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Cards Against Humanity sued SpaceX yesterday, alleging that Elon Musk's firm illegally took over a plot of land on the US/Mexico border that the party-game company bought in 2017 in an attempt to stymie then-President Trump's attempt to build a wall.

"As part of CAH's 2017 holiday campaign, while Donald Trump was President, CAH created a supporter-funded campaign to take a stand against the building of a Border Wall," said the lawsuit filed in Cameron County District Court in Texas. Cards Against Humanity says it received $15 donations from 150,000 people and used part of that money to buy "a plot of vacant land in Cameron County based upon CAH's promise to 'make it as time-consuming and expensive as possible for Trump to build his wall.'"

Cards Against Humanity says it mowed the land "and maintained it in its natural state, marking the edge of the lot with a fence and a 'No Trespassing' sign." But instead of Trump taking over the land, Cards Against Humanity says the parcel was "interfered with and invaded" by Musk's space company. The lawsuit includes pictures that, according to Cards Against Humanity, show the land when it was first purchased and after SpaceX construction equipment and materials were placed on the land.

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[–] DeepThought42 269 points 1 month ago

Here's the link to a site apparently put up by the Cards Against Humanity folks detailing their side of the story: https://elonowesyou100dollars.com/

[–] chemical_cutthroat 212 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Lmao, I still have my deed to the land. I'm about to be rich, friends :)

[–] P1nkman 59 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Invest the $100, and you'll be a billionaire in a matter of a few hundred years!

[–] [email protected] 70 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I know you're joking, but people really underestimate just how rich Elon Musk and other billionaires are. Say you went back to the time of Christ, 0 AD, and got a really good job. Say you were making $10,000 a day, in today's dollars. $10,000 a day, every day, no days off. What's even more amazing, say you were super good at saving. So good that you squirreled that $10,000 away every day without spending a penny. And you did that every day, for the last 2,000 some years (good for you for being immortal as well).

If you did all that, and then did it another 34 times, you would almost have as much money as Elon Musk.

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[–] partial_accumen 28 points 1 month ago

I bet Jeff Bezos would like to own your land.

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[–] TriflingToad 161 points 1 month ago

sue his ass 🔥

[–] GoofSchmoofer 139 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you’re an original 2017 CAH Saves America subscriber and you want to increase the pressure on Elon, here’s a thing you can post on Twitter (the platform he wants you to call “X” for his own sexual gratification):

In 2017, I paid Cards Against Humanity to protect a pristine plot of border land from Trump’s racist wall. But then an even richer, more racist billionaire—Elon Musk—stole my land and dumped his shit all over it. @ElonMusk owes me $100. #ElonOwesMe100Bucks www.ElonOwesYou100Dollars.com

Or if you’re not a subscriber, but you still think Elon Musk is a charity-embezzling, conspiracy-peddling eugenicist manchild who trades horses for in-flight handjobs, post this:

In 2017, 150k people paid Cards Against Humanity to protect a pristine plot of border land from Trump’s racist wall. But then an even richer, more racist billionaire—@ElonMusk—stole their land and dumped his shit all over it. Fuck that! www.ElonOwesYou100Dollars.com #ElonOwesMe100Bucks

[–] [email protected] 62 points 1 month ago (1 children)

who trades horses for in-flight handjobs,

Lmao, I wanna know the story behind this line

[–] Pieisawesome 48 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] Bahnd 50 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Im going to interpret that headline that he requested it from the horse and not read any further.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago (6 children)

"you ever had a hoof-job before"

horse takes another drag from its cigarette

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[–] Ab_intra 117 points 1 month ago

Omg I love these people's humor.

[–] NOT_RICK 107 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This headline reads like a mad lib. Good luck CAH, I cannot wait to see how Elmo tries to act like he respects property rights while having done something like this

[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 month ago (3 children)

He only respects the right to his property.

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[–] Ghostalmedia 46 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This headline reads like a mad lib

It also reads like a game of cards against humanity.

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[–] Fedizen 102 points 1 month ago (1 children)

TIL: there's a surprising number of people here that think elon musk has a right to dump shit in their neighborhood park

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[–] peopleproblems 93 points 1 month ago

Oh. Oh this could be interesting 🍿

[–] CarbonAlpine 75 points 1 month ago

Fuck him up

[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hey, no problem; You just earned a bunch of free equipment and materials! You'll make a killing selling that shit second-hand to NASA.

[–] dual_sport_dork 34 points 1 month ago (2 children)

From their pictures it looks like it's mostly just a bunch of dirt and offcuts of building materials. Probably worthless, but it might be amusing to reassemble their own trash into a spite fence on whatever part of SpaceX's perimeter adjoins their property.

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[–] Harvey656 39 points 1 month ago

This was not on my 2024 bingo card.

[–] Camzing 35 points 1 month ago

More than just a game.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago (1 children)

what's the official cardsagainsthumanity official site, i'm want to give them money and bui a deck after that lol

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[–] Ghostalmedia 27 points 1 month ago

Damn, I might make $100. Or $2.

Sweet.

[–] Snapz 26 points 1 month ago

Man... That land was pristine too... Wild horses used to roam free there in the Texas moonlight. I remember how strongly it reinforced my consumer opinion of cards against humanity - I knew that as long as they kept maintaining that parcel, I could freely buy their products. If spacex is allowed to just invade that land unchecked though, and justice isn't restored to CAH, I imagine that would impact my potential future purchasing potential by at least $1,000,000... And that's only speaking for me. I imagine at least 100,000 of you feel the same as I do, I think damages should asking for that amount and make CAH whole again considering their lost earning potential. Those unrealized profits were callously stolen by musk.

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