Dilbert cartoon first published on Wednesday 17th September 1997

Dilbert//3077, first published 29 years ago on Wednesday 17th September 1997

Tags

reverse psychology goal opposite of wants space shuttle launch alice desk

Official transcript

Alice is angry and walks away from Mordac. She says, "I'm not using reverse psychology! I really don't need anything from the information technology department."

Mordac follows. Mordac shakes his fist and says, "Curse you! You know our goal is to give you the opposite of what you want. If you want nothing, we must give you everything!"

Dilbert stands behind Alice at her computer. He clasps his hands together and begs, "Please tell me how you got them to do this."

Alice's computer is heaped with gadgets: satelitte dish, hard drives, video cameroas, modems, etc. Alice says, 'Watch me launch the space shuttle!"

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I'M NOT USING REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY! I REALLY DON'T NEED ANYTHING FROM THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT.

CURSE YOU! YOU KNOW OUR GOAL IS TO GIVE YOU THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT YOU WANT. IF YOU WANT NOTHING WE MUST GIVE YOU EVERYTHING!

PLEASE TELL ME HOW YOU GOT THEM TO DO THIS.

WATCH ME LAUNCH THE SPACE SHUTTLE!

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "Reverse Psychology"

Summary:

• The comic strip features a conversation between a woman and a man, where the woman uses reverse psychology to convince the man to do something.
• The woman says she doesn't need anything from the information technology department, implying that the man should give her everything.
• The man is confused and asks how he got the woman to do this, to which she responds by launching a space shuttle.
• The comic strip is humorous and lighthearted, poking fun at the idea of using reverse psychology to get what you want.

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