Dilbert cartoon first published on Saturday 22nd September 1990

Dilbert//525, first published 36 years ago on Saturday 22nd September 1990

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dilbert moose programmer's daze opposable thumbs arrow

Official transcript

Dilbert's head is mounted on a plaque hanging on a tree. A deer tells another deer, ". . . When he saw my headlights, he froze and his eyes got big like this."

The deer continues, "I tracked him back to his computer and waited until he slipped into a programmer's daze . . ."

The deer concludes, "Then I plugged him with an arrow."

The other deer says, "Wow! You did that without opposable thumbs?!!"

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

... WHEN HE SAW MY HEADLIGHTS, HE FROZE AND HIS EYES GOT BIG LIKE THIS.

I TRACKED HIM BACK TO HIS COMPUTER AND WAITED UNTIL HE SLIPPED INTO A PROGRAMMER'S DAZE..

THEN I PLUGGED HIM WITH AN ARROW.

WOW! YOU DID THAT WITHOUT OPPOSABLE THUMBS ?!!

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "The Programmer's Daze"

Summary:

• A programmer is stuck in a tree, having fallen while trying to track down his computer.
• The programmer's eyes are frozen in a "programmer's daze," a humorous reference to the common phenomenon of programmers becoming engrossed in their work.
• The scene is depicted through a series of panels featuring cartoon deer, with the programmer's face visible in the tree.
• The comic strip pokes fun at the stereotype that programmers can become so focused on their work that they lose track of their surroundings.

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