{"id":6152,"date":"2017-09-12T09:58:29","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T16:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=6152"},"modified":"2017-09-12T09:58:29","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T16:58:29","slug":"study-majority-americans-fantasize-countries-national-anthem-theonion-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2017\/09\/12\/study-majority-americans-fantasize-countries-national-anthem-theonion-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Study: Majority Of Americans Fantasize About Other Countries During National Anthem (theonion.com)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WASHINGTON\u2014Saying the practice was not uncommon even among the most patriotic individuals, a new study published Monday in the journal\u00a0Qualitative Psychology<\/i>\u00a0found that more than half of Americans fantasize about other countries during the national anthem. \u201cWhile it\u2019s not often talked about openly, we found that a significant number of people admit to only mouthing the words to \u2018The Star Spangled Banner\u2019 while imagining another, more attractive country hundreds of miles away with a higher GDP and a modern, well-maintained infrastructure,\u201d said lead researcher Beatrice T. Owen, adding that many participants admitted they absentmindedly mumbled bits and pieces of the song while lost in a daydream about Vancouver\u2019s spectacular skyline or Finland\u2019s renowned educational system. \u201cBased on the data, it seems there\u2019s hardly anyone who isn\u2019t picturing a tropical South Pacific island or a Western European nation with a strict 30-hour workweek and paid, state-mandated maternity leave as they mechanically go through the motions of \u2018O\u2019er the land of the free and the home of the brave.\u2019\u201d Owen emphasized, however, that fantasizing about other countries was a perfectly healthy part of citizenship, and that it was only a problem if a person acted on it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON\u2014Saying the practice was not uncommon even among the most patriotic individuals, a new study published Monday in the journal\u00a0Qualitative Psychology\u00a0found that more than half of Americans fantasize about other countries during the national anthem. \u201cWhile it\u2019s not often talked about openly, we found that a significant number of people… Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6152"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6152"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6153,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6152\/revisions\/6153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}