The Grim Secret of Nordic Happiness: Reasonable Expectations

Re:The Grim Secret of Nordic Happiness: Reasonable Expectations by cdqnwg on Thursday September 08, 2022 @04:46PM (#32771865)

I think a cold climate tends to make a hardier people. These peoples have subsided in places where the air itself wants to kill you. Content people are found in the cold. Scandinavia, Siberia, northern China...

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Re:The Grim Secret of Nordic Happiness: Reasonable Expectations by dagw on Friday September 09, 2022 @10:01AM (#32779366)

Perhaps, but the happiest people I've ever met where from Caribbean or Mediterranean islands. Can hardly recall meeting many happy Scandinavians, and I've lived a large chunk of my life in Scandinavian countries.

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Re:The Grim Secret of Nordic Happiness: Reasonable Expectations by kelseyfrog on Thursday September 08, 2022 @05:05PM (#32772073)

Compared to whom?

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