Question: Can someone give me reasons why commercials insult our intelligence? 

Answer: marketing firms think they know more than us, and so they behave accordingly.  In addition, they want to educate us (they call it informing us), but it has a negative consequence when their ego gets in the way.  That's my take. Please don't get insulted by my answers -- just another point of view.
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