This thread about crude oil starts off funny and ends up mildly terrifying
This thread about crude oil – not a phrase we’ve used before – went viral on Twitter because it starts off funny and ends up, well, have a read for yourself.
https://twitter.com/YseultCeirw/status/1182004097106341890
• naturally occurring, yet has a scent incomparable to any other natural substance
• pitch black liquid
• kills anything it touches
• using it to make anything kills everything it DOESN'T touch, but very slowly
• inexplicably addictive to the money-poisoned— ☁️ Peryton's Shadow 👤 (@YseultCeirw) October 9, 2019
• Is the cause of the mass extinction event we're currently experiencing, and that 95% of people are completely unaware of or outright deny.
— ☁️ Peryton's Shadow 👤 (@YseultCeirw) October 9, 2019
Horror story in 3 parts.
This is fantastic. Then there's coal, the other primary driver of mass Extinction, and it's relationship to crude oil, the analogy gets even better. Hell, diamonds appear to literally drive people insane.
— Guy Cope (@GuyWhoCanCope) October 10, 2019
The oil must flow. He who controls the oil controls the universe.
— ⚧Celeste⚧ (@kisstheflames) October 9, 2019
This short thread starts funny and then almost immediately becomes weirdly persuasive. https://t.co/x02S1XsGNR
— James Ball (@jamesrbuk) October 11, 2019