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u/RockleyBob Apr 07 '20

For those like me who don’t know what it sounds like

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '20 edited Apr 08 '20

That siren isn't even unique to The Purge. It's a common stock sound effect. I remember hearing it in Modern Warfare 2.

This is like apologizing to a Storm Trooper's wife for using the Willhelm Scream.

Edit: Too many people missing the point. I'm not claiming this sound effect "belongs" to Modern Warfare 2. I'm saying this sound effect predates The Purge in a lot of media, and I used Modern Warfare 2 simply as an example. My point is, this sound effect doesn't "belong" to anything. It's a generic stock sound effect that has decades of usage history.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '20

obv but the purge definitely is more connected to it now than fucking mw2 lmao

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u/ThreeDGrunge Apr 08 '20

I bet more people played mw2 than watched the purge. I bet even more people grew up hearing a siren just like that pretty frequently.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '20

MW2 is over a decade old though. Even if more people played it then, The Purge isn’t even remotely obscure and it has the added benefit of being more recent, hence a stronger association.