Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Hetero In the Free Market for Love
Posted by Erica C. Barnett on Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 2:17 PM
Three attractive Objectivists at The Objectivist Center's 2006 Summer Seminar
From the listings on the Atlasphere, a dating and networking site for Objectivists (via New York Magazine):
waitingfordagny, Chicago, Illinois
I want to meet a serious woman who both challenges me intellectually and inspires me to noble things by her beauty.
mxjohnxm, Greenville, South Carolina
“One can’t love man without hating most of the creatures who pretend to bear his name.”
thustotyrants, Selden, New York
[I am] short, stark, and mansome.You should contact me if you are a skinny woman. If your words are a meaningful progression of concepts rather than a series of vocalizations induced by your spinal cord for the purpose of complementing my tone of voice. If you’ve seen the meatbot, the walking automaton, the pod-people, the dense, glazy-eyed substrate through which living organisms such as myself must escape to reach air and sunlight. If you’ve realized that if speech is to be regarded as a cognitive function, technically they aren’t speaking, and you don’t have to listen.
Zak, Long Island, New York
I am rational, integrated, and efficacious. So far, I’ve never met a person who lives up to the standard I hold for myself (except online).I take my relationships seriously. I am simply not attracted to many of the women in this world. I do not “hook-up” with girls. I only kiss those who deserve, and so far I have only encountered one who did. I would love to find someone I can learn something from; someone who challenges me to think; someone I can feel like I’ve won, rather than lowered myself to.
lostpainting, Hagerstown, Maryland
Please note: If you’re overweight, I won’t date you. If you believe in God, I won’t date you. If you vote for Democrats, I won’t date you.
Lewis, London, U.K.
I love intelligent, sassy girls, particularly those working in consulting or investment banking (but other fields are great too). Really, nothing is hotter than an accomplished girl in a suit, as long as she is willing to settle down and have my children. I want a girl who will support my ambitions against the naysayers in society.
Rob, Stanford, California
Ayn Rand ignited the fire within me that was searching for the right spark. My every action is guided according to my philosophy, and my philosophy is the philosophy of Ayn Rand.
I am interested in meeting someone that truly embodies the values and virtues of Objectivism. I have found very few women that have not already been beaten down to a flimsy, irrational, empty pulp. I have changed many girls’ lives, but no one has blown me away yet.I never “hook-up” randomly, I never kiss a girl that doesn’t deserve mine. I have yet to find a girl deserving of my falling in love with her. But “other people” are secondary values no matter what, so finding someone is not a priority for me.
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in other related news, new york post's page six reports that anne coulter has had her jaw wired shut. please please please let this be true.
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WOW.
I've heard objectivism was for assholes, but, wow, they really take assholery to another level.
I've heard objectivism was for assholes, but, wow, they really take assholery to another level.
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"Really, nothing is hotter than an accomplished girl in a suit, as long as she is willing to settle down and have my children."
Hmm... would that mean sacrificing her dreams for yours? Oh wait, no one cares about those, anyway! Good luck!
Hmm... would that mean sacrificing her dreams for yours? Oh wait, no one cares about those, anyway! Good luck!
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I predict the entire internet will experience a slowdown due to the massive influx of available ladies logging on to that site once word gets out.
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The last one sounds like my ex. UGH. I hope he finds this site so he can stop harassing normal people.
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Sometimes I think Helen Mirren had to do that "Queen" picture in penance for playing Rand in the milk-souringly bad biopic.
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"Three attractive Objectivists at The Objectivist Center's 2006 Summer Seminar"
attractive? i beg to differ.
attractive? i beg to differ.
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I like the one that's looking for an atheist that doesn't vote for Democrats. That's a pretty small set.
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@12
english is my second language. and ive only recently began viewing monty python's flying circus.
english is my second language. and ive only recently began viewing monty python's flying circus.
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That cracks me up, people are so cute! They're like children in adult bodies.
...except then I imagine that they might attract some ego deflated women who crave emotional abuse and fuck their lives up. Uh oh and they are also probably able to reproduce... not so funny any more.
...except then I imagine that they might attract some ego deflated women who crave emotional abuse and fuck their lives up. Uh oh and they are also probably able to reproduce... not so funny any more.
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You should have ended the bold in the last quote before "away yet." It would be more accurate that way.
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@17,
Those people reproducing is definitely the scariest part of that scenario. As for twisted people finding each other? Let them. It'll spare the rest of us from having to deal with them.
Those people reproducing is definitely the scariest part of that scenario. As for twisted people finding each other? Let them. It'll spare the rest of us from having to deal with them.
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That is great stuff!
I haven't had a laugh like that in a while. I've not seen a blog entry that has earned my laughter, so I guess that makes sense. I don't stoop to laughing at blog entries just because they're there. They have to meet my standards, which are higher than the average person's by far.
"I want a girl who will support my ambitions against the naysayers in society. "
I had the same problem as this guy until I finally realized that my aspirations to become the greatest engineer in the world implied I had to read books *not* written by Ayn Rand, and that my ambition was thus falling short of the capitalist objective. I then opted to sit in the local coffee shop and scoff at people who waste their lives away. Needless to say, the accomplished women wearing business suits just started flowing in applying for my partnership. The hardly even noticed I'm an idiot.
I haven't had a laugh like that in a while. I've not seen a blog entry that has earned my laughter, so I guess that makes sense. I don't stoop to laughing at blog entries just because they're there. They have to meet my standards, which are higher than the average person's by far.
"I want a girl who will support my ambitions against the naysayers in society. "
I had the same problem as this guy until I finally realized that my aspirations to become the greatest engineer in the world implied I had to read books *not* written by Ayn Rand, and that my ambition was thus falling short of the capitalist objective. I then opted to sit in the local coffee shop and scoff at people who waste their lives away. Needless to say, the accomplished women wearing business suits just started flowing in applying for my partnership. The hardly even noticed I'm an idiot.
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Basically, a libertarian with an extra sprinkle of asshole.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objectivism…)
uh, I'm retarded. What is an objectivist?
Basically, a libertarian with an extra sprinkle of asshole.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objectivism…)
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Jeez, and all I was looking for was a girl aged 25-40 who is herb friendly with a steady connection. She doesn't even have to be hetero and we woldn't have t have sex. But the herb thing is a deal breaker.
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Altasphere? Yeah, I think that's the American Gladiator event where the lonely guy that can't talk to women sits in an iron sphere and concludes that the women's failure to recognize his greatness is merely a symptom of an altruistic society built to reward weakness. I could be wrong, but I think it's won by rolling your sphere out of highschool and into a college philosophy class.
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"someone I can feel like I’ve won, rather than lowered myself to."
But “other people” are secondary values no matter what, so finding someone is not a priority for me.
Fuck off, Zak from Long Island and you too Rob, from Stanford
But “other people” are secondary values no matter what, so finding someone is not a priority for me.
Fuck off, Zak from Long Island and you too Rob, from Stanford
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Objectivism is the natural byproduct of the maggots that grew up in the guts of the then recently disembowled captains of industry. The sort that thinks profit is an end-result.
It stands to reason that they would be so oblivious when writing personals.
"Why won't this profit-driven woman clean my floors?!"
It stands to reason that they would be so oblivious when writing personals.
"Why won't this profit-driven woman clean my floors?!"
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Now, now Erica, let's be fair...
All these ads are from objectivist MEN. I know for a fact that female objectivists are just as arrogant and socially inept.
All these ads are from objectivist MEN. I know for a fact that female objectivists are just as arrogant and socially inept.
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@1 for the win.
And Jill's right about female objectivists, for the most part - they're just better about hiding some of their behavior so they get a lot of first, second, and third dates - but not any follow through.
And Jill's right about female objectivists, for the most part - they're just better about hiding some of their behavior so they get a lot of first, second, and third dates - but not any follow through.
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I think Zak from Long Giland and Rob from Stanford need to hook up. They both seem to be similarly uninterested in kissing girls.
Me, I'd like to hear more about this "meatbot", please. Got an email address?
Me, I'd like to hear more about this "meatbot", please. Got an email address?
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... and every other dating site is full of princes.
Should we post some Nerve or Manhunt ads for comparison? Or heaven help us, Craigslist?
Should we post some Nerve or Manhunt ads for comparison? Or heaven help us, Craigslist?
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