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Cards Against Humanity sues SpaceX, alleges “invasion” of land on US/Mexico border

arstechnica.com Cards Against Humanity sues SpaceX, alleges “invasion” of land on US/Mexico border

Lawsuit: SpaceX took over "pristine" land CAH bought to stop Trump border wall.

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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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/
Lmao, I still have my deed to the land. I'm about to be rich, friends :)
sue his ass 🔥
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
Omg I love these people's humor.
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
TIL: there's a surprising number of people here that think elon musk has a right to dump shit in their neighborhood park
Oh. Oh this could be interesting 🍿
Fuck him up
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.
This was not on my 2024 bingo card.
More than just a game.
what's the official cardsagainsthumanity official site, i'm want to give them money and bui a deck after that lol
Damn, I might make $100. Or $2.

Sweet.
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.
I used to be an avid player of CAH, but I clearly remember the feeling of sitting at my last game of it one day in my 30s and feeling very much that I, personally, had outgrown it forever.

I have, however, remained a fan of the company, their awesome stunts, and the real spirit behind them and this is certainly continuing to keep that fire in my heart burning. Go CAH! Fuck that guy.
Hm… I don’t know what access to the property is like but, “lease” the land to someone, move an RV onto the land, arm him, then I’ll chip in to give SpaceX a hard time every damn day until they leave.
We'll coup who we want
who knew that the attack from mars would come from earth first ?!?
Musk also infringed on their digging a hole for yourself past the point of any reason, apparently wasting money just to expand the hole.
I mean the shits on their property so just take it and sell it.
So all I take from this is they took your money and did absolutely nothing with it to do anything to protect the land beyond marking it?

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Our longstanding reputation as a company that makes outrageous promises and actually keeps them is on the line! We promised we’d use every legal tool at our disposal to protect this land from bullies like Trump and Musk (who's spending millions to get Trump electedand also wants to build the stupid wall). If we don’t take action now, why would anyone ever trust us again?

Maybe because you didn’t do anything to actually do what you said…?

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