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>There's a generation growing up that doesn't take anything at face value.

I wish, my son came to me recently to tell me about how he is gonna get free robux on Roblox because someone on Roblox told him to do it.

Like in every other way I watch him and he's safe and smart but the moment humans hear a thing they want to be true ... out the window goes good choices.

There were a series of stories about how "this generation can spot fake news better than the last" that seemed encouraging ... but if you looked closer, the "this generation" was still really bad at it ...



> my son came to me recently to tell me about how he is gonna get free robux on Roblox because someone on Roblox told him to do it.

He's learning, that's a valuable lesson.

I don't believe this event alone supports the conclusion you try to make:

> the moment humans hear a thing they want to be true ... out the window goes good choices


I think the motivation / folks willingness to believe something less than believable totally is part of how folks get scammed.


I agree that he is learning a lesson. I learned the common scams by getting scammed in the mmorpgs I played when I was a teenager.


For what its worth getting scammed in video game is a lot better than getting scammed IRL, while you learn the same lesson.


Very true. I can think of much worse things.


But once he gets burned by his first armor trimming scam he'll become much more skeptical no?




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