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Sep 20, 2024
7:43:08am

coolblue All-American

I thought happiness was something you felt internally.

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coolblue

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Joined: Jul 1, 2004
Last login: Nov 12, 2024
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According to this article, Louisiana is the unhappiest state in the US. The rest

Japan Coug

Sep 20, 12:20am

Does that take into account chemical modification?

TNT

Sep 20, 12:21am

Seems like a correlation with poverty sadly.

BaseCoug

Sep 20, 1:16am

Poor, overweight, and poorly educated.

Sep 20, 1:18am

Gosh dang it. 0/3

TNT

Sep 20, 1:25am

I wonder if they actually spoke with people (can’t see the study design)

Sep 20, 4:41am

Saw some happy folks in Louisiana when I lived

Born2Fish

Sep 20, 4:54am

If you click this link, you can read a lot more about the study design

Medute

Sep 20, 7:23am

I thought happiness was something you felt internally.

coolblue

Sep 20, 7:43am

Yeah, feels like that "study" decided what made them feel happy, and then

paulb

Sep 20, 7:53am

They specifically cited their methods for determining happiness measures

Medute

Sep 20, 8:13am

Yeah, I don't know why you don't just ask people if they're happy. It's not a

paulb

Sep 20, 8:19am

That’s actually a really interesting question

Medute

Sep 20, 8:28am

Yeah, I think friendly and happy are very different things.

Japan Coug

Sep 20, 10:18am

There are a few areas in NOLA I’d consider living in, otherwise LA is hard pass

Tare

Sep 20, 5:20am

Study was done by Wallethub and used commute time and life expectancy as markers

Sep 20, 5:30am

Four of the sunniest states make the top 10 on that list. I got to think the

paulb

Sep 20, 7:55am

Sunlight definitely affects depression. Sunlight interacts with the Pineal gland

Sep 20, 7:59am

Methodology is everything in these studies. Some don’t measure satisfaction

HenderCoug

Sep 20, 5:31am

Yep, very misleading to call it a happiness study.

paulb

Sep 20, 7:56am

Interesting that it doesn't correlate to suicide rates, which are highest in

txblue

Sep 20, 5:53am

Well I lived in West Virginia for 8 years and they were probably the best 8

EM_Puma

Sep 20, 6:35am

Does working for government = being on the dole?

Bullrider

Sep 20, 9:34am

I sure envied them with all their holidays off

EM_Puma

Sep 20, 10:22am

Idaho is the real #1.

TCuz

Sep 20, 7:04am

These are absurd clickbait articles. “Happiness research” is nearly all scammy.

valleus

Sep 20, 8:29am

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