Shrug This!

If you're not aware of Ayn Rand's novels or her predatory 'philosophy' Objectivism, it will soon be unavoidable. Pitt and Jolie are filming her dopey opus "Atlas Shrugged."

Rand was a little too insane to go into here, but finally her cult has a place where they can meet each other and date, the Atlasphere. Mind you, a date between two superior beings, who extol the virtue of selfishness and whose professed goal is to separate themselves from the mediocrity-laden establishment might be different...

"There's a popular game among Objectivists – Concepts in a Hat. Participants write philosophical terms on scraps of paper and drop them into a bowl, draw two or more at random, and explain the connections. The mood can be typical of Objectivist clubs and meetings, says Mr. Zader – impersonal and esoteric in a way "that isn't exactly a chick magnet. ....men outnumber women 4 to 1 on the site."

Although children are mysteriously absent from her novels, some lucky child can now someday be told, "Your mother and I fell deeply in love after learning we shared a complete contempt for humanity..."

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