What do you think makes a person truly beautiful?

Why do Russians here on the forum keep repeating that there is no fuel shortage in Russia? I just got a message from an acquaintance in Kola who said they couldn't visit their family during the holidays due to a fuel shortage. Why these lies?
Why do some people fear the sound of sizzling when cooking, and how does it affect the food they make?
Will future generations look at social media the way we look at smoking in the 1950s—something society underestimated until much later?