Tommy

Adam Carolla. He has a great sense of irony/sense of humor. He hosts the radio show Loveline every night from 10:00 to 12:00. It's great because he has secondhand morons call him up and he gets to yell at them. He often complains about irrational idiots who say stuff like "everything happens for a reason" and who believe in Chinese mysticism (favored rants of his). He's like a firsthander who doesn't realize it.

We had to read a book for Lit, and my teacher said that she highly suggested The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged, and Anthem. Plus, I vaguely remember my mom saying something about Atlas Shrugged: it was her favorite book when I was her age.

I know that I shouldn't worry, but I can't help it. I'm a kinda insecure. I worry about my image to people's whose opinions I respect. But I've been to forums before where I was flamed for no good reason. I dunno, I was just cautious. I've read The Fountainhead, but not Atlas Shrugged. I started on it, but the plot bored me. And I just felt like it wasn't going to be telling me anything new, you know? Like The Fountainhead just got me started and I took it from there. And I did catch the "my generation" reference.

Favorite song. Favorite actor. Half of it is just this feeling. The other half is that every time I meet a new firsthander, they're always different in some remarkable way (often music). Half are really interested in politics, half purposefully aren't. Most firsthanders I know are monotheistic (myself being agnostic), but there are still a lot who aren't. I dunno.

Hey, I'm new here. I'm 15 and I live in Atlanta. I don't really know what to expect from this forum. To tell you the truth, I think I might differ from most other objectivists, but I may as well find out. I'm still rather unexperienced. My only view of the world is of my very secondhand highschool. I'd rather think of myself as a firsthander than an objectivist. It sounds less binding. I like classic rock mainly. My favorite band is The Who, my favorite movie is The Good, the Bad, and The Ugly. The thing that will probably set me most apart from everybody here is the fact that I'm not big on politics. I used to be, but I sort of dropped it since usually when I try to talk about it I run into a brick wall of secondhand. I identify people more by the way they act, their favorite movies, music, and their sense of humor. Most of what gives away of whether a person is secondhand or firsthand is just how they act. It would be great if someone could tell me how well I'm going to fit in. Thanks.