# If I see one more of those "Obey" ads, I'm going to punch the Internet

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-see-one-more-of-those-obey-ads-im-going-to-punch-the-internet/498218
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [May 31, 2009, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-see-one-more-of-those-obey-ads-im-going-to-punch-the-internet/498218 "2009-05-31T01:22:07Z")
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### Author: ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2009, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-see-one-more-of-those-obey-ads-im-going-to-punch-the-internet/498218/21 "2009-06-01T16:31:02Z")

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> [@FlyingRat](#):
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> It’s not an Internet ad, but I almost had a nose-coffee moment when I came across [this piece of Watchmen movie memorabilia the other day](http://store.costumecity.com/scroll3.html). It’s clearly a takeoff on the OBEY ads.

Huh? How so?

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### Author: ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2009, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-see-one-more-of-those-obey-ads-im-going-to-punch-the-internet/498218/22 "2009-06-01T16:48:38Z")

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> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#):
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> Do you mean the ones that look vaguely like early Soviet-era propaganda posters? I’ve always wondered who puts those up and why.

I don’t know who puts them up, but they were created by Sheppard Fairey, who did the famous Obama Hope poster.

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