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Objectivists in Love: Ayn Rand Fans Get Dating Site
Time ragazine ^ | Friday, Apr. 15, 2011 | Claire Suddath

Posted on 04/15/2011 3:41:20 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

Let me get one thing out of the way: I have never read Ayn Rand... I did what any self-respecting journalist would do: I called up a friend. "Quick, can you explain Ayn Rand's personal philosophy to me in one sentence?" I asked Fahad Siadat, a professional musician who'd just finished reading Atlas Shrugged... "Think of Kanye West," he said. "He's a total douche bag, but he writes good music. According to Rand, that's what counts." And isn't everyone who follows Rand supposed to be selfish? "They are selfish," Siadat said. "To become the best, you have to do what's right for you, not someone else."

That doesn't sound like the conventional makings of a solid relationship. Maybe these people really do need their own dating site... Joshua Zader, 37... modeled the site after Match.com's pay-to-view profile system... "Ayn Rand has a great quote in The Fountainhead," he told me. "She writes that a person cannot say 'I love you' without first being able to say the I."

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TOPICS: Books/Literature; Business/Economy; Society
KEYWORDS: atlasphere; aynrand; joshuazader; objectivism
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To: Petruchio; Yorlik803; ryan71; boxerblues; Hammy; DollyCali; DaveLoneRanger; BigSkyFreeper; snugs; ..

PING.
21 posted on 04/15/2011 7:03:45 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (Let this chant follow BHO everywhere he goes: "You lie. You lie. You lie.")
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To: RepublicanChick

heh!


22 posted on 04/15/2011 7:24:16 PM PDT by kara2008
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To: SunkenCiv
I made this one up this morning.

How does an objectivist screw in a lightbulb?

It doesnt matter as long as it's rough and non-consentual. [sic]

Aaron

[ http://anti-state.com/forum/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=2531;start=0#msg43628]

23 posted on 04/15/2011 8:23:30 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: RandallFlagg

I’m not sure they’d be able to handle me over there, LOL! :)


24 posted on 04/16/2011 4:06:25 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: SunkenCiv

“Disclaimer: Contradictions do not exist. If you think you’re hot stuff but you’re not getting any, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong.”


25 posted on 04/16/2011 4:12:36 AM PDT by RichInOC (An erect Bill Clinton has no conscience.)
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To: RichInOC

LOL!


26 posted on 04/16/2011 6:41:46 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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To: grey_whiskers

:’)


27 posted on 04/16/2011 6:42:51 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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To: Publius

I found my conservative husband on eHarmony two years ago, but I had to import him from Kerrville to the People’s republic of Austin.


28 posted on 04/16/2011 7:14:06 AM PDT by austingirl
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To: SunkenCiv
It’s Dine and Dash.

Chew and screw? Eat it and beat it?

29 posted on 04/16/2011 9:37:32 AM PDT by Fido969
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