This kinda news doesn't feel any better to hear now than it did when I was a child. The people who can do something about it don't care. We mourn our lost future. The cycle continues.
Doesn't the story portray Paul Atreidies' messianic rise as a bad, albeit opportunistic move? I only watched the new films, but it did not feel like we were supposed to think it was a good thing.
I did a rewatch of the prequels just to show a friend all the Darth Jar Jar evidence that never comes to fruition. We were robbed of a better experience.
A lot of people don't have the time nor the energy to cook these days. If you work long hours or have multiple jobs to make ends meet, things can and will fall to the wayside. It's not always a matter of laziness like you're implying.
A tragedy of firearms is it makes children just as dangerous as anyone else. If the child was using the gun, they were the most dangerous person in the school.
I was made aware that my chewing is too loud. I no longer enjoy eating food around people because I'm too self-conscious about the noise. It's a stupid thing to care about, and I feel stupid for letting it bother me. I wish "live and let live" was easier.
Prosecution isn't a preventative measure. It's reactionary. A society should have some degree of foresight.
There's nothing indicating we can't design a less lethal screwdriver. I have the sneaking suspicion that screwdriver murders aren't happening in public spaces as frequently as private ones, so there's room for discussion on how we ought to reduce someone's capacity for murder with one. I'm concerned that you think this is a ridiculous notion, as though a society has no choice but to allow murderers free reign over others. It's a limited frame of mind, and nothing would ever be done about anything. I understand that that's essentially what the idea is with gun control, but I disagree with it for many reasons.
I fundamentally disagree with the idea that suicide of consciousness is the correct answer to resolving the problem of suffering. Suffering is but one element of our collective existence, and while I agree that it's unpleasant (duh), extermination is far too extreme an answer to consider it just. The scope is simply too narrow and pessimistic, and if one were to act on this philosophy, I would consider them evil. Don't kill your mates for being depressed or for hurting. Help them, however you can.
I'm addicted, man. And I got my friends hooked on the stuff. All I can do is sit with the shame.