Memes Against Humanity

[lamb_chop]

Who doesn't enjoy the hilarious results of Cards Against Humanity**?
**WARNING: Some of the cards may be disturbing/offensive to some people. (But that's kind of the point.)


Here's how to play:

Option 1: go to this Random Black Card Generator

Option 2: use any of the original or expansion packs.
Note: All of these will come up as PDF, unless otherwise noted
The Original Set
Nerds Against Humanity (Several different sets behind the link, all available in PDF preview)
Cords Against Trekkies (Download Only)
Ferengi Rules Against Harmony (Download Only)
Cords Against the 80s (Download Only)
Cards Against Gallifrey (Doctor Who) (Download only)
Fandoms Against Humanity
Cards Against Science - BLACK & WHITE
Cards Against Humanities (For those in Academia)
Cards Against The Realm (Game of Thrones)
Breaking Bad Against Humanity (Download Only)
Cards Against IT - BASIC EDITION & EDITION 2.0
Cards Against Mars - WHITE & BLACK
Cards Against Humanity - Tech Industry
Cards Against Humanity - Grognards (Table Top RPG, but a lot are applicable)
Gears Against Humanity (Steampunk edition)
Cards Against Astronomy
**If you want to add more expansion PDFs/Downloads to this list, please send a PM!

1. Put your Character Name/Fandom in the Header.
2. Post a Black Card (or two or three) from any of the sets (or use the random Black Card Generator).
3. Others reply to you with results from White Cards from any of the sets they want to use.
4. Have conversations while playing - just like you normally would.
5. Profit.

Challenge mode:
The person who posts the black cards picks which set of white cards should be used for the replies.
The black cards should not be from the same set as the white cards. (IE: If you use Cards Against Science for your black cards, pick something different, like Cards Against the Realm for the answers.)

Meme developed by me, all credit where due, please.

Comments

Isak Cederström | OC | OTA

[isak_cederstrom]

Next from J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Chamber of ________.

[terriblefreedom]

[ Let's see what do we have.

A Tiny Horse. That's cute! I don't think it really fits the card though. A chamber for a single tiny horse? What would that be about?

'A man on the brink of orgasm.' Once again, we have an issue of fitness. Also kind of weird.

'Running out of semen' am I detecting a theme here?

'Raptor Attacks.' Now we're getting somewhere. ]

This one, I guess. You put it facedown?

[isak_cederstrom]

I think that normally, when there is a group of people, everyone puts theirs in a pile anonymously and the person with the black card chooses the best one.

In this case .. you can put perhaps a couple of white cards, and I can choose which I think is funniest?

[terriblefreedom]

Oh, yeah. That makes sense. I guess we shouldn't just like... expect a bunch of random people to jump int with cards at this point.

We should probably call the police if that happens.

[ She throws 'opposable thumbs' and 'asians who aren't good at math' (oops she chuckles when she reads that one and immediately feels guilty) next to it. ]

So I guess we're not really worrying about who 'wins'.

Unless we should invent some extra people to play and give them our cards. So we can compete with ourselves. That sounds healthy.

[isak_cederstrom]

[He laughs a little.] It is weird to play with only two people, admittedly. But we can make it work, I am sure.

Technically, no ... you win either way. [He picks the 'opposable thumbs' card and slides her the black card.] The visual of a chamber full of thumbs is startling but also entertaining.

[Another laugh.] I am sure Freud would have a great deal to say about that. I am Isak, by the way.

[terriblefreedom]

Kiesha. [ She smiles as best she can. It's tinged with nervousness, but it's still a friendly smile. ]

Freud would have something to say about racist stereotypes?

[isak_cederstrom]

It is nice to meet you, Kiesha.

[He laughs.] Perhaps, but I more meant making up our own friends for the sake of the game.

[terriblefreedom]

Well, I wasn't planning on inventing my mother or father as other players.

[ That was what Freud was about, right? ]

Is he lesser known for multiple personality disorder theories?

You haven't picked your favorite yet, by the way.

[isak_cederstrom]

I did! Opposable thumbs. [He smiles.] To be honest, I am not quite sure. I know he had a lot of theories about the ego, superego, and id, though.

[terriblefreedom]

Oh! That's what that means, the giving me the black card thing. My turn then.

[ She flips over _____: Good to the Last Drop ]

Right, that. I kind of forgot about that. Long time since school.

[isak_cederstrom]

Ja, I am sorry if I was not clear.

[He draws his white cards and studies them, trying to determine which ones to offer up. He eventually settles on:

1. The Gays
2. Barack Obama
3. The Blood of Christ.]

I think most forget about it, unless you study psychology.

[terriblefreedom]

[ She fingers the The Gays card. ]

I guess I should take this in like, good humor or whatever. I don't know. Is there a 'The Straights' card in there somewhere to equally generalize?

How about 'those people who dismissed your relationship as real and made you move out of state to get married' is there a card for that in here.

[ She's not bitter. ]

One thing Frued did have going for him was he didn't think you could change being gay. I learned that much about him.

[isak_cederstrom]

Perhaps. I think the point of the game is to be offensive, but an equal opportunity offensive. I would be surprised if there were no The Straights or some version of it.

[He goes quiet.] I am sorry, that that happened to you. I -- cannot understand the mindset against homosexuality in this country. LGBT rights in Sweden are generally considered some of the most progressive in Europe and the world. It boggles my mind that allowing members of the LGBT community to marry is considered "progressive," at all.

I did not know that about Freud. Did he make personal judgments on it, though? It is one thing to say that you could not change it, but another to add on "and I disagree with it."

[terriblefreedom]

Well, it's all legal now. Federal court case and all. Woohoo. [ A very unenthusiastic whoohoo. ]

And now she's gone, anyway.

[ She paws through more cards. ]

Well, I mean how can I not pick blood of christ? It fulfills all the requirements of fitting the prompt and also being humorously blasphemous.

[isak_cederstrom]

Ja, that is true. It seems like it took far too long for it to arrive in the US, but at least it is here. I suppose that is still better than some places, where it is punishable by death.

Blasphemous is usually the way to go. [He lets out a laugh.]

[terriblefreedom]

Right, 'They'd murder you in Nigeria' is definitely what I want to hear after that declaration. I feel so much better now. A real home run, good for you.

[ If sarcasm generated heat, he'd probably be boiling to death right now.

Plus he kind of ignored the whole thing about 'my wife is gone' which was somehow both a relief and an irritant. A constant clusterfucking paradox with Alice. Keesha couldn't begin to unpack all those feelings. ]

[isak_cederstrom]

Point is that it could always be worse. We should keep fighting for change, keep fighting to make things better, keep fighting for equality, but should also recognize that progress has been made. Even if it is little. It helps to keep perspective.

[terriblefreedom]

[ Dude, dig yourself in deeper. ]

Are you fucking kidding me right now? You're lecturing me about what the point is, is that what's happening?

Well thank god, here I was, without a straight man to tell me what my priorities should be.

[ Can he tell she was getting angry? The raised voice and grand gesticulating hand motions should probably be some clue. ]

I need to remember never to care about anything! Because someone somewhere has it worse! That's definitely not a tactic that's been used throughout history to silence progress.

You are without a doubt the first person who's ever suggested that someone 'keep perspective.'

Well you know what? Go fuck yourself.

[ She flung the cards at him and got up to leave. ]

[isak_cederstrom]

[He blinks, having stayed silent throughout the entire rant. It wouldn't have been the first time.] I apologize for offending and upsetting you. I realize I speak from a place of privilege. I also realize that, intending to or not, lecturing anyone on how to feel or what to think is abhorrently wrong, and I am sorry.

I am afraid that I was speaking from a personal place, when things were -- not so good, in my family. It helped me to remember that things could always be worse, and sometimes they were, but it made me aware of what was good. Or sort of did, anyway. Keeping perspective -- or, I guess, in those cases it was trying to stay cognizant and aware and present -- helped me carry on to the next day.

I never meant to imply that you should not care about anything because someone else has it worse, and I am sorry for what and how I said it.

[terriblefreedom]

[ His apology stops her halfway out the door. She's still feeling pretty raw, but that was a pretty good apology.

She can't really speak for a moment, because acid is filling her throat, anxious to be spat out, but she swallows it down. She leans against the doorway, arms folded, body language small.

And then there's a mental click. A little defense mechanism that steers her brain towards easier things. A change of subject. Her tone and body language change abruptly. She's quiet and almost meloncholy. ]

Alice hated it when I yelled. [ No. ] Hates it. Present tense. She's not dead, but I can't look for her.

[isak_cederstrom]

-- Who, ehm, is Alice? [He catches the change in tense, deciding to go with the latter one she'd chosen.]

[terriblefreedom]

My wife. My world. The monster that devours me.

[ Beat.]

Not literally. That's a different person. No, not a person. A thing.

[isak_cederstrom]

[He doesn't say anything right away; he isn't quite sure what to make of it all.]

I -- am afraid I do not understand .. And you needn't explain, if you would rather not. I -- hope you find her, if you can.

[terriblefreedom]

Maybe some other time. I'm a little talked out about it for now. [ Ironic. ]

Got any other games? Ones with less 'ironic' humor?

[isak_cederstrom]

[He nods.] Of course.

Ahh, hmm. I have a deck of regular cards; we could always play something mindless.

[terriblefreedom]

Go fish?

[ She smiled weakly and kind of childishly. ]

[isak_cederstrom]

[He smiles warmly in return.] Absolutely. It has been a while since I have played .. Is it seven cards each? [He grabs the regular deck of cards and begins to shuffle.]