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What’s wrong with Honk Hong and South Korea ? 90% says they’re very or rather happy and thinks only 20% of their peer does. I wonder if that’s linked to a cultural thing. Any Asian expert have an idea here ?
Knowing someone who grew up in HK, they're the most impossibly optimistic person I know. Maybe there's something in the food :P
We people are cruel creatures. We don't want news as much as we want to be entertained, and we are very much entertained by watching other people suffering.
This chart beggars belief. Could we have a link to the actual studies, and not an anonymous image, please??
What’s wrong with Honk Hong and South Korea ? 90% says they’re very or rather happy and thinks only 20% of their peer does. I wonder if that’s linked to a cultural thing. Any Asian expert have an idea here ?
I don't like that this graph starts at 20%
This (and alike) conclusion is likely wrong.
If there is a societal/cultural/political expectation to project happiness, people will say they are happy. Many people wouldn’t say they are unhappy to a stranger.
Fun fact, sociologists in Russia asking people nowadays “how do people around you feel? good/bad/worried/etc.” exactly because getting sincere answer to “how do you feel?” is impossible.
Such an arbitrary chart. On top of that, like other here said - can be easily skewed if the people surveyed are swayed by constant negative news in the media. They can say they're happy because they know it for sure but for others, they only see things in a twisted view.
PS. "arbitrary", no idea if arbitrary, but the chart is difficult to read.
