Politics and Photoshop never go well together.

If you’re going to run for Prime Minister against the owner of the largest media company in Italy, you may want to make sure you have an unassailable message to the public. And come on Bersani; your opponent has been caught for tax evasion and is standing trial for prostituting an underage girl. How are you standing there with a cheap cut-out and 55% of the popular vote?

Thanks Marco. 

Guys, I finally found something the Germans don’t do well: Photoshop.

It’s funny that the second-most embarrassing thing about this advertisement is that it’s about premature ejaculation. Despite my earlier comment, you have to give it to the Germans for clever metaphors about “arriving too soon.” Though the face mask and female expression butcher any subtlety…

Thanks Whitney.

The biggest problem with political pundits is how two-dimensional everything is to them.

It turns out there is something more awkward than a white guy in a lei, and this ad is it. Even acid-washed and inconsistently-proportioned luau girls can’t save this disaster from being the butt of its own joke.

Thanks Daniel.

That man-kini seems to simply hang from the shoulders. All it will take is one gust of wind to reveal… um… absolutely nothing.

With a knee-melting smile like that, what he looks like with his shirt off is the cherry on top. What he looks like without his pants on is the unexpected realization that you are getting a single cherry. But at least it’s seedless.

Thanks Catherine. You can see the original on the Ann Summers site.

Headphones so good, you wan’t even realize they’re not plugged in.

Ever pop in your headphones and, after a couple hours or work, realize that you never turned the music on? It’s just like that, but far more stupid. This is the photoshop-equivalent of the shape-in-hole game infants play. And you failed it.

Thanks Adam. The original was an advertisement for Target.

The look says “fierce and possibly unbalanced,” the proportions say “definitely unbalanced.”

Part of a “unique collection” that’s a “modernization of the decade’s silhouettes.” What qualifies as an “edgy, sexy bod[y]?” Size two models and matchsticks for shin bones?

Thanks Hayley. The original was found in a Joe’s jeans email campaign.

The must-have accessories for this school year are solid-gold backpacks, the Wicked Witch’s shoes, and a severed arm.

I understand getting handsy with yourself in the bedroom, but if you’re going to photoshop a duplicate of the model’s arm, you should probably avoid drawing attention to it by having the whole forearm in a bold outline.

Thanks Guadalupe. You can see the original in the August edition of DMAG magazine.

Besides a blouse that makes this model blend into the background, something seems off here.

What do you think readers? Look past the dissolving shins and light-resistant colour scheme to dig deep and help us discover if this really is a disaster.

Thanks Bob for taking the time out to scan this!  The original can be found in the latest Oprah magazine.