Podbit · Parenting Hell with Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe
Rob's daughter left edit permissions open on her Minecraft world after an app update reset her settings. A stranger walked in and poured lava over everything she'd spent eight weeks building — and the grief was very real.
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The cricket anecdote is a comedy gift — both hosts realise simultaneously that they attended the same kind of event on the same afternoon, both abandoned work to do so, and both are trying to tell the other the story. Josh's verdict is devastating: 'neither of us should have told the other because it's barely an anecdote.' The batting and bowling details are affectionately compared before the conversation shifts to Josh's daughter requesting Minecraft. Rob knows the game well enough to recommend it over Roblox, but he follows with a cautionary tale that has real resonance: when apps update, privacy settings can reset to default. Rob's daughter had her world set to 'no editing' but after an update it reverted to open, and a stranger walked in and poured lava over eight weeks of her work. Rob's description of her grief — equivalent, he says, to having a den in the woods burned down — is one of the episode's most affecting moments. [1] — Rob Beckett "Rob's daughter left edit permissions open on her Minecraft world after an app update reset her settings. A stranger walked in and poured la…" 29:16
Rob's daughter spent 8 weeks building a Minecraft world that was completely destroyed by a stranger who poured lava over it after she left edit permissions open.
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