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Title: This is Water - Part 1
Added: Oct 12, 2010
Author: CantEatBabies
Duration: 10:0
Description:
A speech given by David Foster Wallace (R.I.P.) at the 2005 Kenyon College commencement ceremony.Download here: http://www.mediafire.com/?file41t3kfml6q6
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Youtube Comments: 79
grant1016 Says:
Dec 23, 2011 - you might want to learn how to spell "moron" before you call someone that, moron.
mrderp1000 Says:
Dec 25, 2011 - Hey. Dickhead. He said you can disagree. Don't start an argument.
dialone1974 Says:
Dec 29, 2011 - @Dazza3500 Hey fucknut, what inclines you to troll around and talk shit about an amazing man's observations? Your silly little god has shit to do with rational thought, so try keeping your cunt mouth shut, go ahead and waste your breath on the merits of Nickleback's latest single. Go on and fuck strictly for the sake of procreation, bury your head in a dead book, waste your short life calling people out for giving up.
SuperAxel68 Says:
Dec 29, 2011 - "Teaching you how to think is teaching you how to become less arrogant."
carsonnik Says:
Dec 31, 2011 - Go complain to your make believe God, buddy.
gr8barrierreef Says:
Jan 21, 2012 - Some good observations here, pity so much fighting in comments though! Keep up the good work!
winxclubmusafan66 Says:
Feb 10, 2012 - This is quite interesting. Glad my professor assigned this for homework. :o
rosewallaceg Says:
Feb 11, 2012 - this is like, the fourth time in a day i've found youtube arguments about the spelling of, 'moron,' being an accurate gauge of moronism.
ancook58 Says:
Feb 15, 2012 - ....you can all choose not to argue on the internet. Ignorance just falls into one of those annoyances that you can decide to see in a different light if you so choose. Perhaps the religious comments are coming from someone who was raised in such a strict home that they know nothing else. Perhaps this is the first glimpse of "free thinking" they have ever heard. By arguing, you are judging and letting something bother you that shouldn't.
MrJivePirate Says:
Feb 27, 2012 - Atheists are repulsive? You lose me there.
fishNchato Says:
Feb 29, 2012 - Yoooooooooooooo i really hate reading stuff like this, but its really helping me get thrrough itTHANK YOU XD
Elciled Says:
Mar 1, 2012 - So both atheists and religious folk disregard all he says because they get so easily offended? It's a sad day for irony.
heirofstewie Says:
Mar 2, 2012 - It recently turned out to be not as easy as assumed to notice all the most obvious things in life, when our cartel- office (GER) realized, that our fuel- price could maybe have risen due to the oil- monopolist's greed for profit. Currently an investigation is running on price- analogies of different brand's petrol stations. That is so fuckin poor that I would suggest D.F.Wallace to rewrite all laws that have ever been made for cartel prevention...I may vomit...
cordoovab Says:
Mar 19, 2012 - We should find a way to get rid of people like you.
KampfKiewi245 Says:
Apr 8, 2012 - This made me laugh. Don't you see the irony in your sentence ?
KampfKiewi245 Says:
Apr 9, 2012 - Yeah, unfortunately, you're right.
phaedruslive Says:
Apr 9, 2012 - He was an icarus. To be burdened with that kind of talent seems to kill people off early.
affably Says:
Apr 12, 2012 - Thanks for sharing the audio! Great speech.
TSaxman74 Says:
Apr 18, 2012 - That is one of the most cogent observations I have ever seen here on YouTube.
garrygolden Says:
Apr 18, 2012 - choosing 'what' to think about-- not 'how' to think
ovhnfinity Says:
Apr 27, 2012 - This guys severe clinical depression killed him. The medication he was taking for his depression stopped working for him and he was unable to get his depression under control. I have been in his situation and I can tell you that depression that never ends will kill you. He was brilliant and ahead of his time.
artrock1970 Says:
May 1, 2012 - Love listening to this every now and then.
lyelund Says:
May 4, 2012 - Boredom, routine and petty frustration. I've been enduring these things since high school from living a relatively unburdened life. These definitely made my college years unlivable because deep inside I know I haven't changed.
gkelly185 Says:
May 19, 2012 - My favorite commencement speech of all-time!












gb85 Says:
Dec 7, 2011 - This message combined with his abilities as a writer/speaker would make for quite the mindfuck if I was an anxious, excited graduate sitting in that auditorium.Glad there's audio -- the text alone doesn't quite do it justice.