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idk if it’s happening on here too but on tiktok there’s been a MASSIVE surge in call of duty’s popularity bc the girls and the gays found out about ghost/soap’s chemistry and have been having a fucking field day babygirlifying the hardened serial killers much to the chagrin of incel cod gamer boys.

BUT (and i’m saying this on this platform bc i refuse to make a tiktok bc i would have to record my face and voice and i’d literally rather die) please PLEASE remember that call of duty is propaganda. like quite literally plain and simple blatant propaganda if you are playing it please be VERY aware of that so you don’t get sucked in.

YES they have recently been introducing “good” muslim characters who are very cool and they often make a point of painting military higher ups as crooked exploitative cunts which is true but it is still literally a recruiting tool used by the US military to glorify the image of the “good dedicated soldier just doing the right thing god bless America/England/Australia/whatever western country the majority of the main characters are from 🥲🫡” and it is meant to make you want to join the military by making it look like a cool adventure. it’s not and the vast majority of characters you’re shooting and stabbing are based on real groups of people. it’s not that black and white in real life where the good ol’ western armies NEVER hurt civilians 😡 all the war crimes we do are cool and ONLY against the “right” people.

i’m not saying don’t play it at all, by all means keep drawing ghost in a maid outfit, but please for the love of god be aware of what you’re playing. thinking you’re too smart for propaganda is exactly how you fall for it. ghost and soap and captain price are not real. beware of any media pushing a “yeah this system is broken and corrupt and awful but WE’RE one of the good ones :) and you can be too!” narrative. it is recruitment material.

oh and also not to sound like one of those anti video game moms but it really does desensitize you to and glorifies violence as long as it’s “cool” and against the “right” or “deserving” people. it’s not like valorant where you shoot blocky characters these victims are photorealistic and scream like humans and sometimes you’ve gotta take a break and recontextualize that yeah that is pretty fucked up.

anyway still a fun game just be aware of what you’re consuming and what it’s trying to tell you.

TFA sentinel: SQUEEEE OMG IM FINALLY A PRIME and I hate that stupid scrapheap Optimus

TFONE sentinel: okay airachnid now hit the second tower

villain songs are always so good cos they all use evil beats and evil instruments which all sound amazing

Your dog will go to hell.

God, I can't tell you how much the "there's not enough enrichment in my enclosure" joke has helped my mental health. Because, for some reason I can't comprehend, pretending that I'm a zoo keeper caring for an animal (which is also me) just makes everything easier to comprehend. Like "Your head gets screwey when you're apartment is messy" just doesn't carry as much resonance as "The tiger becomes agitated when its enclosure is cluttered" because then I'll be like, no shit? The tiger? I've gotta keep things nice and clean for the tiger.

it’s pretty disappointing after awhile 😍

I keep becoming me over and over and over again

well that’s new

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