Why do people care about Super Bowl ads?

[Al B. Sure!]

Let's get freaking real, people. If you're not in advertising or marketing, you should have absolutely no interest in Super Bowl commercials beyond the minimal interest a normal human being should show in any random advertisement. And yet, 'oh, Super Bowl commercials!' *bust a nut*

Is it because people who have no interest in football feel obligated to watch the game because a lot of other people are doing it (or they're at a friend's Super Bowl party) and they need something else to entertain them?

Is the interest people have the result of a conspiracy by advertisers to generate interest (they even advertise for their Super Bowl ads!). Maybe because SB ad spots are so expensive that advertisers and marketing departments spend a lot of time and effort on these ads so they create the facade of greater meaning beyond a normal commercial and successfully market their ads?

Enlighten me, Ming!

[Docfeelgood]

Let's get freaking real, people. If you're not in advertising or marketing, you should have absolutely no interest in Super Bowl commercials beyond the minimal interest a normal human being should show in any random advertisement. And yet, 'oh, Super Bowl commercials!' *bust a nut*

Is it because people who have no interest in football feel obligated to watch the game because a lot of other people are doing it (or they're at a friend's Super Bowl party) and they need something else to entertain them?

Is the interest people have the result of a conspiracy by advertisers to generate interest (they even advertise for their Super Bowl ads!). Maybe because SB ad spots are so expensive that advertisers and marketing departments spend a lot of time and effort on these ads so they create the facade of greater meaning beyond a normal commercial and successfully market their ads?

Enlighten me, Ming!

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[giblets]

Why do you care about people caring about super bowl ads? Let's get real.

[Hauldren Collider]

Super bowl ads are usually funny. Do you need more explanation?

[Docfeelgood]

Super bowl ads are usually funny. Do you need more explanation?

[SlowwHand]

Super bowl ads are usually funny. Do you need more explanation?

This is a rhetorical question?

[Elok]

Super bowl ads are usually funny. Do you need more explanation?

I wouldn't say "usually." More like "sometimes." The one thing that you can generally say about them is that they show a greater investment of time, energy and/or money. Sometimes they wind up stupid anyway.

[Lorizael]

I watch for the inevitable GoDaddy ads because, in my experience, they're the only place I can find breasts. I mean, I don't even think there are any breasts on the internet!

[Elok]

But...but the ads say their online content is unrated! That might mean there are breasts on their website, maybe?