Superficial Intelligence

We may think we're special when we buy furniture at IKEA. We may think that we're smart and unique. But all that goes away when we're watching TV and we see the same cushions we bought at IKEA on the set of a show.

Our living room sofa:

Two scenes from the most recent episode of The Big Bang Theory (sorry for the weird subtitles):

And it doesn't stop there. A new expansion pack is coming out for the Sims 2 which features furniture from IKEA. And guess whose furniture appear on the front cover?

This is our bed and drawers:

And this is the cover for the new Sims 2 expansion pack (a bit small, but you can see the same bed and the same chest except with three drawers instead of four):

So either everyone is as cheap as us or everyone has as good tastes as we do. I'm hoping it's the latter. On the plus side, now we can buy Sims 2 and play around with all possible room rearrangements without having to buy anything at the real store.