Ha! I started watching Buster Scruggs a couple of weeks ago, and I got so bored and lost I only made it about halfway through. It was interesting but I couldn't see the point, if there was one. Maybe all the little stories come together in some way later on, dunno. I'll give it another shot someday.
I think they are recreating the old-fashioned storytelling about the tribulations of the old west. Since I grew up hearing those types of stories told in this way (though the humoristic style was different - there was humor, but it was more ironic than slapstick as the Coen bros tend to do), I found the movie a throw-back. I don't believe it was meant to be similar to modern storytelling as we've become accustomed to.