Do we really have the best Quality of Life?

Bill-e

Came across this on Fark today:

http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/because-every-country-is-the-best-at-something/

I had read somewhere that New Zealand had the best quality of life?

The_Minister

Depends what criteria you use.

We tend to top polls on happiness etc, but not public service lists etc.

I'm surprised that we are top though, regardless of the measurement used.

IBTL

Cue a good ole fashioned b*tch about Ireland...

LiNgWiStIkZ

They've clearly not been here :pac:

ntlbell

The_Minister wrote: »

Depends what criteria you use.

We tend to top polls on happiness etc, but not public service lists etc.

I'm surprised that we are top though, regardless of the measurement used.

It's amazing, 1 in 4 suffering with depression, and we're the happiest country in the EU, must be all the tea we drink :rolleyes:

rockmongrel

ntlbell wrote: »

It's amazing, 1 in 4 suffering with depression, and we're the happiest country in the EU, must be all the tea we drink :rolleyes:

I'm having a cuppa right now, couldn't be happier

fontanalis

Remember when Ireland was the richest country in the world?

ntlbell

rockmongrel wrote: »

I'm having a cuppa right now, couldn't be happier

you could be, you could be having da jelly bit of a wibbly wobbly wonder

The_Minister

ntlbell wrote: »

It's amazing, 1 in 4 suffering with depression, and we're the happiest country in the EU, must be all the tea we drink :rolleyes:

Meh, what people always forget in threads like these is that people in other countries think their countries suck too.

Except the Americans and the French - but they objectively suck.

Mr Cawley

i love ireland. i've grown very attached to the greenery and complaining

ntlbell

The_Minister wrote: »

Meh, what people always forget in threads like these is that people in other countries think their countries suck too.

Except the Americans and the French - but they objectively suck.

Maybe it's our ability to self medicate on headshop sn0w

NothingMan

Thursday night: Went to a mates house had 5 beers and listened to some tunes.

Friday: Finished work. Sister made me dinner. Went to friends and palyed Mario Kart and drank a 6 pack. Went to a night club, drank more. Met other friends, went back to theirs, stopping in a playground for some sliding on the way.

Saturday: Woke up about 10:30, took nurofen. Woke up about half 3. Sister brought me McD's to my apartment. Watched TV on my new projector in bed, girlfriend brought me beer. Got up about 8 for dinner the gf made and went to a house party. Drank and played darts all night.

Sunday: Woke up at some point. Watched movies with gf on projector all day. Made a burger at some point and ate a half tub of Ben & Jerrys.

Sounds like a good quality of life to me.








Monday: Back to work.... No you're right, this is shit.

smellslikeshoes

Some of those things are just ridiculous, Egypt famous for convicts? Australia famous for car thefts? :rolleyes:

ntlbell

NothingMan wrote: »

Thursday night: Went to a mates house had 5 beers and listened to some tunes.

Friday: Finished work. Sister made me dinner. Went to friends and palyed Mario Kart and drank a 6 pack. Went to a night club, drank more. Met other friends, went back to theirs, stopping in a playground for some sliding on the way.

Saturday: Woke up about 10:30, took nurofen. Woke up about half 3. Sister brought me McD's to my apartment. Watched TV on my new projector in bed, girlfriend brought me beer. Got up about 8 for dinner the gf made and went to a house party. Drank and played darts all night.

Sunday: Woke up at some point. Watched movies with gf on projector all day. Made a burger at some point and ate a half tub of Ben & Jerrys.

Sounds like a good quality of life to me.








Monday: Back to work.... No you're right, this is shit.

and you didn't hit the gf once?

You're doing it wrong.

cleremy jarkson

I'd say we definately, definately live in one of the top 10 countries, probably top 5 and very possibly the best.

No natural disasters.
No involvement in international nuclear war bullshít.
We have a great abilty (like the British) to laugh at ourselves.
Lots of national pride.
Extremely generous social welfare system, aswell as real opportunities for social mobility for everybody.
Quite low rate of murder: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur_percap-crime-murders-per-capita
Decent enough weather (compared to, say, Bangladesh), where we have mildly cold winters and decent summers.
Virtually nobody goes hungry.
We're not made to go out and work in a sweat shop when we're 6 years old.
Low taxes in comparison to the other countries that would be competitiors for the title of "country with highest quality of life" ie. the scandinavian countries.

I can think of many more, in fact, I typed all those up without thinking very much.

I love living in Ireland and feel very fortunate to have been born here.

Mike 1972

fontanalis wrote: »

Remember when Ireland was the richest country in the world?

.........And the streets were paved with gold (or was it dog poo ?)

ntlbell

Mike 1972 wrote: »

.........And the streets were paved with gold (or was it dog poo ?)

and bertie didn't have a bank account.

good times!

MitchKoobski

My boxers are hitching up my arse in work and I can't stand up to fix them because it'll look like I've got my hand down my pants.

If this isn't quality of life, I don't know what is.

PeterIanStaker

The_Minister wrote: »

Meh, what people always forget in threads like these is that people in other countries think their countries suck too.

Do other country's media tell them they suck and don't deserve to be here every day, or is it just ours?

Overheal

Bill-e wrote: »

Came across this on Fark today:

http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/because-every-country-is-the-best-at-something/

I had read somewhere that New Zealand had the best quality of life?

You took that seriously? :pac:

United States - Serial Killers
Spain - Robberies
Australia - Car Thefts
Somalia - Pirates
Uganda - Children
Bolivia - Brazil Nuts (?!)
Brazil - Sugar
Georgia - Library Books?

etc

granted im sure theres some obscure source that says ireland has the best quality of life... but i respectfully disagree.

aDeener

ntlbell wrote: »

and you didn't hit the gf once?

You're doing it wrong.

unfortunately one can't be bayytin ones woman anymore, i dont know how they expect us to keep 'em in line.....

rossie1977

cleremy jarkson wrote: »

I'd say we definately, definately live in one of the top 10 countries, probably top 5 and very possibly the best.
.

ireland is no doubt a first world country and i stand up for it everytime on this forum but we are a long way from being the best or even top 5, the scandinavian countries (and i have been to them all) have us beat in every category from public transport to schools to health to things to actually do outside going to the pub at night

danbohan

cleremy jarkson wrote: »

I'd say we definately, definately live in one of the top 10 countries, probably top 5 and very possibly the best.

No natural disasters. EXCEPT OUR POLITICIANS
No involvement in international nuclear war bullshít. HOW YOU KNOW MAYBE ISRALIS HAVE FAKE IRISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS TOO

We have a great abilty (like the British) to laugh at ourselves.THEY HAVE NO CHOICE WE DO

Lots of national pride. I SEE IT EVERY SAT NIGHT

Extremely generous social welfare system, aswell as real opportunities for social mobility for everybody.THE SOCIAL WELFARE RECIPIENTS ARE ONLY ONES CAN AFFORD TO MOVE
Quite low rate of murder: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur_percap-crime-murders-per-capita
Decent enough weather (compared to, say, Bangladesh), where we have mildly cold winters and decent summers.WEATHER DECENT ?
Virtually nobody goes hungry.THAT GREAT
We're not made to go out and work in a sweat shop when we're 6 years old.NO BUT WE HAVE STAY IN SWEATSHOP UNTIL WE ARE 68 NOW
Low taxes in comparison to the other countries that would be competitiors for the title of "country with highest quality of life" ie. the scandinavian countries.YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR

I can think of many more, in fact, I typed all those up without thinking very much.

I love living in Ireland and feel very fortunate to have been born here.

or


BUT UR RIGHT ,ITS STILL GREAT COUNTRY

NothingMan

ntlbell wrote: »

and you didn't hit the gf once?

You're doing it wrong.

I have a devoted girlfriend who I would never raise a hand to (unless she wanted me to ).

But now if you mean 'hit' in a more erotic way then some things had to be omitted. My good ladies honour must not be tarnished.

Hank_Jones

You know your country is in trouble when the thing you are ranked best at is terrorism (Iraq).

Wouldn't be too sure about Taiwan having the best Phalaenopsis Orchids either, I hear Japan's are top class.

JONJO THE MISER

Tis a great quality of life here. Today i sauntered down to the dole office signed on, had a stroll around town and a quick lunch followed by a few scoops with a mate then back home where im now indulging in a few cans of Beamish finest porter and all on time to watch North Korea beat Braizil, all hail Kim Jong-il.

reallyrose

Mike 1972 wrote: »

.........And the streets were paved with gold (or was it dog poo ?)

chewing gum!

SarahBeep!

fontanalis wrote: »

Remember when Ireland was the richest country in the world?

Back when the Celtic Tigger was a cub?

RachPie

I can only speak for myself and the people I know - we have it good, despite all the bitching and moaning some people do on a daily basis! Most of the people I know have their health, a roof over their heads, clothes on their backs and food in their cupboards. For a developed county, the only thing that I would really pull up on is the health service (especially mental health).

johngalway

Bill-e wrote: »

Came across this on Fark today:

http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/because-every-country-is-the-best-at-something/

I had read somewhere that New Zealand had the best quality of life?

If you can afford it, I'm sure we do.

Otherwise, we definitely do not.

fontanalis

SarahBeep! wrote: »

Back when the Celtic Tigger was a cub?

Then it was put in a bag with a brick and driven to the liffey.

Absurdum

RachPie wrote: »

I can only speak for myself and the people I know - we have it good, despite all the bitching and moaning some people do on a daily basis! Most of the people I know have their health, a roof over their heads, clothes on their backs and food in their cupboards. For a developed county, the only thing that I would really pull up on is the health service (especially mental health).

here here

we lack real pride in ourselves and our nation - maybe that's why we elect retards to run the place

Teutorix

North korea > soldiers

Iraq>terrorism

This cant be right, China has the worlds largest standing army and they just put iraq down because of american propaganda to take the focus away from the lack of the WMDs

Also namibia isnt even the 3rd largest producer of uranium, therefore this list is bull**** and everyone should ignore it.

Bill-e

Teutorix wrote: »

North korea > soldiers

Iraq>terrorism

This cant be right, China has the worlds largest standing army and they just put iraq down because of american propaganda to take the focus away from the lack of the WMDs

Also namibia isnt even the 3rd largest producer of uranium, therefore this list is bull**** and everyone should ignore it.

Just saw that down the end it say per % population or something...

token56

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality-of-life_index

I'm sure this has changed in the past few years, but I definitely think this country still has one of the best quality of lifes to offer. In reality we are a fairly sheltered country and are too focused on our own problems to see that we are much better off than a lot, if not the majority of other countries. Things have gone down hill in the past few years, but even at that, Ireland is a still a relatively good place to live.

Dudess

Ridiculously so (generally speaking).

maninasia

token56 wrote: »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality-of-life_index

I'm sure this has changed in the past few years, but I definitely think this country still has one of the best quality of lifes to offer. In reality we are a fairly sheltered country and are too focused on our own problems to see that we are much better off than a lot, if not the majority of other countries. Things have gone down hill in the past few years, but even at that, Ireland is a still a relatively good place to live.

It's good for mediocre types...

ScumLord

Part of the appeal and problem with Ireland is our relaxed attitude to everything. To get anything done in the UK you have to jump through all kind of hoops. Your being constantly observed by the law so you just can't relax and that continues on in other countries.

Dudess

maninasia wrote: »

It's good for mediocre types...

Quality of life is what's being referred to here, and even if Ireland is overall a fairly mediocre country, our quality of life is excellent.

christina_x

ntlbell wrote: »

It's amazing, 1 in 4 suffering with depression, and we're the happiest country in the EU, must be all the tea we drink :rolleyes:

As far as i know its 1 in 4 suffer from a mental illness - not just depression, and thats all throughout europe not just Ireland :pac:

Manic Moran

People have an amazing ability to never be satisfied. Those of us from the developed world need to go have a visit to some place like Afghanistan. I just had to get my car re-registered, and I witnessed someone complaining boisterously about having to wait half an hour to register his RV and Mercedes. If that's the worst thing he's got to complain about, he's doing well. Not as if he has to worry about having clean water.

NTM

prinz

Our quality of life is good, not nearly as good as it should really be though. Best in the world it certainly is not. I'd give it a B-.

PeterIanStaker

fontanalis wrote: »

Then it was put in a bag with a brick and driven to the liffey.

Surely you mean brown envelope?

mihaitza

mihaitza

Nice!

Dilynnio

NothingMan wrote: »

Thursday night: Went to a mates house had 5 beers and listened to some tunes.

Friday: Finished work. Sister made me dinner. Went to friends and palyed Mario Kart and drank a 6 pack. Went to a night club, drank more. Met other friends, went back to theirs, stopping in a playground for some sliding on the way.

Saturday: Woke up about 10:30, took nurofen. Woke up about half 3. Sister brought me McD's to my apartment. Watched TV on my new projector in bed, girlfriend brought me beer. Got up about 8 for dinner the gf made and went to a house party. Drank and played darts all night.

Sunday: Woke up at some point. Watched movies with gf on projector all day. Made a burger at some point and ate a half tub of Ben & Jerrys.

Sounds like a good quality of life to me.








Monday: Back to work.... No you're right, this is shit.

Sounds like an alcohol problem to me!lol!:p

Deus Ex Machina

Quantifying quality of life based on these criteria is like quantifying beauty based on measurements: it could well be true, but there is no accounting for taste.

Kev_ps3

Its not perfect, but then no country is. But it is a hell of a lot better then most country's out there

the_syco

Cuba has an excellent health care system. Still prefer to live in Ireland.

bleg

Ask in the depths of winter and you'll get more negative than positive answers

maninasia

Dudess wrote: »

Quality of life is what's being referred to here, and even if Ireland is overall a fairly mediocre country, our quality of life is excellent.

Depends who you are doesn't it...