> "Why do Americans always have to act happy? It's so fake." I always tell my Russian colleagues that it's the natural outcome of not having a 3,000 year histo

> "Why do Americans always have to act happy? It's so fake." I always tell my Russian colleagues that it's the natural outcome of not having a 3,000 year history of being pillaged by Cossacks and Mongols, and that they should try it some time.