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Every single time I've played Uno with a different group of people, they all have varying interpretations of the stated rules and also throw in random house rules that everyone in each group acts like everyone everywhere has always had, and are official rules.
The actual written rules are the same, every time, and I point out to each group that they're either misinterpreting the stated rules, or their house rule isn't actually anywhere in the stated rules, and every time, each group has been confused but ultimately just decides their rules are better anyway.
I have come to the conclusion that either only idiots play Uno, or I have only ever played Uno with idiots.
TBF, base UNO is (imo) pretty bland and feels like a very generic card game. It's not surprising house rules have gotten as popular as they have for it.
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