"Ash78, voting early and often" (ash78)
02/08/2016 at 09:50 • Filed to: None
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"Ash78, voting early and often" (ash78)
02/08/2016 at 09:50 • Filed to: None | 0
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Background: I stopped being much of a sports fan about 10 years ago. We cut the cable about a year ago, so our only TV ads are via Hulu — mostly Fox. I don’t listen to much terrestrial radio. I use the internet a lot, but almost exclusively Jalopnik and any cross-posted Gawker stuff. I work in an office with lots of other people, so we all chat about general news topics, the usual.
I just found out about the Super Bowl YESTERDAY morning (gameday). The wife came back from the grocery store and complained about how crowded it was for a strategic Sunday morning trip — and how very little was on sale!
I’m not bragging, I’m just confused. It seems like in prior years, there’s been a lot more leadup, fanfare, talking about the ads, and general promotion. We live in an era where it’s really hard to be “under a rock,” but apparently it’s still possible.
Further, since Cam Newton was a local superstar here in his college days, I would have expected more from our community.
Was this just a really low-key year to anyone else?
gin-san - shitpost specialist
> Ash78, voting early and often
02/08/2016 at 09:57 |
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I just didn’t bother watching and got an idea of the game from post-game gifs and reaction screens (namely Eli Manning’s resting unimpressed face).
Oddly, grocery stores around here had those really large “club packs” which are just bulk packages of everything on sale - I stocked up on bagel bites and chicken wings. It was definitely busy, but there was a lot of good stuff on sale.
smobgirl
> Ash78, voting early and often
02/08/2016 at 10:16 |
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I live in Denver, so there was no escaping it here. But I don't remember hearing about stuff like ads or the halftime performers on the lead up this year either.
crowmolly
> Ash78, voting early and often
02/08/2016 at 10:25 |
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I’m not bragging, I’m just confused. It seems like in prior years, there’s been a lot more leadup, fanfare, talking about the ads,
The ad situation is a mess right now, especially for the big TV networks. I am not surprised there isn’t a buzz, and I’m not that surprised they weren’t that great this year.