{
  "id": 16779633,
  "title": "‘Why can’t some friends be happy for you?’: Singaporeans discuss the pressure to keep up",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/why-cant-some-friends-be-happy-for-you-singaporeans-discuss-the",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-27T16:30:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Independent Singapore",
    "slug": "the-independent-singapore",
    "url": "https://theindependent.sg/why-can-t-some-friends-be-happy-for-you-singaporeans-discuss-the-pressure-to-keep-up"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "SINGAPORE: Comparisons between people start at an early time in their lives—from school grades, job salaries and titles, savings, and later on to bigger purchases such as real estate and the like. Given that people grow by comparing themselves to others, a recent discussion on Reddit raised a very interesting question, particularly about Singaporeans being too competitive even among friends. In a…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}