# Cool viral advert

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-viral-advert/305811>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 27, 2005, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-viral-advert/305811 "2005-05-27T21:02:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-viral-advert/305811/1 "2005-05-27T21:02:43Z")

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[http://www.storewars.org/flash/index.html](http://www.storewars.org/flash/index.html)

Good for a chuckle

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-viral-advert/305811/2 "2005-05-27T21:46:38Z")

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I thought viral ads were one that didn’t look like ads and weren’t released by anyone identifiable as an ad agency for the product.

Isn’t this just a long and boring example of an Internet ad? And won’t the Mr. Potato Head Darth Tater sue?