>>85424974
How do they even like calculate it how does the study work

>>85425003
ikr i wasnt even born before 2006. how can they know how happy i was in my dads sack???

>>85424974
crazy shit man, think about it, 2008 caused so many men to not be able to provide for their loved ones, so we all got depressed

>>85425003
It's the University of Chicago General Social Survey. It simply asks a random sample of people:
>Taken all together, how would you say things are these days--would you say that you are very happy, pretty happy, or not too happy?
The study assigned +100 to "very happy", 0 to "pretty happy" and -100 to "not too happy" then found the average to get the score.
The red line is the average happiness score of all the years from 1972 - 2018. The blue line is the happiness of any given year. When the blue line is below the red line is means people are more unhappy than average. And when it's above, it means people were more happy than average.

>>85424974
Why were people getting sad in 2005-2007? Wasn't that the peak of the bubble, were houses in the USA were given out like candy, and everyone was rich, before it all went to shit.

>>85424974
Bumping this thread just so I can post a new thread I have 50 seconds left to post this with my reply I played the caption game and now I can post

>>85425342
Only financiers got wealthy, for regular people it meant that they had to take a bigger mortgage.

>>85427155
You can't give out NINJA loans if people have jobs or an income.

>>85425342
Dotcom bubble still in rear view mirror. Also you grew up your whole teen years hearing parents warn against the evil of credit cards. "I'm still making payments on your crib and car seat".
If only I knew that $5 minimum wage was pretty awesome when houses were only $70k. Even at 6% mortgage that's fucking nothing today.
Usury is morally wrong of course, but unless you're already a millionaire with multiple houses and trust funds setup you are fucking your kids over if you tell them to avoid free money because it will financially ruin you and your kids and make angels cry and make random kitten in the world explode. Usury is built into how the dollar is issued to begin so even if debt free you are sinning by touching it. A little nuance would be helpful for retarded kids. Maybe explain the difference between 25% interest on a piece of shit dining table and a whole ass house that is Nak deductible, evaporates in value due to inflation, and the combination of not paying rent and investing the difference so you can retire at 35 instead of 95.

>>85424974
You have it entirely wrong, women were willing to concede some things and live objectively worse lives to make yours worse.