@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
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.
@@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.
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.
@@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.
“Captured ‘voteless’ deemed impossible to rehabilitate after failing to stand for the national anthem” - rolling headlines under the broadcast Pure comedy gold.
Just like middle school.. amazing.. still remember those precious days with the patriot testing free icecream and firing squads in their fancy black uniforms..
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.
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: 🤯
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!
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.
@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.
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.
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... :(
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)
@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.
"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
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
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.
@@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.
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.
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.
@@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.
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.
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
"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.
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
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
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.
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!"
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.
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.
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.
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.
@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
@ 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.
@@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.
@ 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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
The ending legit made me laugh at work for a bit. And the forklift! Hilarious, as usual from Arrowhead.
Unable to vote or operate a forklift. Truly a fate worse than death
Probably a reference to freedom fries
Freedom fries!?
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
I absolutely hate people who say or comment the word Hilarious
0:06 Strohmann news. Literally means "Strawman news" but just in German. Right on the nose, and I absolutely love it
just like darth vader.
brought to you by the Ministry of Truth lol
It means that in English too, just as a pun.
@@edwxx20001 Vader is not a german word lol. its dutch!
@@MetFanMac No it does not mean that in english, as Strohmann is the german term so its not an English word.
No longer forklift certified.🤣
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.
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
Then they are truly lost...
I'm foreskin certified doe
"Foot soldiers of a despotic regime" man the irony in this game is top fucking notch.
The engineer lady on the right of your ship says _"I feel bad for our enemies. Doing nothing but blindly following orders..."_
HAH.
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.
What are you suggesting soldier…
@@isaacgould5974 the only thing ironic about the helldivers is their iron resolve to defending democracy
@@justinnelson5960not much to project
@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
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.
@@schloany4479 rule of thumb just believe the opposite of SE news. Much like cnn. Voteless probably can be saved
Nah, you're imaging things. That's just it's death animation. Still, it's a fun idea.
@@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.
@@schloany4479You been reported to the nearest democracy officer.
the opposite! the forklift had the higher peak in neuron activation, they still recognize them and probably could even drive them
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.
how do you handle the buttons and small levers of a forklift with that kind of hand and finger tho.
even after they have lost democracy, they have continued their forklift knowledge
that voteless is a true renaissance man
@@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.
@@asterlofts1565The first example I thought of was the one Headcrab Zombie flushing the toilet as if we caught them mid-piss break 🤣🤣🤣
“Captured ‘voteless’ deemed impossible to rehabilitate after failing to stand for the national anthem” - rolling headlines under the broadcast
Pure comedy gold.
😃😃😃
The Onion style news
Just like middle school.. amazing.. still remember those precious days with the patriot testing free icecream and firing squads in their fancy black uniforms..
Sounds like LeBron.
@@GameFuMasterFuuu I would love to have the Onion do their "news" segments in this game
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.
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: 🤯
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!
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
So loss of democratic values directly correlate to forklift proficiency!
Take care not to have the Truth Enforcers come for you.
the real question is can we use them to work in the forklift sector without paying them wages and safe taxes
I love how high command saw our citizen being mind controlled and immediately went “yep nothing we can do for em start shooting”
Democracy protects
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.
@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.
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.
@luigimrlgaming9484 Surprise surprise, another Warhammer fan with zero media literacy!
"No longer Forklift certifide"😂😂😂
Gimme a stim I'm dying 😂😂☠️💀💀
SWEET LIBERTY, MY RIBS
😂
Philippians 4:13 - "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."
You both getting the "good juice".
@@Zvertxv LIBERTY IS THE ONLY SAVIOR I NEED
Above the Forklift there is the gold fish (posibly a picture only) that got executed sometime ago.
😃😃😃
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... :(
Hey. Only the dissident traitor's goldfishes got executed.
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)
@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.
Forklift having the biggest spike for the brain is hilarious 😂
"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
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
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.
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.
Grant them the Emperor's Peace.
@@CHRF-55457 Wrong universe
@bix2001same ideology
@@ashenronin7410 reported to the democracy officer
In death, may you have true freedom
Fuck, as a non native English speaker, I never realised until now the obvious pun with the name "Strohmann News", LMAO 🤣
I am a native speaker, how did I never notice that!
What is thr joke?
@@rwquote “Strohmann” sounds very similar to “Strawman,” as in a Strawman arguement.
@felop136 unfortunately i don't know this idiom, thanks either way
@@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.
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.
Remember, any deviation in attention will be considered treason.
Me watching this video and seeing this comment: uhhhh
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.
I’m the only one who thinks the zombie at 0:33 looks like movie Eggman/Robotnik with the mustache?
AJAJAJAJAJSHS
Snoo**PING-AS** usual, I see!
ngl, I entered the video expecting some *anouncements*
Maybe this was in purpose as a reference to the "eggman becomes forklift certified" meme
@@annimemeiro Exactly what I was thinking when I saw the forklift
"Strohmann" as in Strawman Argument, that's quite clever
❤😂❤
Philippians 4:13 - "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."
(guys, just ignore and report the bots)
@@Puttis Not a bot just spreading the gospel brother.
@@Zvertxv lmfao im fkin dead 💀
@@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.
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.
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
"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.
Considering we have vehicles now, I want to see the Voteless operating forklifts (poorly) by charging at us forks-first.
The amount of money I will spend on this game to make this a reality… cannot be overstated
Great they weaponised Staplerfahrer Klaus
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
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.
0:40 Forklift = Neuron Activation
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.
“ As foot soldiers of a despotic regime” I love how that could be applied to either group
…the Voteless they ‘tested’ looks like Eggman.
*IS THAT AN EGGMAN IS FORKLIFT CERTIFIED REFERENCE?!*
God I love arrowhead. This game is peak gaming
😃😃😃
I hate Sony, I can't play the game
@@LionOfTawhid Sony is greedy fs
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.
@Volvary most of the world cant play helldivers 2 so arrowhead is definitely better off without sony
Calamari for dinner? Mmmm tasty
You have been placed under investigation for potential signs of Illuminate mind control.
That's it, I'm calling my local democracy officer
@@BlackKnigth323 *squid noises come over the radio of the democracy officer*
@@BlackKnigth323but sir calamari is just a weaker version of the illuminates
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.
Helldivers should recieve forklift certification, so we can use the forklifts we find.
Forklift brain activity 🤣
The only thing worse than zombies: people who don't vote.
Dear God, there no longer forklift certified
Everyone is talking about the forklift, but noone mentions that Dr. Eggman is in Helldivers?
I've come to make an announcement...
Humanity: lost
Vote: lost
Forklift certification: lost
I mean even eating calamari is risky, sweet liberty i'm speechless
i rather loose my life than my forklift certificate
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. 😤
America in a nutshell
@@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.
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.
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
It's Strohmann (Strawman) News, they knew exactly what they were doing with this one.
The kids from vernon wells got a sponsor deal congradulations
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!"
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.
This one right here, Democracy Officer.
Most people hate murder, so dehumanizing the enemy is a core part of any wartime propaganda.
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.
These absolutely give off the vibes of Donny Vermillion from SC2, and I love every moment of it
*"I'VE COME TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT"*
The title is overselling it honestly
Out of all the presented stimuli, the forklift certification was responded with the highest amount of brain activity. As one does.
The existence of Helldivers propaganda makes me feel a lot better about the state of media IRL.
Probably a reference to how most media is propaganda for one side or the other.
The thumbnail had me thinking it was Robnic who was going to rant about where sonic had pee'd
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.
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.
@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
@ 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.
@@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.
@ 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.
"Approved by the Ministry of Truth"
George Orwell, are you there?
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
@@JouhouchenHou get this man a punctuation starbucks
All memes aside killing these things seems like an act of mercy
@@Doc51499 Because it is.
Strohmann News is a fantastic pun
I wonder if Illuminate would tasted good deep fried…
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.
Btw. "Strohmann" is the German word for "Straw man"
Eggman 's coming here to make an announcement.
To piss on the moon 🌝
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
This is incredible. So many playful jokes and absurdities in such a short span. 😀I'm genuinely impressed.
AND HES NOT PISSING ON SUPER EARTH, HE’S PISSING ON THE MOOOOOOON!!!
I guess it depends if you're eating the tasty rings of squid or building a shrine out of them.
"Colonists proactively building walls, minefields to fight off Illuminate"
uh oh …
"Wait but they're responding t-"
Ministry of Truth: A TRUE TRAGEDY INDEED if only we could have done more for them
I love the world of Helldivers cause its Sattire in the best form.
“I’ve come to make an announcement, shadow the hedgehog’s a ditch brass mother trucker” looking
Arrowhead stop being so good at this😭😭
What I like about the Helldivers is that everything they do is always objectively correct
Call them freedom rings!
if you find a forklift with a tablet it has a funny description of its democratic service
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.
I mean, those spikes are me pressing A waiting for the day we can suddenly drive the fork lift
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. 🫡
Lol
helldivers needs an episode on secret level
"Sweet Liberty, my forklift certification!"
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.
holy shit its kim "kimball" kitsuragi
For a split second I legit thought the thumbnail was in reference to Dr. Robotnik from the film variant of the franchise xD
I've listened to that broadcast so many times already but the first time I ever watched it was right now
"Strohmann" being the german (and probably other languages) word for "strawman" adds that cherry on top.
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.
I was waiting to see a voteless doing donuts on a forklift or something at the end.
Who Eggman?
This message gave me a new perspective on calamari
Reminds me of The Onion videos 😂
'In order to show you're not one of them, put more flags on your house!'
Fellas, is it "patriotic" to order and eat calamari??
Yes, because it shows the squids how much you hate them. It also shows that we are predators and they are prey.
Besides, just shows the squids just how ruthless we are by deep frying them.
The Illuminari probably are beside themselves with this. Lmao
The fact it's called "Strohmann (Strawman) News" is still so funny to me
This seems like it could've been run on America's Finest News Source, The Onion.
My guy looks like Eggman
Why did it look like eggman?
Because it’s a reference to the Eggman forklift certified meme
The voteless in the thumbnail looked like Doctor Eggman-
NOOOOO!!! Not their forklift certificate!!! The savages!!!
It doesn't help that the voteless shown reassembles doctor robotnik
Why was I expecting a SnapCube "I have an Announcement" reference
They are actually seemed to still retain their forklift cert. Just look at that activity!
The fact that when watched this in the exact moment i was in helldivers 2 i saw this to
I fucking love the humor in this game
I am so happy they keep making silly news broadcasts. I hooe theyre all stored somewhere for preservation.
That muppet looks like Sleepy Joe.
Unpatriotic Calimari is the new Liberty Cabbage