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    Congrats Drgs!....please share with us your secret to happiness.

    This country ranks No. 1 for ‘life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness’ (it’s not America)

    http://www.marketwatch.com/story…

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    • clearly about form and color: cross, red, white and blue makes you happy. avoid yellow.uan
    • who cares about this list, I want to see where all the miserable cunts are!_niko
    • pfft, how can they be happy, they have no beaches and no burning man festival...robotron3k
    • Norway has plenty of beaches. They're a coastal nation.ETM
    • most counties have beaches on that list.sureshot
    • Seems Scandinavia hired the same design agency...SoulFly
    • there are beaches in norway, but usable 5% of the year, same applies to all top 5 countriesdrgs
    • Switzerland has no beaches. They just swim in money.Longcopylover
    • http://www.wired.co.…
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    • Switzerland no beaches? no way!sureshot
    • I thought Jante's Law was a bit bust in Norway these past few decades, with a growing disparity between country folk and oil-invested city slickers?detritus
    • Everyone loves to hate Jante's Law -- jokingly, but when you see it in real life, people are not really aware that its their naturedrgs
    • I've been in meetings with people from different countries, but there is one pattern which repeats itself in the north, and esp. Norway:drgs
    • What can you say about Switzerland, the flag is a big plus.monoboy
    • Countries one to six have high taxes and hot looking women?monoboy
    • During the meeting -- uniform agreement on everything, never any complaints. The next day, they send their objections by email, almost anonymouslydrgs
    • don't believe this. Top countries have the highest rates of suicide.Beeswax
    • Socialism Wins!i_monk
    • take out the prozac and i'm sure the numbers would be higher for americapinkfloyd
    • #15? higher than i thoughtsince1979
    • Perhaps population dumbness creeps in somewhere mid-table...MrT
    • ^ Yup. The education systems of the top six and their more 'socially inclusive' culture might explain this graph.monoboy
    • The Fins and Norwegians I've worked with had a very relaxed attitude to work because their competence was very high. Took longer but outcomes always better.monoboy
    • Danske jävlar!face_melter
    • For the record, I love Jante's law, being a product of Scottish Calvinism - wish it was more in evidence here in Blighty, London especially.detritus
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