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September 20, 2024 10:21 AM Subscribe
You would need to pay me fifteen million to take twitter.com.
posted by kittens for breakfast at 10:41 AM on September 20 [5 favorites]
posted by kittens for breakfast at 10:41 AM on September 20 [5 favorites]
I think these cards are misnamed.
In the event, they are clearly FOR humanity.
posted by chavenet at 10:42 AM on September 20 [5 favorites]
In the event, they are clearly FOR humanity.
posted by chavenet at 10:42 AM on September 20 [5 favorites]
Again, SpaceX is a piece of shit in Boca Chica. I would love them if they could stay in Florida and not drive birds to extinction in TX
posted by eustatic at 10:50 AM on September 20 [6 favorites]
posted by eustatic at 10:50 AM on September 20 [6 favorites]
The Reuters investigation they link to goes into the local politics and misdoings of SpaceX, and is worth reading.
posted by larrybob at 10:50 AM on September 20 [11 favorites]
posted by larrybob at 10:50 AM on September 20 [11 favorites]
I admire how they are bringing attention to the wider problem.
posted by rednikki at 10:51 AM on September 20 [9 favorites]
posted by rednikki at 10:51 AM on September 20 [9 favorites]
I really wish that fucker would just get on a rocket and head to Mars.
posted by Ickster at 10:59 AM on September 20 [18 favorites]
posted by Ickster at 10:59 AM on September 20 [18 favorites]
As much as I despise Cards Against Humanity, (let's make racist, misogynist, homophobic sentences and laugh about it!)...
Good for them. Need to read the second article, but I'm not exactly sure how something like this happens.
posted by Windopaene at 11:06 AM on September 20 [14 favorites]
Good for them. Need to read the second article, but I'm not exactly sure how something like this happens.
posted by Windopaene at 11:06 AM on September 20 [14 favorites]
I am long since over Cards Against Humanity as a game but, as an ongoing performance art project, Cards Against Humanity LLC continues to amaze and delight at regular intervals.
posted by jacquilynne at 11:06 AM on September 20 [50 favorites]
posted by jacquilynne at 11:06 AM on September 20 [50 favorites]
I really wish that fucker would just get on a rocket and head to Mars.
I really wish Jello would remake One Way Ticket to Pluto updated for the current times.
posted by symbioid at 11:19 AM on September 20 [2 favorites]
I really wish Jello would remake One Way Ticket to Pluto updated for the current times.
posted by symbioid at 11:19 AM on September 20 [2 favorites]
The sooner Elon leaves the planet the better. I mean, I do feel sorry for Mars; it's a shitty place but it isn't so bad it deserves Musk. Still, for the sake of humanity that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make.
posted by sotonohito at 11:30 AM on September 20 [3 favorites]
posted by sotonohito at 11:30 AM on September 20 [3 favorites]
I really wish Jello would remake One Way Ticket to Pluto yt updated for the current times.
Or offer to provide music for Trump rallies, and just blast Nazi Punks Fuck Off on repeat.
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 11:52 AM on September 20 [5 favorites]
Or offer to provide music for Trump rallies, and just blast Nazi Punks Fuck Off on repeat.
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 11:52 AM on September 20 [5 favorites]
I wonder if Keith Reynolds knew about Cards Against Humanity's reputation for trolling for good when he called them or if he was taking a desperate shot that anyone outside the area who hadn't sold land yet might care? Either way, good job on his part getting eyes on it.
posted by EvaDestruction at 12:09 PM on September 20 [1 favorite]
posted by EvaDestruction at 12:09 PM on September 20 [1 favorite]
You would need to pay me fifteen million to take twitter.com.
I'll take it for ten million and then immediately turn it off.
Ah, who am I kidding. I'd do that for free.
posted by loquacious at 12:59 PM on September 20 [5 favorites]
I'll take it for ten million and then immediately turn it off.
Ah, who am I kidding. I'd do that for free.
posted by loquacious at 12:59 PM on September 20 [5 favorites]
Here’s what I love.
Step one: purchase land to fuck with Trump
Step two: find out that purchase allows one to fuck with Musk.
It just gives me two birds with one stone efficiency shivers.
posted by hilaryjade at 1:12 PM on September 20 [25 favorites]
Step one: purchase land to fuck with Trump
Step two: find out that purchase allows one to fuck with Musk.
It just gives me two birds with one stone efficiency shivers.
posted by hilaryjade at 1:12 PM on September 20 [25 favorites]
If I were Elon I'd pay them their hundred and fifty million and then spray their entire block of land with polychlorinated biphenyls, so they should be prepared for that.
posted by flabdablet at 2:39 PM on September 20 [1 favorite]
posted by flabdablet at 2:39 PM on September 20 [1 favorite]
Serious question: if SpaceX has basically parked a bunch of their property on CAH's property and won't remove it, why can't CAH not just declare it theirs now?
posted by Runes at 2:54 PM on September 20 [4 favorites]
posted by Runes at 2:54 PM on September 20 [4 favorites]
While someone else comes back with a serious answer to your question, Runes, allow me to offer…
The “Dual Fallacy Equilibrium Principle”, ie, two wrongs don’t make a right.
But that is currently being challenged under terms of the “Discovery Sovereignty Doctrine” by the law firm Finders, Keepers, Losers & Weepers.
posted by m@f at 3:22 PM on September 20 [3 favorites]
The “Dual Fallacy Equilibrium Principle”, ie, two wrongs don’t make a right.
But that is currently being challenged under terms of the “Discovery Sovereignty Doctrine” by the law firm Finders, Keepers, Losers & Weepers.
posted by m@f at 3:22 PM on September 20 [3 favorites]
In all seriousness, when the residents don’t have the resources or representation to fight someone like SpaceX / Musk, Cards Against Humanity shows up and throws down.
Musk may have ♾️ money, but CAH has ♾️ moxie. And deep enough pockets to make it a real fight.
posted by m@f at 3:55 PM on September 20
Musk may have ♾️ money, but CAH has ♾️ moxie. And deep enough pockets to make it a real fight.
posted by m@f at 3:55 PM on September 20
If I were Elon I'd pay them their hundred and fifty million and then spray their entire block of land with polychlorinated biphenyls
I hope you mean if Elon were Elon, which sounds about right.
Anyway, that would be inviting a bigger lawsuit along with criminal charges.
posted by polecat at 4:05 PM on September 20 [1 favorite]
I hope you mean if Elon were Elon, which sounds about right.
Anyway, that would be inviting a bigger lawsuit along with criminal charges.
posted by polecat at 4:05 PM on September 20 [1 favorite]
That might be a federal criminal violation of clean water act, actually
The kind of suit RFK Jr used to do
posted by eustatic at 4:37 PM on September 20 [1 favorite]
The kind of suit RFK Jr used to do
posted by eustatic at 4:37 PM on September 20 [1 favorite]
They also "donate half a million dollars of red-state cash to the National Network of Abortion Funds" (links added). I also just donated to the National Network of Abortion Funds.
posted by kirkaracha at 4:50 PM on September 20 [5 favorites]
posted by kirkaracha at 4:50 PM on September 20 [5 favorites]
This must be especially galling for Elon, because you just KNOW he’s one of those guys who’s WAY into Cards Against Humanity.
posted by MrBadExample at 4:59 PM on September 20 [8 favorites]
posted by MrBadExample at 4:59 PM on September 20 [8 favorites]
This makes me feel the way I feel about Joe Rogan and one of those other dudes having an ultimate ninja fight match and giving each other TBIs and then they both die. Good, that is. Both sides in this blow.
posted by caviar2d2 at 7:03 PM on September 20
posted by caviar2d2 at 7:03 PM on September 20
that would be inviting a bigger lawsuit along with criminal charges
If I were Elon, I'd be a drug-addled over-entitled infinitely-wealthy self-impressed prick who would give less than no shits about any of that. I'd also have complete confidence in my ability to grease enough palms to insulate me from any possible consequence.
Pretty much every day, I spend at least some of my time feeling intensely glad I'm not Elon. Not too much, though. Wouldn't want that fucker living rent-free in my head.
posted by flabdablet at 1:15 AM on September 21
If I were Elon, I'd be a drug-addled over-entitled infinitely-wealthy self-impressed prick who would give less than no shits about any of that. I'd also have complete confidence in my ability to grease enough palms to insulate me from any possible consequence.
Pretty much every day, I spend at least some of my time feeling intensely glad I'm not Elon. Not too much, though. Wouldn't want that fucker living rent-free in my head.
posted by flabdablet at 1:15 AM on September 21
If there's not already a Card Against Humanity making fun of Musk, there will be soon. I wish I were close enough to him to use toxic masculinity to provoke him into trying to wrestle a polar bear.
Ten or eleven years ago, before sobriety, Ms. Hobnail and I used to play CAH with a bunch of reprobates. We ended up doing it when there was a terrific thunderstorm and none of our friends wanted to leave the house, so it seemed like a great idea to hand the black cards to Daughter 1, who was then about four and a half years old, and then as now extremely precocious intellectually (Daughter 2 is just regular smart but has a waaayyy higher Wisdom score). We all still laugh about D1 stumbling over the word "clitoris". Good times.
posted by outgrown_hobnail at 5:56 AM on September 21
Ten or eleven years ago, before sobriety, Ms. Hobnail and I used to play CAH with a bunch of reprobates. We ended up doing it when there was a terrific thunderstorm and none of our friends wanted to leave the house, so it seemed like a great idea to hand the black cards to Daughter 1, who was then about four and a half years old, and then as now extremely precocious intellectually (Daughter 2 is just regular smart but has a waaayyy higher Wisdom score). We all still laugh about D1 stumbling over the word "clitoris". Good times.
posted by outgrown_hobnail at 5:56 AM on September 21
Imho Jello singing kinda sucks, symbioid, but Extinction Event Souvenir T-Shirt (lyrics) by Broken Chanter really nails this:
Just fyi, Codenames: Pictures is a game I really liked, which maybe less tied to a particular mood than Cards Against Humanity.
posted by jeffburdges at 7:09 PM on September 21 [1 favorite]
Billionaire rocket-menI play few games these days, but I like Cards Against Humanity in theory, in part because it deconstructs what games exist for. It's open source too. All the best of luck to them.
Got me rooting for the vacuum of space
Just fyi, Codenames: Pictures is a game I really liked, which maybe less tied to a particular mood than Cards Against Humanity.
posted by jeffburdges at 7:09 PM on September 21 [1 favorite]
Serious question: if SpaceX has basically parked a bunch of their property on CAH's property and won't remove it, why can't CAH not just declare it theirs now?
Just because someone parks their car in your driveway doesn't mean you own the car now. But I don't think there's anything to stop you from building a fence around it as long as it's within your property and complies with relevant planning laws. Or parking your car behind it or doing any number of lawful things that prevent them from accessing their car for as long as you like.
In this case, no doubt they decided it was beneficial to continue to have SpaceX deny them use of their own property because they claim damages accrue every day. If they put a fence around it, they will no longer be denied use of the property and probably face being sued by SpaceX for denying them access to their property. When it comes to these ridiculous lawsuits, it's really just stupid shit all the way up and down and not worth trying to understand how they work using any kind of sane reference.
I wish CAH all the luck in the world with this - it won't impact SpaceX at all no matter the outcome, but it might give CAH some more funds to keep doing stupid and/or hilarious things in the cause of good.
posted by dg at 9:37 PM on September 22
Just because someone parks their car in your driveway doesn't mean you own the car now. But I don't think there's anything to stop you from building a fence around it as long as it's within your property and complies with relevant planning laws. Or parking your car behind it or doing any number of lawful things that prevent them from accessing their car for as long as you like.
In this case, no doubt they decided it was beneficial to continue to have SpaceX deny them use of their own property because they claim damages accrue every day. If they put a fence around it, they will no longer be denied use of the property and probably face being sued by SpaceX for denying them access to their property. When it comes to these ridiculous lawsuits, it's really just stupid shit all the way up and down and not worth trying to understand how they work using any kind of sane reference.
I wish CAH all the luck in the world with this - it won't impact SpaceX at all no matter the outcome, but it might give CAH some more funds to keep doing stupid and/or hilarious things in the cause of good.
posted by dg at 9:37 PM on September 22
This is awesome. I'm one of the participants in the promo that bought the land. Elon owes me $100!!!
posted by dnash at 8:25 AM on September 23 [1 favorite]
posted by dnash at 8:25 AM on September 23 [1 favorite]
We've found that the family edition of CAH retains a lot of the humor and fun of the "original" game with very little of the racist/misogynist/etc crap. For those who like the format but not the content, it might be worth looking at (there's still some potty humor, but nothing like the horribleness).
As far as the lawsuit: I'm pleased to see that CAH is insisting on a trial by jury.
posted by nickmark at 10:16 AM on September 23
As far as the lawsuit: I'm pleased to see that CAH is insisting on a trial by jury.
posted by nickmark at 10:16 AM on September 23
the family edition of CAH
Isn't that just the original game, Apples to Apples?
posted by Snowishberlin at 10:39 AM on September 23 [4 favorites]
Isn't that just the original game, Apples to Apples?
posted by Snowishberlin at 10:39 AM on September 23 [4 favorites]
No, the colors are different.
posted by nickmark at 11:07 AM on September 23 [1 favorite]
posted by nickmark at 11:07 AM on September 23 [1 favorite]
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