Yes... Helldivers 2 actually added this as a joke

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  • @BeardGrizzly
    @BeardGrizzly 21 день тому +4169

    The ending legit made me laugh at work for a bit. And the forklift! Hilarious, as usual from Arrowhead.

    • @einsUNDcolt
      @einsUNDcolt 21 день тому +123

      Unable to vote or operate a forklift. Truly a fate worse than death

    • @IshiiShiro0711
      @IshiiShiro0711 21 день тому +10

      Probably a reference to freedom fries

    • @SwayzeConnor-n4m
      @SwayzeConnor-n4m 21 день тому +6

      Freedom fries!?

    • @rightnut6270
      @rightnut6270 21 день тому +20

      I REALLY wish they'd bring back the gag of your helldiver having a chance to just headbutt the terminal while he's punching in a code

    • @Mezziuu21
      @Mezziuu21 21 день тому +1

      I absolutely hate people who say or comment the word Hilarious

  • @guardianofthehill
    @guardianofthehill 21 день тому +962

    0:06 Strohmann news. Literally means "Strawman news" but just in German. Right on the nose, and I absolutely love it

    • @edwxx20001
      @edwxx20001 12 днів тому +5

      just like darth vader.

    • @hakjobtm7472
      @hakjobtm7472 10 днів тому +11

      brought to you by the Ministry of Truth lol

    • @MetFanMac
      @MetFanMac 8 днів тому

      It means that in English too, just as a pun.

    • @Eingefallen
      @Eingefallen 8 днів тому

      @@edwxx20001 Vader is not a german word lol. its dutch!

    • @Eingefallen
      @Eingefallen 8 днів тому +2

      @@MetFanMac No it does not mean that in english, as Strohmann is the german term so its not an English word.

  • @MRBRUH3338
    @MRBRUH3338 21 день тому +2539

    No longer forklift certified.🤣

    • @poleandercykada6705
      @poleandercykada6705 21 день тому +35

      Be a forklift driver it's not a job - it's state of mind.
      That's why squids are horror if he didn't react on forklift.

    • @MiataManDan
      @MiataManDan 21 день тому +21

      I’m a certified forklift driver (sorry ladies I’m married) and everyday when I drive that baby I drive it with freedom and democracy in my heart

    • @asnail7346
      @asnail7346 17 днів тому +2

      Then they are truly lost...

    • @deadbum
      @deadbum 15 днів тому

      I'm foreskin certified doe

  • @afunkymonke
    @afunkymonke 21 день тому +4352

    "Foot soldiers of a despotic regime" man the irony in this game is top fucking notch.

    • @persnicketyVC
      @persnicketyVC 21 день тому +728

      The engineer lady on the right of your ship says _"I feel bad for our enemies. Doing nothing but blindly following orders..."_
      HAH.

    • @justinnelson5960
      @justinnelson5960 21 день тому +255

      That's how it often is with regimes like this. They know exactly what they're doing to their people, so they project it onto their enemies.

    • @isaacgould5974
      @isaacgould5974 21 день тому +74

      What are you suggesting soldier…

    • @colinadams5419
      @colinadams5419 21 день тому +122

      @@isaacgould5974 the only thing ironic about the helldivers is their iron resolve to defending democracy

    • @Speingy
      @Speingy 21 день тому

      @@justinnelson5960not much to project

  • @camcrock347
    @camcrock347 21 день тому +2093

    @0:56 the voteless on the left side of the road that loses it's head starts to begin the salute animation we can see when we headshot the voteless but the camera cuts away just as they begin to raise their arm...Peak irony when seconds before the news is telling us that there is zero trace of their former personality's

    • @schloany4479
      @schloany4479 21 день тому +360

      It reinforces how mindlessly the characters in game hold their ideals, even with barely any brain function or consciousness, their bodies are still stuck in the motions of democracy. Even when you shoot them in the head and it's completely gone, there is a chance of this happening which I believe proves it, but it's just a head canon with little actual information given from the story, but SE lies constantly, so pretty much anything they say in the story is up to interpretation which is cool by itself tbh.

    • @xraze6906
      @xraze6906 21 день тому

      ​@@schloany4479 rule of thumb just believe the opposite of SE news. Much like cnn. Voteless probably can be saved

    • @viron6734
      @viron6734 21 день тому +29

      Nah, you're imaging things. That's just it's death animation. Still, it's a fun idea.

    • @eternalvibe9083
      @eternalvibe9083 21 день тому

      ​@@viron6734 No, it's a real thing. The voteless have been caught saluting whenever they die, since it is one of the only moments when they regain control.

    • @mesmorrow
      @mesmorrow 21 день тому +4

      ​@@schloany4479You been reported to the nearest democracy officer.

  • @GiusePooP
    @GiusePooP 21 день тому +1245

    the opposite! the forklift had the higher peak in neuron activation, they still recognize them and probably could even drive them

    • @asterlofts1565
      @asterlofts1565 21 день тому +71

      Believe it or not, something similar happens with Zombies in Half-Life: In Half-Life: 2 (and episodes) and Half-Life: Alyx, it is revealed that the zombies who were turned into such by the Headcrabs, STILL retain intelligence, but it is very basic or primitive or rather repetitive of the things they used to do most or the last things they did, some of those memories remained... But that's about it. It also largely resembles what happened to all the humans who were transumanized by the Combine in the Half-Life 2 (and episodes) and Alyx games.
      The same thing happens with the Voteless, but in a more comical and tragicomic way... Everything related to "love" and the country or patriotism or propaganda things (or not so much), is gone, but, coincidentally, everything related with DOING USEFUL BUT UNIMPORTANT AND REPETITIVE ACTIVITIES, WORK OR EVEN SLAVERY/SERVICE ACTIVITIES, there were still left. While largely an in-game joke, it can also be a very strong sign and implication that the Illuminate are using them for just that: literally zombified slaves for their own purposes, just as the Combine does with humans. And worse: they still have some consciousness but they are already out of the salvation range and at the same time, if the Illuminate win (which knowing what Helldivers 2 players are like, is NOT going to happen), those poor souls in pain will continue like this for the rest of eternity with a fate worse than death, or they would be killed shortly after being taught that Super-Earth was defeated (I repeat, NOT going to happen), as a way to destroy and traumatize them even in the afterlife , all your morals and loyalty definitively or who knows what they would use them for or what they would do with them... Only we, literally, take them out of their misery.

    • @borisglevrk
      @borisglevrk 21 день тому +10

      how do you handle the buttons and small levers of a forklift with that kind of hand and finger tho.

    • @teamkilled1227
      @teamkilled1227 21 день тому

      even after they have lost democracy, they have continued their forklift knowledge
      that voteless is a true renaissance man

    • @coffeetext
      @coffeetext 19 днів тому +7

      ​@@asterlofts1565
      If I recall correctly, the first part is largely spot-on; the headcrab takes control their victim's body, but they are still very much alive and conscious underneath the parasite until it is removed. I don't know if it was meant to be interpreted this way, but skills such as activating a grenade suggest that headcrabs can pull practical information and abilities from their host bodies.
      That, or with enough willpower/mechanical augmentation, the host can partially regain control over their body, if only to put themselves out of their misery, a la the Zombine grenade.

    • @its_renren7292
      @its_renren7292 15 днів тому

      @@asterlofts1565The first example I thought of was the one Headcrab Zombie flushing the toilet as if we caught them mid-piss break 🤣🤣🤣

  • @RichBrunswick007
    @RichBrunswick007 21 день тому +4654

    “Captured ‘voteless’ deemed impossible to rehabilitate after failing to stand for the national anthem” - rolling headlines under the broadcast
    Pure comedy gold.

    • @Skullguy-w7b
      @Skullguy-w7b 21 день тому +28

      😃😃😃

    • @GameFuMaster
      @GameFuMaster 21 день тому +47

      The Onion style news

    • @andybraid4263
      @andybraid4263 21 день тому +19

      Just like middle school.. amazing.. still remember those precious days with the patriot testing free icecream and firing squads in their fancy black uniforms..

    • @RTL2L
      @RTL2L 21 день тому +1

      Sounds like LeBron.

    • @undeadxsoldier127
      @undeadxsoldier127 20 днів тому +3

      ​@@GameFuMasterFuuu I would love to have the Onion do their "news" segments in this game

  • @CaptainFordoAlpha-77
    @CaptainFordoAlpha-77 21 день тому +376

    To be fair, the brain scan did show extreme activity in connection to the forklift. Meaning that they showed more recognition of the forklift than their own family.

    • @williamfalls
      @williamfalls 11 днів тому +20

      Super Earth Department of Interrogation: "... Alright, so... Here's an image of your family, your country, and your elected government officials."
      Squid zombie: 😐
      SEDI: "... Mk, uh... Here's a picture of the forklift you used to drive-"
      Squid zombie: 🤯

  • @maxwell_edison
    @maxwell_edison 21 день тому +881

    No you don't understand, the EKG is showing MORE activity on the forklift indicator. They may infact still have Forklift Certification in there! We must fight harder!

    • @yungoldman2823
      @yungoldman2823 18 днів тому +28

      thats what Im saying lol none of these people are bothering to read the INCREDIBLY SIMPLE chart in front of them and just totally missing the joke

    • @1gient
      @1gient 12 днів тому +9

      So loss of democratic values directly correlate to forklift proficiency!

    • @Lobomaru02
      @Lobomaru02 7 годин тому

      Take care not to have the Truth Enforcers come for you.

    • @thanquolrattenherz9665
      @thanquolrattenherz9665 2 години тому

      the real question is can we use them to work in the forklift sector without paying them wages and safe taxes

  • @Orangeninja-vv5fh
    @Orangeninja-vv5fh 21 день тому +658

    I love how high command saw our citizen being mind controlled and immediately went “yep nothing we can do for em start shooting”

    • @adawg3032
      @adawg3032 21 день тому +14

      Democracy protects

    • @luigimrlgaming9484
      @luigimrlgaming9484 20 днів тому +28

      Atleast the Imperium does not lie, they do everything they can, but ultimately they must be this strict to survive. Super Earth is just this totalitarian and does not tolerate any deviance at all.

    • @YbotPoweredGaming
      @YbotPoweredGaming 20 днів тому +62

      @luigimrlgaming9484 No the imperium is exactly the same as super earth, their writing is just a little bit more subtle.
      You think what they no choice but to use servitors because AI always turns evil and fall to chaos.
      But then we are introduced to the Votaan and the Tau who both use AI without any problems because they treat it with respect and not as a slave.

    • @kamisan89
      @kamisan89 20 днів тому +29

      Man it's not just mind control. Their entire physiology changed. They bleed blue now.
      Also I think SE is trying to spare people to guilt of having to execute one of their own who of no fault of their own was converted into a zombie mutant by saying theres nothing left of their personality.

    • @Lardo137
      @Lardo137 19 днів тому +13

      ​@luigimrlgaming9484 Surprise surprise, another Warhammer fan with zero media literacy!

  • @theraidenmgr6663
    @theraidenmgr6663 21 день тому +726

    "No longer Forklift certifide"😂😂😂
    Gimme a stim I'm dying 😂😂☠️💀💀

    • @atnguyenquy1331
      @atnguyenquy1331 21 день тому

      SWEET LIBERTY, MY RIBS

    • @Zvertxv
      @Zvertxv 21 день тому +6

      😂
      Philippians 4:13 - "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."

    • @Quickdrawingartist
      @Quickdrawingartist 21 день тому +2

      You both getting the "good juice".

    • @NiskaMagnusson
      @NiskaMagnusson 19 днів тому +2

      @@Zvertxv LIBERTY IS THE ONLY SAVIOR I NEED

  • @Claymireko
    @Claymireko 21 день тому +513

    Above the Forklift there is the gold fish (posibly a picture only) that got executed sometime ago.

    • @Skullguy-w7b
      @Skullguy-w7b 21 день тому +7

      😃😃😃

    • @asterlofts1565
      @asterlofts1565 21 день тому +51

      It probably means that they no longer recognize human things that were routine and normal, like having pets or even fun, freedom, devotion, etc.... I know it's a joke, but honestly, even in a joke, that's very sad and heartbreaking. Really, they became inhuman and without votes... :(

    • @shadows_star
      @shadows_star 21 день тому +16

      Hey. Only the dissident traitor's goldfishes got executed.

    • @VEAFY
      @VEAFY 21 день тому +5

      Can anyone explain joke about forklift? Never played HD2(too expensive for me) But love this tbh real future of humans in space (at least our regime will be same dunno about other stuff)

    • @tdpuuhailee8222
      @tdpuuhailee8222 21 день тому +23

      @VEAFY
      It is a multi community spanning joke, about people wanting/having a forklift lisence (because you need a special lisence to operate forklifts do to their weight. Yes, forklifts are very heavy).
      The whole joke is just *a thing exists, people want the thing.*
      That's it.

  • @YomamaYodaddyYobjtchassGranny
    @YomamaYodaddyYobjtchassGranny 21 день тому +189

    Forklift having the biggest spike for the brain is hilarious 😂

  • @SamWinters
    @SamWinters 19 днів тому +54

    "As footsoldiers of a despotic regime" my entire team just cracked up at the writing for this report. Honestly, so much of the writing in this game is priceless. LIke, they really went "the Starship Troopers movie was too subtle. We can do better!" XD

    • @monkeyking9863
      @monkeyking9863 8 днів тому +3

      The fact that so many people don't understand starship troopers is satire it might be too subtle .... But then again the same group don't see the joke here either

    • @anton2maa
      @anton2maa 4 дні тому

      The satire in Starship Troopers is a bit of a joke though. It's as wide as an ocean and as deep as a puddle.

  • @freighttrainjohnson6771
    @freighttrainjohnson6771 21 день тому +207

    When slain they do seem to have retained some form of themselves as a few will salute super earth in their final moments. Don't let that give you any empathy to the enemies, this is what they want. Be sympathetic to the lost and the Voteless by liberating their bodies from an unwanted host and let their suffering come to an end.

    • @CHRF-55457
      @CHRF-55457 21 день тому +17

      Grant them the Emperor's Peace.

    • @bix2001
      @bix2001 21 день тому +12

      @@CHRF-55457 Wrong universe

    • @ashenronin7410
      @ashenronin7410 21 день тому +11

      ​@bix2001same ideology

    • @bix2001
      @bix2001 21 день тому +15

      @@ashenronin7410 reported to the democracy officer

    • @TheColSamson
      @TheColSamson 21 день тому +5

      In death, may you have true freedom

  • @ElSchatzo
    @ElSchatzo 21 день тому +355

    Fuck, as a non native English speaker, I never realised until now the obvious pun with the name "Strohmann News", LMAO 🤣

    • @felop136
      @felop136 21 день тому +28

      I am a native speaker, how did I never notice that!

    • @rwquote
      @rwquote 21 день тому +7

      What is thr joke?

    • @felop136
      @felop136 21 день тому +87

      @@rwquote “Strohmann” sounds very similar to “Strawman,” as in a Strawman arguement.

    • @rwquote
      @rwquote 21 день тому +2

      @felop136 unfortunately i don't know this idiom, thanks either way

    • @ZirconX1
      @ZirconX1 21 день тому

      @@rwquote A strawman argument is a fallacy/informal logical error that misrepresents or exaggerates an opponent's position and then attacks it.
      So basically what Strohman News does to the enemies of super earth in every broadcast.

  • @DFreemandango
    @DFreemandango 21 день тому +34

    The animations when you take the voteless down is something to behold. Some of them do the Super Earth salute, others just glare at their hands and body in a shock and others just look confused at what happen to them.

  • @Red_94016
    @Red_94016 21 день тому +139

    Remember, any deviation in attention will be considered treason.

    • @The_whales
      @The_whales 21 день тому +1

      Me watching this video and seeing this comment: uhhhh

  • @iFeelGlee
    @iFeelGlee 16 днів тому +8

    the despotic regime line and delivery is PERFECT. The pause between talking about helldivers and voteless before saying "footsoldiers of a despotic regime" is so good. the writers for helldivers know exactly what they're doing.

  • @FireLordJohn3191
    @FireLordJohn3191 21 день тому +121

    I’m the only one who thinks the zombie at 0:33 looks like movie Eggman/Robotnik with the mustache?

    • @VEAFY
      @VEAFY 21 день тому

      AJAJAJAJAJSHS

    • @captainazrale4404
      @captainazrale4404 21 день тому +7

      Snoo**PING-AS** usual, I see!

    • @pollodeshebrado6761
      @pollodeshebrado6761 19 днів тому +16

      ngl, I entered the video expecting some *anouncements*

    • @annimemeiro
      @annimemeiro 19 днів тому +20

      Maybe this was in purpose as a reference to the "eggman becomes forklift certified" meme

    • @aweirdlookingcat3707
      @aweirdlookingcat3707 19 днів тому +7

      @@annimemeiro Exactly what I was thinking when I saw the forklift

  • @Ewafingmyth
    @Ewafingmyth 21 день тому +232

    "Strohmann" as in Strawman Argument, that's quite clever

    • @Zvertxv
      @Zvertxv 21 день тому +4

      ❤😂❤
      Philippians 4:13 - "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."

    • @Puttis
      @Puttis 21 день тому +9

      (guys, just ignore and report the bots)

    • @Zvertxv
      @Zvertxv 21 день тому +3

      @@Puttis Not a bot just spreading the gospel brother.

    • @gracecalis5421
      @gracecalis5421 21 день тому +9

      ​​@@Zvertxv lmfao im fkin dead 💀

    • @Zvertxv
      @Zvertxv 21 день тому +3

      @@gracecalis5421 Haha, I get what you mean, but you know, words have power! I try to be mindful of what I say because of what I believe, but no judgment it’s all good.

  • @BlissBatch
    @BlissBatch 21 день тому +96

    Who are these Class A Citizens who can afford calamari? My 7-year-old son would have to work half a year in the mines to afford that stuff. Gotta be mind control.

    • @Valkyrie_Yukikaze
      @Valkyrie_Yukikaze 19 днів тому +12

      Probably only some sea lover who live in the ocean worlds. And of course the Super Earth itself. Work harder citizen to get a higher citizen certification level. And you, might be able to operate on a element 710 rig on some ocean world one day. --- The Ministry of Truth

  • @tomsmurf4225
    @tomsmurf4225 12 днів тому +6

    "The Helldivers have been ordered to bring an end to their horrific fates, as footsoldiers of a despotic regime."
    I like how that sentence can be read 2 different ways.

  • @Keyce0013
    @Keyce0013 21 день тому +71

    Considering we have vehicles now, I want to see the Voteless operating forklifts (poorly) by charging at us forks-first.

    • @Aredel
      @Aredel 19 днів тому

      The amount of money I will spend on this game to make this a reality… cannot be overstated

    • @bytesabre
      @bytesabre 11 днів тому

      Great they weaponised Staplerfahrer Klaus

  • @mateozubiri6534
    @mateozubiri6534 21 день тому +12

    Just when everyone start thinking the Súper Earth may be not so evil compared to the Illuminate they drop this to remember us how Súper Earth really is with gold comedy

  • @Corium1
    @Corium1 21 день тому +14

    I can't imagine being completely changed that you loss your forklift capabilities and recognition. that's a truly horrid fate for a super earth citizen.

  • @derrickbiedermann9802
    @derrickbiedermann9802 21 день тому +18

    0:40 Forklift = Neuron Activation

  • @Soviet_Union.30.12
    @Soviet_Union.30.12 19 днів тому +7

    The interesting part is also the name Strohmann News. Because Strohmann is german and means strawman and basically stands for someone that is used to prove a point with portraying someone or something as the strohmann to back up a weak or false argument.

  • @3yron
    @3yron 19 днів тому +5

    “ As foot soldiers of a despotic regime” I love how that could be applied to either group

  • @LegendPurpleDragon152
    @LegendPurpleDragon152 21 день тому +35

    …the Voteless they ‘tested’ looks like Eggman.
    *IS THAT AN EGGMAN IS FORKLIFT CERTIFIED REFERENCE?!*

  • @Red_94016
    @Red_94016 21 день тому +74

    God I love arrowhead. This game is peak gaming

    • @Skullguy-w7b
      @Skullguy-w7b 21 день тому +2

      😃😃😃

    • @LionOfTawhid
      @LionOfTawhid 21 день тому +1

      I hate Sony, I can't play the game

    • @Red_94016
      @Red_94016 21 день тому +2

      @@LionOfTawhid Sony is greedy fs

    • @Volvary
      @Volvary 19 днів тому +3

      Wish Sony wasn't around to fuck around with Arrowhead's product but would it had reached mass adoption without them? I'm not sure.

    • @LionOfTawhid
      @LionOfTawhid 19 днів тому +1

      @Volvary most of the world cant play helldivers 2 so arrowhead is definitely better off without sony

  • @yamaka71
    @yamaka71 21 день тому +114

    Calamari for dinner? Mmmm tasty

    • @maybebirb
      @maybebirb 21 день тому +1

      You have been placed under investigation for potential signs of Illuminate mind control.

    • @BlackKnigth323
      @BlackKnigth323 21 день тому +19

      That's it, I'm calling my local democracy officer

    • @gamefan6142
      @gamefan6142 21 день тому +4

      @@BlackKnigth323 *squid noises come over the radio of the democracy officer*

    • @Droneultrakill
      @Droneultrakill 21 день тому

      ​@@BlackKnigth323but sir calamari is just a weaker version of the illuminates

    • @01_zenyobi
      @01_zenyobi 21 день тому +17

      Yes, eating calamari shows that humans of super earth are stronger than squids and even strong enough to beat those squids and eat them.
      Eating calamari is a symbol of strength against the squids. We can eat these squids no matter how many of them come to us.

  • @froschreiniger2639
    @froschreiniger2639 21 день тому +6

    Helldivers should recieve forklift certification, so we can use the forklifts we find.

  • @TimothyZanyk
    @TimothyZanyk 21 день тому +35

    Forklift brain activity 🤣

  • @cortster12
    @cortster12 15 днів тому +5

    The only thing worse than zombies: people who don't vote.

  • @endtitian1977
    @endtitian1977 21 день тому +6

    Dear God, there no longer forklift certified

  • @-Lazy
    @-Lazy 21 день тому +13

    Everyone is talking about the forklift, but noone mentions that Dr. Eggman is in Helldivers?

    • @postaldude9779
      @postaldude9779 13 днів тому +2

      I've come to make an announcement...

  • @SaGeOwL4891
    @SaGeOwL4891 21 день тому +12

    Humanity: lost
    Vote: lost
    Forklift certification: lost
    I mean even eating calamari is risky, sweet liberty i'm speechless

  • @plasma5302
    @plasma5302 21 день тому +6

    i rather loose my life than my forklift certificate

  • @FreelancerWells
    @FreelancerWells 17 днів тому +4

    The way she says "or...the Super Earth flag". Losing your connection to loved ones is one thing, but losing your loyalty to the flag is unthinkable. 😤

    • @sometf2player752
      @sometf2player752 15 днів тому

      America in a nutshell

    • @crowe6961
      @crowe6961 12 днів тому

      @@sometf2player752 Even a pile of our dissidents are indeed still loyal to the flag, if not all of what it represents! The problem there is not seen as the nation or structures themselves, but the corruption drawing it away from stated values.

  • @Jay-ps4vv
    @Jay-ps4vv 15 днів тому +68

    0:26 this either unintentional, or a really clever design choice, but the arrow between the humans and the assailants is the mathematical symbol ≫. ≫ means significantly greater than, and could be representing the super-earth belief that humans are supreme to all other lifeforms.

    • @its_renren7292
      @its_renren7292 15 днів тому +5

      It's definitely in-character for the citizens of Super Earth, yeah 😂. But I suppose it's up to us to decide what to believe

    • @crowe6961
      @crowe6961 12 днів тому +1

      It's Strohmann (Strawman) News, they knew exactly what they were doing with this one.

  • @williamisraelgomararias5737
    @williamisraelgomararias5737 21 день тому +8

    The kids from vernon wells got a sponsor deal congradulations

  • @GenericProtagonist7
    @GenericProtagonist7 21 день тому +21

    Wouldn't it be more effective to say there *is* still part of them in there, but that they're suffering and mercy is a necessity?
    That turns it from "I'm doing this to protect my home!" to "I'm doing this to protect my home and free my countrymen from torment!"

    • @EskChan19
      @EskChan19 19 днів тому

      But it might make some hesitate because they don't want to kill their bretheren or they might want resources to be spend on finding a way to free them and revert the illuminate control. Saying there is nothing left is much easier.

    • @Aredel
      @Aredel 19 днів тому +6

      This one right here, Democracy Officer.

    • @bramvanduijn8086
      @bramvanduijn8086 18 днів тому +9

      Most people hate murder, so dehumanizing the enemy is a core part of any wartime propaganda.

    • @crowe6961
      @crowe6961 12 днів тому

      They really need a convenient euphemism for this, in 40k the Imperium invokes the Emperor's Mercy. Everyone knows precisely what that means. You just have to spin it such that the Illuminate zombies are irreversibly tainted and that therefore, the State is sadly out of options.

  • @lucasriley1383
    @lucasriley1383 18 днів тому +1

    These absolutely give off the vibes of Donny Vermillion from SC2, and I love every moment of it

  • @AmIntrigued
    @AmIntrigued 15 днів тому +4

    *"I'VE COME TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT"*

  • @HowDoYouTurnThisOn_
    @HowDoYouTurnThisOn_ 20 днів тому +6

    The title is overselling it honestly

  • @samedwards3285
    @samedwards3285 21 день тому +2

    Out of all the presented stimuli, the forklift certification was responded with the highest amount of brain activity. As one does.

  • @argentaegis
    @argentaegis 17 днів тому +5

    The existence of Helldivers propaganda makes me feel a lot better about the state of media IRL.

    • @FireLordJohn3191
      @FireLordJohn3191 6 днів тому

      Probably a reference to how most media is propaganda for one side or the other.

  • @911NinjaCat
    @911NinjaCat 17 днів тому +2

    The thumbnail had me thinking it was Robnic who was going to rant about where sonic had pee'd

  • @Tarnished-bn5gq
    @Tarnished-bn5gq 21 день тому +28

    It was pretty obvious that what are little more than walking corpses that once were humans only have death as a solution to their existence. These squids are definitely way more sadistic in its murder methods than Super Earth is.

    • @ItadoriYuji-r9d
      @ItadoriYuji-r9d 21 день тому +1

      I mean Super Earth started it by attacking them first. Illuminates at first were a peaceful race that wanted to coexist with humans but Super Earth wanted to be the Imperium wannabe and drove their race almost to extinction.

    • @velvetdraws3452
      @velvetdraws3452 8 днів тому +1

      @ItadoriYuji-r9d They were always the aggressor that created their own problems (Terminid breeding, enslaving the cyborgs, attacking the illuminate) then acted like the victim when they finally fought back, they're weirdly more akin to a school bully

    • @Tarnished-bn5gq
      @Tarnished-bn5gq 8 днів тому

      @ The Illuminate attacked first, and even with that arguement, the way they kill is far worse than Super Earth’s methods. Same for the literal robo-nazis and Tyrannids from Warhammer.

    • @ItadoriYuji-r9d
      @ItadoriYuji-r9d 8 днів тому

      @@Tarnished-bn5gq Illuminate offered them peace and were only focused on advancing. Super Earth attacked them for their technology. If they want to be the Imperium Of Men from Temu they are gonna experience what the Imperium deals every 24/7.

    • @Tarnished-bn5gq
      @Tarnished-bn5gq 8 днів тому

      @ That’s like saying what Israel is doing is justified because Palestine attacked first. Both sides are doing awful shit, it’s just that The Illuminate are far more sadistic and psychopathic in terms of their cruel methods of killing their enemies.

  • @remixgameyt1172
    @remixgameyt1172 14 днів тому +2

    "Approved by the Ministry of Truth"
    George Orwell, are you there?

    • @JouhouchenHou
      @JouhouchenHou 14 днів тому

      Fake none a real because a fiction books 1984 doesn't exist due lack of timeline connect but it's just original timeline Nazi Russia still proud of George Orwell

    • @jqyhlmnp
      @jqyhlmnp 13 днів тому +1

      @@JouhouchenHou get this man a punctuation starbucks

  • @Doc51499
    @Doc51499 12 днів тому +1

    All memes aside killing these things seems like an act of mercy

  • @andrewfeistner3384
    @andrewfeistner3384 19 днів тому +1

    Strohmann News is a fantastic pun

  • @cjhott7237
    @cjhott7237 9 днів тому +1

    I wonder if Illuminate would tasted good deep fried…

  • @Koronia047
    @Koronia047 16 днів тому +2

    I think whoever writes the lore for helldivers 100% has a decent political understanding of the western propaganda to be able to make these sorta jokes lol. Kinda like how you gotta know lawyer stuff to make lawyer jokes.

  • @ZachSeineVideos
    @ZachSeineVideos 18 днів тому +3

    Btw. "Strohmann" is the German word for "Straw man"

  • @BadBomb555
    @BadBomb555 21 день тому +3

    Eggman 's coming here to make an announcement.

  • @zaccampa4055
    @zaccampa4055 21 день тому +1

    There’s some pretty funny voice lines from the crew in the Super Destroyer too lol I always talk to them every time a new update drops

  • @Ingel_Riday6690
    @Ingel_Riday6690 19 днів тому

    This is incredible. So many playful jokes and absurdities in such a short span. 😀I'm genuinely impressed.

  • @kathrineici9811
    @kathrineici9811 14 днів тому +1

    AND HES NOT PISSING ON SUPER EARTH, HE’S PISSING ON THE MOOOOOOON!!!

  • @kamikeserpentail3778
    @kamikeserpentail3778 9 днів тому +1

    I guess it depends if you're eating the tasty rings of squid or building a shrine out of them.

  • @nayhem
    @nayhem 21 день тому +10

    "Colonists proactively building walls, minefields to fight off Illuminate"
    uh oh …

  • @backgroundcharacterj5071
    @backgroundcharacterj5071 20 днів тому +1

    "Wait but they're responding t-"
    Ministry of Truth: A TRUE TRAGEDY INDEED if only we could have done more for them

  • @ReficulDrakul
    @ReficulDrakul 8 днів тому +1

    I love the world of Helldivers cause its Sattire in the best form.

  • @jimmythedoll9820
    @jimmythedoll9820 13 днів тому +1

    “I’ve come to make an announcement, shadow the hedgehog’s a ditch brass mother trucker” looking

  • @Alf4killer_010
    @Alf4killer_010 21 день тому +1

    Arrowhead stop being so good at this😭😭

  • @edd.5169
    @edd.5169 21 день тому

    What I like about the Helldivers is that everything they do is always objectively correct

  • @jos1515
    @jos1515 19 днів тому +1

    Call them freedom rings!

  • @KingTiger10588
    @KingTiger10588 21 день тому +3

    if you find a forklift with a tablet it has a funny description of its democratic service

  • @Broken_Savior
    @Broken_Savior 21 день тому +3

    I've been playing this game in the German Voiceover for so long that hearing it in English sounds uncanny as Hell.
    Oh, it isn't just to reinforce the satirical elements, either, although that was my original motivation for using the German Voiceover; The German Voice Cast go seriously hard.

  • @Wazboom
    @Wazboom 21 день тому

    I mean, those spikes are me pressing A waiting for the day we can suddenly drive the fork lift

  • @captaincritter6173
    @captaincritter6173 21 день тому +359

    Bro, when I did the calamari joke. I never thought I would see it actually in-game. To the developers, I will give them this. 🫡

  • @realmoviefactsnotfake
    @realmoviefactsnotfake 18 днів тому

    helldivers needs an episode on secret level

  • @Serpentar9000
    @Serpentar9000 18 днів тому

    "Sweet Liberty, my forklift certification!"

  • @dalehorseman5171
    @dalehorseman5171 17 днів тому

    The phrasong at the end sounds like the Helldivers have been ordered to bring a swift end to their horrible fates, (which is their duty) as footsoldiers of a despotic regime.

    • @Someone_adachi
      @Someone_adachi 11 днів тому

      holy shit its kim "kimball" kitsuragi

  • @inderezzed8454
    @inderezzed8454 13 днів тому

    For a split second I legit thought the thumbnail was in reference to Dr. Robotnik from the film variant of the franchise xD

  • @danshakuimo
    @danshakuimo 20 днів тому

    I've listened to that broadcast so many times already but the first time I ever watched it was right now

  • @KptnAutismus
    @KptnAutismus 20 днів тому

    "Strohmann" being the german (and probably other languages) word for "strawman" adds that cherry on top.

  • @wdf70
    @wdf70 19 днів тому

    The worst part of if you catch voteless in idle or death animations, they show signs of terror and even salute the helldivers before ragdolling.
    Our citizens are still in there. Keep up the good fight helldivers.

  • @tracaine
    @tracaine 10 днів тому

    I was waiting to see a voteless doing donuts on a forklift or something at the end.

  • @FearlessGnome
    @FearlessGnome 16 днів тому +4

    Who Eggman?

  • @taimurqureshi9540
    @taimurqureshi9540 21 день тому

    This message gave me a new perspective on calamari

  • @opedromagico
    @opedromagico 21 день тому +1

    Reminds me of The Onion videos 😂

  • @Lunay543
    @Lunay543 19 днів тому

    'In order to show you're not one of them, put more flags on your house!'

  • @noahtekulve2684
    @noahtekulve2684 21 день тому +6

    Fellas, is it "patriotic" to order and eat calamari??

    • @protonicprotogen6304
      @protonicprotogen6304 21 день тому +8

      Yes, because it shows the squids how much you hate them. It also shows that we are predators and they are prey.

    • @alheimianservant1499
      @alheimianservant1499 20 днів тому +2

      Besides, just shows the squids just how ruthless we are by deep frying them.

  • @fumarc4501
    @fumarc4501 21 день тому

    The Illuminari probably are beside themselves with this. Lmao

  • @Zakading
    @Zakading 12 днів тому

    The fact it's called "Strohmann (Strawman) News" is still so funny to me

  • @troythomas8790
    @troythomas8790 12 днів тому

    This seems like it could've been run on America's Finest News Source, The Onion.

  • @waytodawn4670
    @waytodawn4670 16 днів тому +1

    My guy looks like Eggman

  • @FearsomeLAG
    @FearsomeLAG 16 днів тому +3

    Why did it look like eggman?

    • @sometf2player752
      @sometf2player752 15 днів тому +1

      Because it’s a reference to the Eggman forklift certified meme

  • @ninjajack6457
    @ninjajack6457 10 днів тому

    The voteless in the thumbnail looked like Doctor Eggman-

  • @kerbal666
    @kerbal666 20 днів тому

    NOOOOO!!! Not their forklift certificate!!! The savages!!!

  • @pietrosmusi6348
    @pietrosmusi6348 15 днів тому +1

    It doesn't help that the voteless shown reassembles doctor robotnik

  • @MrGeorgeFlorcus
    @MrGeorgeFlorcus 12 днів тому

    Why was I expecting a SnapCube "I have an Announcement" reference

  • @worldspam5682
    @worldspam5682 18 днів тому

    They are actually seemed to still retain their forklift cert. Just look at that activity!

  • @ponlouch
    @ponlouch 12 днів тому

    The fact that when watched this in the exact moment i was in helldivers 2 i saw this to

  • @famosoanonimo602
    @famosoanonimo602 21 день тому

    I fucking love the humor in this game

  • @jalioswilinghart
    @jalioswilinghart 19 днів тому

    I am so happy they keep making silly news broadcasts. I hooe theyre all stored somewhere for preservation.

  • @TacShooter
    @TacShooter 19 днів тому

    That muppet looks like Sleepy Joe.

  • @blu_j_1977
    @blu_j_1977 21 день тому

    Unpatriotic Calimari is the new Liberty Cabbage