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Stay with me.

I love RED DEAD REDEMPTION. I have beaten both 1 & 2.

I’m not some kind of pacifist. I just get tired of shooting at imaginary people.

So… I thought one day I would get some practice with the sniper rifle killing stray dogs.

Holy shit!

The game threw a fit!

Full on murderous possie immediately.

But here’s what’s worse: the game HID ALL THE DOGS.

So… it just made shooting the dogs more special. Btw— I did this more in 1 than 2.

And I can’t find dogs in GTAV.

Mostly I won’t shoot imaginary people anymore. Just dogs. It’s a thrill.

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[–] NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.com 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don’t remember dogs in GTA V but I do remember cats.

Your post reminds me of this scene from Atlanta lol https://youtu.be/EMSrjJngnkY

[–] wowwoweowza@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Exactly.

I got called a psycho by people who think nothing of killing a hundred fake humans because I prefer shooting fake dogs. Whatever.

But I knew I would win the unpopular opinion contest.

I should have an upvote from every dog lover who sees the post.