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Cards Against Humanity is suing Elon Musk

Posted on September 20, 2024 by Brett

Seven years ago, Cards Against Humanity bought land on the US-Mexico border to screw with Donald Trump’s border wall. Individuals could chip in $15 and make that happen.

Now, that land has been dumped on by Elon Musk‘s SpaceX. SpaceX then offered the Cards Against Humanity crew a lowball offer for half the land’s value after they were contacted to clean up their shit.

So, Cards Against Humanity is suing Elon Musk and SpaceX for $15 million. The plan is to split any money not going towards lawyers and fees between the 150,000 individuals who chipped in money for the project.

From their email:

How did this happen? Elon Musk’s SpaceX was building some space thing nearby, and he figured he could just dump his shit all over your gorgeous plot of land without asking. After we caught him, SpaceX gave us a 12-hour ultimatum to accept a lowball offer for half the land’s value. We said, “Go fuck yourself, Elon Musk. We’ll see you in court.”

So today, we’re announcing Day 7 of Cards Against Humanity Saves America: CARDS AGAINST HUMANITY SUES ELON MUSK FOR 15 MILLION DOLLARS.

If we win, we’ll split the net proceeds equally among all 150,000 of you, up to $100 each. While this will never be enough to compensate you for the anguish you’ve experienced witnessing Elon Musk defile your once-verdant land—where wild horses galloped freely in the Texas moonlight—we think it’s a pretty good start. Unfortunately, Musk has way more money and lawyers than we do, so you’ll probably get, like, $2 tops.

We’re part of the 150,000 people. Fuck Musk.

Cards Against Humanity’s “The Nuisance Committee” Goes After Trump with Overwatch

Posted on October 17, 2016 by Brett

Cards Against Humanity‘s anti-Trump political action committee, “The Nuisance Committee,” has launched its third campaign: An Overwatch-themed billboard near the University of Central Florida that accuses Donald Trump of maining Hanzo and complaining about his team.

The campaign also will include digital and print ads in Seattle’s The Stranger alt-newspaper.

Unveiled last week, the Orlando billboard plays off of the popular video game, Blizzard Entertainment’s Overwatch, and targets voters between the ages of 18 and 30.

Winning Overwatch is contingent upon exceptional teamwork, and the billboard and companion website emphasize Donald Trump’s pattern of blaming others for his own failures and shortcomings.

This is the committee’s third committee campaign, following on the heels of TrumpDoesntPayTaxes.com (billboard located outside Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport) and podcast ads read by activist and actor George Takei, best known as Sulu from the Star Trek TV series.

The committee’s funds were raised with ongoing sales of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton add-on packs, sales that you can track.

The committee’s name, however, comes from a meaningful piece of Cards co-creator Max Temkin’s family history. His grandfather, Ira Weinstein, was shot down over Germany on his 24th combat mission during WWII and interned in a POW camp, Stalag Luft 1. There Ira and other Jewish POWs banded together to form a “Nuisance Committee” to irritate their captors in ways that wouldn’t get them shot.

The comparison between Trump and Hitler is intentional.

The illustrations were done by Daniel Warren Johnson; the design by Lindsey Camelio.

Cards Against Humanity Gets Political with Clinton and Trump Packs

Posted on August 11, 2016 by Brett

The Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Cards Against Humanity packs were part of the gift bag at the Concert Against Humanity held by the Cards Against Humanity folks at Gen Con. The two packs are being released to the public as of today and encourages individuals to vote with their dollar for the candidate they support.

Each pack costs $4 and contains 15 cards about the two public figures vying to be elected the 45th President of the United States this November.

Cards Against Humanity has said that they are counting this as votes and when that voting ends they’ll tally up the sales and donate all of the money to Hillary Clinton’s candidacy. They’re running a live total so you can see how much as been purchased for each pack.

You can get yours now.

Gen Con 2015: Cards Against Humanity Launches Desperate Bid for Attention

Posted on July 25, 2015 by Graphic Policy Team

The Cards Against Humanity folks have had one of the hottest tables at Gen Con the past few years, selling out of their product in a matter of two days, leaving them with not a whole lot to do. Well, the folks behind the game have decided to take a different route for this year’s convention, hosting a concert/variety show dubbed Concert Against Humanity.

We’ll be at the concert, relaxing after a crazy day on the show floor…. because why not.

Below is their press announcement, because lets face it, it’s kind of idiotic to mess with perfection.

Chicago – Popular card game Cards Against Humanity announced this morning that they will be hosting a concert and comedy show during Gen Con this year, with live performances by Molly Lewis, The Doubleclicks, Paul and Storm, Cameron Esposito, Kumail Nanjiani, and more.

The concert, which will take place Friday, July 31st at the Murat, Indianapolis’s largest theater, is expected to sell out.

Tickets start at $40 and are available now at ConcertAgainstHumanity.com.

Cards Against Humanity co-creator Eli Halpern said, “Everyone attending Gen Con has already purchased and become bored of our game. Instead of exhibiting at the convention, we’re going to try this desperate bid for attention.”

The concert will feature musical performances from Molly Lewis, The Doubleclicks, and Paul and Storm, readings from authors John Scalzi and Patrick Rothfuss, and stand up sets from Cameron Esposito (Comedy Bang! Bang!, Adventure Time) and Kumail Nanjiani (The Meltdown, Silicon Valley). “The concert will be amazing, we’ve got a lot of great performers,” said Cards Against Humanity events manager Trin Garritano. “For a few hours you can pretend you’re someone who actually has fun on a Friday night.”

Bestselling author Patrick Rothfuss said, “I was scheduled to finish The Doors of Stone that weekend, but I’ve actually cleared my calendar for this incredible show.” When reached for comment, John Scalzi said, “I’m doing what now?”

All attendees of the concert will receive a swag bag with show exclusives and new products from Cards Against Humanity, the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game, Magic: The Gathering, Fluxx, Greater Than Games, and Maxistentialism.

“If there’s one thing I know about conventions it’s that grown men and women go insane for branded garbage,” Halpern said. “I’m told we have a lot of branded garbage for you.”

The Chicago-based card game is known for their extravagant stunts, including buying a private island and giving a square foot of it away to 250,000 fans, forming a full-ride scholarship for women studying science, and executing a hostage every hour on the hour until U.S. President Barack Obama purchased a copy of their game on live national television.

Cards Against Humanity Launches a STEM education scholarship for women

Posted on March 31, 2015 by Brett

This Monday Cards Against Humanity launched their sixth expansion as well as a special new “Science Pack.” The “Science Pack” has 23 new white cards and 7 black cards. What’s really special is that all profits for to a new Cards Against Humanity Science Ambassador Scholarship.

The new scholarship provides a full-ride for women seeking undergraduate degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

The “Science Pack” is co-authored with Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal’s Zach Weinersmith and Bad Astronomy’s Phil Plait. The pack is available for $10 at CardsAgainstHumanity.com and as of this posting over $196,000 has been raised.

Similar charity packs released by Cards Against Humanity have raised nearly $2 million for non-profits like the Wikimedia Foundation, the Sunlight Foundation, and DonorsChoose.org, where Cards Against Humanity has funded over 12,500 teacher projects in high-poverty classrooms across the United States.

Scholarship applications will be reviewed by a board of over forty women who hold higher degrees and work professionally in science, including representatives from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Harvard Medical School, the Smithsonian Institution, the Adler Planetarium, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, as well as TED, NSF, Huxley, and Hubble fellows.

Applications will be opened to the public for the fall 2016 school year. Applicants can be in high school or college, and must identify as women in a way that’s significant to them. Recipients of the Cards Against Humanity Science Ambassador Scholarship will receive full tuition coverage for up to four years. Students can sign up to be notified when applications are open at ScienceAmbassadorScholarship.org.

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Around the Tubes

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Brett

It was new comic book day yesterday. What’d everyone get?

Around the Tubes

The Mary Sure – Cards Against Humanity Has a Doctor Who Expansion Now – Can’t wait to play this and expect a deluge of expansion sets from folks.

Kotaku – Report: Pixar Will Make A Star Wars Movie – Yes please!

Around the Tubes Reviews

Comic Vine – All-New X-Factor #2

Comic Vine – Avengers World #2

CBR – Batman #27

Comic Vine – Batman #27

Comic Vine – Dead Body Road #2

Comic Vine – Deadly Class #1

Comic Vine – George A. Romero Empire of the Dead #1

Comic Vine – Hacktivist #1

Comic Vine – Harley Quinn #2

Comic Vine – Justice League #27