Microsoft Poland Demonstrates Hilariously Bad Photoshop Skills

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Apparently, some geniuses at Microsoft decided that an Asian man, a black guy, and a white woman wasn't the best way to sell Microsoft's Business Productivity tools in Poland. So they swapped out the black guy with a white guy in the photo. Nothing terribly unusual about that - ads are altered for foreign markets all the time. But that Photoshopped head of a grimacing, palsied yuppie promises to haunt your dreams.

Apparently, some geniuses at Microsoft decided that an Asian man, a black guy, and a white woman wasn’t the best way to sell Microsoft’s Business Productivity tools in Poland. So they swapped out the black guy with a white guy in the photo. Nothing terribly unusual about that – ads are altered for foreign markets all the time. But that Photoshopped head of a grimacing, palsied yuppie promises to haunt your dreams.

Now that this thing is floating around the internet, the Poland page has been returned to the original image.

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