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Dilbert cartoon first published on Saturday 4th March 2000

Dilbert//3976, first published 26 years ago on Saturday 4th March 2000


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product to meet demand lower demand bah new startegy more arrogant teach


Official transcript

The Boss says at a meeting: "We can't make enough of our product to meet demand."

He continues: "Our new strategy is to be more arrogant. We hope that will lower demand."

At home, Dilbert asks Dogbert: "Can you teach me to be arrogant."

Dogbert exclaims: "Bah!"

originally published on dilbert.com


Open source transcript

WE CAN'T MAKE ENOUGH OF OUR PRODUCT TO MEET DEMAND.

OUR NEW STRATEGY IS TO BE MORE ARROGANT. WE HOPE THAT WILL LOWER DEMAND.

CAN YOU TEACH ME TO BE ARROGANT?

!

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive


AI Analysis

Title: "Arrogance as a Strategy"

Summary:

The comic strip depicts a company's attempt to boost demand for their product by adopting an arrogant strategy. The CEO instructs his team to be more arrogant, hoping that this approach will lead to lower demand. However, the CEO's own arrogance is put to the test when he is asked to teach his employees how to be arrogant, leading to a humorous exchange. The strip satirizes the absurdity of using arrogance as a marketing strategy and the challenges of implementing such a plan.

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