Can confirm that I would also not place “society” in a top list of what makes my life meaningful.
Family in fourth position in Spain? HA! No way
What the frick is “General Positive” supposed to mean?
Young people are easily drawn to the idea of “I don’t need a family and kids, I’ll just make money and travel”, but reality often hits different.
People shouldn’t neglect this. Family *is* important. For a variety of reasons.
Whoa, don’t marry a Korean!
Funny how we cluster together with both our neighbors: the Belgians and the Japanese.
What’s going on in SK and Taiwan?
Soulmate
I was under the impression that Family was a massively important thing in Spain. No way they are that different from the rest of the Europe.
Germany not having friends makes kinda sense. Never felt that people find friendship THAT important here. Internet made it even worse. Meeting up with a friend is equal to making an appointment “How about next week Wednesday 6PM?”
So basically Australia and New Zealand are exactly the same.
Spaniard living in NL here.
Completely anecdotal data, but if I had to guess priorities for both my countries based on my observations it would be:
Spain – Family > Health > Society > Material well-being > Occupation
Netherlands – Material well being > Occupation > Family > Friends > Health
As a rule oof thumb I think that a typical spaniard would be more likely than a dutchman to turn down a high-salary job if it entails working more than normal along with its implications (less healthy, less time with family, friends, etc).
After 4 years in NL I do get why that seems so, since in comparison the work-culture is vastly different (generally less hours, powerful economy, protective worker-laws, solid trust in the government, etc) while the spanish model has a lot of known corruption, it allows companies to exploit employees and are rarely incentivised to even pay properly (as a worker in Spain the job-offer is poor, and you feel like the government doesn’t care for your rights, which is little motivation to even want to have a job in the first place).
As a dutch resident I feel far more enticed to take work seriously and be productive, because I feel that the relationship with companies is more equal, and of course they pay better in comparison.
I had a friend who went to South Korea on a students exchange program and was blown away by how bluntly materialistic everyone was. Basically everyone he met would instantly quiz him to find out about his background and if he’s worth their time so to speak, even though he was just some student who would soon leave anyway. Likewise, people would often tell and exaggerate how successful they or their family was even though he never asked. One of the few people I know who participated in one of these programs and came back disillusioned. Everything was about money and status. I suppose it’s that way everywhere, but there was a particular bluntness to it.
In Germany, u don’t have friends?
I expected Germany to be particularly fond of occupation..
Germany rightly felt it could be misconstrued if they chose “Occupation”
No other country on this list places career or material well-being so low down as the UK does.
I’m quite proud that most of us consider hobbies to be of greater importance than the job we do. Working to live, not living to work.
Taiwan is living in a society
Bottom text
UK and U.S. have their priorities straight.
UK having Warhammer in third place.
All south-korean women are gold-diggers then?
Taiwan be like:We live in a society
I reckon Austria would have “getting shitfaced every week”, “skiing” and certainly “getting shitfaced while skiing” among its top three things making life meaningful.
I can’t wait to go back to Taiwan, this stupid pandemic prevented me to do so, but going there, you can understand what means this #1 Society concern.
A lot of people would think that it means “sacrificing one’s personality to blend in society”, but it’s the actual opposite of that. People would go out of their way to help you or cheer you about pretty much anything, would it be finding your way to your train platform to encourage you when you try to speak Chinese, reach out to you out of genuine interest, and you feel like you’re in a right place.
This is a tremendous comfort to have a nation who cares about society first, you won’t ever *want* to be asocial there as you would feel like being an asshole, as you’d truly be a terrible person to act as such towards such people.
What is an asocial behaviour in Taiwan? One that disrupts the general order. If you’re drunk and start a fight, everyone will hate you. If you’re drunk and pass out on a bench, no one will say anything as you’re not disturbing public order.
I really love that society concept of “just don’t be an asshole and everything will be superb”.
There’s something rather stirring about Taiwan being the only country that names freedom, considering the shadow they have hanging over them from the other side of the strait.
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Notice that only one country have “Faith” listed at all.
Based Netherlands
Spain can into East Asian tigers (except economically).
Interesting that only Greece and the UK are the only two countries where “material well-being” is not listed.
Food should be 1st in France.
Anglosphere friendliest Sphere
We place hobbies higher than any other country. Seems about right. I don’t know anyone without *some* kind of interest or activity.
Also, not having material well-being on there makes me feel slightly proud.
The OECD has a way better and interactive map on the same subject :
https://www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org/responses/
Can confirm that I would also not place “society” in a top list of what makes my life meaningful.
Family in fourth position in Spain? HA! No way
What the frick is “General Positive” supposed to mean?
Young people are easily drawn to the idea of “I don’t need a family and kids, I’ll just make money and travel”, but reality often hits different.
People shouldn’t neglect this. Family *is* important. For a variety of reasons.
Whoa, don’t marry a Korean!
Funny how we cluster together with both our neighbors: the Belgians and the Japanese.
What’s going on in SK and Taiwan?
Soulmate
I was under the impression that Family was a massively important thing in Spain. No way they are that different from the rest of the Europe.
Germany not having friends makes kinda sense. Never felt that people find friendship THAT important here. Internet made it even worse. Meeting up with a friend is equal to making an appointment “How about next week Wednesday 6PM?”
So basically Australia and New Zealand are exactly the same.
Spaniard living in NL here.
Completely anecdotal data, but if I had to guess priorities for both my countries based on my observations it would be:
Spain – Family > Health > Society > Material well-being > Occupation
Netherlands – Material well being > Occupation > Family > Friends > Health
As a rule oof thumb I think that a typical spaniard would be more likely than a dutchman to turn down a high-salary job if it entails working more than normal along with its implications (less healthy, less time with family, friends, etc).
After 4 years in NL I do get why that seems so, since in comparison the work-culture is vastly different (generally less hours, powerful economy, protective worker-laws, solid trust in the government, etc) while the spanish model has a lot of known corruption, it allows companies to exploit employees and are rarely incentivised to even pay properly (as a worker in Spain the job-offer is poor, and you feel like the government doesn’t care for your rights, which is little motivation to even want to have a job in the first place).
As a dutch resident I feel far more enticed to take work seriously and be productive, because I feel that the relationship with companies is more equal, and of course they pay better in comparison.
I had a friend who went to South Korea on a students exchange program and was blown away by how bluntly materialistic everyone was. Basically everyone he met would instantly quiz him to find out about his background and if he’s worth their time so to speak, even though he was just some student who would soon leave anyway. Likewise, people would often tell and exaggerate how successful they or their family was even though he never asked. One of the few people I know who participated in one of these programs and came back disillusioned. Everything was about money and status. I suppose it’s that way everywhere, but there was a particular bluntness to it.
In Germany, u don’t have friends?
I expected Germany to be particularly fond of occupation..
Germany rightly felt it could be misconstrued if they chose “Occupation”
No other country on this list places career or material well-being so low down as the UK does.
I’m quite proud that most of us consider hobbies to be of greater importance than the job we do. Working to live, not living to work.
Taiwan is living in a society
Bottom text
UK and U.S. have their priorities straight.
UK having Warhammer in third place.
All south-korean women are gold-diggers then?
Taiwan be like:We live in a society
I reckon Austria would have “getting shitfaced every week”, “skiing” and certainly “getting shitfaced while skiing” among its top three things making life meaningful.
I can’t wait to go back to Taiwan, this stupid pandemic prevented me to do so, but going there, you can understand what means this #1 Society concern.
A lot of people would think that it means “sacrificing one’s personality to blend in society”, but it’s the actual opposite of that. People would go out of their way to help you or cheer you about pretty much anything, would it be finding your way to your train platform to encourage you when you try to speak Chinese, reach out to you out of genuine interest, and you feel like you’re in a right place.
This is a tremendous comfort to have a nation who cares about society first, you won’t ever *want* to be asocial there as you would feel like being an asshole, as you’d truly be a terrible person to act as such towards such people.
What is an asocial behaviour in Taiwan? One that disrupts the general order. If you’re drunk and start a fight, everyone will hate you. If you’re drunk and pass out on a bench, no one will say anything as you’re not disturbing public order.
I really love that society concept of “just don’t be an asshole and everything will be superb”.
There’s something rather stirring about Taiwan being the only country that names freedom, considering the shadow they have hanging over them from the other side of the strait.