Myanmar people have a well-deserved reputation for zen. Look at opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, chilling with the leader of the free world. No biggie.
Turns out citizens of Myanmar are among the world’s least emotional people, according to a recent survey of 148 countries reported on in DVB.
Gallup talked to 1,000 people throughout 2014, asking whether they had felt at least one of five positive and five negative emotions the day before.
The five positive: feeling well-rested, being treated with respect, enjoyment, smiling, laughing, learning or doing something interesting.
The negative: anger, stress, sadness, physical pain and worry.
Just 41 percent of those surveyed in Myanmar told pollsters that they had felt one of the emotions, DVB reported. The figure puts the country among the bottom 10 of those surveyed.
High-spirited Latin Americans, meanwhile, came out on top – in Bolivia and El Salvador, 59 percent of respondents said they had been emotional the day before.
Bangladesh, meanwhile, was ranked the world’s very least emotional country – with just 37 per cent of people saying they had experienced something like rage or sadness the day before.
Some might say it’s a dubious honor, but Myanmar could care less. Just look at these cool cats.
Politician Shwe Mann, right after he was purged from his position as ruling party chair earlier this month. Not. Bothered. (Facebook)
King Thibaw, the country’s last monarch. Got 99 problems but beautiful ladies ain’t one. (Wikicommons)
The impenetrable gaze of the Burmese cat. (Wikicommons)
