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 Title text: I had a hard time with Ayn Rand because I found myself enthusiastically agreeing with the first 90% of every sentence, but getting lost at 'therefore, be a huge asshole to everyone.' |
Transcript
[Person stands in front of a bookshelf]
Person: Ooo, Atlas Shrugged
[Person yanks out book only for a click to be heard]
[The entire setup begins to rumble, while the bookcase and a surrounding platform takes both it and the person behind the wall]
[The tiny, dark room behind the wall has one thing painted on it]
Wall: You have terrible taste.
[The whole piece of kit moves back to its original position. The person stands there mildly stunned.]
Explanation
Again, I'm late. Sorry. Life getting in the way of my explaining.
This is a play off the typical "hidden door" in which you pull down the right book and suddenly a wall of books turns into a hidden door. In this case, the book is Atlas Shrugged and instead of a secret passage, the wall swings around and takes you to a message "You Have Terrible Taste".
Atlas Shrugged is a dystopian novel by Ayrn Rand.
