OK we get it your countries are "happy"

[@kyynellaastari]

As a Finnish Person the one comment in chat ”the average american police department could take over Finland” cracked me up. Good stuff. Life is kinda sadge with 0 frigates.

[@beegyoshi5301]

They lasted many months again soviet, do not forget the winter war

[@mcming3338]

It's not even a joke, the nypd alone has a navy and would be the 7th largest army in the world

[@kubapetynia2278]

@@mcming3338 yeh but you're comparing a civilised normal country to the US, like comparing beef to chicken

[@megadumpy7042]

@@kubapetynia2278 you mean a non superpower to a superpower

[@teddybear713]

@@megadumpy7042 what good is a “superpower” government if it can’t care for it’s people? Lol

[@cruddy_cactus8713]

Surprised they aren’t sadder because they get their atrioc videos at 2 in the morning 🥶

[@reviewdestages]

atrioc first thing in the morning actually goated

[@jonas1015119]

Its 3am actually

[@jackteegarden6982]

@@jonas1015119 no :)

[@maxsomerlock8778]

3am

[@jonas1015119]

@@jackteegarden6982 yes :) unless youre finnish where its 4am

[@andrecosta9552]

0:54 Sorry to break it to you Atrioc, but the last time we did that there was a civil war

[@arthurdelbeato1805]

Legendary comment

[@GEM4sta]

The south would've been much happier, who knew

[@meatmech.mp4]

Nah just ease it in slowly, just start with the norwegian flag, center it, add a couple stars, then make new iterations over time each one turned a couple degrees to the side

[@andrecosta9552]

@@meatmech.mp4 forgot about this comment lmao

[@staciemohler4624]

We need one of these crosses + not one of these ones ×

[@Massc._]

Cap gym makes atrioc happy because it’s his safest place to inhale lines of coke because people think it’s preworkout.

[@Moondog911]

A yes I love inhaling protein powder after a good workout too

[@Massc._]

@@Moondog911 nope I said preworkout different thing (safer to snort). everyone knows their own fast way to get it into their system, needle to the blood stream, dry scooping, put it in some water without shaking and gulp down the dry clumps. Or the alpha way cut it with a credit card and snort it like a breath of fresh air

[@samye5826]

@@Massc._ chill bro I think he was just agreeing with you, you didn't need to go einstein on him lol

[@cruz5248]

the gym probably doesn’t make atrioc happy after he threw up in a walgreens parking lot and scarred a mom and her kid for life

[@cg-rl1mn]

This was SUCH a stretch but this was still funny as fuck 😂

[@thunderboltll]

1:30 you're legit onto something. There's a great book called Why We Drive that's a philosophical read on the pleasures of driving and in one of the early chapters the author discusses some research saying that the sensation of movement and completing tasks which require effort are directly linked to our feelings of happiness. It would stand to reason that biking to complete even a mundane task like getting groceries would reward your brain more than in a car designed to be as unintrusive as possible. I dig this take, I think more people should commute in ways that challenge you more and force a level of concentration you don't get from todays cars that are "safe and uncompromising".

[@90degreesSquare]

Also worth noting, if you are able to bike everywhere you go you are in an area that is safe and ergonomic enough for biking. Urban design is a major part of making a happy enviorment and I think many parts of western Europe have better urban design.

[@undatedpeak1829]

I actually feel this every Friday I walk to school instead of driving and I feel a lot happier that day

[@Sunburnmayhem]

csgo skills are the prime unit of measuring happiness

[@rafaelsoler6366]

League of Legends skills are the prime unit of measuring sadness

[@B1son]

@nathanstoller Jesus Christ I'm fucking depressed.

[@williammcnamara2502]

Its why im so sad as an Australian

[@mrnewtownchris6919]

@@williammcnamara2502 Watching the Renegades roster split up was saddening. We've had some good runs but I think it'll take sometime to build back up

[@arrtttuurri]

fun fact, Finland has the highest percentage of Global Elite players per country in the world.

[@thepotato5904]

All I learned is that other people are happier than me

[@v0dyluttenbacher388]

You are valid

[@Ocer.]

I am Swedish and more happy than ever

[@TheGrimStride]

Honestly these people don’t seem that happy to me. More like consistently bored. NOT unhappy, but I wouldn’t say happy

[@chancemartin4663]

Biking places feels so good. Wish we had better bike lanes.

[@thortveito]

seems about right when denmark is built on biking. Literally a bike lane to every car road. I think biking is something special

[@lynxloco]

You should check out not just bikes.

[@d03smynam3ma11er]

9:11 “One of the biggest epidemics in Denmark right now is stress” pretty sure she miss the old days right about now.

[@soullessswing5223]

”One of the biggest epidemics in Denmark right now is stress” pretty sure she miss the old days right about now. Arc 2

[@testacals]

Old days where women were given cocain for stress and had to deal with diseases, wife beating, lack of rights, literal slavery etc etc. Also, she's weirdly suggesting you would be less stressed if you worked 24/7 instead of having free time to have family and friends.

[@Unorignality]

Aircraft Carriers assemble... If you know you know

[@thebeerwaisnetwork8024]

I have no idea.

[@UltimateDuck97]

@@thebeerwaisnetwork8024 guess you don't know

[@Elliot.2591]

we will take finland first!

[@boyinjuly1]

Outro song is The Great Divide by The Cardigans if anybody cares

[@obamabarack8627]

Bro thank you so much

[@omgjlmiub]

Imagine telling someone in NYC working 3 minimum wage jobs to support their children that Danes are too stressed about having free time and quit jobs like their life doesn’t depend on grinding that job.

[@Jansk1h]

The lady was obviously talking bollocks, but I think what she was trying to say was that there's a lot of media spin and puff pieces being made about the nordic countries, and the government and politicians are always trying to tell how awesome and great the nordic countries are, that it creates a disconnect, where you're constantly being told that you live in such an awesome country where you should be happy and everything is possible, and yet your own life-experience goes against that narrative. I mean sure, I'm probably happier here in finland than I would be if I were to live in the US, but I'm still not happy. It's not about having "free" shit.

[@lakshyapatel3842]

@@Jansk1h ohh I get what you're saying, basically it creates an expectation that since you're in Nordic countries, you should be happy, so it becomes hard for some people living in that country to show their unhappiness because they feel like they are too privileged to be sad

[@TheWebberLegacy]

@@Jansk1h it sucks too, to us it feels like they’re saying “if you’re not happy here, you won’t be happy anywhere”. It creates a sort of expectation that you have to be satisfied and happy. But I’d still much rather be depressed here than be depressed in Bumfuck, Idaho

[@realdragon]

Because labor laws in US suck

[@spicynoodles444]

Real ones remember “why are Nordic countries so happy”

[@dentyH]

Lol the editing team seems to always have second thoughts on thumbnails and titles

[@Sebbir]

@@dentyH changing the thumbnail and title a while after upload makes the views go up. No idea why but it’s a thing

[@lightrocket123]

@@Sebbir because then people think it’s a different video

[@mattisj.419]

"We will find a way to be unhappy no matter what" is my favorite Atrioc Quote now

[@hermannihietalahti4818]

8:40 im from Finland and I was thinking this the whole time lmao

[@theokayishgamer]

Me too.

[@samuelboynton126]

Big A brings up living in Europe every other video

[@michaelcastelpoggi1735]

Thanks big A now I know my laziness at work is just my human condition. I’m doing it even more and feel no remorse. Learned so much

[@holdenlabrie5706]

3:21 The fact that this is your first instinct is why us Americans can’t have these nice things. Lmao

[@zCrabOG]

The one thing that would bother me the most about living in the USA would be not having the ability to just quickly walk or bike to a shop or something

[@nickygian]

Big Auto

[@siregirl9599]

Reminds me of that south park clip where everyone nuked Finland becus Finland was gonna rat them out to space cops. "Oh no not finrand, oh no guys"

[@CubsYT]

"being rich doesn't make you happy *at all* ... now it's time to interview Rich Perusi"

[@PhilfreezeCH]

My mom used to work 80% (32h) in 5 days (so just 6.5h per day) and then increased it to 100% (40h). She regularly says that she doesn‘t really get anything more done, she is just at work for a longer time. There literally doesn‘t seem to be a measurable difference in productivity between 6.5h and 8h for most kinds of work and yet we continue to stay at work for 1.5h more for no good reason except to please some managers and social expectations.

[@mortenchristiansen9395]

worth to mention this "happiness" report is actually a "standard of living" report. Not the same.

[@crediblesalamander8056]

Not really, that's the human development index. The World Happiness Report uses data based on people's subjective evaluations of their lives (from 0 to 10) to determine the rankings.

[@mortenchristiansen9395]

@@crediblesalamander8056 well yeah. that's how you'd evaluate a groups subjective evaluation of their own standard of living. not happiness. participants were asked to rate their life on a 0-10 scale where 0 is the worst possible life for them and 10 the best. ones oppinion on how good ones life is isn't the same as ones happiness but w/e

[@juice8431]

True, Europe and most developed countries in general are depressed asf. If we are being real here, the most happiest countries are the simple and small ones

[@nickygian]

@@juice8431 I think they believe the opposite

[@brendanmystery]

@@juice8431 only if those small countries are in the global north. If your a small country in the global south, you better pray that your beaches aren't beautiful or your forests aren't gorgeous, or your country isn't sat on a resource that everyone wants.

[@Marc-dg2en]

I think Denmark is a good example, however people often forget how much goddamn oil Norway has, like Middle East levels of oil. If the UAE can build an entire city just from that, you can expect that that kinda country can afford free health care.

[@catbob420]

yo new quack upload pog

[@LettuceGod1]

Dang my friend and I were just talking about how Finland is happy lol.

[@fredfondler7281]

Damn that's crazy

[@Jansk1h]

It's all pr and bullshit. We're still as miserable as ever

[@tum_tums]

"People that put in 14 hour days, it's more performative" Cries in nursing, "yup... i'm just pretending to work... haha"

[@jonas1015119]

These videos remind me why Germany never is at the top of these Happiness Ratings. My initial reaction to someone walking through a forest to make mushroom art is to yell at them for being inefficient. (And then I look at the global infrastructure statistics where we either lead or are Top 5 in every metric, because efficient large scale logistics are the only source of pride for us)

[@OHOE1]

UHH Finland is a puppet state of Sweden

[@DarkAngel-os8gs]

DB is a prime example of working German infrastructure (well still better than amtrak lol)

[@pvc8749]

Your trains are trash. Your roads need a huge revamp. Your electricity infrastructure is aging so fast and you are still using coal like neanderthal. Germans have the ability to be proud about being mediocre it's amazing. And let's talk about the Berlin airport should we ? Now touch grass and go the woods and make mushroom art

[@Phill.__.]

I like that he just skips the fact that the video is also about Denmark...

[@niklasniskanen381]

It was just all about Finland

[@masterblaster367]

One of the few streams I managed to catch! Dude streams super late for my time zone and for short bursts but god is it good

[@testacals]

"Having to have a work life balance stresses people out" Is the most weird thing I heard in a while.

[@Zack_Taylor]

I like that the whole time he was joking and actually agreeing with the video until she suggested that they are more stressed because they aren't working literally all day and have too many hobby opportunities and then suddenly it was real. To be fair, FOMO is real, but that shit exists in other countries, too. And it's *sooo* unlikeable to act like you somehow have it worse and others couldn't understand when you're so insanely privileged. It's one thing to not hide unhappiness, and it's another to act like "other people don't get it."

[@Aymungoos]

Quack you should upload Atrioc reacting to the spongebob video essay if you weren't planning to

[@Hudjimin]

Average danish small business owner here. I would just like to ad to this gay little fairytale picture that all this free shit comes at the expense of the highest taxrate in the world. The “happy and carefree” people of Denmark are basically the people who dont work. The rest of us are being tortured by Big state.

[@monkeyman3847]

Uhhh I'm so happy and have too much free time sitting at home and i have too many friends I can't talk to all of them 😭

[@the_good_fam7873]

That shit made me laugh so hard.Like damn I wish I had problems like that

[@Maniacsurvivor]

I'm Swiss and this is bullshit. They're coming up with reasons why people should be happy, where most people actually struggle to explain why they aren't. So they just say they are, while they're just coasting unpurposely.

[@Chrisdelu]

The real lesson is humans find a way to be stressed lmao i love big A's takes. same with the sigma male garbage

[@tennenyt5311]

Literally everyone needs to balance their lives, not just people in Denmark anyways

[@TheWebberLegacy]

What if you could live in one of the two happiest countries in the world: but you would have to pick between speaking like Schnitzel from Chowder or a Sim

[@psyler_6305]

Stuff like this always makes me so sad and upset. As an American, this is the dream. Literally. And so many Americans, for some reason, scoff at this and are somehow wanting to support the pockets of these mega corps and super rich in our archaic work structure and for profit healthcare etc. Its baffling.

[@TheWebberLegacy]

It’s sad, so much of America is based around brands, money and pride: Hollywood, Disney, Coca Cola, Apple, Amazon, Google and “Number 1 military in the world” So much of it’s People are so caught up in being a citizen of the most influential country in the modern world that they forget to look at their own lives and how that is going. I remember when I was little, I always wanted to go to New York. I was so excited on the cab drive to Manhattan from the Airport looking out over the city. The novelty quickly wore off after seeing the 5th homeless person sitting on some street corner. And it’s like that for most of the hyped up places in the US unfortunately

[@tvwatch9669]

Im American from CA. Even in relatively liberal state, people have some American pride to live out the American dream, succeeding in a “meritocracy” where people pull themselves up by their bootstraps like ye olde colonists did. (Small loans of a million dollars not included in fine print) Not only did the colonists not do that but it’s so backwards compared to these non-superpower countries performing so much better than us in terms of quality of life. Living here, I’ve come to realize that Americans worship capitalism and the free market, rejecting social service or government intervention as socialism. (Everyone knows socialism is when no food and dictatorship ruins your life) China is the new USSR and the big red scare, people here don’t even know the difference between communism and socialism. School shootings are more common than the occasional natural disaster in the news and people are too numb to it to realize that it’s not normal at all. Nationalism and nostalgia for a free America that has never historically existed without oppression of minorities has blinded conservatives from change. (Oh MAGA! oh my constitutional rights to let children cower while their classmates get gunned down in their safe educational spaces as the founding fathers intended! Oh my medical freedoms! Reeee) It’s sad.

[@tnt5454]

Pleasantly surprised to hear a Cardigans song at the end of the video.

[@ashle9034]

Who knew the reason I've been miserable for the past 2 years is because I've been catching the bus to my University and not riding a bike Big A you've done it again.

[@Justnormalthing]

Finland using atriocs plant vs zombies strategy when it comes to their army

[@LoveBystroem]

I’m swedish and that stuff about stress from pressure to have a work life balance is total baby garbage for baby people

[@kader3175]

This just made me think that I will never be happy

[@TilDrill]

idk about that cross thing on the flag… we tried it and it wasnt that great… greetings from germany btw keep up the banger content 💪

[@hun3728]

I feel like this video was just shitting on the US

[@wilhelmh9495]

I’m Nordic and my biggest problem is that I’m so deliriously happy it makes me depressed.

[@jackbradley8897]

i used to longboard to class when we were on campus. i would ride that high all the way through my bullshit classes and time would fly

[@gohanr1271]

I think perhaps people were stressed about work-life balance in those nordic countries is because that's actually an attainable goal for most people. it's easy to scoff and be like "what no, we deal with that here everyday and that's fine", because that is the expectation -crushing misery from constantly working to escape poverty or to just survive as you are. If you can not only survive but thrive without a crushing 9-5 in those countries the amount of stress working life brings seems more prevalent and accepted and not just mentally swept under the rug because 'that's the way things are'. my parents and my parents parents worked back breaking jobs in an exploited country. it is only through the lives and labour of generations that i can have what i have today, perhaps they would scoff at the stresses of my life in comparison to how 'liveable' theirs were but, that doesn't mean my stresses aren't important or meaningful just that when people are conditioned to believe hell is the norm and there's no way out, purgatory seems like heaven to those that have it worse.

[@xtralarsproductions]

I love that it was a danish woman speaking and then he just yells Fuck you Finland.. xD

[@inferno_mike940]

its kinda funny that atrioc dosent realise the vid is mostly about denmark and hes just like :fuck you finland hehhehehe

[@Skeleton43]

imagine being one of the superpowers of the cold war, going to invade a poor country that doesn't spend much money on their military, only to lose to a bunch of farmers on skis OMEGALUL

[@realdragon]

It's not exactly like that

[@henryschoon7816]

you're telling me finnish people get stressed because they're told to have a healthy work life balance? What?

[@Lord_Falcon]

It's a difference in mindset mostly. They have comfortable lives and are content with them. The lives of most people in other Western countries are similar but in the US everyone is constantly trying to be the best, earn more money, get a bigger house etc. So people end up disappointed a lot.

[@godlyvex5543]

I don't understand why people are constantly striving to upgrade 24/7. I'm living with my grandfather, paying rent, and I have a minimum wage job. I'm happy with what I have, and if I can continue just doing my job and living like this, I'll be content. Of course, not everyone has it as easy as me, but I might as well not look a gift horse in the mouth.

[@johndoe-nr9ju]

We are unhappy about being too happy, the human condition brought to you by Atrioc.

[@h.b6463]

this video is so misleading... I have friends who burn out, friends in Copenhagen, Stockholm and Helsinki working 60 hour weeks. Not everyone here is living a hippy life in the forest, focusing on their art... and saying that girl got $2000 a month to stay home and do art? She mostly got $2000 a month because it was aprox 80% of her previous salery, which could instead be seen as pretty low compared to atrioc's six figures...

[@miniyodadude6604]

lmfao, imagine being stressed that you dont have to work 10 hour days

[@kat3325]

8:15 just fyi, average Sweden/dane/norwegian are not spending their time mushroom picking because they feel like it, yeah, vacay time is more generous than states, but not to this degree

[@mcfam8657]

They really just say in NY you work so much that your expectations are so low you can't understand stress-leave? Lol everyone understands wanting that but actually getting it?? Dreaming 🇺🇸

[@bsfm6990]

Cause they are always sheesh ing and ice cold

[@ogayamamoto]

I live in Germany and every time my cousin who lives in Norway comes over he always asks the same question: "Why do all germans look so depressed ;-( "

[@lilbruh1151]

Im Norwegian and can confirm that paid leave bcs of stress shouldnt be a thing.

[@synthiandrakon]

Okay dude wtf I get that these countries are statistically happier but when they start showing the woman picking mushrooms it feels fucking made up. The average finish person isn't going mushroom picking

[@Big_Aq]

true

[@mellowcorpsep6665]

youd be surprised

[@willjames3735]

I got jumped twice in a weekend because I used my bike as transport so I’m over it at this point

[@shepinel]

Robin Williams used bike riding to help with his depression and to help get rid of his addiction

[@themanwiththegoldengooch9811]

pretty weird that finland is both one of the happiest countries in the world yet also one of the most depressed countries in the world

[@marcusfigved7593]

That winter depression do be hitting hard

[@TANuclear]

40 hour work weeks are not fun if you don’t have your dream job. It’s just depressing otherwise

[@fluDragon]

10:00 suffering from success

[@synthsauce]

Get this man to 100K subs y’all, we’re almost there

[@tonyhawksunderground2]

0 destroyers 0 frigates OMEGALUL

[@fulerage9514]

I literally hear gunshots near my house every week, and the Finnish are stressed about their hobbies OMEGALUL

[@autarch6376]

Bruh bees are a hard hobby

[@thebettyjetson]

Of course when I’m not in chat atrioc calls my home country cringe smh

[@mongoosemon1]

People in America spending time not working. Me watching this video at work: Nahhhhh....

[@georgemichaelis1664]

at 6:00 he is saying all that about nice surrounds not making you happy and they r showing his nice surroundings where thats basically what hes doing

[@nbow51]

I feel bad for the rich corporations in Sweden they don’t get to make as much money off people getting sick and dying. It’s such a great market because people can’t control getting sick. At least here in America our top 1% are happy because they can make a easy buck off the poor people who need health care.

[@DrZombieDeadpool]

Something ppl dont talk about often when discussing this is the astronomical suicide rates of these countries. Some sources put finland at 50% more suicides per capita than the USA (~15 to ~10)

[@justinlapicola8505]

Us Americans are too busy to kill ourselves

[@wintermute7641]

that's not true though, I could not find a single reputable source that claimed that USA had significantly lower suicide rates than finland. In fact, all of them state that the two countries have very similar rates to each other. (13-15). I was able to only find one site that stated something similar to your claim. It was washington post... and the data was for 2005... I hear all the time this narrative that nordic countries have so much higher suicide rates than the us but that is simply not true.

[@luisandres1357]

Big A, no one makes me laugh as much as you do. I may me a KZbin frog but I’m a true fan ❤️

[@samjasek1755]

Only jobs that make sense to have 12 hour shifts is healthcare and construction

[@nach1639]

I'm so rich and have so much money I'm so stressed 😫 I don't know what to spend it on !😞 poor people would never understand since they have no money they always want enough money to do more then barely survive but they don't think of the harsh realities of having more than a few hundred dollars in savings like the stress of not knowing what to spend it on that's why me and my friend Kenny G. are doing our best to rob the american people blind one economic crisis at a time like a true patriot 🇺🇲

[@nach1639]

I meant kenneth griffin not the sax guy! Sax guy looks like a cool dude

[@Jack-lr3dn]

imagine being happy with no money, no bitches, no frigates

[@TheHockey991]

Watching the newest Atrioc video makes me happy 🙂

[@tylerl3030]

OMG IM FREAKING OUT WHAT THE HECK IS THIS OUTRO MUSIC OMG IDK WHY BUT HERES COMMENT

[@biglanceyfouxenjoyer1347]

Great divide by the Cardigans

[@Nicklanter]

this is all really nice if your government starts like this, but you cant just implement it in to America otherwise there will be a lot more down sides then upsides for a long time

[@linkjmc5683]

There is so much the Nordic countries do right but it is important to remember that these issues are massive and do not have one size fits all solutions. Obviously the air craft carrier thing is a joke but it does have real merit to it. The US gets a lot of shit for military spending (and the military budget is too big) but part of the reason these European countries like Finland do not need to invest in their military is the strong alliance they have with the US. Some of it gets a bit hypocritical at times but I get it.

[@mattimottonen4090]

Finland literally is not a part of NATO, it has taken care of its own defence for decades now.

[@kylenickerson6293]

8:20 "she trippin sack" LMAOO

[@hanselfinn8946]

Someone from Finland: Im so sad all the time and i live in the happiest country like wtf

[@obviouslyanonymous]

Last time I was this early to an Atrioc stream was back in 1865 when he only 84.

[@מיכאלרחמילביץ-ד2ק]

Sheeeesh🥶🥶🥶

[@whooptydoopty2496]

98.6k! 100k soon boys

[@zackscorner2421]

How many frigates do i need to feed children? Asking for a friend country

[@CelestialJammer]

Hey Atrioc great vid, suuuper funny just wanted to say the peak of this vid was the “really”at 3:04

[@sheep2354]

0:20 Astralis Sadge

[@coffdrops7803]

when Ludwig has a frigate before Finland

[@thebeerwaisnetwork8024]

Maximum efficiency can be achieved on work schedules.

[@penguinking2515]

Appreciate the title change, you've earned this view

[@rowanmoore2438]

bro atrioc with the consistent uploads

[@Brandongamesall]

I learned that Finland is somewhere I am going to live!

[@Big_Aq]

this video is full of propaganda dont move here based on this

[@harlow1719]

sufferings from successes OMEGALUL

[@DanXD64]

Actually Extra Salt is lookign like the next EG,

[@rampe3427]

8:35 that one hit deep :(