Climate activists condemn oil giant for paying influencers to showcase marketing game from new gasoline campaign

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    1 year ago

    Feels like Epic should shoulder some of the blame here as well, considering they allowed the fossil fuel company in the game at all. Fuck both of these companies.

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    1 year ago

    Do most of these kids parents not go to the gas station 1-2 times a week? Last I checked the pumps are always still loaded with people. I highly doubt a fucking shell sweepstakes in Fortnite is causing harm.

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      1 year ago

      Do we really need to explain why an oil company trying to cozy up to the younger generation is a bad thing? Really…?

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      1 year ago

      Lots of them plug in at home and never have to go to a shitty, ad filled, long as line, price gauged pump again 😎

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        1 year ago

        I’m one of those people, but sitting here acting like the majority of the country is doing that just shows that people are living in a bubble.

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          Yeah, I’m a parent and I take my kids with me to the gas pump quite often. We shop at Costco and fill up before or after. I honestly don’t see an issue at all, my kids know gas pollutes (I tell them frequently even though they’re in elementary school), and they know why I continue to buy gas (EVs are too expensive, inconvenient for longer trips, and have a fire hazard).

          So no, I don’t have a problem with fossil fuels being a thing in games. I do have a problem with advertisements in games generally, and ads marketed to kids specifically. So if this was an ad for a socially acceptable business (take your pick), I’d still be opposed. Keep that nonsense away from my kids.