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Re: ROBLOX indirectly supports obesity, and here's why:

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ChancelorBennett is not online. ChancelorBennett
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22 Feb 2016 07:18 PM
Many children are coming home to play ROBLOX, when in actuality, they could be playing outside and learning about calorie intake. This is a huge problem with ROBLOX, and it is leading to many children deaths. Let's take a look, shall we?:

Let's say, for the sake of the argument, there are 1,000,000 people playing on ROBLOX.

Around 200,000 deaths occur due to obesity in just the United States annually.

There are 318,900,000 people in the United States. Using this information, we can calculate how many people die a year by playing ROBLOX, because of their obesity.

318,900,000/200,000 = 1,000,000/x, 'x' will be assumed as the number of deaths per year.

1,594.5 = 1,000,000/x

So, according to the data, around .16% of users will die of obesity, because they are playing ROBLOX.

Now, you might say this is a small percentage, but lets look at the fact that ROBLOX has been around for 10 years.

That means that 1.6% of the community has unfortunately passed away.

Taking the ROBLOX population from then until now, 1,000,000(.016) is 16,000.

That means 16,000 people have died on ROBLOX because of their playing time.

Is there any way to fix this issue? Maybe, first off, ROBLOX can accept this fact and we can move on to the situation itself, instead of ROBLOX trying to hide from it.
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VANGAURDEN is not online. VANGAURDEN
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22 Feb 2016 07:19 PM
low quality bait.
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ChancelorBennett is not online. ChancelorBennett
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22 Feb 2016 07:21 PM
"low quality bait."

Is this the new buzzword for people who don't want to read?
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KoolWaterLK is not online. KoolWaterLK
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22 Feb 2016 07:22 PM
it's not roblox that's actually forcing kids to play it's the kid choice

so in turn roblox might actually teach self-restraint so that instead of playing roblox (though many kids find it enjoyable) they can get some self-control and go ride a bike if something yknow kinda no ok
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ChancelorBennett is not online. ChancelorBennett
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22 Feb 2016 07:26 PM
"so in turn roblox might actually teach self-restraint so that instead of playing roblox (though many kids find it enjoyable) they can get some self-control and go ride a bike if something yknow kinda no ok"

Maybe ROBLOX can forcibly shut a player out after a certain amount of time.
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ChancelorBennett is not online. ChancelorBennett
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22 Feb 2016 07:29 PM
I can't believe this is being ignored. This is a serious problem.
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WalkingInSpace is not online. WalkingInSpace
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22 Feb 2016 07:31 PM
the power to control a user's time goes directly to the parents or legal guardian and not ROBLOX


http://www.roblox.com/Professional-Furry-item?id=291326598
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BadBreadMaker is not online. BadBreadMaker
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22 Feb 2016 07:34 PM
i play roblox yet i stay fit
kind of


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Riichi is not online. Riichi
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22 Feb 2016 07:34 PM
I totally agree! It is vedy sewious. As a young 9yerold, I set-up my own tima for when I shud get off roblop. I can only have 2 hours of fredtime then I doz my homewok, then I help takez care of mah siblingz, then I do exmacurricular work like sewing and drawing.

But on a serious note. Yes it can be one of the causes, but when you look at it, Roblox doesn't give one fly flick on how long a child should play roblox. If anything they make money off of the hours they play, so they won't agree to such "extreme measures", as what they call it. In the end of the day, just hope children will have a sense of common sense (which is lacked desperately in this day in age).
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ChancelorBennett is not online. ChancelorBennett
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22 Feb 2016 07:35 PM
"the power to control a user's time goes directly to the parents or legal guardian and not ROBLOX"

Indirectly, look at the title. My point was that this intentional attack is indirect.
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WalkingInSpace is not online. WalkingInSpace
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22 Feb 2016 07:36 PM
I was responding to your quote: "Maybe ROBLOX can forcibly shut a player out after a certain amount of time."


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xshot23 is not online. xshot23
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22 Feb 2016 07:38 PM
I loved the sterotyping op used

Not all of amercia is fat ffs
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ChancelorBennett is not online. ChancelorBennett
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22 Feb 2016 07:39 PM
"I was responding to your quote"

ah.

In any case, some video game consoles and video games do this.

They display a screen saying how it would be a prime time to take a break.

ROBLOX could do this.
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ChancelorBennett is not online. ChancelorBennett
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22 Feb 2016 07:40 PM
"I loved the sterotyping op used"

Where?
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xshot23 is not online. xshot23
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22 Feb 2016 07:41 PM
Why cant u use another country?

Why does it have to be the us
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ChancelorBennett is not online. ChancelorBennett
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22 Feb 2016 07:43 PM
"Why does it have to be the us"

ROBLOX's HQ is in the US.

The majority of players are in the US.

It would help when assuming the numbers.
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BlackSmithTheIII is not online. BlackSmithTheIII
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22 Feb 2016 07:45 PM
50% of roblox players have no necks



+22k | ripperoni blacksmith25252 rter
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hiddensnake19 is not online. hiddensnake19
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22 Feb 2016 07:56 PM
maybe if they wont have games like work at a pizza place theyd be skinni


http://forum.roblox.com/Forum/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=183462049 EGG HUNT 2016 PETITION TO SAVE IT
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KanyeToThe is not online. KanyeToThe
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22 Feb 2016 07:59 PM
Your argument is completely fallacious. Your math ratio makes the assumption that there were a million players on ROBLOX all 6 years throughout. In order for this to be accurate, you need to fix your ratio.

Also, consider the fact that ROBLOX is just one part of the Internet? There are countless websites that keep people in their chairs: why choose this one? Why not attack the Internet as a whole?
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ChancelorBennett is not online. ChancelorBennett
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22 Feb 2016 08:01 PM
"Your argument is completely fallacious. Your math ratio makes the assumption that there were a million players on ROBLOX all 6 years throughout. In order for this to be accurate, you need to fix your ratio."

10 years, but nevertheless.

I considerably undershot the numbers, so the end result would be generous.

There are probably way more than a million players, so that number would account for the few in the beginning years of development. Nice try.

"Also, consider the fact that ROBLOX is just one part of the Internet? There are countless websites that keep people in their chairs: why choose this one? Why not attack the Internet as a whole?"

Because I have evidence that this was planned by ROBLOX.
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KanyeToThe is not online. KanyeToThe
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22 Feb 2016 08:03 PM
"There are probably way more than a million players, so that number would account for the few in the beginning years of development. Nice try."

"Because I have evidence that this was planned by ROBLOX."

Citation needed on both.


I've seen a lot of backwards math that barely makes any sense from an arithmetical standpoint, but I haven't seen any direct cites that prove your wild claims.
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ChancelorBennett is not online. ChancelorBennett
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22 Feb 2016 08:07 PM
Okay, for the first one:

There was an article a long time ago about the "millionth player" being given a million ROBUX. That article was years ago. That means there's more.

For the second one:

Do I need to even cite this? It's obvious: ROBLOX wants obese children so they shy away from fitness and continue to play their site, making them more money.
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ChancelorBennett is not online. ChancelorBennett
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22 Feb 2016 08:10 PM
I suppose my suspicion on ROBLOX is proven now.

Good.
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purplescheer9 is not online. purplescheer9
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22 Feb 2016 08:12 PM
honestly i chuckled a bit at the idea of 1.6% of roblox players suddenly dropping dead leaving the site open and then seeing on the news reports about a game called roblox leaving thousands dropping dead in front of their devices. Then all the parents getting in a rage about roblox killing the children
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KanyeToThe is not online. KanyeToThe
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22 Feb 2016 08:12 PM
"I suppose my suspicion on ROBLOX is proven now."

No.


"Do I need to even cite this? It's obvious: ROBLOX wants obese children so they shy away from fitness and continue to play their site, making them more money."

You could say the same for every other website.

Once again, ROBLOX isn't the problem. The Internet, maybe, but attacking one site for the wrongdoings of the entire Internet is pretty far fetched.
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