from Powderhorn@beehaw.org to gaming@beehaw.org on 09 Oct 17:12
https://beehaw.org/post/22587278
Oh, to be able to justify spending $25 on this … having a one-week window is rather cruel.
Cards Against Humanity, the often-vulgar card game, has launched a limited edition of its namesake product without any instructions and with a detailed explanation of each joke, “why it’s funny, and any relevant social, political, or historical context.”
Why? Because, produced in this form, “Cards Against Humanity Explains the Joke” is not a game at all, which would be subject to tariffs as the cards are produced overseas. Instead, the product is “information material” and thus not sanctionable under the law Trump has been using—and CAH says it has obtained a ruling to this effect from Customs and Border Patrol.
“What if DHS Secretary and Dog Murderer Kristi Noem gets mad and decides that Cards Against Humanity Explains the Joke is not informational material?” the company asks in an FAQ about the new edition. (If you don’t follow US politics, Noem really did kill her dog Cricket.) Answer: “She can fuck right off, because we got a binding ruling from Trump’s own government that confirms this product is informational and 100% exempt from his stupid tariffs.”
Pre-orders for the $25 product end on October 15, and it will allegedly never be reprinted. All profits will be donated to the American Library Association “to fight censorship.”
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Instead of trying to exploit loopholes, why not just produce them in the US? It’s just cardstock.
Because its a meme
What? Which meme?
The intent is to highlight the stupidity of the tariffs.
I don’t get it
Well that part was clear.
Ok this Fediverse experiment has been fun but it turns out you guys are assholes just like everywhere else. Byebye now.
If someone is an asshole, then they probably are just an asshole. If everyone is an asshole, you should look at the common denominator of all those interactions.
Neither does Trump
They raised money to dig a hole to then fill it in again, for similar reasons.
Touché .
Looks like the trolls are starting to emerge from other platforms.
I promise I’ve been here longer than you.
Well then. Looks like this troll is embedded. I’m sure that account has been here longer than my current account. Congrats. You win the internet prize for useless metrics.
LOL the useless metrics that you brought up? Ok. Bye bye now.
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This you?
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Yeah they’re everywhere today.
Is this wit or a genuine request that one of us explainsthejoke.com?
Please?
They’re just using the law to their advantage. They’re good businessmen.
Common CaH Win
Okay. I'll stick to games made and manufactured in the USA.
Ok boomer.
I recognize the hill you’re trying to die on but good luck. You’re going to find a lot of overpriced rehashes of games that already exist.
That's the sad fact, yes. American designers don't seem to be interested in innovating. I wish I knew why, or what would inspire the majority to do more than Kickstarter grift.
What are you talking about? / There are hundreds if not thousands of american made game companies, many of which are card games.
I passed a shop just the other day that has a store front for advertising but is a working print and design house. 90 percent of the store is basically a assembly house with a writer and design area up front. They do it in the open to inspire others (and to get noticed) even though none of the sales happen there, it’s all mail and online.
Good, I wish I could find more games like that.
Why does that matter to you?
Because I'm American. On the design side, I want to support games from designers who are infected with the same memes (classical definition) as I am. I want to see people who are culturally like me innovate, based on concepts that feel natural to me. I've gotten to a point in my life where I'm not interested in trying to figure out what a dev in Germany was thinking in their translated rules.
On the manufacturing side, I believe that we need to support domestic production and industry. I want to see jobs be created for Americans that aren't just advertising, marketing, and entertaining.
Lol why?
manufacturing in the usa would be a massive red flag tbh
How so?
It supports fascists.
It supports Americans. And I'm an American.
Didn’t deny option 1 though
I'm not bothering to deny anything. You've made your beliefs clear, and there's no way I could change your mind. You're concerned with the idea that it could help fascists, and I'm concerned with the idea that it'll give some Americans productive jobs rather than BS ones. The concerns are not related.
I love that the article itself keeps explaining the joke in punishing detail.