The line comes from Payday 2, the cooperative heist shooter where the Cloaker is a fast special enemy known for charging players and taking them down in close combat. Players hear the greeting in the moments around an attack, which is why it became so recognisable to the game's community. Clips of the voice line later circulated in gameplay videos and meme edits, where its cheerful tone against a violent encounter made it easy to reuse outside the original game. It remains popular because it works both as an in-joke for Payday fans and as a standalone surprise greeting.
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The Cloaker from Payday 2 asks 'Hi, how are ya?' in this short voice clip, often used in gaming edits and memes as a playful, menacing greeting.
This is a short voice line from the Cloaker, the fast and unsettling special enemy in Payday 2, who greets players with a cheerful-sounding 'Hi, how are ya?' before attacking. The delivery is brisk and oddly friendly, with a slightly distorted, in-game quality that makes the politeness feel wrong and threatening at the same time. Hearing it signals danger to Payday players, while for everyone else it works as a funny, unexpected hello that flips a normal greeting into a jump-scare moment. Its brevity makes it easy to drop into the start of a clip, where it grabs attention before the action, joke, or reveal that follows.
