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The funeral scene that became a gaming meme

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Nothing conveys deep, emotional reverence for a fallen comrade quite like a giant UI prompt telling you to press a specific key to pay respects. It took a deeply solemn military funeral and gamified it into a reflex check, birthing one of the most sarcastic internet traditions of all time.

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