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Watching The Happiest Country on Earth: Finland on PBS

Posted on 4/7/24 at 2:11 pm
Posted by GeauxTGRZ
PTal
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Posted on 4/7/24 at 2:11 pm
10 min in and only 1 POC and it was a school cafeteria worker.
Posted by HailHailtoMichigan!
Mission Viejo, CA
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Posted on 4/7/24 at 2:13 pm to
americans of finnish heritage (there are a lot in the UP of michigan) are among the happiest of all americans. It's cultural.
Posted by Sput
Member since Mar 2020
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Posted on 4/7/24 at 2:14 pm to
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school cafeteria worker


So they like fried chicken in Finland too
Posted by Zach
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Posted on 4/7/24 at 2:19 pm to
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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 by Lsupimp
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Posted on 4/7/24 at 2:19 pm to
Cultural identity, appreciation for the natural world and largely non materialist have to be part of it. We used to have that.
Posted by RaginCajunz
Member since Mar 2009
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Posted on 4/7/24 at 2:20 pm to
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ericans of finnish heritage (there are a lot in the UP of michigan) are among the happiest of all americans.


quote:

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 by TheDude854
Member since May 2019
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Posted on 4/7/24 at 3:11 pm to
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It's cultural


It’s actually genetic. Scandinavian ppl are hard-wired at a genetic level to be happy.
Posted by ksayetiger
Centenary Gents
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Posted on 4/7/24 at 3:15 pm to
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PBS


Progressive broadcasting channel
Posted by Hayekian serf
GA
Member since Dec 2020
3047 posts
Posted on 4/7/24 at 4:38 pm to
Check out the nations they rank as happiest and then look up nations ranked by antidepressant usage.

Pretty telling
Posted by beaux duke
Member since Oct 2023
564 posts
Posted on 4/7/24 at 4:41 pm to
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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 by 4cubbies
Member since Sep 2008
51565 posts
Posted on 4/7/24 at 5:03 pm to
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.

Posted by Toomer Deplorable
Team Bitter Clinger
Member since May 2020
19297 posts
Posted on 4/7/24 at 5:12 pm to
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Scandinavian ppl are hard-wired at a genetic level to be happy.



Immigrant Song (Old Norse)

Posted by Fat Bastard
coach, investor, gambler
Member since Mar 2009
78943 posts
Posted on 4/7/24 at 5:15 pm to
happy paying 57% income taxes

insanity



LINK
Posted by Houag80
Member since Jul 2019
11442 posts
Posted on 4/7/24 at 5:17 pm to
Must not be many progstain shitheads over there?
Posted by Go Down Moses
Member since Jan 2016
27 posts
Posted on 4/8/24 at 5:20 pm to
Makes me wonder why most of the countries that are the happiest are the heavily-taxed, socialist European countries.
Posted by chili pup
Member since Sep 2011
3697 posts
Posted on 4/8/24 at 5:33 pm to
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Finland


The females hot there?
Posted by frankenfish
Crofton, MD
Member since Feb 2008
840 posts
Posted on 4/8/24 at 5:47 pm to
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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 by WinnPtiger
Fort Worth
Member since Mar 2011
24335 posts
Posted on 4/8/24 at 6:31 pm to
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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 by Go Down Moses
Member since Jan 2016
27 posts
Posted on 4/8/24 at 7:36 pm to
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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 by LRB1967
Tennessee
Member since Dec 2020
18352 posts
Posted on 4/8/24 at 8:04 pm to
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homogeneous racial demographics


So our country would be happier with less racial diversity?
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