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Re:When the Soviet Union Paid Pepsi in Warships by gboudrias on Monday January 15, 2018 @12:48PM (#16152060)
It seems somewhat ridiculous that he managed to convince five people to "invest" in his idea. I'm surprised the article didn't touch on what seems to be the larger point: Don't advertise things you don't sell. The ad was dishonest not because people actually expected a harrier jet, but because it tried to make a non-existent association between something "cool" and its product.

This is of course something very hard to legislate, but it still feels dishonest to me, more so than almost any ad seen today.

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Re:When the Soviet Union Paid Pepsi in Warships by sosborn on Monday January 15, 2018 @02:19PM (#16152700)
> It seems somewhat ridiculous that he managed to convince five people to "invest" in his idea

I don’t know about that. Have you seen some of the startups that get funded?

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Re:When the Soviet Union Paid Pepsi in Warships by cc81 on Monday January 15, 2018 @04:28PM (#16153599)
Do you want to invest in my new Crypto Cola?
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Re:When the Soviet Union Paid Pepsi in Warships by simplemath__ on Monday January 15, 2018 @05:12PM (#16153909)
When's the Colacoin ICO and can I send you 10 million dollars?
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