UK 2nd most miserable country

[Skeptisk]

Saw results of a survey today saying people in the U.K. are the second most miserable/unhappy in the world. Really?

Talk about first world problems. Anyone who voted should be made to spend a few months in a village in India or Pakistan (with no money). Or how about Haiti?

[macron]

We can't even fking win that.....

[Gecko1978]

Happiness is relative and based on expectations. So in hati my life goal would be to get to 30 and not be killed by a militia. In the UK it's not too loose my house or see my kids get an education thats better than just adequate.

We have since 2019 got poorer, seen our standards of living fall and yet we know certain people got very rich off the back of covid. It hardly makes you think what a utopia we live in even if life in hati is worse

[Blue62]

macron said:

We can't even fking win that.....

Ha! I don’t think the weather helps, especially over the last couple of months. The older I get the more I yearn for warm, dry weather, you can do so much more with your time. Still love the U.K. though, it’s home.

[G-wiz]

Will only get more miserable as more and more people are coming off mortgage rates starting with a 1.x% and moving to a 4.x%.

[Lotobear]

G-wiz said:

Will only get more miserable as more and more people are coming off mortgage rates starting with a 1.x% and moving to a 4.x%.

Mine once went to over 14% and I wasn't miserable.

But, as regards the question, without having a spell living in every other country on the 'miserometer' scale it's impossible to say. The UK has a lot of faults, the weather is one (but Norway is much worse in that respect) but we still have a lot of positives, however I would not wish to live in London at the moment which is probably where the survey sample was mostly taken

[Sheets Tabuer]

Those bds have been reading these forums haven't they?

[Randy Winkman]

Sheets Tabuer said:

Those bds have been reading these forums haven't they?

That's what I was just thinking - it's not full of optimism is it?

[ScotHill]

All those other countries are just arrogant and deluded, we Brits call a spade a ct and know that life is st. Been the case since Chaucer.

[ChocolateFrog]

I assume women were not allowed to vote in any of the Muslim countries.

And there's several countries where no one would be allowed to vote.

As st as it feels at times if you averaged every single metric we'd be very near the top.

Switzerland might be great but its a bit miserable if you're a petrolhead and not a billionaire.

Or American and fancy slightly longer grass.

Or German and want to wash your own car.

And that's just trivial stuff.

We don't do much outstandingly well, but we also don't do that much that is outrageously bad.

[sherbertdip]

Is this some kind of satire?

Is that a question or a statement?

Either way second to which other. I think the answer is no either way, It may be st in some aspects but overall it's not a bad place compared to many other countries.

[dvs_dave]

Lotobear said:

Mine once went to over 14% and I wasn't miserable.

But, as regards the question, without having a spell living in every other country on the 'miserometer' scale it's impossible to say. The UK has a lot of faults, the weather is one (but Norway is much worse in that respect) but we still have a lot of positives, however I would not wish to live in London at the moment which is probably where the survey sample was mostly taken

Ahh, citing mortgage rates from the 70s and 80s as though they have some sort of relevance to affordability today.

[Lotobear]

dvs_dave said:

Lotobear said:

Mine once went to over 14% and I wasn't miserable.

But, as regards the question, without having a spell living in every other country on the 'miserometer' scale it's impossible to say. The UK has a lot of faults, the weather is one (but Norway is much worse in that respect) but we still have a lot of positives, however I would not wish to live in London at the moment which is probably where the survey sample was mostly taken

Ahh, citing mortgage rates from the 70s and 80s as though they have some sort of relevance to affordability today.

...It was another poster who first mentioned mortgage rates, I simply said by way of a counter experience that I wasn't miserable on over 14% - you made the leap

[Skeptisk]

sherbertdip said:

Is this some kind of satire?

Is that a question or a statement?

Either way second to which other. I think the answer is no either way, It may be st in some aspects but overall it's not a bad place compared to many other countries.

I didn’t commission the survey/poll nor carry it out but as it was reported by various media I assume it is not a joke.

[markymarkthree]

1st place goes to the Irish today.

[S600BSB]

markymarkthree said:

1st place goes to the Irish today.

Very good!

[Digger]

As the OP couldn't be fking arsed - I'm guessing this is the relevant info he is referring to . . .

https://mentalstateoftheworld.report/2023_read/

https://sapienlabs.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/...

[leef44]

The more I read global news then the more I'm glad that the UK is a relatively comfortable place to live. It's definitely not a case of the "grass is greener..."

So I'm happy living in the UK and very surprised if some people feel it is the 2nd most miserable country (is that compared to the rest of the world?)

[philv]

Gecko1978 said:

Happiness is relative and based on expectations. So in hati my life goal would be to get to 30 and not be killed by a militia. In the UK it's not too loose my house or see my kids get an education thats better than just adequate.

We have since 2019 got poorer, seen our standards of living fall and yet we know certain people got very rich off the back of covid. It hardly makes you think what a utopia we live in even if life in hati is worse

That's not why we are poorer.
Covid and a major war in Ukraine have seen to that.

And don't think for one minute it won't be just different mouths in the trough after the election.

[Some Gump]

From my travels..

Nordic countries are happier. belgium, netherlands too.

The rest of the world? Probably not as happy as us imo.

This is not as scientific thing, but certainly the US is less happy, as is france, greece from what i can see.

All relative though! Imo the whole of Europe is massively lucky to not be Venezuela, a cartel country, anywhere in africa, ukraine, etc...