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Finland isn’t the happiest country in the world, they’re the most sarcastic when filling out a survey.

Or maybe they’re the least sarcastic. Every other country in the world has people who just say “yeah life sucks” while enjoying themselves fully.

happiness = reality - expectations

which I believed some countries they have oddly lower expectations which helps boost their happiness self rating.

We can see clear evidence of this and one example is matpakke:

compare that to lunch culture in southern Europe for example.

Different cultures have different ideas of what constitutes happiness, so comparing self-ratings on happiness is worthless.

Depends what you're measuring.