28 Stab Wounds

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"28 Stab Wounds" is a phrase spoken by character Connor from the 2018 video game Detroit: Become Human. Since the games release, the scene has been a subject of remixes on YouTube.

Origin

The video game Detroit: Become Human was released on May 25th, 2018. One of the levels in the game features an interrogation scene of a Deviant android (androids who deviate from their programmed behavior). After other characters fail several attempts to gather information from it, the android named Connor is sent in to be part of the interrogation. If the player chooses the "Pressure" route, Connor will say the lines:

28 stab wounds, you didn't want to leave him a chance, huh? Did you feel anger? Hate? He was bleeding, begging for mercy. but you stabbed him, again and again and again!…I know you killed him. Why don't you say it? Just say "I killed him"! Is it that hard to say?! JUST SAY YOU KILLED HIM! JUST SAY IT!

However, doing this would cause the deviant's stress level to go higher than it is required to have to extract a confession. At the end of this route, the deviant attempts to destroy itself by banging his head on the table.

Spread

Several remixes and memes have been made on that scene. On June 8th, 2018, YouTuber EnTropy – Edits has uploaded an edit of the scene which changed levels of audio. The video has since reached over 132,000 views (shown below, left). On June 19th, 2018. YouTuber Muesli Schmidt uploaded a compilation of the scene in multiple languages, gaining over 90,000 views (shown below, right).

Other edits mashed up the video with the That's a Lotta Damage meme, in which infomercial host Phil Swift repeatedly stabs a plastic bucket. For example, a July 31st, 2018 upload by OS J that gained over 4,000 views (shown below, left). User Kepsu501 uploaded another edit on August 2nd that gained over 5,600 views (shown below, right).

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