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EnnuiKen (November 20th, 2008 @ 7:35 am)

I also find it hilarious to see all of these "free thinkers" hero worshiping Vonnegut as though he were intellectually flawless. He was bright, sure, but can't we appreciate intelligence without constantly referring to someone who possesses his fair share of it as a genius? On the other hand, expecting wisdom on YouTube is like jumping off the Chrysler Building and hoping to live.

EnnuiKen (November 20th, 2008 @ 7:19 am)

I'd also like to say that I don't judge him as being a bad person for being miserable. I'm not trying to make light of his personal problems, I'm merely saying that trying to substantiate Vonnegut as someone who was ultimately life affirming is ridiculous. His outlook as far as I understand it was that the human condition is a series of bizarre and tragic collisions in space and time. This appealed to me as a 17 year old who also favored Camus, but no longer.

EnnuiKen (November 20th, 2008 @ 6:51 am)

I've read seven of Vonnegut's novels and my opinion at this point is that they're diversionary and cynical, albeit hysterical. There is no way a rational person could examine the man's writings and not understand that they're indicative of a depressed sensibility. He even mockingly gives praise to God that his life is almost over at the beginning of this intervie; if you conclude this was a person who enjoyed existence you simply aren't paying attention.

Intiman14 (November 20th, 2008 @ 12:21 am)

I'm sorry to see that everything he wrote apparently went over your head. Thanks for sharing, though.

SpFiota (November 15th, 2008 @ 8:03 am)

You are one clever guy. Or is it gal?

AlabasterWings (November 9th, 2008 @ 5:57 am)

I think you take Vonnegut at face value. If you take a different approch while listening to him you may find he is an optomist. After all, why do you think he would be so critical of humanity if not because he saw great potential in it.

robertspeakfan (November 7th, 2008 @ 2:13 am)

i'm not atheist and i completely agree with those statements.

saggenbendavis (November 3rd, 2008 @ 11:51 pm)

Then you're not analytically looking at society.

myl33tskill2 (October 28th, 2008 @ 10:34 pm)

You never said he wasn't correct in saying that though.

lnkn182 (October 27th, 2008 @ 3:55 am)

Hey had only three kids. He adopted three who were his sister's kids after they were orphaned. His sister died of cancer, and his brother-in-law died in a train crash--all in the same week, I believe. He also adopted his 7th child when she was an infant.

whaleofashrimp (October 26th, 2008 @ 5:45 pm)

it's funny he had 6 kids

NMassel99 (October 26th, 2008 @ 6:50 am)

i like his books, but yeah, vonnegut is a real sour machine