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Jun 25, 2009

Dark humor anyone?

As I am an IB student, it is obligatory that I write an essay of 4,000 words (max) called the Extended Essay which can be about a topic of my own choice. Since I chose to do Kurt Vonnegut, I thought that I have to at least mention his talent of using dark humor in his works. So I searched about "dark humor" and randomly (of course) came across this quote:

"The most unfair thing about life is the way it ends. I mean, life is tough. It takes up a lot of your time. What do you get at the end of it? A death. What's that, a bonus? I think the life cycle is all backwards. You should die first, get it out of the way. Then you live in an old age home. You get kicked out when you're too young, you get a gold watch, you go to work. You work forty years until you're young enough to enjoy your retirement. You do drugs, alcohol, you party, and you get ready for high school. You go to grade school, you become a kid, you play, you have no responsibilities, you become a little baby, you go back into the womb, you spend your last nine months floating... you finish off as an orgasm."

--George Carlin


I totally agree. This quote will change my life forever. 

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P/S: I found out 10 minutes ago that Christian Bale is Welsh/English. Thank goodness for Wikipedia.

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