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Re:Why Are There So Many Rationalist Cults? by mikestew on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @04:39PM (#44881562)
at least LOTR's lightweight fans watched the movies!

Oh, there’s movies for lazy Rand fans, too.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480239/

More of a Fountainhead fan, are you? Do ya like Gary Cooper and Patricia Neal?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041386/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

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Re:Why Are There So Many Rationalist Cults? by notahacker on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @04:51PM (#44881687)
> Oh, there’s movies for lazy Rand fans, too.

tbf that comment was about 50% a joke about their poor performance at the box office :D

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Re:Why Are There So Many Rationalist Cults? by mikestew on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @05:02PM (#44881788)
Rereading your comment, that’s my woosh moment for the day, I guess. :-)

Though a Gary Cooper The Fountainhead does tempt me on occasion. (Unlike Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead wasn’t horrible, but still some pretty poor writing.)

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