Sahwa@reddthat.com to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours agoMore than 350 trekkers escape blizzard-hit Everest, hundreds still strandedwww.aljazeera.comexternal-linkmessage-square32linkfedilinkarrow-up1144arrow-down14
arrow-up1140arrow-down1external-linkMore than 350 trekkers escape blizzard-hit Everest, hundreds still strandedwww.aljazeera.comSahwa@reddthat.com to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours agomessage-square32linkfedilink
minus-squaredejected_warp_core@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-27 hours agoWhile it’s tragic that the mountain is going to add to its death toll on this, the idea of people queued up on the world’s tallest peak just for limited-time virtual merch, made me chuckle a bit. After that Pokemon Go stampede in Central Park all those years ago, I’m feel like stunts like that are far more plausible than ever. Edit: I also keep forgetting about the stuff RedBull does these days…
minus-squareBlubber28@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 hours agoYeah that’s the thing. It would be outragiously stupid way to advertise their things, but sadly that does not make it impossible…
While it’s tragic that the mountain is going to add to its death toll on this, the idea of people queued up on the world’s tallest peak just for limited-time virtual merch, made me chuckle a bit.
After that Pokemon Go stampede in Central Park all those years ago, I’m feel like stunts like that are far more plausible than ever.
Edit: I also keep forgetting about the stuff RedBull does these days…
Yeah that’s the thing. It would be outragiously stupid way to advertise their things, but sadly that does not make it impossible…