This is Water - Part 2

A speech given by David Foster Wallace (R.I.P.) at the 2005 Kenyon College commencement ceremony.

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[fpowerm]

~ if the xylophones bother you, i'm not sure you were listening...

[unsolvedrobyn]

I wish you way more than luck is such a beautiful thing to say.

[hazelknowles]

Some of the laughing ruins what DFW is trying to say.

[pabloe168]

those kids learn more in one evening that in their whole education.

[socceriscool981]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha­ha @ 3:50

As he is talking about how the stereotypical liberal arts graduate thinks, they all applaud like the liberal arts graduates they are. Proves his point beautifully

[medzshakes]

@xk23 at the end

[medzshakes]

@Eiparo His advice obviously flew right over you if you use his suicide as a basis for how 'correct' what he's saying is. I've started to experience what he's referring to when he talks about adult life being unsexy and tedious and soul-crushing. I'm in my third year of university; in the first year I spent it chasing a hedonisitc ideal; in the second I spent it living a very boring but more 'mature' life. The fact that I was forced to grow up used to piss me off, this gave me a new perspective.

[shaftiloniusmonk]

@Eiparo david foster wallace battled depression throughout his entire life. he didn't kill himself because his advice was bullshit, he killed himself because he was beyond the reach, even of the things which he knew to be true, like the things he says in this speech.

[kernjesus]

@yazzy613 I think that is mostly because they weren't really understanding what he is saying. It happens often when I attend lectures of very intelligent people. It is dense stuff and not everyone can fully grasp it, especially at that age.

[lovegoodbooboo]

so much capitol-T Truth in this speech. . . .