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Watching The Happiest Country on Earth: Finland on PBS
Posted on 4/7/24 at 2:11 pm
Posted on 4/7/24 at 2:11 pm
10 min in and only 1 POC and it was a school cafeteria worker.
Posted on 4/7/24 at 2:13 pm to GeauxTGRZ
americans of finnish heritage (there are a lot in the UP of michigan) are among the happiest of all americans. It's cultural.
Posted on 4/7/24 at 2:14 pm to GeauxTGRZ
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school cafeteria worker
So they like fried chicken in Finland too
Posted on 4/7/24 at 2:19 pm to GeauxTGRZ
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10 min in and only 1 POC and it was a school cafeteria worker.
Black female cafeteria workers were the best when I was in H.S.
Me: 'Mattie Lee, you're so pretty. Will you marry me when I graduate?'
Her (laughing): 'Have an extra piece of fried chicken, Zach.'
This worked every Fried Chicken day of the year for me.
This post was edited on 4/7/24 at 2:20 pm
Posted on 4/7/24 at 2:19 pm to GeauxTGRZ
Cultural identity, appreciation for the natural world and largely non materialist have to be part of it. We used to have that.
Posted on 4/7/24 at 2:20 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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ericans of finnish heritage (there are a lot in the UP of michigan) are among the happiest of all americans.
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The 5 largest ethnic groups in Western Upper Peninsula PUMA, MI are White (Non-Hispanic) (91.4%), Two+ (Non-Hispanic) (2.56%), Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) (1.62%), American Indian & Alaska Native (Non-Hispanic) (1.46%), and Asian (Non-Hispanic) (1.06%).
Posted on 4/7/24 at 3:11 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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It's cultural
It’s actually genetic. Scandinavian ppl are hard-wired at a genetic level to be happy.
Posted on 4/7/24 at 3:15 pm to GeauxTGRZ
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PBS
Progressive broadcasting channel
Posted on 4/7/24 at 4:38 pm to GeauxTGRZ
Check out the nations they rank as happiest and then look up nations ranked by antidepressant usage.
Pretty telling
Pretty telling
Posted on 4/7/24 at 4:41 pm to Zach
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Black female cafeteria workers were the best when I was in H.S.
Me: 'Mattie Lee, you're so pretty. Will you marry me when I graduate?'
Her (laughing): 'Have an extra piece of fried chicken, Zach.'
This worked every Fried Chicken day of the year for me.
Sophronia was one of ours. Every person that went through her line got a big "Hey Baaaaaby!" When she died some years ago they named the cafeteria after her
Posted on 4/7/24 at 5:03 pm to GeauxTGRZ
Beyond their homogeneous racial demographics, there are other reasons for Finnish to be happy, such as a focus on their health and well-being via universal healthcare, solid infrastructure, politicians who aren’t hyper-focused on hatred and vitriol, etc.
If racial homogeneity guaranteed harmony, families would never experience any tensions or conflict. That’s not the case.
If racial homogeneity guaranteed harmony, families would never experience any tensions or conflict. That’s not the case.
Posted on 4/7/24 at 5:12 pm to TheDude854
Posted on 4/7/24 at 5:15 pm to 4cubbies
Posted on 4/7/24 at 5:17 pm to 4cubbies
Must not be many progstain shitheads over there?
Posted on 4/8/24 at 5:20 pm to GeauxTGRZ
Makes me wonder why most of the countries that are the happiest are the heavily-taxed, socialist European countries.
Posted on 4/8/24 at 5:33 pm to GeauxTGRZ
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Finland
The females hot there?
Posted on 4/8/24 at 5:47 pm to chili pup
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happy paying 57% income taxes
I'm not saying it's right, but in a smaller population that is that homogenous, you likely know more family members who have benefitted from those programs than you do folks who are ripping off the system, or you are at least willing to consider that you know some who benifit. Here I feel like I don't know anyone who benefits from gov't programs, but see lots of stories about grifters.
Posted on 4/8/24 at 6:31 pm to 4cubbies
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Beyond their homogeneous racial demographics, there are other reasons for Finnish to be happy, such as a focus on their health and well-being via universal healthcare, solid infrastructure, politicians who aren’t hyper-focused on hatred and vitriol, etc.
yeah, Finns are happy primarily because of their healthcare
that must be it
Posted on 4/8/24 at 7:36 pm to frankenfish
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Here I feel like I don't know anyone who benefits from gov't programs, but see lots of stories about grifters
Presumably, you benefited from an LSU education, subsidized by the state of Louisiana. You benefit from the U.S. military, from your local police, from those who build and maintain your roads, and countless others. We all benefit, just like those citizens in those Scandinavian countries. If Trump's COVID checks kept the economy from cratering, you benefit from that.
Posted on 4/8/24 at 8:04 pm to 4cubbies
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homogeneous racial demographics
So our country would be happier with less racial diversity?
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