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2. When was the last time you threw a tomato with joyous abandon?
A. In Romania, we create sumptuous tomato dishes whose taste and qualities exceed the highest European standard. I threw a turnip recently, though.
B. Funny, I was in the middle of throwing a tomato while reading the question. So lighthearted are my people, ja ja!
C. I just burped. I think I tasted tomato.
D. I am German. Why would I throw a tomato, a piece of food, when I am expected to feed the teeming poor who seek refuge in my country?
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A pathetic ad hominem.
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I've seen lots of articles on how people in France suffer from high rates of depression, suicide, etc.. That's a mystery to me. Beautiful country with a nice lifestyle. Hard to figure out. It's just as surprising that people in Germany have such a lacklustre happiness ranking.
It's called heroic pessimism, and this isn't anything new. Germans have been like that from the beginning of time. That attitude really helps with creating classical music and philosophy.
Personally, I would take Germany with its pessimism and unhappiness over all those happy-clappy-crappy places. There is no other place in the world where I feel so happy and so free.
It's called heroic pessimism, and this isn't anything new. Germans have been like that from the beginning of time. That attitude really helps with creating classical music and philosophy.
Personally, I would take Germany with its pessimism and unhappiness over all those happy-clappy-crappy places. There is no other place in the world where I feel so happy and so free.
I saw an article online that showed where countries ranked according to the prevalence of bipolar disorder in their population (manic-depressive illness). Apparently, it's more common in some countries than in others. Germany was very high on the list. By contrast, almost no one in Iceland has bipolar disorder.
I have no idea what that indicates. Just thought it was an interesting correlation to the "heroic pessimism". Also, it makes me think of "sturm und drang" and the German part of Romanticism in the 19th century.
I saw an article online that showed where countries ranked according to the prevalence of bipolar disorder in their population (manic-depressive illness). Apparently, it's more common in some countries than in others. Germany was very high on the list. By contrast, almost no one in Iceland has bipolar disorder.
Did Italy rank as the first? It should be. "We are so the best in everything, but we are still so crap in every other things". Simply must be the most bipolar nation on Earth.
Did Italy rank as the first? It should be. "We are so the best in everything, but we are still so crap in every other things". Simply must be the most bipolar nation on Earth.
Physically Germany is very similar to many parts of Romania, not dull at all. Maybe the flat lowlands of northern Germany might appear dull to outsiders, but they expand to the Netherlands and Denmark too.
Culturally the Dutch are close to Germans and the Danes somewhat to north Germans.
So why are the Dutch number 7 and the Danes number 3 on the list? Nothing to do with dullness.
Yep, I agree. It's not about environment. Assuming the report is accurate, it's cultural attitudes. Just based on my brief visits to Germany & The Netherlands, it seemed to me the Dutch were happier & more upbeat than the Germans.
I saw an article online that showed where countries ranked according to the prevalence of bipolar disorder in their population (manic-depressive illness). Apparently, it's more common in some countries than in others. Germany was very high on the list. By contrast, almost no one in Iceland has bipolar disorder.
I have no idea what that indicates. Just thought it was an interesting correlation to the "heroic pessimism". Also, it makes me think of "sturm und drang" and the German part of Romanticism in the 19th century.
I know some people won't believe this, but a fair amount of mental illness is diet related. Omega 3s from all the fish Icelanders eat could be protecting them from mental illness.
It's the killing gene. Germans love to wage war and kill, and now when they haven't been able to do so in 70 years they are unhappy. Simple as that.
Such BS. I hope you were joking.
They are not allowed to be happy. As soon as they are proud about something or get excited, somebody waves the Nazi flag over them and they have to shut up again.
It's time that all the people from back then are finally dead and the guilt shaming can be over. My dad wasn't even alive back then and we are tired for taking the blame over something our grand parents did. It's about time that we can walk with our chins up again like all other nations.
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why did you drag us into this thread?
