I completely missed out on Cards Against Humanity and have thus been denied the guilty pleasure of laughing like an idiot over forming nonsensical subject-predicate pairs, hilariously unexpected direct and indirect objects, and generally making fun of impossibly silly situations.
So apparently this little indie card game is a viral hit. I completely missed out on it, and have thus been denied the guilty pleasure of laughing like an idiot over forming nonsensical subject-predicate pairs, hilariously unexpected direct and indirect objects, and generally making fun of impossibly silly situations.
If you’re unfamiliar with the game and think it sounds a lot like Mad Libs, you’d be on the right track; except the delivery is less like simple word association (give me a noun/adjective/verb ending in -ing) and more like putting together Scenes From a Hat cards.
It’s quick, simple, and fun; and is presumably more fun while played over drinks. I mean, just take a look at some of the combinations people have come up with:
![Cards Against Humanity combo. Black card: “And the Academy Award for (blank) goes to (blank).” White card 1: “Not giving a shit about the Third World.” White card 2: “God.”](/img/photo-tabletop-cah1_hu8406141e7623593565e8168329e39a72_100443_500x375_resize_q75_h1_lanczos.b4d77b609b094f1ab173920ff71a9f17af72d7d4e37a35c5fa356678c8990e04.webp)
![Cards Against Humanity combo. Black card: “Maybe she's born with it. Maybe it's (blank).” White card: “Daddy issues.”](/img/photo-tabletop-cah2_hu07eaaad3c48db0fa923e41be0ae3baba_40331_500x375_resize_q75_h1_lanczos.5187dee0dd7b6b862ffd51a77d871a3272df07fcfed3251ed1b97098d6feb92c.webp)
![Cards Against Humanity combo. Black card: “I went from (blank) to (blank), all thanks to (blank).” White card 1: “Graphic violence, adult language, and some sexual content.” White card 2: “Wifely duties.” White card 3: “A defective condom.”](/img/photo-tabletop-cah3_huf4b4379516b7df4787619fa7a4702dae_63886_500x667_resize_q75_h1_lanczos.a4eb7b7e4356669f4c2932bfa872210b7ac7b3317a12e69122b4d39fa7d2d0db.webp)
![Cards Against Humanity combo. Black card: “(blank) + (blank) = (blank)” White card 1: “Spectacular abs.” White card 2: “Self-loathing.” White card 3: “Another goddamn vampire movie.”](/img/photo-tabletop-cah4_hu6e3d709e5e98d015d4c7a8d05869008f_92583_500x578_resize_q75_h1_lanczos.1f0c752da5d9953c0aacb6f701d7eee177abd85041b85c071f7f6b64eac3611d.webp)
![Cards Against Humanity combo. Black card: “Only two things in life are certain: death and (blank)” White card: “The glass ceiling.”](/img/photo-tabletop-cah5_hu49cfc12add9ad9d423638aa5172e75b5_24041_625x352_resize_q75_h1_lanczos.c6891bf8b6528a9466602097cd367e096749707036ccd246cbe211e89ad2285d.webp)
![Cards Against Humanity combo. Black card: “Lifetime® presents (blank), the story of (blank).” White card 1: “The Hustle.” White card 2: “Women's suffrage.”](/img/photo-tabletop-cah6_huaf8a74a7d4cb105649aad28ba748ea2a_178165_625x833_resize_q75_h1_lanczos.dda3901950a350fb2aa0c0b80c773b6f3b98ceb865a6a00332af4141c8f5cbff.webp)
![Cards Against Humanity combo. Black card: “My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of (blank).” White card: “Obesity.”](/img/photo-tabletop-cah7_hu0739775d1aeaa27c1930b5441e0ecd2a_52258_500x669_resize_q75_h1_lanczos.5bb02104ff861d9b4282594bcf7e0c271547f22b08d314eccea8fd9c23e36011.webp)
![Cards Against Humanity combo. Black card: “In his new self-produced album, Kanye West raps over the sounds of (blank).” White card: “Kanye West.”](/img/photo-tabletop-cah8_hubb4ef79ef81513b87e16be0fee466dab_150746_500x667_resize_q75_h1_lanczos.8018226b0ccc4e2e0be748762be42dc766ea4acb19454022d98c3176398bdd90.webp)
Thanks goes to Marc, who first showed me this game. After dicking around the Internets for a bit, we found a way to play it online (not nearly as fun, we think, as playing it in person, but that’s all we had at the moment) and, with another friend, we proceeded to play through the hardest round of Don’t Laugh at Work ever. Here’s a sample of the shenanigans that can be had while playing Cards Against Humanity:
![Screenshot of Pretend You're Xyzzy, an online Cards Against Humanity clone.](/img/screen-pyz-selection_hu07fa354849c7742daa5971a5b919bf17_42819_745x350_resize_q75_h1_lanczos.85d9229ecdb77e52f5e5fec496041f3a2ec64dc281a2b67c4a0c13a7f8a0bbd6.webp)
Needless to say, even the online version is not exactly safe for work, but if you haven’t played yet, it’ll do in a pinch.
Cards Against Humanity is only available for purchasing in the US and Canada at $25 for a pack, but the creators have decided to distribute it under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 2.0 license which means you can download, play and remix the game for free.