[Misc] Who are the most miserable nation on earth ?

[Goldstone Guy]

This is just a welfare table; Finns as singular individuals aren't happier/less depressed people than for example Albanians, they're just better off financially and as a societal support system, but that doesn't affect day-to-day relative perspective as much as say climate and social customs (relationship with family/aquantainces, expansiveness) do.

Countries that are currently at war and/or experience a big sense of oppression by the government might be my guess, I can't imagine North Koreans as being extremely happy for example.

Exactly. It's a list showing who lives in the countries with the most progressive governments and fair, equal societies, and who lives in countries at war or with dictators who put their people in constant fear of their lives.

 

[Goldstone Guy]

No it’s not.

“Our happiness rankings are not based on any index of these six factors – the scores are instead based on individuals’ own assessments of their lives, in particular, their answers to the single-item Cantril ladder life-evaluation question, much as epidemiologists estimate the extent to which life expectancy is affected by factors such as smoking, exercise, and diet”.

Presumably regular exercise isn't very easy for women (and probably men) in Afghanistan.

 

[pasty]

Who are the most miserable nation on earth ?​

England during an Ashes series

 

[Weststander]

I wouldn’t give up the Albion obviously wouldn’t make every home game probably around ten a season and could easily do northern aways.

Plus Albion European ties at Ibrox and Parkhead.

 

[Weststander]

Presumably regular exercise isn't very easy for women (and probably men) in Afghanistan.

Their education prospects are ..... zero.

 

[Justice]

For some people maybe - but I and my wife (from up north) love the lifestyle of the Sussex coast: more sun than anywhere else, warmer, spend loads of time at the beach/swimming in the sea during summer, easy hop over to France from newhaven, easy up to London, get to watch the Albion.

Not sure how you can generalise as you have.

Most of my wife’s friends that reside in Scotland are laughing all the way to the bank, their kids are homeowners in their early twenties southern kids unless helped out by parents have no chance of owning a home if we are being realistic.
We all like different things if I want to swim in the sea I’m going to a Greek island not Brighton beach with floaters roaming about at every turn

 

[Goldstone Guy]

Their education prospects are ..... zero.

Yes, very sad. It's an interesting table though.

 

[Bakero]

Yeah Hungarians are a pretty depressed people, Poles also aren't particularly friendly or expansive but it might have nothing to do with their personal happiness and just them being closed-off

Before going to Hungary for the first time 20 odd years ago, I'd read the national mood was one of "patriotic sorrow". That description puzzled me before arrival but I quickly understood.

Upon returning 12 years or so later, I discovered a much more cheerful, chatty optimistic bunch. Hopefully, all these years of Orban hasn't eroded that too much.

 

[Molango's visa]

Swiss 4th happiest

Mountains aside, dullest country I’ve ever visited.

Wash your mouth out, son ⛷

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Wash your mouth out, son ⛷

I’m not disputing the mountains, in fact I learnt to snowboard in Wengen. It’s the bit below which is dull.

 

[Questions]

Most of my wife’s friends that reside in Scotland are laughing all the way to the bank, their kids are homeowners in their early twenties southern kids unless helped out by parents have no chance of owning a home if we are being realistic.
We all like different things if I want to swim in the sea I’m going to a Greek island not Brighton beach with floaters roaming about at every turn

I knew someone who got into difficulty swimming off Worthing and it was only the fact that he clung on to a huge jobby that he got back in.

 

[Dave the OAP]

The English twats who bagged 4 loungers around the pool yesterday and f***ed off on an excursion all day to return at 6 o’clock to retrieve their towels

Hung drawn and quartering is too good for them

One has a Chelsea tat too

 

[portlock seagull]

If I was Afghan I’m pretty sure you’d claim this with some authority.

 

[The Clamp]

The English twats who bagged 4 loungers around the pool yesterday and f***ed off on an excursion all day to return at 6 o’clock to retrieve their towels

Hung drawn and quartering is too good for them

One has a Chelsea tat too

I ignore the practise of towels on loungers. If it’s sat empty for 15 mins, towels off and my backside is on.
The Russians tend to argue a bit when you do this but them and their duck faced wives can suck a fart .

Most miserable nation on earth? Contrary to popular perception, I find the Irish to be a moaning bunch of old windbags. Always something up with them. Northern Irish are the worst. Especially when encountered on their home turf. Similar to Liverpudlians in that respect.

I say this as a man whose maternal family all come from and reside in and around Belfast. And owner of an Irish passport.

Many a dour summer holiday spent among the windswept beaches, serious old men and resentful women of the Emerald Isle.

They do like to come over here and tell us how great the craic is back home and how we should cheer up.

Miserable buggers.

 

[Questions]

The Italians put on a face but they can moan like f***.

 

[Bodian]

I don’t buy that the average working class Scott has a much better life style than most southerners. The majority are homeowners without breaking the bank or having to work mental hours just to pay a mortgage. Again most have a brand new motor on the drive and go on two holidays a year. A brand new three bed will set you back a crazy £150k on a new housing estate in the Suburbs.
My other half being a Scott every time we visit her family the place becomes more appealing.
I would like to buy land which is dirt cheap and build one or two houses a year myself. The quality of lifestyle would be amazing compared to down south.

But the midges - don't forget about the midges.......

The English twats who bagged 4 loungers around the pool yesterday and f***ed off on an excursion all day to return at 6 o’clock to retrieve their towels

Hung drawn and quartering is too good for them

One has a Chelsea tat too

I assume he paid over the odds for his holiday?

 

[Weststander]

The English twats who bagged 4 loungers around the pool yesterday and f***ed off on an excursion all day to return at 6 o’clock to retrieve their towels

Hung drawn and quartering is too good for them

One has a Chelsea tat too

I've seen 'that types' towels removed before

 

[WATFORD zero]

I've only ever known two finnish people. The first, a woman who worked for me, early 40's, happily married with a lovely husband, and two beautiful daughters, who seemed like the perfectly family until, in passing one day, she told me they all loved cross country skiing and didn't do that 'pointing down' stuff. Complete weirdos

And the second was a great Finish bloke I was in business with setting up a dot.com. He was always one of the most positive people I had ever come across, even after our business had gone down the pan

And I always remember him proudly telling me the Finns had great cuisine with over a dozen national dishes





All herring based, but over a dozen

 

[raymondo]

I've only ever known two finnish people. The first, a woman who worked for me, early 40's, happily married with a lovely husband, and two beautiful daughters, who seemed like the perfectly family until, in passing one day, she told me they all loved cross country skiing and didn't do that 'pointing down' stuff. Complete weirdos

And the second was a great Finish bloke I was in business with setting up a dot.com. He was always one of the most positive people I had ever come across, even after our business had gone down the pan

And I always remember him proudly telling me the Finns had great cuisine with over a dozen national dishes





All herring based, but over a dozen

I was once given bear pate in a restaurant in Helsinki - tasted ok until I was told what it was

 

[maresfield seagull]

The English twats who bagged 4 loungers around the pool yesterday and f***ed off on an excursion all day to return at 6 o’clock to retrieve their towels

Hung drawn and quartering is too good for them

One has a Chelsea tat too

Retirement is sort of agreeing with you Dave
far too many holidays