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Creator of roblox thinks he should be able to run the world since he made roblox. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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Its real somehow: https://xcancel.com/Shedletsky/status/1886563357249212846#m

TranscriptA tweet by Jon sheletsky (@shedletsky) saying "Silicon Valley built the modern world. Why shouldn't we run it?. The tweet has 658k views, 70 bookmarks, 70 likes, 460 retweets/quotes and 694 replies. It was posted at 6:52 PM, 2/3/25.

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[–] Etterra@discuss.online 10 points 3 hours ago

Because government and society are not a fucking video game you pretentious jackass.

[–] kadaverin0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

The world you built is proper shit. That's why.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 6 points 3 hours ago

Yeah, Roblox sucks.

[–] Quadhammer@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Right proper doo doo Benny

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 16 points 4 hours ago

Silicon Valley built all the worst parts of the modern world. Most of the genuinely useful discoveries and technological innovations were made in govt funded academia, and co-opted by industry into creepy ways to control whole populations

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 17 points 5 hours ago

The development of AI came from our stolen personal data. Why shouldn't we communalise it?

[–] altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Did he donate to Trump? Would we see federal institutions paying workers robux?

[–] a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 6 hours ago

A world run by Roblox would mean worldwide child labor, getting paid in company scrip and widespread abuse. That's why you shouldn't run it, asswipe.

[–] shiroininja@lemmy.world 48 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Roblox is the perfect example of everything that is wrong with capitalism

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 13 points 6 hours ago

What? What's not to like about child slave-wage labor making tiny games for other children, whilst making the company infinite money all the time? /s

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 21 points 6 hours ago

Didn't DARPA and University research and a shitload of public funding technically build the modern world?

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 52 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (2 children)

Odd, because a huge part of the problem is that Silicon Valley is running too much of the modern world. Microsoft, Meta, Apple, Amazon, Google et al run their respective ecosystems as a de facto government. An unelected and undemocratic government.

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago

That's why in spite of protests against Trump, we should not forget the true power behind the throne, the ones who actually pull the strings. Trump is only the patsi. This isn't fascism in the traditional sense where one man runs the show, it is the faceless oligarchs who do.

I think that's why it is crucial to also include the anti-oligarchy message alongside the "no kings" messaging.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 20 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

They're not running it, they're taking giant narcissistic shits all over it.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 7 points 6 hours ago

The shits are of type running

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 17 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Hahaha get the guillotines out.

[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago

... in Roblox

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 107 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Judging by the rate at which every commercial piece of technology that exists gets enshitified nowadays, I don't think they should be the ones building the modern world either.

[–] ObstreperousCanadian@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 hour ago

We're going to discover that "move fast and break stuff" wasn't even truly a strategy that worked to build success in Silicon Valley for anything other than extracting investor money.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 55 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Silicon Valley built the modern world.

Why shouldn't we ruin it?

I think it was a typo. I put the “i” back in.

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 9 hours ago

Arguably, they have ruined it.

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 9 points 9 hours ago

Someone ask if those fucks wanna see how much of the modern world was actually built by China? Wanna let them run it instead?

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago

shitheel.

silicon valley didn't do anything but make money off the internet.

we, WE, fucking made the internet.

[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 59 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (4 children)

I'm pretty sure that if we fed a handful of fascist billionaires to a wood chipper, the rest would be much easier to manage.

[–] dylanmorgan@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

If we fed every CEO of a Fortune 500 company into a wood chipper the only effect on the world would be fertilizing some plants.

[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 hours ago

We can't know that until we try

[–] dumbass@quokk.au 4 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

I didn't even think they would make a good fertilizer, just shove them in a can and fire them at a black hole, see if that eats them up.

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

It wouldn't even want them. Watch as it regrets its mistake and chucks them back up as Hawking radiation.

[–] orionsbelt@midwest.social 19 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

i'd pay for tickets to that event.

[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 12 points 9 hours ago

Free attendance, although you might have to bring binoculars since half the planet would probably show up to cheer

[–] DrDeadCrash@programming.dev 8 points 7 hours ago

We design and build the wood chippers too, so I don't see why we shouldn't.

[–] SpicyLizards@reddthat.com 4 points 7 hours ago

If any Amazon needs to be pulped...

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 39 points 9 hours ago

Silicon Valley built the modern world

Ofcom urged to act after US firm claims Roblox is ‘paedophile hellscape’

Explains a lot

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 24 points 8 hours ago

Yeah, because Roblox is the model we want to shape society after. The fucking hubris is of the charts with these arseholes.

[–] lemmylommy@lemmy.world 33 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Oh, you mean the guy who invented the thing that works on child labor, takes children’s pocket money and exposes them to predators?

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

And unregulated gambling. Can't forget the whole item market aspect, where goods trade for higher and lower value based on speculation and demand like real-world securities do.

[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 20 points 7 hours ago

Oh, you mean the guy who invented the thing that works on child labor, takes children’s pocket money and exposes them to predators?

Oof. That doesn't narrow down who we're talking about nearly as much as it should.

[–] flamingos@feddit.uk 26 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

You'd really think people would look at the state of the world and try to wash their hands of responsibility, not take credit. Just how out of touch is Mr child exploitation.

It's a small comfort that even Twitter is giving this take the reception it deserves.

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

It's a small comfort that even Twitter is giving this take the reception it deserves.

It's kind of wholesome. People coming together to tell the guy who built a child-exploiting, underaged-gambling "game" for kids to get fucked brings a tear to my eye.

Founding Roblox isn’t exactly building the interstate highway system, creating antibiotics, or inventing the telephone, John.

And look where it's gotten us. Drunk on arrogance and the suffering of millions

You made Roblox in order to monetize children's naivety. We're not giving you the nuclear codes for shit

Because you're a bunch of sociopaths with a Messiah complex

You build a giant ad platform and called it innovation. You're modern day carnival barkers. Go fuck yourself

[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 8 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Hot take: Dropping a single nuclear bomb over Silicon Valley would solve most of the world's issues

[–] FabledAepitaph@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago

Hot take. No, like actually atom-smashingly hot lol

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 5 hours ago

Because we didn’t grant you our approval to do so.

[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 12 points 8 hours ago

These are the mfs we need to do something about