The World Happiness Report Is a Sham

Re:The World Happiness Report Is a Sham by nephihaha on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @04:11AM (#46299782)

Dark winters are a bigger component here. Most Nordic countries get little sun in winter and it gets worse the further north you are.

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Re:The World Happiness Report Is a Sham by euroderf on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @04:49AM (#46299998)

Finland leads the world in per capita coffee consumption. My pet theory is that in the winter it fights depression, and in the summer the sun is out late at night and you're saying to your friends: How could we possibly go to sleep now?! Moar coffee!!

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Re:The World Happiness Report Is a Sham by nephihaha on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @05:18AM (#46300187)

I tend to find coffee increases jitteriness and anxiety in people. Some evidence it may increase depression too.

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Re:The World Happiness Report Is a Sham by euroderf on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @06:11AM (#46300636)

Well, maybe not so much fight depression as fight lethargy ?

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Re:The World Happiness Report Is a Sham by nephihaha on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @07:36AM (#46301272)

In my experience, even that is not true. It displaces it.

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