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In an interactive scene as gleefully tasteless as the infamous airport massacre in Modern
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Jackson "Jack" Mitchell, mourns the death of his comrade, Private William "Will" Irons, during the latter's memorial service after he is killed saving Mitchell's life in battle. Upon performing the action, Mitchell steps forward and places his right hand on Irons' coffin for
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referred to the meme as iconic, and further stated that it's not because it's "uniquely stupid", but because "the balance between 'sad' and 'flippant' is so hilariously lopsided". Ky
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at a funeral service. Widely mocked by critics and players due to its forced element of interactivity that was not perceived to be tastefully executed, the phrase would later become a notable
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funeral rites, but the creative team had to change the scene after a military advisor objected to using a Navy SEAL tradition for Irons, a Marine. In an interview with
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