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STAFF AT A mischievous gaming website have raised over $100,000 to dig a “tremendous hole” as part of a Black Friday wheeze.
Last Friday Cards Against Humanity – which calls itself “a horrible game for horrible people” – set up a Holiday Hole website, in which it pledged to dig a large pit in the ground with just a backhoe in return for donations.
The website has not pledged to give the donations to charity, or to any cause.
There’s no “deeper meaning or purpose” to the hole, it adds on a list of frequently asked questions (FAQ). It also said that the hole is located at an undisclosed location “in America. And in our hearts”.
Under the FAQ heading “Why aren’t you giving all this money to charity?”, the organisers said:
Why aren’t YOU giving all this money to charity? It’s your money.
It said that as long as people keep donating, they will keep digging – but the dig ended on Sunday, according to the National Public Radio in the US.
On Sunday, Cards Against Humanity tweeted: “Hole got dug.”
Viewers could watch the proceedings live:
Charity
Last weekend, Claire Friedman, a Cards Against Humanity spokeswoman, told NPR:
It’s set so time gets more expensive the longer we dig. The first dollar paid for 5.5 seconds, now it’ll only get .3.
“Basically just reflecting the longer we need to hold crew and equipment here, the more expensive it gets.”
Bull faeces
Last year Cards Against Humanity sold “nothing” for $5, and raised $70,000, which it gave to it its seven employees to spend. It listed the items they bought, including charity donations and payments against university loans.
Two years ago, it sold literal bull excrement to 30,000 people, bringing in $180,000.
Cards Against Humanity said it was not trying to discourage people from donating in order to end the hole digging.
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If ever there was an indicator that people have more money than sense, this is it.
I look up to these people. They are an inspiration.
They could raise another $100k by filling it back in.
Sounds like something Jill Stein would come up with!! Lol
@Keith Mitchell: How did D’O,B miss out on a scheme like this?
And there I thought my faith in humanity couldn’t get any lower, I was wrong.
“not pledged to give the donations to charity, or to any cause.” – You’re talking about the people who put “0% of proceeds go to charity” on their box.
Just like the our inept goverment a big hole to throw taxpayers money into for no return
Lighten up.
A-holes
Dig-hole
Put a dome roof over it and donate it as a safe space for liberals. They can huddle together to keep warm.
Personally, I think they got a hole lot for their money!
Just one word-idiots
I presume you are talking about the people who donated
I guess now we have a competition as to who will complete destruction-testing of Keynesian theory first – Card Against Humanity or Japan?
have your say