{"id":2237074,"date":"2024-05-04T08:47:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-04T12:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wow-iconic-video-game-hitman-joins-in-on-dark-joke-about-boeing-whistleblowers\/"},"modified":"2024-05-04T08:50:03","modified_gmt":"2024-05-04T12:50:03","slug":"wow-iconic-video-game-hitman-joins-in-on-dark-joke-about-boeing-whistleblowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wow-iconic-video-game-hitman-joins-in-on-dark-joke-about-boeing-whistleblowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Exciting News: &#8216;Hitman&#8217; Video Game Participates in Dark Joke on Boeing Whistleblowers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwow-iconic-video-game-hitman-joins-in-on-dark-joke-about-boeing-whistleblowers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2237074&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The \u200carticle by Bryan\u200d Chai discusses a controversial joke involving the &#8220;Hitman&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-death-of-movies-has-come\/\" title=\"The Death of Movies Has Come\">video game franchise<\/a> and\u2064 Boeing whistleblowers. It\u2063 explores the unexpected social media interaction, drawing \u2063parallels between the game&#8217;s hitman character and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-video-show-a-su-25-jet-being-shot-down\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Does This Video Show A SU-25 Jet Being Shot Down?\">real-world events<\/a>. The article delves into the sensitive nature of the joke and the surprising engagement of the official &#8220;Hitman&#8221; account in the \u200cbanter.\u2064 Bryan Chai&#8217;s article explores a controversial joke intertwining the &#8220;Hitman&#8221; video game and Boeing whistleblowers. It delves into\u200c the\u2063 unexpected social media interaction, highlighting parallels between the game&#8217;s\u200b hitman persona and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/opinion-those-who-say-screw-your-freedom-dont-understand-freedom\/\" title=\"OPINION: Those Who Say \u2018Screw Your Freedom\u2019 Don\u2019t Understand Freedom\">real-life situations<\/a>. The piece addresses the\u200b sensitivity of the joke \u200dand the unexpected participation of the official \u2064&#8221;Hitman&#8221;\u2063 account in \u2062the conversation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/entertainment\/\">  Entertainment <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/bchai\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/bchai\/%20\"><span>Bryan Chai<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 4, 2024 at 4:41am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Given the hyper-sterile nature of corporate public relations in 2024 (nobody wants to be cancelled), color this writer genuinely surprised that this social media administrator hit \u201csend\u201d on this joke.<\/p>\n<p>First, some background on two seemingly disparate topics.<\/p>\n<p>The more simple topic: \u201cHitman\u201d is a video game franchise developed by IO Interactive that began in 2000, and focuses on the exploits of main protagonist Agent 47, whom the player controls in the games.<\/p>\n<p>The franchise has largely evolved over the last 24 years, but the core tenets of it remain the same. You, as Agent 47, are placed into a large area, usually with a simple objective of assassinating target X. You are then given the freedom to commit that assassination as you see fit, whether that\u2019s poisoning the target\u2019s food, dropping a chandelier on their head or simply shooting them between the eyes with a gun.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>WARNING: The following trailer is for an M-rated video game, and contains imagery that some viewers may find disturbing.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"HITMAN World of Assassination - Launch Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WB2BSbaRmgY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The more complicated topic: In the real world, airplane manufacturing conglomerate Boeing has been under an ongoing and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/major-reshuffle-highest-level-boeing-watershed-moment-company\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">furious storm of controversy<\/a>, due to a litany of publicly documented <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/another-boeing-jet-makes-emergency-landing-due-possible-mechanical-issue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">issues<\/a> cropping up in their planes.<\/p>\n<p>While the real-world implications of lackadaisical airplane manufacturing should be obvious and horrifying enough on their own, the Boeing controversy has also spawned its fair share of more conspiratorial theories \u2026 especially in regard to the two whistleblowers who have come forth about some of these shoddy and unsafe practices.<\/p>\n<p>Both whistleblowers are dead, under what some may describe as shady conditions.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Have you heard of the \u201cHitman\u201d games?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>One of the men, John Barnett, appeared to die <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/shortly-allegedly-killing-self-boeing-whistleblower-reportedly-warned-anything-happens-not-suicide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">via suicide<\/a>, and the other, Joshua Dean, appeared to die of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/whistleblower-company-supplies-boeing-fuselages-dies-age-45\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">health complications<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t need a tin foil graduation cap to see where this is going.<\/p>\n<p>A conservative social media influencer drew the connection between untimely and possibly suspicious deaths, and \u201cHitman,\u201d and joked about it in an X post.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Boeing Employee of the year 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GLhEGJnuaz\">pic.twitter.com\/GLhEGJnuaz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wall Street Silver (@WallStreetSilv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WallStreetSilv\/status\/1786139348930609367?\">May 2, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cBoeing Employee of the year 2024,\u201d the X account posted, alongside an image of Agent 47, clearly a joking connection between the clandestine hitman and the two dead men in the real world.<\/p>\n<p>That alone would hardly be noteworthy\u2026 but then the official X account for \u201cHitman\u201d joined in on the dark joke.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Work has been good lately.<br \/> Jokes aside, if Agent 47 was involved, he would not make it that obvious. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hIGfq1l62G\">https:\/\/t.co\/hIGfq1l62G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 HITMAN (@Hitman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hitman\/status\/1786336438105083918?\">May 3, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWork has been good lately,\u201d the X account posted. \u201cJokes aside, if Agent 47 was involved, he would not make it that obvious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yes, that\u2019s the official X account of a major video game franchise making light of two dead men in the real world.<\/p>\n<p>Surprisingly, the account engaged with further banter on the joke.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"qme\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v4eABADNDL\">pic.twitter.com\/v4eABADNDL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 HITMAN (@Hitman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hitman\/status\/1786337101174186128?\">May 3, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is also a good theory why it was not Agent 47.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 HITMAN (@Hitman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hitman\/status\/1786382202151846261?\">May 3, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>To be clear, there\u2019s nothing wrong with dark humor. It has its place in culture.<\/p>\n<p>But to see a major video game franchise wield it in the era of cancellations?<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s almost as surprising as having Agent 47 himself sneak up on you.<\/p>\n<div id=\"author-info-44778\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/bchai\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44778\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44778\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44778\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44778\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Bryan Chai has written news and sports for The Western Journal for more than five years and has produced more than 1,300 stories. He specializes in the NBA and NFL as well as politics.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Bryan Chai has written news and sports for The Western Journal for more than five years and has produced more than 1,300 stories. He specializes in the NBA and NFL as well as politics. He graduated with a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Arizona. He is an avid fan of sports, video games, politics and debate. <\/p>\n<p>  Birthplace <\/p>\n<p>  Hawaii <\/p>\n<p>  Education <\/p>\n<p>  Class of 2010 University of Arizona. BEAR DOWN. <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  Phoenix, Arizona <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English, Korean <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Sports, Entertainment, Science\/Tech <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment writer Bryan Chai, on May 4, 2024, expressed surprise at a social media admin daring joke amidst ultra-cautious corporate PR in 2024. 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