I have a hunch this black author isn't fond of White people...
How you play Spades is how you play life
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#32I've never heard of spades until this article. I've played hearts (and always forget how), but not spades.
Is this a UK thing?
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#33There was a line in there that reminded me a bit of a thing you might write in a school essay - "When playing Spades, you’re dealt a hand and have no control over the cards you get—unless you’re cheating." I'm having trouble thinking of a card game where you do get control over the cards you're dealt. Maybe there is one? I'm reminded of a time in high school where for some reason I had to write an essay connecting Ma…
Many forms of poker let you exchange some number of cards, or do a "pick N out of M from this pool" type of thing.
Hearts lets you shuffle cards around (the usual style I've seen is first pass right, then pass left, then pass across, then hold).
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#34I have heard that Bezos, Brin, and Ellison have a Spades group together. Huge lessons for business strategy.
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#35There was a line in there that reminded me a bit of a thing you might write in a school essay - "When playing Spades, you’re dealt a hand and have no control over the cards you get—unless you’re cheating." I'm having trouble thinking of a card game where you do get control over the cards you're dealt. Maybe there is one? I'm reminded of a time in high school where for some reason I had to write an essay connecting Ma…
Blackjack (and, arguably, Go Fish) - and, as another commenter has pointed out, non-"standard-52" games like Magic The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh, Netrunner, Legend Of The Five Rings, etc.
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#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
In spades all 52 cards are dealt out 13 to each player, so there's absolutely no way* to change anything in your hand. There's no deck or discard pile to draw from, unlike other card games were you can draw or otherwise pick cards up others have discarded/played, or some games even allow you to play cards off other cards already on the table. *in some variants you can trade 2 cards with your partner if you are taking…
Isn’t Texas hold em poker, I would guess the most popular card game, the same way?
No, you're dealt 2 cards, not 13. You eventually draw 5 to 3 cards from the community cards
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#37White-hating blacks are so awkward sometimes. They apparently cannot stop thinking about us, take childish pleasure in capitalizing "Black" but not "white" at every opportunity, and constantly perpetuate the hopeful idea that black culture is the envy of the world.
And literally says that rules may be suspended if fried chicken is present...
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#38I've never heard of spades until this article. I've played hearts (and always forget how), but not spades. Is this a UK thing?
It's a US game, actually there are two games. Both follow from Whist and Bridge. There are, in the US, two games that go by the name of Spades but (as the primary differentiating characteristics) have different rules regarding bidding and scoring. In Black communities (the version discussed in the article) it's often played with a standard deck plus jokers (possibly removing other cards to make room for the jokers), and scoring is based on winning a bid and making book and some number of tricks over book (though not always, but the common form) which is similar to Contract Bridge and Whist. The other form is played with a standard deck and both partnerships can get points on each hand based on their bids, no need to make book (6 tricks as a base before getting points) just make your bid.
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#39I've never heard of spades until this article. I've played hearts (and always forget how), but not spades. Is this a UK thing?
I (white kid) grew up on the west coast of the US and played Spades growing up with my family. None of my friends knew Spades, but it seemed like everyone knew Hearts. My mom grew up on the east coast so I always kinda thought that she brought it with her out west. Had no idea it was cultural in other ways!
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#40I have to say... what terrible UX ! Scroll right? In a world where literally everyone else scrolls down ? Its completely un-natural if you're not using a tablet or smartphone ! Unless you have one of those fancy mice with the horizontal scroll button, but most people won't and will have to click and drag (rinse and repeat).
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