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1. dingnu+(OP)[view] [source] 2025-08-27 22:39:49
I'm not sure someone with a handle that references Ayn Rand's second most boring book has a right to comment on word choice lol
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2. Terr_+g[view] [source] 2025-08-27 22:41:53
>>dingnu+(OP)
It's one of the few books that I went into totally blind, and then hate-finished just so that I could confidently condemn it.

I've deleted a paragraph or two to avoid unilaterally taking everything too off topic, but I'll just say that the book is a self-contradictory artifact of hypocrisy that disrespects the reader.

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3. adastr+j3[view] [source] 2025-08-27 23:09:03
>>dingnu+(OP)
There’s an even more boring book?!
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4. rcfox+O3[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-08-27 23:13:01
>>Terr_+g
I also went into that book blind. I was in grade 12 and some organization was offering scholarships to people who wrote an essay about the book. I had a twice-daily 45-minute bus ride to fill, so it seemed like an easy win.

I didn't end up finishing the book.

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5. bryanl+Y4[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-08-27 23:23:59
>>rcfox+O3
Probably not the type of organization to give a scholarship to those who write an essay critical of the work.

Myself, I read it at age 12 and bought its premise at the time. Therefore I mentally categorize Ayn Rand devotees as people with the maturity I had at 12. That's a pretty low bar they're failing to clear.

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