The “Happy” map was created based on a lot of subjective garbage?

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Mar 6, 2019
1:18:40pm

Philosoraptor All-American

The “Happy” map was created based on a lot of subjective garbage?

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Philosoraptor

Previous username: BeefNoodleCoug
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Help me out figuring out how these two maps can be possible.

cougfanblue CB Nose Hair

3/6/19 12:40pm

Being good at something makes people happy

kimchicoug

3/6/19 12:43pm

This shouldn't make me laugh... but it does.

Tokolosh

3/6/19 12:44pm

I noticed there aren't many people living in the happiest states. Some people are happy alone, others are lonely.

chago04

3/6/19 12:44pm

You’re either really happy. Or really sad. No in between in those states.

Superkid

3/6/19 12:45pm

For one, with the suicide rates, I notice that it looks a lot like a population

WhiteKnight

3/6/19 12:46pm

Because all the happy people around makes some people sad.

Coach's Dad

3/6/19 12:47pm

What I see is don't move to Oklahoma

3/6/19 12:47pm

Could be like the Christmas effect

darkcoug

3/6/19 12:53pm

Seeing a bunch of apparently happy people makes depression worse.

shimmy

3/6/19 12:53pm

I would also point out the strong correlation between suicide risk and firearms

WhiteKnight

3/6/19 12:55pm

Medicated?

TNT

3/6/19 12:55pm

Suicide in general is such an extremely low % of the population that there really

lightmann

3/6/19 12:56pm

The first is subjectively self-reported. The second is based on objective

unctoothman

3/6/19 1:00pm

way to go Delaware: little island of happiness surrounded by a sea of misery

byujag

3/6/19 1:06pm

Let's look at the suicide map:

AFewThoughts

3/6/19 1:11pm

Exactly. I don't put much stock into it.

777

3/6/19 1:25pm

Board name checks out.

idacoug

3/6/19 1:48pm

The “Happy” map was created based on a lot of subjective garbage?

3/6/19 1:18pm

The unhappy people remove themselves from consideration

DapperDan

3/6/19 5:34pm

That’s mean

kimchicoug

3/6/19 5:36pm

It looks like one is an average and the other is a measure

couldge

3/7/19 12:33am

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