No, I genuinely don’t believe it will. I don’t think the human race will ever reach another star, though I do believe it could be possible if we avoided going extinct for a few thousand years.

Another galaxy? No chance, not unless we figure out FTL, which I don’t believe is likely. The only FTL I’ve heard of that might be possible is the Alcubierre drive, but it relies on things that are so exotic, it’s likely impossible to create one.

You know your culture is fucked when someone who isn’t a pedophile is being celebrated because it’s a nice change.

Nothing like a good lid, so sturdy, yet able to vent vapour.

Nobody specified which axis he was divided along. It could be the vertical axis, which wouldn’t change his height.

Great news, you don’t have to bother, just switch to Linux. I did, and I don’t have to spend a single moment worrying about what Microsoft is doing to their garbage.

I suspect it has to do with what their primary activities are. Perhaps they’re spending less time in groups and more time isolated, communicating digitally.

I think a psychologist would say that if you really can’t find common ground, it’s best to agree not to talk about it.

Indoctrination is highly effective. Your parents were raised in a place where toeing the line is the norm and questioning those in power is traditionally a great way to ensure you disappear. Russians are deeply indoctrinated when compared to western nations because that’s how their society has been set up since 1922. The Soviet leadership ruled by suppressing any dissent, violently and without remorse. Just because the Soviet Union no longer exists, doesn’t mean their ways of doing things disappeared too.

The only way to change them would be to engage in an equally sophisticated program of indoctrination: deprogramming as it’s called. Since you lack the resources of the Soviet Union, it would be a much more difficult task, especially since your parents are now older and their brains are less changeable. They were indoctrinated as children and by a very prolific system. Reversing that now, by yourself, is a tall order.

I’m sorry your parents were failed by their leadership, it’s truly a shame.