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yeah it's all making more sense now yet not at all (which I'm learning is the point)

Everything is just so absurd. I know that he may not be an absurdist in philosophical technicality but that's the best word to describe just what everything is

"My God-life! Who can understand even one little minute of it?" "Don't try, just pretend you understand"
My first thought was oh my God he would absolutely love Albert Camus.
Just looked it up and apparently Vonnegut was very fond of Camus and in fact Cat's Cradle is in some (abstract) ways considered an existentialist counterpart to Camus' absurdist Myth of Sisyphus
I'm so glad I can pick up on things like that

Unquoted in the Books of Bokonon:
So I said good-bye to government,
And I gave my reason:
That a really good religion
Is a form of treason.

understanding things like this is why I think religious studies are so important (or at least Christian history)

I think that me liking Kurt Vonnegut so much is very antithetical to my overall literature tastes. But perhaps my taste in men contributes to being attracted to the name and the satirical science fiction-esque genre...

I had a Kurt Vonnegut urge which is usually a good idea to fulfill. The formatting of this book is very strange but weirdly works fantastically so far. I think I'm really going to enjoy this