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Re: Cards Against Humanity Redistributes Your Wealth

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Post by FLGMwt »

Oh hey, on top of the prevalent skepticism and detractions in the current discussion, I'll just throw out that, on its own, this is objectively a Good Thing.

I won't dismiss the fact that this is good PR for CAH, but it is still morally-motivated positive impact for some fixed number of people. A company took some profit they had and exceptionally distributed to some of their less fortunate customers.

Don't immediately react and reply that this is gameable. Don't immediately react and reply that this isn't scalable.

Pause for a second and think about why this is necessarily coming from a game company that's small and makes a crude product. Think about why something like this shouldn't be coming from an entity with much more power to effect positive social or economical change.

And if you're part of one of those powers, can you do something?

Re: Cards Against Humanity Redistributes Your Wealth

#32

Post by wybiral »

Helloworldboy wrote: post #22
TehCorwiz wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's less about the game itself and more about the people you're with when you sit down to play it. You get to know what they're squeamish about, what their prejudices are, what they're passionate about, even their fears. They say that many a truth was spoken in jest and giving someone license to say aloud dirty, disgusting, or even downright reprehensible thoughts will get to the core of someone's worldview faster t…

I've played it several times before with a pretty wide range of people. Without fail it just devolves into who can put together the edgiest answer. Then after 2 or 3 rounds everyone just comes to expect it and gets bored.

It really depends on the people and the mood, imo. I've played with groups where it's like that but I've also played with groups where the answers were more interesting.

Re: Cards Against Humanity Redistributes Your Wealth

#33

Post by mberning »

geofft wrote: post #16
mberning wrote: post #6

Wait... all these people paid $15 to begin with? Are you really that poor if you can flip out $15 for any little thing that comes along.

No, you're not "that poor", if by that phrase you mean that $15 is a life-or-death decision for you, and every last cent goes toward survival. But there's a large distance between that and having enough money to fund every level on Maslow's hierarchy, and there's a larger distance between even that and not noticing a $15 expenditure at all. Maybe they have a budget for things that make life worth living, things other…

Maybe they have a budget for that kind of stuff. Maybe they don't. Based on personal experience growing up in actual poverty I would bet most do not. I certainly didn't. And neither did most of the people in my life. It's really no different than buying smokes by the pack or 20oz sodas at the gas station. Many people can easily come up with the money to buy these things, even people that are perpetually "broke". But it does all add up.

Anyway, my point was that I don't think "lack of money" is a very instructive way of looking at poverty. If these people are so poor yet have $15 for an impulse buy do you think giving them $1000 is going to change their life? Probably not. Education and building better habits would really help them a lot more. They could save $1000 or probably a lot more and really turn their life around.

Re: Cards Against Humanity Redistributes Your Wealth

#34

Post by l4yao »

FLGMwt wrote: post #15
mberning wrote: post #6

Wait... all these people paid $15 to begin with? Are you really that poor if you can flip out $15 for any little thing that comes along.

$15 is a roughly a single meal. Are we suggesting that $15 spent towards entertainment is exceptional or excessive for anyone below middle-class, ? If that's true, than surely we're worse off than we're all aware of.

In large parts of America, $15 is a lot more than a single meal. I grew up in relative poverty, $15 for entertainment would seem like a very poor choice in my household.

Your comment makes me think we really are worse off than many people are aware of.

Re: Cards Against Humanity Redistributes Your Wealth

#35

Post by geodel »

ridgewell wrote: post #12

>We excluded all Canadians. They already have universal healthcare. They’ll be fine. Yikes. I certainly got a laugh out of that, then an overly reflective period of what I'm grateful for, especially the benefits afforded from being north of the border.

Yep with healthcare taken care of, Canadians have nothing to worry about.

http://www.macleans.ca/economy/congrats-canadians-youre-worl...

Re: Cards Against Humanity Redistributes Your Wealth

#36

Post by drawkbox »

Helloworldboy wrote: post #14

How can such a boring game have such a large following? The gimmick wears out in like 15 minutes. Edit: these downvotes. To think I pegged HN for a community with good taste in card games.

Any game that is fun even for 5-10 minutes will ripple through people for years, there is always a new 10,000.

Also they are very good at viral marketing. They have you commenting on the game in a thread on HN about it.

Keep people talking about your game and what you are doing, recipe for success.

The game mechanic is catchy, that is almost all a successful game needs aside from marketing momentum.

Re: Cards Against Humanity Redistributes Your Wealth

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Post by FLUX-YOU »

moonka wrote: post #17
FLUX-YOU wrote: post #9

Did they actually buy the land they said they were going to buy to keep an eminent domain lawsuit open so that The Wall can't be built?

Looks like it. https://cardsagainsthumanitystopsthewall.com/

I doubt a law firm would put their letterhead on a fake letter, but looking at the public map, most of the subdivision I got a letter for is already owned by the USA:

http://www.cameroncad.org/cadclientdb/propertymap.aspx

Tarpon Haven Subdivision

Edit: There's also two huge tracts of land above that subdivision that are also owned by the US. I'm not sure they even need to go through that subdivision if they wanted to just build a wall through the land the government already owns.

That's rather... ineffective.

Re: Cards Against Humanity Redistributes Your Wealth

#38

Post by djsumdog »

n0her0 wrote: post #30

They took the money and put it where it seemed like it would have the biggest impact. The people who paid $15 should all be very happy to have been a part of this. For many, especially those with little income and high economic insecurity, holidays are very tough and actually result in working few days having less money at a time of greater need. To those seeking to criticize, it was not meant to be a perfect example…

It really is. Way better than that Holliday hole.

Re: Cards Against Humanity Redistributes Your Wealth

#39

Post by Helloworldboy »

TehCorwiz wrote: post #28
Helloworldboy wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've played it several times before with a pretty wide range of people. Without fail it just devolves into who can put together the edgiest answer. Then after 2 or 3 rounds everyone just comes to expect it and gets bored.

https://youtu.be/ZVOD5D4IArw?t=164

I think you can draw some great parallels between Harvey Danger as a band and Cards Against Humanity as a card game.

Harvey Danger

- 1 successful song

- Edgy and cringey (eg. "and I don't even own a TV", W E W)

CaH

- Fun for 1 hand

- Edgy and cringey

I guess Harvey Danger was bored, because they sure are boring.

Re: Cards Against Humanity Redistributes Your Wealth

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Post by mberning »

FLGMwt wrote: post #15
mberning wrote: post #6

Wait... all these people paid $15 to begin with? Are you really that poor if you can flip out $15 for any little thing that comes along.

$15 is a roughly a single meal. Are we suggesting that $15 spent towards entertainment is exceptional or excessive for anyone below middle-class, ? If that's true, than surely we're worse off than we're all aware of.

At a restaurant. Which you really shouldn't be indulging in very often or at all if $1000 is a major boon to your life.
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