Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 23rd May 2004

Dilbert//5517, first published 22 years ago on Sunday 23rd May 2004

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performance review meetings too negative poo posed ideas cold fusion perpetual motion clothes dryer antigravity pants mri vending machine terrible ideas negative attitude tongue scraper

Official transcript

"Performance review"

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

PERFORMANCE REVIEW PEOPLE SAY YOU'RE TOO NEGATIVE IN MEETINGS.

NEGATIVE?

WHEN?

ACCORDING TO THE MARKETING DEPARTMENT. YOU POO- POOED A NUMBER OF THEIR IDEAS..

THE COLD FUSION SCOOTER, PERPETUAL MOTION CLOTHES DRYER, ANTIGRAVITY PANTS, MRI VENDING MACHINE, THOSE ARE TERRIBLE IDEAS!

NEGATIVE ATTITUDE!!!

GOTTCHA!!!

FROM NOW RE RIGHT.

WILL SUPPORT ALL TERRIBLE IDEAS.

GOOD.

AND THE LIST GOES ON.

IT'S A TONGUE SCRAPER AND A FROZEN FLAGPOLE!

CAN IT BE ELECTRIFIED?

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Negative Attitude"

Summary:

The comic strip features Dilbert, a bespectacled, balding office worker with a distinctive black spiky hairdo, sitting at a desk with a frustrated expression. His boss, a tall, thin man with a receding hairline and a stern demeanor, is standing over him, holding a piece of paper.

The conversation begins with the boss asking Dilbert if he's too negative in meetings, to which Dilbert responds that people say he is. The boss then asks when this negativity started, and Dilbert explains that it began when he was tasked with marketing the Cold Fusion Scooter, Perpetual Motion Clothes Dryer, Antigravity Pants, MRI Vending Machine, and the list goes on.

Dilbert's boss is unimpressed, saying that these ideas are terrible and that he will support all terrible ideas from now on. Dilbert responds by saying that it's a tongue scraper and a frozen flagpole, and the boss asks if it can be electrified. The comic strip ends with Dilbert looking confused and the boss walking away, still holding the piece of paper.

Overall, the comic strip pokes fun at the absurdity of corporate culture and the challenges of working in a bureaucratic environment. It highlights the difficulties of dealing with negative attitudes and the importance of maintaining a positive outlook, even in the face of adversity.

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