why is our suicide rate lower than Norway, Iceland, Portugal, Sweden, New Zealand, Poland, Switzerland, France, Finland, and Belgium? Just to name a few
Last edited by Macbeth (2010-01-30 21:20:30)
because the bankers in the US are still getting their bonuses, the others guys dont
The US economy is a giant Ponzi scheme. And 'to big to fail' is code speak for 'niahnahniahniahnah 99 percenters'
Because of this:
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My state was founded by Batman. Your opinion is invalid.
Probably has something to do with this:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24502967Individuals with conservative ideologies are happier than liberal-leaners, and new research pinpoints the reason: Conservatives rationalize social and economic inequalities.
Regardless of marital status, income or church attendance, right-wing individuals reported greater life satisfaction and well-being than left-wingers, the new study found. Conservatives also scored highest on measures of rationalization, which gauge a person's tendency to justify, or explain away, inequalities.
The rationalization measure included statements such as: "It is not really that big a problem if some people have more of a chance in life than others," and "This country would be better off if we worried less about how equal people are."
To justify economic inequalities, a person could support the idea of meritocracy, in which people supposedly move up their economic status in society based on hard work and good performance. In that way, one's social class attainment, whether upper, middle or lower, would be perceived as totally fair and justified.
If your beliefs don't justify gaps in status, you could be left frustrated and disheartened, according to the researchers, Jaime Napier and John Jost of New York University. They conducted a U.S.-centric survey and a more internationally focused one to arrive at the findings.
"Our research suggests that inequality takes a greater psychological toll on liberals than on conservatives," the researchers write in the June issue of the journal Psychological Science, "apparently because liberals lack ideological rationalizations that would help them frame inequality in a positive (or at least neutral) light."
The results support and further explain a Pew Research Center survey from 2006, in which 47 percent of conservative Republicans in the U.S. described themselves as "very happy," while only 28 percent of liberal Democrats indicated such cheer.
The same rationalizing phenomena could apply to personal situations as well.
"There is no reason to think that the effects we have identified here are unique to economic forms of inequality," the researchers write. "Research suggests that highly egalitarian women are less happy in their marriages compared with their more traditional counterparts, apparently because they are more troubled by disparities in domestic labor."
The current study was funded by the National Science Foundation.
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
-Frederick Bastiat
We kill each other instead.
America's "happiness" ranking is very low among developed nations, we're overworked, underpaid, and generally miserable.
Statistics are important and extremely relevant to how I live my life.
I'm happyS.Lythberg wrote:
We kill each other instead.
America's "happiness" ranking is very low among developed nations, we're overworked, underpaid, and generally miserable.
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
-Frederick Bastiat
stats r lifeFlaming_Maniac wrote:
Statistics are important and extremely relevant to how I live my life.
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those countries have shitty seasons and long winters get depressing
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Fat, dumb and happy syndrome.JohnG@lt wrote:
Individuals with conservative ideologies are happier than liberal-leaners, and new research pinpoints the reason: Conservatives rationalize social and economic inequalities.
Русский военный корабль, иди на хуй!
You gotta admit though, the happy part must be nice... (not so much the other two).Dilbert_X wrote:
Fat, dumb and happy syndrome.JohnG@lt wrote:
Individuals with conservative ideologies are happier than liberal-leaners, and new research pinpoints the reason: Conservatives rationalize social and economic inequalities.
On a totally unrelated note, The Saturdays covered a Depeche Mode song?
Covered one, used another as background.Turquoise wrote:
You gotta admit though, the happy part must be nice... (not so much the other two).Dilbert_X wrote:
Fat, dumb and happy syndrome.JohnG@lt wrote:
Individuals with conservative ideologies are happier than liberal-leaners, and new research pinpoints the reason: Conservatives rationalize social and economic inequalities.
On a totally unrelated note, The Saturdays covered a Depeche Mode song?
But yes, if you're ignorant about how tenuous your fortunate position is, and don't give a shit about anyone elses situation its easy to be happy.
Русский военный корабль, иди на хуй!
Me tooJohnG@lt wrote:
I'm happyS.Lythberg wrote:
We kill each other instead.
America's "happiness" ranking is very low among developed nations, we're overworked, underpaid, and generally miserable.
But the people who took the easy way out when they were younger are now (unsurprisingly) unfulfilled later in life.
Instead of guns, you get stabbings instead with Aus and UK.
Dilbert_X wrote:
But yes, if you're ignorant about how tenuous your fortunate position is, and don't give a shit about anyone elses situation its easy to be happy.
Well, half of those factor into the suicide rate anyway...
I think a lot of it is due to what things make people happy. Do you feel happier making a ton of money, living in a functioning family, doing meaningful work, or having a cool hobby? Maybe some societies' priorities line up better with what they are successful at doing.
lolS.Lythberg wrote:
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We kill each other instead.
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...show me the schematic
...show me the schematic
I don't know about that - ignorance is bliss....Turquoise wrote:
You gotta admit though, the happy part must be nice... (not so much the other two).Dilbert_X wrote:
Fat, dumb and happy syndrome.JohnG@lt wrote:
Individuals with conservative ideologies are happier than liberal-leaners, and new research pinpoints the reason: Conservatives rationalize social and economic inequalities.
Can't speak for Aus, but the UK still has significantly lower per capita knife crime rates than the US.Cybargs wrote:
Instead of guns, you get stabbings instead with Aus and UK.
Gun crime in the US is a far higher proportion of homicides - but the differences in the figures are immense. Knife crime in the UK is supposedly a youth phenomenon. Lets look at the homicide figures for the US, UK, France and Germany - for the US the rate is 11/100000, in the UK it is 0.9, in Germany 0.8 and in France 0.6. That's a vast difference. (Latin America averages 36 and Africa 17 BTW)
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And why is it higher than Zimbabwe? And who the fuck ever said it was 'shitty'?
Last edited by CameronPoe (2010-01-31 03:54:30)
Did you notice it is lowest for countries in the Middle East...?CameronPoe wrote:
And why is it higher than Zimbabwe? And who the fuck ever said it was 'shitty'?
religion of peaceBertster7 wrote:
Did you notice it is lowest for countries in the Middle East...?CameronPoe wrote:
And why is it higher than Zimbabwe? And who the fuck ever said it was 'shitty'?
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Use an umbrella
Well apparently Mexicans are twice as happy as Americans.
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Русский военный корабль, иди на хуй!
personally i'd be happy on a diet of burritos and tequilaDilbert_X wrote:
Well apparently Mexicans are twice as happy as Americans.
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Small hourglass island
Always raining and foggy
Use an umbrella
Always raining and foggy
Use an umbrella
and bulletsFatherTed wrote:
personally i'd be happy on a diet of burritos and tequilaDilbert_X wrote:
Well apparently Mexicans are twice as happy as Americans.
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is new jersey really as bad as everyone says it is