“There is,” as Crockett writes, “an age-old decree that exists on the Internet called Rule 34: ‘If it exists, there is porn of it.’” This is the story of Esurance’s cartoon mascot Erin, who was ultimately nixed by the company after her image became masturbation fodder for the internet masses.
How Esurance Lost Its Mascot to the Internet
Zachary Crockett | Priceonomics | December 18, 2015 | 2,328 words
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