shot or injured ignores the impact of being exposed to gun violence, especially during formative years in a situation where it's in the building you're in and results in the death or injury of your friends. Hundreds of thousands of people in the USA have experienced being in a school shooting event. I also think that it's fair to think about other examples of exposure to violence and not just the Parent's example of weekly school shootings. Speaking of gun violence, I'm not sure I know anyone personally in the USA who haven't been impacted by it, whether that's knowing someone who was hurt, having to lock down at work or home, having to drive a different route home because of an active shooting, or just hearing it and then hearing the sirens. Of course, these are not all equal, but it's interesting to think about.
heyheyhouhou 1y ago
I'm surprised that Germany is that high... it's decent in summer, miserable the rest of the year
tsunamifury 1y ago
Why? Germany has been in a sustained economic decline now for many years and has seen the shuttering of manufacturing and skyrocketing housing costs. Americas mistakes are not as unique to us as Europeans keep telling themselves.
fabian2k 1y ago
It seems this is self-reported. And we Germans certainly wouldn't admit that we're living pretty good lives overall. There's always something to complain about.

Germany lower that the US ? That is a bit questionable to me.

by jmclnx 1y ago

Germany lower that the US ? That is a bit questionable to me.

kylecazar 1y ago

It's a few spots higher than the US this year.

kwanbix 1y ago
Actually two.
- kylecazar 1y ago
  Thank you for your service sir

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layman51 1y ago

This year it looks like Germany is higher on the scale. I am surprised by Mexico being really high.

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ajmurmann 1y ago
It's not all about finance. From my recent visits to Mexico everyone there seems much happier and friendlier than in the US and Europe. It was honestly quite striking. I have no theory what causes this (maybe large families?), but it was really quite obvious.
- mothballed 1y ago
  I have an unsubstantiated theory that people in Latin America largely realize their institutions are completely broken or ineffectual, thus they and their local community are on their own in life. Thus it is pointless to be angry about a lot of things people in other places are angry about (corruption, government, immigrants, prices, corporations, etc) because it's a total lost cause, it's not like they could vote it away even if they tried. The end result is their sphere of worries basically are constrained to their immediate family, work, and community all of which are things they not only have control over but actually probably will care about them.
sdsd 1y ago
It's mostly people just rating their own lives, which leaves it open to people in different cultures reporting the same actual happiness differently. In some cultures, saying you're happy is bragging, so people understate. In others, rating it low is complaining, so people report overly happy. I see World Happiness Report as primarily a measure of what's considered the most socially acceptable way to discuss happiness across cultures. In the USA, people often brag about how miserable they are, for example.
r00fus 1y ago
Mexico is finally shedding their neoliberal order and getting stuff built and people taken care of (instead of foreign investors). President Sheinbaum has like an 80% approval rating.

knockergrowl 1y ago

They have standards.

iagooar 1y ago

High crime, high taxes, stagnating economy. I am surprised Germany landed this high on the list.

DarkNova6 1y ago
I would be surprised if their ranking would be increased if any of these were addressed.
twixfel 1y ago
Crime isn't high. No real risk of random violence in my experience (unlike the US, e.g. >weekly school shootings etc.). Taxes and economy, they aren't good right now true.
- add-sub-mul-div 1y ago
  > From the 2000–01 to 2021–22 school years, there were 1,375 school shootings at public and private elementary and secondary schools, resulting in 515 deaths and 1,161 injuries. 1,700 people out of ~50 million K-12 students in a 22 year period. .003352% chance of injury or worse over 22 years. And now I realize the denominator should be bigger because it doesn't count faculty/staff or college students. There's no reason to live in fear of school shootings. (But there should still be much greater gun control.)
  - gusgus01 1y ago
    I think only concentrating on those that were shot or injured ignores the impact of being exposed to gun violence, especially during formative years in a situation where it's in the building you're in and results in the death or injury of your friends. Hundreds of thousands of people in the USA have experienced being in a school shooting event. I also think that it's fair to think about other examples of exposure to violence and not just the Parent's example of weekly school shootings. Speaking of gun violence, I'm not sure I know anyone personally in the USA who haven't been impacted by it, whether that's knowing someone who was hurt, having to lock down at work or home, having to drive a different route home because of an active shooting, or just hearing it and then hearing the sirens. Of course, these are not all equal, but it's interesting to think about.

heyheyhouhou 1y ago

I'm surprised that Germany is that high... it's decent in summer, miserable the rest of the year

tsunamifury 1y ago

Why? Germany has been in a sustained economic decline now for many years and has seen the shuttering of manufacturing and skyrocketing housing costs. Americas mistakes are not as unique to us as Europeans keep telling themselves.

fabian2k 1y ago

It seems this is self-reported. And we Germans certainly wouldn't admit that we're living pretty good lives overall. There's always something to complain about.