@PugJesusM to Political Compass MemesEnglish • 2 months agoWhy are Nordic countries the happiest?imagemessage-square6arrow-up135arrow-down14
arrow-up131arrow-down1imageWhy are Nordic countries the happiest?@PugJesusM to Political Compass MemesEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square6
minus-square@DasuslinkEnglish6•2 months agoIt’s wasn’t about happiness. It was about contentedness, but that’s an awfully big word for most media readers, so journalists changed it to “happiness”. When you go and ask Finns “are you content”, you’ll get “eh, can’t complain”, because complaining is un-Finnish. I mean we don’t have to really fear being homeless or dying of hunger, but there’s various other issues. They’re just different.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months ago When you go and ask Finns “are you content”, you’ll get “eh, can’t complain”, because complaining is un-Finnish. Finnish answers to “how are you?” are hilarious. Just ok can’t complain not too shit everything said loud enough (pun’ey answer on how “how are you” is worded in Finnish “what are you hearing”) just the same well I guess nothing here same shit and what else there is
It’s wasn’t about happiness.
It was about contentedness, but that’s an awfully big word for most media readers, so journalists changed it to “happiness”.
When you go and ask Finns “are you content”, you’ll get “eh, can’t complain”, because complaining is un-Finnish.
I mean we don’t have to really fear being homeless or dying of hunger, but there’s various other issues. They’re just different.
Finnish answers to “how are you?” are hilarious.
and what else there is