# MasterCard vs Nader --- The Irony

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mastercard-vs-nader-the-irony/29690>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 17, 2000, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mastercard-vs-nader-the-irony/29690 "2000-08-17T05:13:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![SterlingNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@SterlingNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SterlingNorth)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mastercard-vs-nader-the-irony/29690/1 "2000-08-17T05:13:33Z")

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“There are some things money can’t buy, for everything else there’s MasterCard.”

MasterCard is going to sue Nader for $15 million for having a sense of humor.

For reasons that I’ve yet to [fathom.](http://www.salon.com/business/feature/2000/08/17/nader_mastercard/index.html)

I guess I should look out, back during New Year’s, I made a animated gif parody of the ad mocking the Y2K “End of the Worlders.”

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mastercard-vs-nader-the-irony/29690/2 "2000-08-17T06:49:36Z")

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Yep. I think it’s pretty stupid. I wonder if Nader’s ad will qualify as a parody? If it’s decided it’s a parody then AFAIK they can’t sue.