This Is The Most Inspiring Yet Depressing Yet Hilarious Yet Horrifying Yet Heartwarming Grad Speech

Tim Minchin is a hilarious performer. He also gives dark but brilliant and slightly crass speeches to college graduates, apparently. At 7:22, he says my favorite thing ever about science. At 9:50, he expresses my entire life philosophy. And at 10:50, you’ll think he’s saying something utterly depressing until he turns it all around on…

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Sep 27, 2013

WARNING: You may get offended at some point in this video. However, if you watch all 11 minutes, you’ll probably not be so offended anymore. If that’s the case, you should totally Like Tim Minchin on Facebook. And maybe share this?

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