# What's the deal with "He Gets Us"?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-he-gets-us/974046>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 30, 2022, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-he-gets-us/974046 "2022-10-30T22:30:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-he-gets-us/974046/41 "2023-02-16T05:43:42Z")

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At the bottom, “He Gets Us” is simply shrewd people-reaching, from a budget perspective. Sure, it may not be a persuasive message, but:

1. It was viewed by over 100 million Americans.

2. It has been by far the most widely-talked about Super Bowl ad after the game.

A lot of people snarked, “Shouldn’t Christians have spent that $14 million on helping the poor instead?” But if they’d spent it that way, it would have gotten no media coverage.

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**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-he-gets-us/974046/42 "2023-02-16T06:01:45Z")

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> [@Velocity](#):
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> A lot of people snarked, “Shouldn’t Christians have spent that $14 million on helping the poor instead?” But if they’d spent it that way, it would have gotten no media coverage.

If only there was something in the Bible, maybe said by Jesus Himself, expressly admonishing folks for doing that.

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**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-he-gets-us/974046/43 "2023-02-16T07:27:36Z")

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> [@Velocity](#):
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> A lot of people snarked, “Shouldn’t Christians have spent that $14 million on helping the poor instead?” But if they’d spent it that way, it would have gotten no media coverage.

Because, as we all know, Jesus said  
“Blessed are the ad makers.”

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-he-gets-us/974046/44 "2023-02-16T13:38:13Z")

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Wasn’t that cheese makers?

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**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-he-gets-us/974046/45 "2023-02-16T14:27:59Z")

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Clearly, he meant any purveyors of dairy products.

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**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-he-gets-us/974046/46 "2023-02-16T16:40:12Z")

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There _are_ a lot of cheesy ads.

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**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-he-gets-us/974046/47 "2023-02-16T17:40:27Z")

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> [@crowmanyclouds](#):
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> If only there was something in the Bible, maybe said by Jesus Himself, expressly admonishing folks for doing that.

For ye have the poor always with you; but opportunities for Super Bowl ads ye have not always.

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**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2023, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-he-gets-us/974046/48 "2023-02-19T16:49:49Z")

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Look at the Superb Owls; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them by way of TV ads.

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