"From a very young age, I've thought some videogames can be a little too reminiscent of 'Enders Game.'"
"Yeah, it could easily be a real war and you'd possibly never even know it."
"Especially when the games are basically an interactive recruitment tool. Call of Duty and the later Halo games leap to mind."
"Actually, my cousin-in-law just signed up for the army."
"Hah, did he cite Call of Duty as his reasoning?"
"Pretty much."
"Hah. I ******* knew it. It's lamentable that it works. The sad fact that it isn't a joke make the jokes that much worse, but, yet, the jokes aren't as bad as the atrocity, itself, yet it's the jokes that incur social wrath!
This adequately exemplifies Society's priorities, methinks."
Humour is my savior.
A paraphrased dialogue 'twixt my gamer roomate and myself.