Enter The Facebook Metaverse

Mark Zuckerberg has blessed us with the apocalypse wrapped in a little Meta bow. What does it mean? Is there any escape? Who is "metaverse?" Maybe the real metaverse was the friends we made along the way. Also Facebook is BAD.
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[@wlesshfc]

video starts at 0:00

[@roramdin]

oh thank god

[@internetuser7004]

thanks i was wondering when they would get to the good stuff

[@lucianaschmilinsky6256]

Doing gods work

[@TurbopropPuppy]

video ends at 36:14

[@percyvile]

No it doesn't

[@soythey3902]

"It's hard to notice homeless people when your minimap is obscuring them" what a poignant and also based line. You joke but we rly are living in Ready Player One

[@Anna-nf6ku]

i audibly gasped… such a good line

[@Draxtor]

that is why I shall remain in Second Life. My minimap is translucent ;) .... sorry bad joke, but INDEED = the ZuckerVerse is the worst I can imagine, primarily because of the unethical business model, not necessarily because of people zoning out on REAL issues. They can do that with cheap beer already ...

[@Draxtor]

@@JenSell1626 what?

[@debgenerate]

I don't think we need to insult Zuck by comparing him to a lizard, I think bringing up the fact that he cuts his hair to look like a Roman emperor's is enough and it's not antisemitic to do so.

[@myapeterson5469]

He looks like the marble bust that got Julius Caesar's official sculptor fired

[@DemonLordRaiden]

@@myapeterson5469 HOLY SHIT

[@outoftunebro21]

It’s actually anti colonialist which makes it not only “not antisemetic” but also based

[@noimnotakpoppfpsheacy2526]

@@outoftunebro21 are you making a correlation with Jews and colonialism????

[@roby_1101]

@@noimnotakpoppfpsheacy2526 I don’t think so, i think they’re saying it’s not antisemetic and anticolonialist too

[@NateAlyn]

"Daddys' in the Verse." will echo through my brain for the next decade.

[@roramdin]

Hehe my roommate gave me that idea early in the scriptwriting process my rock tbh

[@leonie_k]

I will have to start showing this video to everyone I know bc I already know that I will start using this phrase in any and every situation. I just got a thousand percent more annoying and I blame this video

[@chameleon25]

I want a song called Daddy’s in the Verse on Dorian Electra’s next album

[@mmtittle]

hey, thank you for not tolerating the antisemitism that often comes along with conversations about zuckerberg. and for outright addressing it instead of waiting for it to inevitably happen in the comments. it’s really appreciated.

[@roramdin]

Least I can do

[@safir2241]

@@roramdin yea deadass ppl also say he talks like a robot but hes literally neurodivergent and all of us who speak like that are listening

[@freelemonade9695]

@@roramdin Wasn't even aware the reptile/robot stuff was antisemitic. Thank you for pointing that out, I made those jokes casually without realizing where they came from.

[@BirdWord03]

@@safir2241 Oh my God, thank you for saying this, I didn’t know this. I’ve always had a problem with the reptile jokes since I originally thought he had anxiety on camera or something, but this makes the joke a lot worse

[@gabbyb9418]

@@safir2241 is he neurodivergent tho? I don't think Mark has come out and confirmed any kind of condition officially. Maybe you know more than me though. I just did a quick google search.

[@RedMeansRecording]

Yo that rain monologue hit hard.

[@deprogramme369]

I cried, mourned our world, in fact

[@sza_lvrrr]

god i am crying and shitting everywhere

[@superpancake4872]

@@sza_lvrrr omg same

[@Timothyjackman]

red from recording!

[@valeriegrey8328]

YOOO what’re you doing here lmao

[@grayson3239]

looking incredibly gender this video queen

[@blorblin]

I recuperate this mention and aggrandize it so forth;

[@MEOWMIX3DS]

i agree as the representative of the most teeny tiny little twig of a branch of gender

[@imsotiredofthiscrap2341]

gender??? baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me, no more.

[@calliephelps8527]

"you're telling me you'd want to talk shit on the boss with your microphone on? I mean how would you even unionize?" My jaw dropped and I had to take a moment, what an insightful line that makes the idea of simulation even more terrifying and dystopian

[@fictthecreator7083]

It’d have to look like my Art 1600 class…we’re all in the class but also in a separate groupchat in a completely different app talking shit and collectively suffering

[@positivevibesveda]

@@fictthecreator7083 hope the group chats aren’t on instagram or messenger🥴

[@vvictuss]

@@fictthecreator7083 we have that at work lmao. We have a separate gc without our boss on it to talk shit and complain about her

[@richardsonIII]

YES. I had the same reaction at this and a couple other moments. I'm new to Ro's content, but wow.

[@spiffygroove]

i just learned about this yesterday and its genuinely horrifying. markie looked at every YA dystopian villain and thought wouldnt it be funny if i did that

[@seaofbees783]

he literally did, the word metaverse comes from a novel explaining why it’s a bad idea

[@thunderbird3304]

@@seaofbees783 what's the name of the novel?

[@seaofbees783]

@@thunderbird3304 snow crash

[@tundranone8366]

I found the tamagotchi. Sick that you programmed it to leave comments, too. I don't even know how I'm connected to wifi out here in the middle of the Pacific forest.

[@roramdin]

Ok it’s haunted b careful

[@vuiiture]

@@roramdin this is true i'm actually a ghost

[@peachiiieevee]

i can only dream of having ro's level of comedic timing and talent, her energy is everything i aspire to be

[@alligned.6799]

Same

[@silent-hills]

Me too!!

[@joierahn4632]

cant agree more. aspiring to be her, honestly

[@showmethosejazzhands]

felt ,, her videos are so amazing

[@reallylizjohnson]

exactly this

[@cadenceolivia6304]

remember kids, if you get in trouble for being a terrible company, instead of fixing your actual problems, try a neat little hack called "rebranding so no one knows its still the same company"

[@darkninjafirefox]

It's what the banana republics did!

[@vvictuss]

Kellogg’s is doing this rn too, they’re taking their name off of packaging for “streamlining” the design. Just an excuse to hopefully protect some profits during the strikes and the Maggot Incidents

[@shae5967]

yea like literally when i first saw the original metaverse video, i was really confused by the name and i thought i was just out of the loop on something...but plot twist, that's actually exactly how they want you to feel

[@highwayfleam]

"he looks like gamecube box art of himself" is the funniest insult i've ever heard in my life

[@xanderguyer7512]

Mark can never simulate the feeling in the air before it starts to rain, the smell of your parents' house, the feeling of body heat in a mosh pit, what your footsteps feel like on an old floor, the sun burning your skin at the beach, a dog jumping on you because she's so happy you're home, an unexpected hallway conversation with someone you barely know, the feeling of ripping up paper, twisting your ankle and recovering, hiking and going deeper into the woods than you intended, walking into a spider web, eating ice cream and getting a brain freeze, touching books in a public library. I don't care what haptic sensors you use; some things just aren't artificial.

[@tryingartist42]

This was a beautiful comment but I’ve gotta say I have a terrible cold right now and your pfp makes me wanna listen to jack stauber and trip out

[@lilith6072]

ily

[@maiaselkirk9600]

That monologue in the rain made me have to sit down. My gf and I are long distance, and we text every day and phone most days, and I'm grateful for the technology that enables that, but we also send letters. They normally come about every two weeks and it's those pieces of paper that make me smile the most, because they're the physical thing that remind me the most of her, and of her presence. A photo of her or a text can't replicate the way I can see where she crossed something out, or pressed the pen a little too hard. Thank you for treating this with the passion it deserves (while making it incredibly hilarious, you're a comedy deity)

[@tobswin]

absorbed the video through the meta. i’m so glad this chip is in me

[@exacto0]

mark's eyes are so unnerving, he looks like he has never blinked in his life and has instead used eyedrops to keep them moist and able to move them

[@SnoFitzroy]

well of course, lizards don't blink

[@winifred9087]

@@SnoFitzroy comparing him to a lizard has anti-semetic connotations

[@zeebusgreebus]

@@SnoFitzroy 😑

[@noimnotakpoppfpsheacy2526]

@@winifred9087 And who's problem is that?

[@winifred9087]

@@noimnotakpoppfpsheacy2526 what? im just saying dont say antisemetic shit bc its wrong lol?

[@princessaria]

Imagine Mark watching Ready Player One and deciding, “yeah, this seems like the world I want to make people live in!”

[@robertkillingsworth7149]

Ro is like a Spider-verse character that smashed the spider and just decided to go out into the night and quip at villians until they get frustrated and give up

[@ayeveh]

this whole situation is like when someone gets murdered in a hotel and they just rebrand and renovate the building so no one realizes

[@jahkey9146]

"that is, unless you found that small tamagotchi that i jailbroke and made play this video on repeat, that I hid in a small Pacific forest" you speak in poetry

[@lunasheves]

"its hard to notice homeless people when your minimap is obscuring them" should not have hit so hard at 5 pm on a wednesday

[@tangerinesceneband]

Reading this 4 months later at 5pm on a wednesday

[@cthrugrl]

she packs so many jokes in such a short time that i find myself regularly pausing her videos to laugh

[@m.k.9532]

i spent 26 minutes on the edge of my seat hoping you would talk about the mark zuckerboobs huge gazongas clip

[@eyeballz5970]

when ro turns away from the camera and cuts to the shot behind her, you know shits about to get real

[@lissasdf6724]

I checked the timing of the video and I was like "yep its about that time" lol

[@doodadsdandy]

yeah yeah rose is funny and great, we all know that, but a fella over here is LEARNING, like i had no idea what meta/verse was or anything about NFT’s apart from the memes on twitter, before i saw ro’s videos. like chick tracts and even the fucken mario stuff, like i am Learning. Ro is Educating. i am Knowledged

[@cosmic_leif]

This is a wonderful video, I just had to add something. As a trans person, it is so wonderful to casually see several LGBTQ and POC people in internet spaces instead of just cis white men. Child me never saw any LGBTQ or POC people who weren’t demonized, I’m so glad that young kids today can grow up seeing LGBTQIA people everywhere. Makes me want to cry (tears of joy) for how far we have come. Maybe seeing all of these people speak on issues can stop the alt-right pipelines young people can fall down.

[@user-sg6ww7ts6n]

mark looks like he’d enjoy the smell of mold

[@kyrameowmeowmeow]

the future is an increasingly terrifying place and disillusionment doesn't even begin to cover my feelings towards the world, but despite everything, i'm thankful that in our collective terror we can find hope and love and togetherness. ro, you have such an incredible talent for creating what i can only describe as very *human* videos. thank you for that

[@Crazygamergal]

“We’re all in this together” as high school musical once said 😆

[@foxinacup]

Ro’s easily the funniest creator hands down and we’re blessed with her content. PS - that frosty eyeshadow look is fantastic

[@bella-is1zy]

your jokes always hit but something about your serious and heartfelt descriptions of things just brings a bit of hope back into my apocalyptic brain.

[@saturn_king]

me waking up in 2050 to listen to the AI ghost of Lord Zuckerberg make the morning announcements before I jack into the metaverse to go to work for 12 hours so i can earn enough metacredits to afford to play a session of Call of Duty: Climate War with the haptic feedback turned all the way up just to feel something and hearing my pod neighbor get arrested for making a joke about Mars King X Æ A-Xii Musk in a bar sim last night

[@katyawc]

"fargo into a wood chipper..." is a reference i'd never thought i'd hear for some reason. Also I have been avoiding all videos about the metaverse but felt you would make it somewhat tolerable

[@brandonalejandroblanco]

I am 32 and you made me feel extremely old when I got the Gary Coleman reference and you made the show seem like it was shown to Feudal Serfs hundreds of years ago lmao

[@AdequateEmily]

Gotta respect the Gaspar Noe title sequence. Excited for the next video where you spike your own drink with LSD and then freak out and that's it that's the entire thing, plot is not important if you're french. EDIT: I may have gotten a bit lost in the sauce trying to reference shit here.

[@roramdin]

Ily I’m so glad at least one person gets the reference

[@emilyhume8403]

I'm actually getting my covid booster purely so I can project into the metaverse using the chip that shall reside adjacent to the (free!) autism I acquired from the first one!

[@eleanorread3881]

I got the vaccine but I was already autistic, so I ended up beating my autism high score!

[@EyeDeeTenTee]

“This man HAS to smell like a google pixel” Lmfao

[@pizzzadotgov]

brb, developing a "Twitter with Jumpscares"

[@britnicox3929]

“I’m raw dogging the future” is….well idk what it is but it’s here Also ✨I would never settle for next of kin✨

[@consentclub8431]

Genuinely thankful for that photosensitivity warning, I was actually able to enjoy this video and I didn't have to go the rest of my day with nausea and a migraine!

[@Enderception]

"I have not portioned a meal correctly since I was 11 years old" I felt that in my bones and my giant belly

[@DoodleZoo]

True

[@tajj7630]

i don’t really comment on youtube videos often but i felt the need to tell you that you’re so incredibly witty and funny. your jokes, delivery, presence, and analysis are in a league of their own. the labor and effort going into your content really shines through and is not unnoticed! thank you for all the laughs and the impeccable analysis :)

[@Wiredemosh]

I'm crying over that monologue. That hit harder than my repressed memories.

[@karayac]

Less than a minute in and I choked on absolutely nothing at the intro alone so I'm going to take my Singulair now to survive this

[@lillyheinrich4255]

wake up babe daddy’s in the verse

[@Teeto_K]

Thank you for this breakdown and summary. The comedy's on point, but, the informativity was on point too. Before this video, I didn't really understand the heck "meta" was. Now I know that Facebook wants to be Second Life 2, but they want Second Life 2 to not be on the internet, but to BE the internet, and to own it. Oof. Thanks for the giggles on our way to cyberpunk corpohell.

[@Detritis]

I'm not religious or anything... but didn't some all-knowing entity suggest we shouldn't worship false idols? Dunno if it's a great analogy, but something about this is biblically wrong.

[@somerandomgoblin2583]

I swear, all these tech billionaires are literally just egomaniacal bastards who want to see themselves as god-kings, but who actually have the means, money and influence to conceivably maybe do so. First Elon Musk saying he'd make the laws for the entire planet of Mars, now this nonsense? These people are really trying to make the world into a shitty sci-fi dystopian book.

[@TheGallicWitch]

Hey Ro, I really enjoy your content! Would you consider adding captions to your video? I'm someone who needs them to be able to actively enjoy something and I was hoping you'd agree to put them on your work. I understand the work it takes but I'd truly appreciate the consideration for people like me. Thank you!

[@roramdin]

Yes! Looking into paying somebody with experience to do it presently, I hope to start updating videos within the next month

[@TheGallicWitch]

@@roramdin That's deeply appreciated! Thank you!

[@Bee-kv5tx]

I've been thinking that. I love how fast she talks but sometimes the words slur together a little to much for my brain to piece together and I'm stuck just having to guess.

[@olivereaton8282]

Been watching all your vids lately, your eye makeup is impeccable and your jokes mind-blowing, keep up the creating friend :)

[@glamrockmike]

listening to ro talk is like that one professor with a really nice lecturing voice except i am actually interested in what ro has to say

[@pigslaundry5593]

I discovered this channel like 3 days ago and already you're one of my favorite KZbinrs. Like, I am consistently blown away by how witty you are. It's amazing!

[@vincentvaile]

ruh roh raggy

[@roramdin]

U get it

[@vincentvaile]

@@roramdin glad the editing and 1984'ing didn't kill you

[@courtkowaluk9488]

Is the intro title screen a reference to Enter The Void? Love it. Also, Ro, I mean this with all of the love in my heart, you would do numbers on tumblr. Also, I used to work in software research on AR/VR/mixed reality spaces. Their goals from the mockup are totally unattainable with the current scope of the tech. Maybe in 10 years. But it sucks ass either way lmao.

[@toetotipthatsabart5048]

“Whatchu talkin’ bout Willis?” Made me gasp. I haven’t heard that in YEARS, thank you Ro, my uncle used to always say that. Whatever Patron suggested that, i adore you.

[@ofyourbluesky]

I paused the video to tell you how excited I am to watch this!!

[@Sammaelhain]

The writing here is phenomenal. That monologue from the end of 26 min to 30min moved me deeply. It’s an assertion of revolutionary values instead of simple and cynical jabs about eating bugs and living primarily online.

[@graceholland118]

Ro is like the definition of someone who would hurt my feelings but I'm not smart enough to know how

[@internetuser7004]

this was genuinely one of the best commentary videos i've seen in a while. it made me laugh and also tear up near the end which is both embarrassing and impressive. keep making cool stuff.

[@thelastchannelonyoutube]

A local college where I live just had a digital conference where they talk about the metaverse being the future. The thought of people falling for Facebook’s bullshit is scaring me.

[@chantelledavie4655]

Honestly Ro's editing style/humor is so catchy and engaging, these videos are the first I've seen in a while where I CANT scroll through my feed while they play in the background.

[@tanidulaney5122]

The monologues in this are incredible, your writing is just amazing!

[@pitbullfan1483]

i remember a quote in a scifi short story "how can in drink my coffee in this holografic mug?, you make holografic coffee" idk why that line seemed soo macabre and machiavelic

[@jellyguts6797]

These new emotional monologues got my crying in the club

[@HowCalcifer0890]

This commentary style is one that I have definitely missed. Edits, skits, commentaries, personality. But you are easily a super entertaining person, and it makes me happy after not being interested in KZbin in a while!.It makes me excited to see what you have planned for the future (: Keep on Roing till you hit 1mil

[@sammiscotto1449]

You’re the voice of our generation.

[@zoelarson8622]

you do such a fantastic job of showing journey: you don’t leave it at reactions and quips, you take it further to true analysis, and use your artistic talent for gorgeous monologues which really show the consequences in a visceral way. your videos are such a treat, i’m loving following your work !

[@glowvxn]

holding mark zuckerberg by the head as he runs in place has to be the funniest visual ever

[@TheEepyMagi]

I cannot fully describe how scared Metaverse makes me. Is it not enough to work a drab 9 to 5? they want MORE out of their workers. "Yeah hook your nerves up to this computer or you won't get the raise you so desparately need." It reminds me of the more dystopian side of Hypnospace Outlaw. For context, in that game there's a separate kind of computer in the form of a headband that connects you to the internet while you sleep. And most people in that universe HAVE to use it to work. They work all day, then are forced to continue working as they sleep. Fuck, I hope Zuckerberg never learns about that game.

[@noizepusher7594]

Oh shit another hypnospace outlaw fan! I do kinda wish that side of the concept more, since it doesn’t really analyze it too much because the sleeptime computing thing is just there to add stakes by making it able to kill its users.

[@kylohenderson1001]

you're one of the only creators that i can stay glued to the screen for almost 40 minutes straight and still be upset that it's over so soon lol. keep up the amazing work as always ro ❤️

[@lethallyalpine5127]

appreciating the consistency ro, plus it’s definitely helping grow the channel

[@haha20121000]

I'm glad I finally started watching your content, I've seen you in a couple of collaborations, but hadn't checked your content out til now

[@suvdj7543]

that rain monologue had me crying. you have such a way with words i cant even fathom

[@ratboy639]

“metaverse” sounds like if someone was trying to talk about omegaverse and got confused

[@kennyj9941]

The rain part made me cry, but I also starting cry laughing after when you did the yu can go to meetings bit. Also laughed my ass off at the teenage boys in high school bathrooms being a threat to capitalism joke. Amazing as always.

[@Boggythefroggy]

23:56 that is just unironically 1984 and having to wake up and do xyz while being watched with a screen, like holy shit that makes me want to die lmao

[@Haukett]

I honestly really enjoy how your videos take a wild turn sometimes from like, commentary goofing, into very serious tones that put into words some very meaningful things. The rain part got me teared up honestly, fantastic video

[@waitwaitwaitno3182]

‘tis always a blessed day when ro posts ☆

[@xeniamcgrath205]

So happy to have found your channel. You are so truly talented.

[@boldandbrash4378]

I’ve been super depressed for the past few months but ro’s videos bring a little bit of light to my life as I try to improve. thanks ro

[@whitzala]

Just found your channel. LOVING IT! Your comedy and analyses are just so fucking spot on and I’m better for hearing it! Also immediately joined your patreon!

[@Boggythefroggy]

Wait that strobing bit..are you memeing on the Enter the Void title sequence..? Cos I frickin love that if it is haha.

[@roramdin]

yes lol

[@maiaw.9394]

i don’t know any other youtubers that make me laugh out loud, but you got me GIGGLING thank u for sharing ur jokes with the world

[@andrewvizc]

these videos are truly such a cool experience with the mix of comedy and serious monologues, easily become one of my favorites on youtube. good stuff Ro

[@pup64hcp]

This is goddamn terrifying. Also that monologue at the end was a sudden and amazing mood shift. I'm so glad I found your channel.

[@alissaswan5060]

The whole "metaverse is our dystopian future" thing hurts my brain so much, i assume no one has done any research on the origin of the term "metaverse"? Let me make this clear, i think its pretty dumb that companies are trying to use the metaverse as a hype word, but they aren't really creating a metaverse then, because the metaverse is supposed to be decentralized. The word "metaverse" is from the book Snow Crash, and made popular by books like Ready Player One, but apparently no one has heard of decenterlization or laws, like the fact that the these companies have to make safe equipment and that VR isnt very comfortable at long play sessions. And yes, the government does use VR tech, but mainly for military training.

[@cassiewilliams7654]

not healthy (got diagnosed with the flu three hours ago), but grateful nonetheless to have this video to jumpstart my recovery (along with tamiflu)

[@thousandyenlight]

I hope you get better soon !

[@cassiewilliams7654]

@@thousandyenlight thank you

[@aricarlo99]

2 videos in a row you’ve got me crying…. you’re doing incredible work, please keep going, you’re absolutely incredible

[@steviebea]

ok so i’m now having an emotional crisis and i’m bingeing ro’s vids to feel comfort so yes girl go ro!!!!!

[@whatwhat7798]

Not now, I’m raw dogging the future is incredible

[@telegenicz]

THANK YOU FOR POINTING OUT THE ANTISEMITISM

[@user-nq8mq5vu9m]

Damn I come to these videos for the comedy but the commentary is so good. And love that the script and links are included in the description, so accessible!

[@stinky5264]

amazing video ro!!! ur commentary style is so different from anyone else on here and i love it, ur sketches and ur poetic monologues are unparalleled

[@AndrewDavidJ]

I’m obsessed with your content! The writing, the quippy remarks, the incredibly smart humour, it all so good! Jokes and comparisons I never would have thought of, constantly catching me off-guard xD

[@chloenoelle7251]

very high, eating oreos with milk, lactose intolerant, funny jokes, good timing, pretty makeup, thank u ro

[@moninunya1705]

Ro this is the one it's just so perfect and good and smooth my fav video so far

[@coreyholt8848]

i really love how ro 's videos always bring me into a frenzy about shit that matters but also always concludes the videos in a way that i don't feel like the literal world is ending. props

[@sofie925]

ro is my new favorite youtuber of all time and im so happy i found her channel :') being able to make someone laugh their ass off while simultaneously providing insightful commentary on socio-political issues is a true show of talent. she is so captivating through her presence and presentation. theres a slim chance she will see this but ro, if you are reading this, remember to be kind to yourself too. i hope you are doing well and i look forward to every new upload from now on!

[@pseudoaliaist]

thank you for mentioning the antisemitic origins of some of the stuff ppl say about him and then immediately accurately roasting him cause as a jew I am uncomfortable hearing the jokes essentially calling him a lizard who drinks youth blood knowing all the roots of those statements but want to see him insulted so bad he’s so terrible and bully-able

[@bandidocavalier]

Deadass when i saw that lil card i fr felt so much joy cuz i was just waiting for the shoe to drop, for her to make The One Joke that honestly I got tired of explaining to people why its fucked up and bigoted, and the amount of relief that gave me not only knowing that wasnt going to happen and i was Safe from hearing that type of shit again but ALSO that she actively addressed it is just. Love her. Love her love her love her thank gd for her fr

[@cara_s_15]

just joined your patreon the other day and have been loving literally every video you have made! you showed up in my recommended feed randomly like last week and i've been hooked since

[@lii8406]

god your humour and one-liners are my favourite on this platform, love this content 🔥