Science Proves People Are Happier on the Weekends

Peter Suderman | 8.2.2011 3:45 PM

You're probably happier on the weekend, especially if you don't get along very well with your boss, according to a new paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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Jaybird 14 years ago

Yesterday was Thursday, Thursday.
Today it is Friday, Friday.

We we we so excited, we so excited, we gonna have a ball today.

Tomorrow is Saturday and Sunday comes afterwards.

I DON'T WANT THIS WEEKEND TO END!!!
1. 14 years ago
  
  ...
2. Fartriloquist 14 years ago
  
  Monday nothing, Tuesday nothing,
  Wednesday, Thursday, nothing.
  
  Friday for a change,
  A little more nothing.
  
  Saturday, Sunday, nothing.
  
  Not a goddamn thing.
  
  The Fuggs
WTF 14 years ago

You're probably happier on the weekend,[...] according to [...] the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Nope, we can't cut one penny, not one, from the federal budget.
1. wylie 14 years ago
  
  You may purchase this paper on-line in .pdf format from SSRN.com ($5) for electronic delivery.
  
  Information about Free Papers
  
  You should expect a free download if you are a subscriber, a corporate associate of the NBER, a journalist, an employee of the U.S. federal government with a ".GOV" domain name, or a resident of nearly any developing country or transition economy.
  
  So, basically, it's free for anyone BUT the Average American Citizen. Good thing I'm not retarded enough to need/want to read it.
2. JD 14 years ago
  
  It's paid for by the Canuck taxpayers:
  
  This paper is part of the 'Social Interactions, Identity and Well-Being' research program of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, and is also supported by grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. This support is gratefully acknowledged.
WTF 14 years ago

Other government research finds that men tend to be happier when balls-deep in pussy.
1. AlmightyJB 14 years ago
  
  I'm totally applying for a grant for that research.
HERCULE TRIATHLON SAVINIEN 14 years ago

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During the battle, [REBEL] spies managed to steal secret plans to the [EMPIRE]'s ultimate weapon, the [DEATH STAR], an armored space station with enough power to destroy an entire planet.

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1. wylie 14 years ago
  
  word for word. It's definitely more compelling with the brackets though. Lucas don't know SHIT.
  1. space pedant 14 years ago
    
    I believe you mean:
    
    Lucas doesn't know [SHIT].
    1. wylie 14 years ago
      
      *hands over writer's guild credentials*
      1. wylie 14 years ago
        
        (errant apostrophe totally appropriate in the context)
P Brooks 14 years ago

a new paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Cutting the budget will hurt society's most vulnerable!!!!!1111!!!

My suggestion for the NBER's next research paper:

How many former government economists does it taker to bring in all the shopping carts from a Walmart parking lot?
1. wylie 14 years ago
  
  does that include the Committee To Determine The Most Efficacious Method For Selecting Which Cart To Consider Starting With?
  1. Jerry 14 years ago
    
    You mean, the Supercommittee?
    1. wylie 14 years ago
      
      I'm not sure if "Super-" accurately reflects the number of levels-removed-from-the-problem-to-be-solved.
Achtung Coma Baby 14 years ago

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyn.....nt-4678260

Okay, one last laugh at PZ Myer's expense, then I won't bring him up ever again.
1. Achtung Coma Baby 14 years ago
  
  http://scienceblogs.com/pharyn.....nt-4678309
  
  Okay, I SWEAR, this will be the last one!
  1. Rev. Blue Moon 14 years ago
    
    I would rather read a YouTube comment section than any more of that pure shit. And, yonemoto, if you're reading, just give it up, man. Those people are never going to be convinced.
    1. yonemoto 14 years ago
      
      fuck, got to your comment about an hour too late:
      VVV
  2. yonemoto 14 years ago
    
    Dammit, I lost an hour of SCIENCING due to that shit. Society has fallen back one afternoon's work. On top of it, now everyone on reason can know my first name (and email!)
    1. BakedPenguin 14 years ago
      
      Evil Laugh...
2. Warty 14 years ago
  
  Libertarians love only one thing: money. They do things for no other reason.
  Reminds me of when I was going to college in Augsburg's Weekend College program. Most of the adults there were going for a business degree while I went for computer science.
  
  Wait, I'm working on an MBA, not a CS PhD? Huh.
  1. wylie 14 years ago
    
    Seriously people, read your enrollment forms.
  2. Brett L 14 years ago
    
    I think they discount how much hatred of bullshit rules motivates some of us.
  3. yonemoto 14 years ago
    
    s/Libertarians/Economists/g and it's a somewhat true statement!
    
    Take that, Krugman.
  4. BakedPenguin 14 years ago
    
    Wait, I'm working on an MBA, not a CS PhD? Huh.
    
    It's good to find out before you start working on your dissertation. Also, on the plus side, the programming knowledge will help you force the code monkey wage slaves to work harder and harder while you whip them with your monocle chain...
3. Warty 14 years ago
  
  These aren't nearly as fun as Jezebel comments, by the way. These just make me depressed.
4. JW 14 years ago
  
  I have to wonder how many actual, living libertarians the posters personally know.
  
  Right. None. This is why I hate people.
  1. Brett L 14 years ago
    
    Ooh. I forgot about hatred of people as a motivating factor. Not being forced to do shit by random people. BIIIG factor in my Libertarianism.
    1. JW 14 years ago
      
      I might be a tad touchy lately from the blatant and craven dishonesty on display on the debt ceiling kabuki dance, and the public's seeming willfulness to gulp it all down as completely credible. It really doesn't serve well as a basis to trust your fellow man, let alone like him.
      
      My leg has been pissed on so much lately that I'd swear I'm supposed to gather up all the animals in pairs by the end of the week.
P Brooks 14 years ago

r
1. R C Dean 14 years ago
  
  LACIST!
Restoras 14 years ago

1) So, how much did this "study" cost?
and
2) What stupid law will Congress pass as a result, and what will that cost?
1. wylie 14 years ago
  
  1) That Information Is Classified For Reasons Of National Security
  
  2) "what stupid law" assumes only 1 law will result from this study.
2. steve 14 years ago
  
  A four day work week maybe?
WTF 14 years ago

What stupid law will Congress pass as a result, and what will that cost?

My guess is they will pass a law declaring that every day is a weekend. The cost in overtime, time and a half, etc., for weekend work will be astronomical.
1. wylie 14 years ago
  
  Businesses that can't afford the overtime will receive subsidies.
JW 14 years ago

Does anyone have a working link for Eric the .5b's INCIF filter? The old one is kaput.

I can'ts stands the trolls around here no longers.
1. Warty 14 years ago
  
  https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/fdbllkbadgaglaalokapjlkcagidcndj
  1. JW 14 years ago
    
    Yeah, thanks, I have that one for Chrome, but I was looking for the Firefox extension. Needs that for work.
2. robc 14 years ago
  
  Assuming your email is accurate...check it.
  1. SugarFree 14 years ago
    
    I'm pretty sure "pooboy@smear.net" isn't a real email address.
  2. JW 14 years ago
    
    Got it. Thanks rob.
    1. robc 14 years ago
      
      Its kinda crappy and slow compared to the pre-threading version.
Montani Semper Liberi 14 years ago

Wow, the one guy works at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. I hate to see what passes for regular research in Canada.
P Brooks 14 years ago

Is the NBER also currently working on the effect on GDP of paying on Tuesday for a hamburger today? Will we see Fannie Mae branch out into government-subsidized unsecured loans for hamburgers?
1. wylie 14 years ago
  
  Will we see Fannie Mae branch out into government-subsidized unsecured loans for hamburgers?
  
  Only if you use the burgers to build a home.
2. Jeff P. 14 years ago
  
  And how are we pronouncing NBER?
  1: NOO-ber (kinda like in Caddyshack)
  2: NEE-ber (A Minnesotan saying 'neighbor')
  3: nuh-BURR (A Star Trek alien)
  1. wylie 14 years ago
    
    This calls for a committee.
    1. Jeff P. 14 years ago
      
      That will require an acronym and, of course, a preferred pronunciation.
      1. wylie 14 years ago
        
        So we form a commission to figure out the name and proper pronunciation of the committee. This is really easy Jeff, try to keep up.
Jeff P. 14 years ago

And since I am childless, my weekends are waaaay better than you parents out there. Sleep in. Have gin for breakfast. Snap Jen with a towel as she gets out of the shower. My weekends ROCK.
1. JW 14 years ago
  
  There's a special hell for people like you.
  1. Jeff P. 14 years ago
    
    I'm on a short bus to my special hell...
Tony 14 years ago

If it were not for government, you people would not know that people are happier during the weekend. So show some gratitude.
1. rac 14 years ago
  
  An excellent Tony impersonation.
2. Union Apologist 14 years ago
  
  You wouldn't have a weekend if it wasn't for the brave unions a hundred or two hundred years ago.
  
  Pay my pension bitches!
Warty 14 years ago

Did the paper remember to thank unions?
1. Jeff P. 14 years ago
  
  I remember that campaign.
  We ain't seen a lot of union advertising lately, have we?
2. God who rested on the 7th day. 14 years ago
  
  Did the paper remember to thank unions?
  
  What the fuck!?!?!
Gentile 14 years ago

Thank you Jews, for inventing the weekend.
Alan Jackson 14 years ago

It's only half past twelve, but I don't care -- it's five o'clock somewhere.

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