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@Lunatic of strife Pelmeni? You took that picture out of wikipedia, so if yours are home made, I'm curious as to how they look. I love pelmeni too, though I don't eat it much these days; most of it is store-bought prefrozen, if that. That's what I miss about Russia. Moved out of there when I was 6, but before then my grandmother used to cook all of these awesome dishes. Blinchki, pelmeni (my favorite is with cabbage or something like that), cake, borscht, salad (mayo with meat and, pickles, etc), katleti, etc. As far as what I cook, it's very simple, nutritious, and functional. I never took the time to really learn to really cook (though I did dabble in it at some point; I did alright, but not amazing). What I do is just grab some rice (or quinoa, or lentils, whatever), put a cup in the rice cooker, 2 cups water, then some olive oil and seasoning (salt/pepper, garlic whatever), then some blackeyed peas, then some kale, then some more frozen veggies on top of that. Add some costco frozen salmon (about 3-4 portions; could be mahi mahi or whatever) on top of all of that and then just close the rice cooker and put it on "brown rice" mode. Technically the salmon gets a little overcooked. If I actually felt like it, I could stop take the salmon out a bit early and everything would come out much better. But whatever, it works. It's nutritious, healthy, and completely free of me having to mess with it. I just take the portions out and there's 2-3 days of food.

I think any blanket statement about a generation is frankly total BS (and yes I realize the paradoxical/contradictory nature of this statement). No, Generation <insert letter/phrase here> doesn't necessarily have any universal tendencies. Generations are made of many diverse individuals, and everyone acts like it's something new that attitudes and tendencies are shaped through self-interest. News flash: it's not. No, people weren't magically more angelic and caring because they were from a certain generation. No, they weren't necessarily more responsible. Many of our actions at the end of the day are dictated by self interest (regardless of generation), and the evolution of humanity and its society to its current state is NOT the responsibility of the current generation. It's the responsibility of the current generation and all of its ancestors, including immediate. In other words, it's the will of humanity as a whole, despite its diverse parts. Is our society worse than it was hundreds of years ago? I would say hell no, personally, but that's all subjective. Just like our body and brain cuts off unnecessary portions, people tend to ditch things that are not contributive to their continued survival and/or happiness. Yes, many young people do not know how to repair "X" or "Y", and just tend to either get a new one or have someone else do it. But that's a value argument. Many things in general are becoming more technologically advanced (in fact auto makes are purposely making their vehicles more difficult to repair), so learning how to do these things is naturally and slowly being phased out. I mean, that doesn't just change overnight. It's like object oriented programming. You have the low level building blocks that slowly get phased out in favor of more attractive, higher level constructs that save time. Honestly in general I'm optimistic. I think whatever tendencies we have now, they're an evolutionary trait. It's good that we're becoming a more global society. More aware of everyone and more willing to understand different cultures and different people. I think peoples' acute and very real fear of global and mutual destruction will keep said fear from being realized... after all, there's an apocalyptic movie (or anime) about said scenario regularly. Relevant. http://imgur.com/gallery/bagPG http://imgur.com/gallery/3s5o4