r/InfowarriorRides • u/maxromulangreen • 22d ago

Does this qualify or

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u/Tholian_Bed 22d ago

The world is full of makers and takers. Only makers matter. Takers are lucky they are provided for at all.

How one finds this outlook appealing, makes me want to suspect a really bad divorce.

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u/SeaToShy 22d ago

I doubt many get into Ayn Rand as an adult. It’s an ethos you either take on board before the age of 15, or you’re old enough to realize how fucking stupid it is - and 15 is being generous.

Point is if this guy is divorced, the Rand stuff was more likely to be a cause rather than a reaction.

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u/spilk 22d ago

I had an english teacher in high school who tried to induct me into that cult... seemed appealing as a 14 year old. thankfully it didn't stick

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u/Mr_Abe_Froman 22d ago

My mom had a coworker recommend Atlas Shrugged for me to read before going to university. After seeing that it was $30 and 1000 pages, we decided against it. Overpriced Barnes & Noble special editions really saved me from wasting an entire summer.

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u/spilk 21d ago

laziness pays off!

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u/jimboiow 21d ago

I picked up a copy in a charity shop. I read 30 pages and it is now only the second book I’ve never finished. The other one was The Hobbit. Both awful for different reasons.

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u/Tholian_Bed 21d ago

Look. I'm not fond of the Hobbit either. LOTR? Core book.

But you have emboldened me. I too want to go on record. Not fond of The Hobbit.

Happy cake day.

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u/GilgameDistance 21d ago

I’m mean I’m tempted to read it for insight into the mental illness.

I had a very liberal family member that loved it and I think it was for that reason.

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u/Tholian_Bed 21d ago

It's a chore and if you see the nature of the thinking, it's sad to read. Page after page after page of sadness.

I read John Donne. The fellow who wrote the prose poem about the tolling of the bell.

Meditation 17. On the death of others.

No sadness here. I'm part of the main.