Cards Against Humanity describes itself as ''a party game for horrible people'' (cardsagainsthumanity.com n.d.). Despite the description, the card game has received a significant amount of success. The game is often referred to as an R-rated version of the popular card game Apples to Apples. The rules of the game are fairly simple: one player acts as the dealer and reads from one of the black cards, which poses a question or requests a response to a ''fill-in-the-blank'' statement. The other players submit a white card with words or phrases that respond to the black card question or statement. Examples of black cards are ''Daddy, why is mommy crying?'' and ''In L.A. County Jail, word is you can trade 200 cigarettes for _____.'' Examples of white cards are ''Chunks of dead hitchhikers'' and ''Firing a rifle in the air while balls deep in a squealing hog.'' The white cards also include provocative statements regarding, but not limited to, topics of race, class, and gender; such as ''My Black ass,'' ''The American Dream,'' and ''Hormone injections.'' Max Temkin and seven of his friends from high school, all straight White men, created the game and took it public in 2008 (Lowenstein 2014). Since then, the game has generated millions of dollars in sales, one estimate placed it at US$12 million as of 2013 (Lagorio-Chafkin 2014). Cards Against Humanity has a large presence in
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