Never dreamed we'd see such a thing

No, Backwoods Savage, you are definitely not alone. I've grown to hate most TV advertising, but then I hardly ever watch TV anymore. Like you, I know what I need and want, and I don't need ads to figure that out.

 

I did get a chuckle out of the etrade commercial

 

Is it going to make me buy etrade ?
Nope

 

I turned the whole thing off last night.


...and guess what.....the sun did come up this morning.
...as I live and breathe.

 

I was sitting in the basement in front of the wood stove last night, playing on my laptop as usual. Surfing FHC.
I thought..., I could probably live stream the game.... Quick search and it was playing live, already a couple scores on both sides. This was the only football I watched this year,... But I had nothing to do this evening, it was dark and the evening service was cancelled due to snow, so I did watch some of the game.

It's been about 2 years since I cancelled the cable and unplugged the tv.
Life is much better!

 

Agreed.
Not even Cindy Crawford could get me to buy Pepsi. Michael Jackson didn't stand a chance.

 

That is why I like to record programs and then I can FF through the commercials especially if you get the same one twice in a row.

 

I like the commercials where EX; COKE VS PEPSI, Coke pays for the spot, compares itself to Pepsi and Pepsi get as much airtime as Coke and the avg consumer does not even know who the commercial was for.

 

same over here, one hour of tv is 20 mins of adverts.

 

Facts that explain a lot:
1. Advertisers of certain consumer goods know that the brand you choose as a youth will usually stay with you for life. E.g. the tobacco you used as a teen or young military recruit is the brand you stick with. Same with beer and other foods. So, advertisers target the young.
2. About 85% of money spending decisions are made by women. (Both old and young)
3. TV/media is largely paid for by these ads.

Thus, almost all TV shows are targeted at 14 year old girls. Those that are traditionally not in that demographic, (perhaps football), know that if they work their way into it, they get more money over the long haul.
Think about all that for a while, and you'll notice a pattern emerging.

BTW, some of that is pointed out to me by some former 14 y.o. girls. (very former, heh)

 

Back in 2000 or so when the government decided we poor white Deplorables didn't need free TV anymore and changed how TV was done, my wife and I said, nah, we don't think we'll go along with that. We haven't missed television, or the commercials, one bit.

 

I didn't "see" either fast food commercials.

 

Just Google live stream game.
A page like this popped up , click it...

 

Youtube is annoying having advertisements before watching a video. I'll watch the short ones, the half minute ones, forget it. They also put ads in the middle of longer videos.


Some of the tv commercials are just beyond me in quality. I am pretty certain I am not their target audience.

 

Dennis, you seem to have missed the point. Most Superbowl commercials in the last 5 or 6 years are supposed to be funny. It's a large part of why I watch the game, especially since the NFL started allowing players to take a knee during the anthem.
For the $ these companies pay for a 30 sec ad during the super bowl, it doesn't make sense that they'd do it to attempt to make a profit from it