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kid2908@slrpnk.net to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 years ago

Shell Using Fortnite, TikTok, etc. to Convince Kids Fossil Fuels Are Cool

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Shell Using Fortnite, TikTok, etc. to Convince Kids Fossil Fuels Are Cool

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kid2908@slrpnk.net to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 years ago
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Big Oil's Using Fortnite, TikTok, And Twitch In Effort To Convince Kids Fossil Fuels Are Cool
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Shell knows young people are worried about climate change and hopes some Fortnite maps will fix that

cross-posted from: https://derp.foo/post/295424

There is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well.

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      They got a mythbuster recently to try and capture the millennial audience

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        Well that didn’t work very well

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      Growing up, the amount of Lego and Shell sets that were around was astounding. And apparently, ExxonMobil did a few brand deals with them as well.

      Trying to make gas stations(fossil fuels)cool isn’t anything new. The number of toys branded with oil companies is staggering.

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        Did they make something like gas trucks and gas stations? Or was it just the sponsors on the little race car sets? The race cars make sense, but if there were people building Lego gas stations, oil rigs and stuff thats wild

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          Yes multiple gas stations, car washes, tankers, and as a sponsor for Ferrari race cars. Similar deals with Exxon and Esso.
          Since the 90s it’s all their fictional Octan brand instead

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      Not exactly what you meant, I think. Should fit the general idea you were going for though.

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        That was horrible. On so many levels.

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          I’d say sorry, as is my duty as a Canadian…but if I had to know about this you did too…

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          Yuuuuuuup

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      🎵 Whale oil do do do do do do 🎵

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      Can’t wait for the Exxon vtuber to debut!

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        The red superchats being paid in 5 figures will probably be a big tell.

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