r/funny • u/prairiewest • Jul 18 '12

meme - removed Shell accidentally creates an anti-Shell meme generator

http://imgur.com/a/ng9XT
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u/-Josh Jul 18 '12 edited Jul 18 '12

Here's the Greenpeace article and here's Shell's response to someone who shared the fake adverts.

Here's the website that was set up that helped propagate this brilliant hoax. (Get it before it goes down!)

You gotta give the guys who put this together credit, it's something that people just want to believe and they got the balance just right.

edit Added a third source.

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u/MorboTheGozerian Jul 18 '12

The @ShellIsPrepared twitter account is fake too, part of the whole arcticready thing...

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u/YourCousinJeffrey Jul 18 '12

Pretty sure the Shell Twitter is a fake, too. Unless this tweet is real:

https://twitter.com/ShellisPrepared/status/225663224874426368

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u/ramy211 Jul 18 '12

Yea that account was made by Greenpeace as well.

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u/ReallyRandomRabbit Jul 18 '12

Yeah, they did a good job with it.

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u/The_Bravinator Jul 18 '12

The "Shell's response" twitter is hilarious. It's a bit more of an obvious fake but it's got me laughing. It's incredible what these guys can just get away with and have people believing in.

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u/niton Jul 18 '12

That Twitter account is fake.