The Week on AdFreak: May 11-18, 2012 Depressed copywriters, Guinness submarines (and QR codes), and the year's most-viral ads so far
1. The 20 Most-Viral Ads of 2012 (So Far)
2. Infographic: Advertising People Are Hopeless Social-Media
Addicts
3. Martin Agency Staffer Gets Marriage Proposal via Banner Ads
4. Guinness Turns a Submarine Into a Branded Underwater Bar
5. Condom Maker Asks Women What They Won't Put in Their
Vaginas
6. Guinness QR Cup Reveals Scannable Code When Full
7. Keep Your Kitten or Puppy From Becoming the Town Whore
8. This Mother's Day, Literally Pay Your Mom Back for Her
Pregnancy and Labor
9. Depressed Copywriter Alters Ads for Maximum Self-Loathing
and Despair
10. Tiny Man Frolics in Giant Cleavage in Fiat Ad
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