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- naturalpapa, on 12/05/2008, -0/+31My favorite part:
"People with the most social connections -- friends, spouses, neighbors, relatives -- were also the happiest, the data showed. "Each additional happy person makes you happier," - hbyrne, on 12/05/2008, -1/+23The headline sounds so trite, yet I've found this to be the case in life. That's not to say it's about surrounding yourself with cheerfulness, more that genuine happiness can be a force in your relationships, and that it can be contagious.
- inactive, on 12/05/2008, -1/+15My favorite part:
"The same team that demonstrated obesity and smoking spread in networks has shown that the more happy people you know, the more likely you are yourself to be happy."
Sounds so simple! - threon, on 12/05/2008, -2/+14Xanax for all my friends!
- BoboTheHobo, on 12/05/2008, -0/+11You mean people who are happy are nicer, which causes others to be happy? You're blowing my mind here.
- Kajman, on 12/05/2008, -0/+10my favorite part:
When I buried you. - Leviathan433, on 12/05/2008, -0/+7:c
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:D - sockpuppets, on 12/05/2008, -1/+8Happiness is contagious. And by happiness I mean herpes.
- doctordbx, on 12/05/2008, -2/+8I seriously thought this was an Onion article at first.
- NathanCH, on 12/05/2008, -0/+6My favorite part:
"And happiness is more contagious than unhappiness, they discovered" - aweiksnar, on 12/05/2008, -0/+6Did we really need a team of researchers to prove this?
- ploik, on 12/05/2008, -2/+7I like to surround myself with people who have a chronic case of the mondays.
- doublefelix, on 12/05/2008, -0/+5Any happy people in this thread want to be 'friends'?
I could use a hug. - inactive, on 12/05/2008, -0/+5So is negativity! Be nice and happy and you actually help your community. If you are mean and nasty and negative you actually hurt your community. It may sound superstitious, but it really works!
- treelovinhippie, on 12/05/2008, -1/+5I hate to be the bearer of mind-shattering information, but sadness and depression is ALSO contagious. Wow, just wow.
- Leviathan433, on 12/05/2008, -0/+4"I hate to be the bearer of mind-shattering information..."
Yeah, you are not. That was in the article too. Reading - it'll blow your mind! - ChromaVita, on 12/05/2008, -0/+4:)
They say it's contagious.... - redneckblues, on 12/05/2008, -0/+4First I was like :( but then I was like :)
- inactive, on 12/05/2008, -0/+3@frofisrael - How are you doing these days? Good point. I give the whole 'happiness' thing a lot of thought. I think that happiness is a pretty fleeting thing, and very different from satisfaction. You can be happy when you are having fun, but as soon as the fun is over, often the happiness goes with it. But if you have a good outlook, you can be satisfied, even when bad stuff happens.
I think that even if you aren't 'happy' you have a moral obligation to at least not make the people around you miserable by taking out your misery on the people around you. The main thing I like about this time of year is how people 'pretend to be happy and nice.' I don't care if they are faking it. At least they are trying to make you feel better.
If you can get hold of Dennis Prager's book, "Happiness Is A Serious Problem," it is worth reading. It is a very thoughtful book, and helps one to understand why it is important to at least pretend to by happy.
Merry Christmas to you. - makkura, on 12/05/2008, -0/+3So I can blame my depression on my friends?! Awesome!
Feeling better already! - piratearggghhh, on 12/05/2008, -0/+3Looks like somebody's got a case of the mondays.
- archer104, on 12/05/2008, -0/+3why?
- BarbaraRae, on 12/05/2008, -0/+3Like attracts like...so happiness attracts happy people!
- chrisinsocalif, on 12/05/2008, -0/+3Surround yourself be depressed people and you will also be depressed. Maybe thats why emo people keep popping up all over the place. Maybe they are vampires.. I really dont know. But i will choose to be happy.
- lyssword, on 12/05/2008, -0/+3What are these things called "friends" they speak of?
- enalios, on 12/05/2008, -0/+2For some people, yes we did. Now that there's hard scientific proof people can say to themselves: Hey, I'm not feeling too great with my life, I should meet some happy people.
Of course, I look at it as a chicken/egg scenario. Will I find happy people by looking? Or will they find me if I'm happy.
Can I find people to change my mood or will my mood bring them in? - FaithclubDotNet, on 12/05/2008, -1/+3:)
- jinsundo, on 12/05/2008, -0/+2"What we are dealing with is an emotional stampede,"
Hmmm, I wonder if sheep have a smile on their face when they follow each other off a cliff? - Leviathan433, on 12/05/2008, -0/+2It is all about you, isn't it?
- mikeoncampus, on 12/05/2008, -1/+3so if we just act really happy to terrorists...
- sockpuppets, on 12/05/2008, -0/+2Nothing is happier than a sockpuppet. Adopt one today.
- cddict1, on 12/05/2008, -0/+2Very truly said.
- frofisrael, on 12/05/2008, -0/+2you've dug me down!
- fattehboi, on 12/05/2008, -0/+2: D
- wrobson, on 12/05/2008, -1/+2Well i'm glad its official....all we need is a little more love and less negative energy.
So lets get Nancy Grace off television and instead put on a montage of Babies eating lemons, and if that doesn't make you smile...i don't know what will. - Jashobeam5, on 12/06/2008, -0/+1I take it you are neither a teacher nor a parent.
- Leviathan433, on 12/05/2008, -0/+1To prove it scientifically - yes. That's how science rolls - you test, collect data, all that jazz.
- tiridako, on 12/17/2008, -0/+1-huugs everyone- :D
- darkera, on 12/05/2008, -1/+2And misery loves company. So all you happy bastards stay away before you screw everything up...
- mingscians, on 12/09/2008, -0/+1how could you be happy if you know that it is now crisis and your saving is at stake.
http://jobssingapore.wordpress.com - BioElectric, on 03/19/2009, -0/+1Love good news stories. There are days I've been less than joyful and even those days I try to smile at other people...because when they return a smile suddenly I'm feeling it, and can walk away happy.
For the days I'm around unhappy or negative people, I manage to stay pretty even because I'm wearing my BioElectric Shield www.bioelectricshield.com, which helps to deflect their negativity. I think anything we can do to increase our own sense of happiness and well being is a definite plus. Let's increase happiness, one person at a time! - wrobson, on 12/05/2008, -1/+2it's rare to find somebody on digg using a bit of vocabulary...well said.
- Jashobeam5, on 12/06/2008, -1/+2You would actually be surprised how many people have turned from hate of the US and Jews to love for them after seeing the love in others. I've seen it happen. As a country, I don't think we need to dismantle the military and send candy grams, but there is something to the idea of showing love as individuals.
- alphbeta, on 12/05/2008, -0/+1A person's happiness level is affected by "people"'s happiness that surround that person. So, yes, I agree that it's all happiness are all connected and will be part of chain reaction ..
So, if every single one of you in this world is happy, the world is going to be a happy place :) - znicket, on 12/05/2008, -0/+1They found causality? Or is it simply a matter of "birds of a feather..."?
- 6oo63D, on 12/05/2008, -0/+1Hehehe
- mparker21311, on 12/05/2008, -0/+1No, just all the correct inherited brain genetics from happy ancestors.
- Nonlinearity, on 12/05/2008, -0/+1I like the whole "1 happy friend = $20,000" thing. Makes you realize how much good friends are worth! And unhappy friends probably owe you money. 1 unhappy friend = -$10,000. I accept cash and checks.
- Leviathan433, on 12/05/2008, -1/+2No. No, man. *****, no, man. I believe you'd get your ass kicked sayin' something like that, man.
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