I’m normally not one to drink the crazy cool-aid and claim that all of our civil liberties are at stake, or that we’re entering a police state, or that the world is coming to an end, but I was sent the following image via email this morning.
I’ve put up a simple side-by-side comparison for you, and I think you can plainly see that we’re well and truly fucked. Yes, the combine are now riot police, and they’re coming to a town near you.
Even the poor sod on the ground looks like one of those emotionally neutered humans from HL 2 wearing the drab clothing. If I didn’t know better, I’d swear this is elaborate cosplay.
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10 responses so far ↓
1 Woozie // Oct 13, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Oh shit! Gordon Freeman and G-Man spotted at the LHC, now this?!
2 tjsize.com » Blog Archive » Nightcrawly is done. // Nov 10, 2008 at 1:37 am
[...] Ok, so NOW I only have two things left, I didn’t count this because it was so close to being finished. Anyway, here you go!! We’re all gonna die because real life police are inspired by games to scare the shit out of people. LINKY. [...]
3 80s // Nov 23, 2008 at 9:21 am
http://www.sovietarmystuff.com/detail.php?product_id=69
It’s not cosplay o_o
4 For All Your HL2 Cosplay Needs // Nov 23, 2008 at 3:37 pm
[...] Hat tip to commenter primal_80s, from the original post on We’re All Doomed. [...]
5 iwdw // Nov 25, 2008 at 9:01 pm
Those are eastern european gas masks (Russian or Polish, I forget).
The Combine masks were based on them.
6 Adri // Nov 25, 2008 at 11:58 pm
They’re actually Georgian. Sakaashvilli unleashed them on opposition protests earlier this year to the condemnation of the rest of the world.
7 Jerke Wadde // Nov 26, 2008 at 7:00 am
That’s what happens when you don’t pick up the can.
8 devolute // Nov 26, 2008 at 10:26 am
The shading on the left is better.
9 Larry Conners // Nov 29, 2008 at 4:24 pm
So what’s the context…? Doesn’t anyone use critical thinking anymore..? The Georgian police were reacting to a pro Russian protest staged by Putin just prior to the Russian ” Incursion ” last month..
10 John // Dec 27, 2008 at 1:12 am
Kool-Aid with a “K”. Also when they all suicided they had some knock off brand. Fun-Aid or some such.
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