Become a Member ![\\"snopes](\\"/design/images/logo-main.png\\"/) Search My Profile Logout Submit a Rumor Latest Trending News & Politics Entertainment Fact Checks Quiz Sections Latest Trending Fact Checks News Collections More Contact Us Submit a Rumor Archives Quiz FactBot Newsletters About Us Categories News & Politics Entertainment Science & Technology Lifestyle Free accounts support our journalism Become a Member Login My Profile Logout ![\\"republican_symbol\\"](\\"/design/images/republican_symbol.png\\"/) Snopes fact-checked the vice presidential debate live! Read more here ![\\"democrat_symbol\\"](\\"/design/images/democrat_symbol.png\\"/) Fact Check # Did Greta Thunberg Mock a Twitter Troll with \'Small Dick Energy\' Joke? ## Formerly banned Twitter influencer Andrew Tate tagged Thunberg in a tweet in which he bragged of owning 30 cars with \"enormous emissions.\" ### David Emery ### Published Dec. 28, 2022 ![\\'Greta](\\" Greta Thunberg speaks on stage during the global launch of \"The Climate Book\" at The Royal Festival Hall on October 30, 2022. (Image courtesy of Kate Green/Getty Images) Claim: Swedish environmental teen activist Greta Thunberg tweeted \"yes, please do enlighten me. email me at smalldickenergy@getalife.com\" in response to a tweet from controversial Twitter influencer Andrew Tate in which he bragged of owning 33 cars with \"enormous emissions.\" Rating: Correct Attribution About this rating On Dec. 28, 2022, 19-year-old Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg set Twitter on fire with her response to a taunting tweet from former kickboxer and social media influencer Andrew Tate, who had only recently been reinstated to the platform after being permanently banned in 2017 for violating its terms of service. Tate has often been \"mired in controversy\" and \"heavily criticised for his \'misogynistic\' views,\" according to the Independent. He has been banned from multiple social media platforms. Advertisement: The tweets from both parties were real and authentic. Tate tweeted from his Twitter Blue verified account and Thunberg tweeted from her legacy verified account. Both have millions of followers. \"Hello @GretaThunberg,\" Tate tweeted on Dec. 27. \"I have 33 cars. My Bugatti has a w16 8.0L quad turbo. My TWO Ferrari 812 competizione have 6.5L v12s. This is just the start. Please provide your email address so I can send a complete list of my car collection and their respective enormous emissions.\" Thunberg replied the next day: \"yes, please do enlighten me. email me at smalldickenergy@getalife.com.\" Advertisement: The pair of tweets had racked up more than 80 million impressions as of this writing. Thunberg\'s reply alone had earned over a million likes. Thunberg, who was named Time magazine\'s youngest-ever Person of the Year in 2019, became an activist in 2018 at the age of 15, by demonstrating outside the Swedish Parliament for stronger action against climate change. The resulting publicity made her an international figurehead for the environmental movement, and also a target of political hatred. Updates: * Did Andrew Tate\'s Video of a Jerry\'s Pizza Box Lead to His Arrest? * Has Andrew Tate Been Released from Jail? Here\'s What We Know #### Sources \"Andrew Tate: Who Is the Controversial TikTok Influencer?\" The Independent, 21 Nov. 2022, twitter-who-is-b2229545.html. Boom, Daniel Van. \"Andrew Tate Is Back on Twitter. Here\'s Why He\'s Still Banned Almost Everywhere Else.\" CNET, tate-is-back-on-twitter-heres-why-hes-still-banned-almost-everywhere-else/. Accessed 28 Dec. 2022. Drewett, Zoe. \"Why Some People Hate Greta Thunberg so Much.\" Metro, 2 Oct. 2019, much-10845999/. \"Greta Thunberg Is TIME\'s 2019 Person of the Year.\" Time, Accessed 28 Dec. 2022. ### By David Emery David Emery is a West Coast-based writer and editor with 25 years of experience fact-checking rumors, hoaxes, and contemporary legends. ## Article Tags Andrew Tate Greta Thunberg Recommendations Advertisement: ![\\"Snopes.com\\"](\\"/design/images/logo-main.png\\") Company About Us FAQs Contact Us Submit a Topic Navigate Home Search Archive Newsletters Random Sections Latest Top Fact Checks News Account Join Login Game FactBot Like Us on Facebook Follow Us on Twitter © 1995 - 2024 by Snopes Media Group Inc. This material may not be reproduced without permission. Snopes and the Snopes.com logo are registered service marks of Snopes.com Terms of Use Privacy Policy DMCA Policy
Swedish environmental teen activist Greta Thunberg tweeted yes please do enlighten me email me at smalldickenergygetalifecom in response to a tweet from controversial Twitter influencer Andrew Tate in which he bragged of owning 33 cars with enormous emissions