Dilbert cartoon first published on Friday 21st May 1993

Dilbert//1497, first published 33 years ago on Friday 21st May 1993

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company headquarters plan employees offer deceptively retire wally alice calculate cosine

Official transcript

At company headquarters, someone asks, "Does anybody have a plan for getting rid of the employees?"

Another person answers, "Well, they're bad at math; we could offer deceptively small sums of money to people who retire."

Dilbert, Wally and Alice read copies of a document. Dilbert says, "Hey, this could be good."

Wally says, "It's been a long time since I had to calculate the cosine of anything."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS DOES ANYBODY HAVE A PLAN FOR GETTING RID OF THE EMPLOYEES?

LLL L L. L LLL LLL WELL, THEY'RE BAD AT MATH; WE COULD OFFER DECEPTIVELY SMALL SUMS OF MONEY TO PEOPLE WHO RETIRE.

HEY, THIS COULD BE GOOD.

IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE IHAD TO CALCULATE THE COSINE OF ANYTHING.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Retirement Math"

Summary:

The comic strip features a conversation between Dilbert and his coworker, Wally, in the company's headquarters. Dilbert asks if anyone has a plan for getting rid of employees, and Wally suggests using a "deceptively small sum of money" to lure them into retirement. The conversation is interrupted by a woman who is calculating the cosine of something, adding to the absurdity of the situation. The comic strip pokes fun at the idea of using math to manipulate people into retirement, highlighting the absurdity of corporate culture.

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