No no, you're right, and that absolutely crossed my mind even when I first came across it and it was already over $1M. Matthew Inman, of course, is the same guy who did the Kickstarter for the Tesla Museum, which was nowhere near as successful. Not that funding the purchase of Tesla's lab was on par with funding cancer research and whatnot, but still. A stupid card game can attract this much money, while worthy causes struggle?
On one hand, I suppose it could be argued that our tax money should be going towards those collective-good things like research and space travel--what can a million or even 6 million really accomplish in those fields, you know? And on the other hand, it's cot-damn Murika we're talking about here. We INVENTED the notion of fiddling while Rome burns! Or at least we think we did. :)
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Date: 2015-02-15 12:50 am (UTC)On one hand, I suppose it could be argued that our tax money should be going towards those collective-good things like research and space travel--what can a million or even 6 million really accomplish in those fields, you know? And on the other hand, it's cot-damn Murika we're talking about here. We INVENTED the notion of fiddling while Rome burns! Or at least we think we did. :)