IBM Blunders on What Makes Us Special

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We’re not really sure what IBM is trying to do here but in our mind this ad only makes sense if they’re trying to make some ironic commentary on society that has nothing to do with being special. They’ve depicted mankind as a walking passel of coffee cups and the one that sticks out happens to be attached to what looks like a set of iPod earbuds, which could have passed for special before everyone in the world had the telltale white cords leaking from ears to pocket.

Will your business solutions be as innovative as your pseudo-individualist coffee cup, IBM? -Contributed by Angela Natividad

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