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...because you’re not a MURDERER...because you’re alive

Russian translation: см.

09:59 Jun 3, 2020
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English term or phrase: ...because you’re not a MURDERER...because you’re alive
Greetings colleagues, I'd appreciate some help with this sentence:
"I think about how you’ve obviously played the original Half-Life because you’re not a MURDERER, and how you’ve obviously played Half-Life 2 because you’re alive."
Is this expression connected to some joke or idiom. I can't figure out is it me who can't catch a hidden sence or is it the author using odd word structure.
Source:
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/12/30/have-you-played-...
Eugene Ovcharov
Russian Federation
Russian translation:см.
Explanation:
Подозреваю, что юмор самый буквальный:
"Я думаю о том, что вы уж точно играли в первую Half-Life (вы же не УБИЙЦА), да и во вторую часть (ну, вы же живой человек)".
Т.е. в первую часть не играли только самые отвратительные личности -- убийцы, педофилы и т.п., а во вторую часть не играл только мертвый (т.е. это как дышать).
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Andrey Kozhushko
Ukraine
Local time: 13:15
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Благодарю, подтвердили мою версию.
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...because you’re not a murderer...because you’re alive
см.


Explanation:
Подозреваю, что юмор самый буквальный:
"Я думаю о том, что вы уж точно играли в первую Half-Life (вы же не УБИЙЦА), да и во вторую часть (ну, вы же живой человек)".
Т.е. в первую часть не играли только самые отвратительные личности -- убийцы, педофилы и т.п., а во вторую часть не играл только мертвый (т.е. это как дышать).

Andrey Kozhushko
Ukraine
Local time: 13:15
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Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Благодарю, подтвердили мою версию.
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