Objectivists in Love: Ayn Rand Fans Get Dating Site

Time ragazine ^ | Friday, Apr. 15, 2011 | Claire Suddath

[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."

[SunkenCiv]

the Atlasphere site:freerepublic.com

Google

[SunkenCiv]

Yes, I didn’t believe it either.

http://www.theatlasphere.com/dating/index.php?page=index

[Tempest]

Oh dear, a loveless relation ship where two people get together to trade investment advice and complain about how the man is trying to stick it to them because of all the herdly working they’ve done.

[Tempest]

Damnit, that’s what I get for posting from my Android phone!

[Publius]

For singles who love the book.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

That would be me! Now, to just find a man that understands me. *SIGH* :)

[Talisker]

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.

The media panders to Hillary soccer mom behavior like a crack whore to a dealer.

[Crawdad]

After sex, an Objectivist always asks, “Was it good for me?”

[Uncle Miltie]

"Objectivists in Love"

Well, ya gotta love this, then:

[Fido969]

So, after dinner, who picks up the check?

[KarlInOhio]

Middle aged married female author looking for boy-toy. Marriage isn't an obstacle for me and it shouldn't be for you.

[SunkenCiv]

The photo of her in the article was Getty (so we can’t use it here), but yow, that’s a man, man.

[SunkenCiv]

It’s Dine and Dash.

[SunkenCiv]

Hey, quit treating her like a Sex Objectivist.

[SunkenCiv]

No, that’s Democrats.

[Revolting cat!]

Oh no, (oh yes, depending on your perspective) a dating site for the humorless at last!

[SunkenCiv]

True, except for the use of “like”. ;’)

[Revolting cat!]

Ant you hef too speak wif de Russian aksent!

[SunkenCiv]

How many Objectivists does it take to change a light bulb?

The lightbulb must change itself. If you change the lightbulb, you are only pandering to its weakness, and soon you will find yourself changing everybody’s light bulbs, destroying society in the process.

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[SunkenCiv]

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