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We know a little something about outcries, as we have a long history of outcrying. (Shout-out to resort fees and paper straws.)<\/p>\n
When we first heard about these gender-neutral playing cards, our reaction was a knee-jerk, “WTF? Somebody’s hammock doesn’t reach both trees! Playing cards have always had a king, queen and jack!”<\/p>\n
Then, sadly, we spent a little more time pondering this. Damn it.<\/p>\n
The inventor of the gender-neutral cards, Indy Mellink, says the fact a king is more valuable than a queen is a subtle inequality. It implies a man is of higher rank than a woman.<\/p>\n
Which is usually the point where our outrage would kick in. Nonsense! Face cards are royalty. It’s history! Don’t mess with tradition!<\/p>\n
This is political correctness run amok, right?<\/p>\n But then Mellink raised the fact these gold, silver and bronze cards are also race-neutral.<\/p>\n Aw, crap. It’s hard to get too mad at that one. The vast majority of playing cards are awfully, well, pasty.<\/p>\n Here’s Indy Mellink talking about her playing cards.<\/p>\n![\"Four](\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/four_queens.jpg\")