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Why gamers always shoot the red barrels

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Decades of repetitive digital conditioning have deeply ingrained a single, undeniable truth into the minds of all gamers: brightly colored cylindrical objects exist solely to detonate. No matter the genre or setting, we instinctively fire upon these industrial hazards with absolute certainty that they will hilariously wipe out our enemies.

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