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  1. 03-21-2017, 01:37 PM #1
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    Norway, the world's happiest country

    This does not surprise me in the least

    Norwegians have one more reason to smile, not that they need it.

    After placing fourth last year, Norway is now the world's happiest country, according to the 2017 World Happiness Report, released on Monday. The Central African Republic was the least happy of 155 countries.

    The authors of the report found that a half-dozen socioeconomic factors explain much of the difference in happiness among countries, but that social factors play an underappreciated role. As evidence, they cite periods of substantial economic growth that were nonetheless matched by declining happiness in China and the United States, which ranked 14th.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/20/w...ries.html?_r=0
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  2. 03-21-2017, 01:39 PM #2
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    Happy in a shallow way ? There's also a lot of people here who front happiness (or "perfect" lives in general) but have deep problems. Psychological problems are on the rise.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Colonel View Post
    Happy in a shallow way ? There's also a lot of people here who front happiness (or "perfect" lives in general) but have deep problems. Psychological problems are on the rise.
    Well sure, if you did a little deeper...that's the case with people everywhere, I would imagine. The researchers probably are not Christians and would not understand the true source of happiness.
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    Hopefully one day I'll be able to visit Grannysan, and find out if this is true or not.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lista View Post
    Hopefully one day I'll be able to visit Grannysan, and find out if this is true or not.
    Wouldn't that have been something, Listasan. Even if I do feel a bit sad these months, it will help A LOT if you turned up on my doorstep. Welcome! We might even talk the col guy into taking us out to dinner, lol.
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  8. 04-14-2017, 03:41 PM #6
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    I suppose I could possibly visit.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Colonel View Post
    Happy in a shallow way ? There's also a lot of people here who front happiness (or "perfect" lives in general) but have deep problems. Psychological problems are on the rise.
    That's what I thought all along. Their happiness is just a put-on.
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    That's what I thought all along. Their happiness is just a put-on.
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