Hard-Hitting Superbowl Ads

Last night’s Superbowl broadcast was one of the most violent in recent memory. No, not the game—the commercials.

Apparently, advertisers get their ideas about how to market to us from watching the Ain’t-It-Funny-When-Someone-Gets-Hurt clips on America’s Funniest Home Videos .

(Via: Boing Boing )

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