Cards Against Humanity continue to bring good into the world

lmao:
Is there some way I can force Elon Musk to pay $47 to Cards Against Humanity PAC?
Funny you should ask! If you’re a registered voter in PA, GA, NV, AZ, NC, WI, or MI, just type your name into this dumb website for his PAC, put “MuskIsDumb@cah.lol” as your referrer, and they'll be legally obligated to pay us $47. The more people who do this, the more Musk money we’ll get to un-fuck America. . If he doesn’t pay up, we’ll sue him again.
Edit: source page: https://www.apologize.lol/
- How does that even work? I'm not in USA so I can't even access that page.
  
  Musk put up a PAC that pays non-voters in swing states $47 to register to vote (because the next president will be #47). I'm not sure if he has restrictions on his thing, like maybe you have to live in a red area in a swing state or something. Anyway, I think CAH has set it up so you can redirect that money to them instead.
  Last I heard, you weren't supposed to give people money to register to vote or promising to vote or anything like that, but trump was filmed giving out hundred dollar bills last week, musk is handing out money for registering, and now this. I'm not sure what's going on except everything's really fucked.
  
  How does the Musk part work? Musk launched a petition to pledge support for guns and free speech (I think that is what it is about, I did not read it nor understand how that is a petition). To AstroTurf support for the petition, he set up a referral code system. If you get a voter in a key state to sign the petition and say that you told the voter to sign, Musk's Super PAC will pay you $47.
  Getting people to sign Musk's petition feels a bit wrong, even if the money is going to what CAH thinks is a good cause.
- Open the link. "Half of Americans didn't vote in the last election". Me: that can't be right, let's fact check.
  Oh, yeah, 150 mil voted, 150 didn't, but that's a 66% turnout. On top of that turnout is higher in the blue states. Oopsie. See the map. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_turnout_in_United_States_presidential_elections
  --
  now that I've read the whole PAC thing it also makes sense why it was started. The data is on their side.

I'm all in favor of getting people to vote, but it seems out of line to pay people to vote (or at least claim they're going to vote) for your party. Even if the other guys did it first, an eye for an eye makes the world blind.
- They say it shouldn't be legal. The first answer on the FAQ:
  "Whats happening?
  Cards Against Humanity is exploiting a legal loophole to pay America’s blue-leaning non-voters to (1) apologize for not voting last time, (2) walk us through a step-by-step plan of how they’d vote this time, and (3) post “Donald Trump is a human toilet” on social media. This whole thing should probably be illegal—so quick, give us your money before they change the law!"
  The entire FAQ is worth a read, it's pretty funny
  
  I'm slowly getting the joke.
  All of this is actually legal, so they're making sure it becomes illegal. But I suspect they'll go bankrupt before that, lol
- It's not asking for either of those things. The site's terms explain it pretty plainly:
  We are running a promotion to encourage eligible voters in the November 5, 2024 General Election in the United States that were eligible but did not vote in the 2022 or 2020 general elections to apologize for not voting (the “Promotion”).
  [...]
  ii. Receive an Entry by completing the following process:
  Entering your phone number;
  Entering your name, state of residence, and email, or additional information if needed to verify whether you voted in the 2020 General Election;
  If you did not vote in the 2020 General Election, enter your apology for not voting;
  Create a voting plan for if you would vote this year;
  To receive the full benefit, post on social media that
  #DonaldTrumpIsAHumanToilet. Not posting on social media will result in a reduced Benefit.
  iii. “Voting plan” refers to your receipt of and acknowledgment of information on how you could legally cast your ballot in the November 2024 General Election.
  iv. We will not check, confirm, or in any way ensure that you actually vote or follow the voting plan that you made. Creating a voting plan is not in any way a pledge that you will actually vote, and the Benefit is in no way conditioned on voting, or pledging or promising to vote. VOTING, OR NOT VOTING, IN NO WAY IMPACTS ELIGIBILITY FOR THE BENEFIT, OR THE AMOUNT OF THE BENEFIT.
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  😂
- I agree. But it is a great example of why this is a shit idea that shouldn't be allowed in the first place which I wager is at least partly what they're going for
- Pretty sure it's in reaction to Elon promising people who vote 47 dollars. You know, actually advertising to buy actual votes
- Well, the other side is doing it so they're doing it almost identically so if they get in trouble for it, Musk should too.
- Apparently it’s in response to Musk and Trump handing out money.
- they are not paying people to vote, they are paying people to apologize for not voting.
  
  What if I voted and want a hundred bucks. I'm willing to make a shitter account to call TFG a human toilet for a hundred bucks.

New from J.D. Vance: Hillbilly firing a rifle into the air while balls deep in a squealing hog.
- Perfect. That really is one of the best cards in the game.

I have a new pack of CAH ordered for the first time since I wanted a good jar of clamonnaise

Btw, this thread is a prime example of how every community on lemmy is about US politics.
- In the past month this community has had 3 other posts:
  "What game did this component come from",
  a post that's just a link to the Essen page with no comments,
  and a post CAH suing Elon.
  I'm not going to be upset when this community isn't being used for boardgames anyway. Maybe this will remind people that this community exists and encourage more posts.
- Or it is news about the publisher of a popular (outside of the hobby) game.
  
  Okay, but then why is this community so dead and only has the US politics post up there? Like, there are hundreds of boardgame news, some of them literally being about a publisher of a popular game announcing a boardgame (Rayman), raising insane amounts of money on Kickstarter. Yet it's not mentioned, and the politics posts are.
- US politics is very interesting to be fair
  
  It's, actually, extremely boring. There are two candidates, everyone knows their approximate stance, there's almost nobody who would be possibly thinking twice about one over the other (on both sides), you sure as hell won't find those on lemmy. It's a business that's been settled month ago.
  Oh, and then there's this side character to the story, with a funny name, and there hasn't been anything new about him either, but people keep bringing him up and calling him names.
  Whatever, bro, it's like watching big bang theory every night. Gets hella old real quick.

I don't use social media though. 😔

Suck my ass.

They're trying to buy votes? How the hell do they think that's going to end?
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/597
Seriously, how the hell do they think it's going to end for them?
- Nothing is happening to musk for doing it
  
  Yeah, and it would be such a shame to set a legal precedent right? 😏
- Since you seem to enjoy legalese, please visit the site's terms of service and read the rules for the promotion to learn why that's not what is happening here.
  
  Oh, it's worse
  Copy/pasted quotes from the site.
  Do you know people who don't vote?
  It’s time for you to tell us who they are, especially if they’re in Wisconsin, Michigan, >Pennsylvania, Arizona, North Carolina, Nevada, or Georgia. Don’t worry, we’ll just send one >friendly email about how they can get paid to apologize.
  So, you know, fuck them right in the ass for that.
  But, there's this:
  Who qualifies to get paid?
  Any eligible voter who didn’t vote last time qualifies. But only blue-leaning people in swing states will get a BIG payment. (italics for emphasis mine).
  Idgaf what they put in their tos, this shit will be what gets focussed on.
  Maybe they skate by on a weak loophole, maybe they don't. But it's fucking stupid, and it's dangerous when there's already going to be a "voting fraud" storm of bullshit if trump loses.
  This entire publicity gimmick is beyond stupid, and if it backfires, it's going to be the rest of us that pay the price
- If you re-read OP you will see they do not ask for votes anywhere.
  
  I suspect that's what they'll claim, but I can about damn guarantee it would come down to a jury deciding, and we all know damm good and well the GOP isn't afraid of suing people
- I really hope you don't practice law
  
  Wouldn't be shocked if the case law on that has/will have broadened that statute to encompass this behavior.
  
  I certainly hoped you weren't a dick, but we don't always get what we want, do we?
- It will go the same for them as it does for Musk, which makes it a win either way.
- They know:
  Q: Everyone is posting about getting paid for their apology. I did my part by getting a pack, and I want to post, too. What should I post?
  A: You should post:
  How is this not illegal??? Cards Against Humanity is PAYING people who didn't vote in 2020 to apologize, make a voting plan, and post #DonaldTrumpIsAHumanToilet—up to $100 for blue-leaning people in swing states. I helped by getting a 2024 Election Pack: www.Apologize.lol