*shrug* OK In KC, we're generally pretty happy. All my friends are employed, and they are all happy. Guess you make your own happiness.
On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 3:40 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > > Except that having a job does not mean that you are happy. Some people > really love their job and it is very much a part of who they are. I'd > hazard a guess that most people are not in that situation and that they are > in a job because they need the money. "Better than the alternative, I > guess" is rarely a recipe for happiness. > > Cheers, > Judah > > > On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 12:32 PM, GMoney <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Since the vast majority of Americans are employed...that's a lot of happy > > people. > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 2:27 PM, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > The people in the US with jobs are happy, the rest are miserable. But > if > > > you want to use Larry's logic, flip that around. > > > > > > . > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 2:57 PM, GMoney <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Americans are a strange bunch. We've got it good...real > > > > good...comparatively speaking...and deep down, most of us know that. > So > > > we > > > > have sort of weird attitudes like....we need to downplay how well > we've > > > got > > > > it, or we need to constantly be thinking that we really don't have it > > as > > > > good as we think, or maybe that how good I have it must be the > anomaly. > > > > > > > > Polls that ask Americans how THEY are doing, always come back pretty > > > sunny. > > > > But ask Americans how they think their NEIGHBORS are doing, and you'd > > > think > > > > we were a third world country without running water. > > > > > > > > LIke a happiness poll.....Question: "So how happy do you think most > > > > Americans are?" A: "not very!" > > > > > > > > Ok, next question...."How happy are you?" A: "Who, me? I'm just > ducky!" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 1:00 PM, Larry C. Lyons < > larrycly...@gmail.com > > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Here's the original report: > > > > > > http://unsdsn.org/files/2013/09/WorldHappinessReport2013_online.pdf > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Larry C. Lyons < > > larrycly...@gmail.com > > > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/22/denmark-happiest-country_n_4070761.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Chtmlws-sb-bb%7Cdl4%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D395069 > > > > > > > > > > > > Sorry to say guys but the US is pretty depressed. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Larry C. Lyons > > > > > web: http://www.lyonsmorris.com/lyons > > > > > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/larryclyons > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:368113 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
