Prompt Cast
Teenager creates Facebook group for office role play, turns into multinational company
TLDR A teenager's Facebook group for office role play gains thousands of users, including actual office workers, leading to conflicts and a change in leadership. The teenager expresses his dislike for adults on the internet and fear of growing up, while the hosts argue that adults have to make peace with the realities of life.
Timestamped Summary
00:00
This is a story about a teenage boy who created a Facebook group for people to role play working in an office, which eventually turned into a multinational company.
03:37
A teenager created a Facebook group that turned into a detailed office simulation, complete with job titles, departments, and even an office intranet.
06:34
A teenager created an office simulation Facebook group, but had trouble with too many people wanting to be janitors and other low-level positions, so he had to hire a friend as a middle manager.
10:01
After going on vacation, Thomas discovers that his fake office simulation Facebook group, Staxwell & Co., has gained thousands of new users, including actual office workers, who are making jokes that break Thomas' rules and are not funny to him.
12:58
Thomas is furious that people in the Facebook group are making jokes that he finds idiotic and have co-opted his original meta-humor concept.
15:57
Thomas fires multiple people from the Facebook group, leading to a confrontation where he threatens to shut down the group, but David proposes a buyout and takes over as CEO, implementing a purge of members including Thomas.
19:03
Thomas, a teenager, expresses his dislike for adults on the internet and his fear of growing up, but the hosts of the podcast argue that while it may be valid for him to feel that way at his age, adults have to make peace with the realities of life.
22:27
The hosts wrap up the conversation with Thomas and thank him for his insights.
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Technology
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