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[–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The first step in Moscow's capitulation. Gamers will rise up.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 5 points 6 days ago

Gamers.

He targeted gamers.

[–] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 48 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Fresh meat volunteering for the front lines!

...

I really shouldn't joke, Putin might.

They'd probably just stay in Ukraine, that's where most of them were taken from anyway

[–] crank0271@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The children yearn for the... front lines?

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

They will die with a smile on their face thinking of the motherland!

[–] velindora@lemmy.cafe 7 points 1 week ago

They can play Роблокс instead

[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Imagine roblox is the final piece that leads to Russia's inevitable collapse.

[–] bigfondue@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Gen Alpha iPad kids are going overthrow Putin

[–] andallthat@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

...out of the overwindow?

[–] TimeNaan@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Don't make me agree with Putin on banning something

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 9 points 6 days ago

You probably disagree on the reason for the ban, though.

[–] andallthat@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Oh, now he's concerned that Roblox is bad for kids? After he bought Trump?

[–] Lexam@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

Looking back historians will point to this strategic failure as the first step to Putin's downfall. The children crave the Roblox, the children shall have their Roblox!

[–] youngGoku@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Roblox is terrible, probably for the best. Sorry kids.

I agree that it should be heavily regulated, and kids shouldn’t be allowed unsupervised access… But I disagree with why Putin banned it. It’s just anti-LGBT propaganda on Putin’s part.

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

100% agree. Roblox looks like Minecraft but it’s more like a chatroom with games rather than a game with a chat feature.

A chatroom where 60% of the users are under the age of 16. 40% under 12.

[–] youngGoku@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Also extremely exploitative of child labor.

They basically lead the kids on with a carot on a stick to develop in game content with a promise to get rich but the reality is that will never happen.

Edit: This is just a TLDR; and the tip of the iceberg btw. If you have kids I highly recommend doing some research into Roblox specifically how it exploits children by incentivising them with false hope.

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 days ago

If you have kids I highly recommend doing some research

This. It would solve so many problems. I know we’re all out here doing the best we can, but this would do wonders for society.

[–] Broadfern@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Hahahaha

Kids are gonna be kids the world over.

So do you send children to a special children's gulag, or do you send the entire family to the same one to avoid separating them?

[–] tio_bira@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Am i crazy or putin did a good thing for the first time on his ~~dictatorship~~ government