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Cards Against Humanity Buys US-Mexico Border Land For The Holidays

Politically correct or not, Cards Against Humanity pulls off another great prank for the holidays.

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Cards Against Humanity Buys US-Mexico Border Land For The Holidays
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Ah, yes, the holidays. The season of hot drinks, gluttonous food, and a $15 surprise gift purchase contributing to Cards Against Humanity buying land on the U.S.-Mexico border. They've done it again. In case you haven't heard, CAH is notorious not only for their less-than-sensitive card game but also for their ridiculous pranks.

Last Black Friday, the company raised $100,000 to dig a hole into the earth. The year before that, they sold $5 of nothing, raising $70,000 for employee bonuses. However, don't let this fool you since the company has done some good for humanity. From 2012-2016, Cards Against Humanity raised nearly $4 million dollars to the organizations Worldbuilders, Sunlight Foundation,EFF,DonorsChoose.org,Wikimedia Foundation, and Chicago Design Museum. They have also created a full ride scholarship for women obtaining science degrees.

For the highly political 2017 year, the company sold "America-saving surprises" as a part of the holiday promotions.

"Donald Trump is a preposterous golem who is afraid of Mexicans. He is so afraid that he wants to build a twenty-billion dollar wall that everyone knows will accomplish nothing. So we’ve purchased a plot of vacant land on the border and retained a law firm specializing in eminent domain to make it as time-consuming and expensive as possible for the wall to get built.
On Day 1, all Cards Against Humanity Saves America recipients will get an illustrated map of the land, a certificate of our promise to fight the wall, some new cards, and a few other surprises." -Cards Against Humanity Saves America

With how social media has been fueling politics recently, I wouldn't be surprised if Trump supporters start setting their Cards Against Humanity packs on fire. Actually, Hannity supporters, how about we focus on that instead of destroying expensive Keurig machines.

I honestly love that this is a thing because this whole situation sums up younger generations' attitudes towards politics pretty well: politics are a spectacle. Sensationalisation is so rampant that people barely blink at headlines anymore. Politics are the head of jokes on Saturday Night Live, memes, and everything else related to the Internet. No matter how much we continue to talk about these fake news and discuss possible solutions, there will always be arguments. Fundamentally, politics is conflict. We might as well accept that and make the best of our situation.

So please, this holiday season, do take time to reflect upon the last year and be thankful for all strife and debates. If anything, we've all received a large quantity of quality memes. Welcome to the digital age.

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