So, countries that have high taxes also have large numbers of sexual partners. Maybe I should continue to live in the US and buy a vacation house in Scandinavia?
Oddly, Adrian White, analytic social psychologist at the University of Leicester in England rated what he considered to be the happiest countries in the world. According to White’s data, the top 10 countries in the world with the highest SWL rankings are:
1. Denmark
2. Switzerland
3. Austria
4. Iceland
5. Bahamas
6. Finland
7. Sweden
8. Bhutan
9. Brunei Darussalam
10. Canada
From his site:
The map(goto the site to view)itself mirrors other projection of poverty and GDP. This data on SWB was compared with data on access to education (UNESCO, 2005), health (United Nations, 2005), and poverty (CIA, 2006). It was found that SWB correlated most strongly with health (.7) closely followed by wealth (.6) and access to basic education (.6). This adds to the evidence that from a global perspective the biggest causes of SWB are poverty and associated variables.
Marks, N., Abdallah, S., Simms, A, Thompson, S. (2006). The Happy Planet Index. London: New Economics Foundation.
Taxes? Pffft. . .we’re all getting laid!
(Thanks to reader AF for the links.)
haha! great post.
I went backpacking for a month through spain after my first year in college with 3 good HS buddies (the one Yalie was our sole translator!).
I was NOT disappointed w/the women. That said, I wouldn’t mind renting a spot on the beach in southern spain for the summer.
I was absolutely taken by Nerja. Stunning place.
Mike in GA
I drove around with a buddy (learning) surfing in Spain and bits of Portugal and France. Once we learned that we couldn’t eat between noon and 5pm (and packed PB&Js) we were ok.
I fell in love with San Sebastian and Lagos. . .
More likely it’s:
“Well, I’m not that attracted to you, but the gov’t is already screwing me so I might as well let you too…”
The callout on the Durex graph says:
“The typical Israeli loses his virginity at 16 years old, with a national average of ten sexual partners.”
Thank G-d for that comma.
j’adoube
SWL? SWB? WTF?
Scandanavians have lots of sex because they have lots of underwear shops because it's pitch dark half the year. They pay lots of tax because they need to have a excellent welfare system to maintain such a highly sexed community.
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Scandanavians have lots of sex because they have lots of underwear shops because it's pitch dark half the year. They pay lots of tax because they need to have a excellent welfare system to maintain such a highly sexed community.
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