There's something I just can't seem to get over; that Romanians are the most unhappy people on earth. I know it's just a stupid survey , but nevertheless, this country came out with negative points and 'beat' out places like Afghanistan where more respondents considered themselves 'happy' rather than 'unhappy'. The term is pretty subjective, and there are plenty of reasons for unhappiness, life isn't fair after all. Still, we don't live in a place that's ever known suicide attacks, cave-dwelling, and successive foreign invasions over the past fifty years. So although we're safe, that doesn't seem to matter much. Alright, the GDP could also be better, but again, compared to Afghanistan we can light our cigars with dollar bills. Right, so what is it? The survey indicates that "status and not money buys happiness". This would explain a lot. Here are a couple of examples. A friend told me about a former work colleague o...