Why is it apparently cool and fine for insurance companies to spend countless billions, trillions of our money constantly buying ad time?

_number8_@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world – 593 points –

On every single professional sports game I’ve ever seen, every single show, every single channel. Isn’t this our fucking money you’re meant to give out should, god forbid, something happen?

Why is it even legal to do this? Blowing this money on CONSTANT, DUMB fucking little fucking cutesy fucking skits, not even trying to fucking pitch anything anymore, just burning money on TV and laughing at us while the fucking lemur does epic bants. it makes me so fucking sick, these people should be chained in the dungeons for the rest of their lives.

It’s illegal to not have car insurance so why the fuck do they think we need to see this constant fucking microwaved vomit fucking garbage every fucking second every fucking show every fucking channel??

thank you

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I'm assuming you're in the US.

Do non profit or cooperative insurance companies exist? They would seem like a less evil option if available.

In Germany there is VVAG, "Versicherungsverein auf Gegenseitigkeit" (insurance association based on mutuality), which is the legal form for cooperative insurance as regular cooperatives (Genossenschaften) cannot insure legally.

There are, but a lot of them usually require something to qualify for their coverage and aren't as large as national companies. The smaller companies usually don't have as large an appetite for risk, and will therefore only provide discounts to less risky drivers.