Dilbert cartoon first published on Thursday 28th April 2005

Dilbert//5857, first published 21 years ago on Thursday 28th April 2005

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technical glitch humble condescending engineer teach you to ask drinking beer study english sorry

Official transcript

Oh No. It's a technical glitch that I don't know how to fix. "GAA! NOw I must humble myself to some condescending engineer and ask for help!"

"And how did I teach you to ask?"

"I'm sorry that I spent my college years drinking beer and studying English literature."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

OH NO. IT'S A TECHNICAL GLITCH THAT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIX.

GAA! NOW I MUST HUMBLE MYSELF TO SOME CONDESCENDING ENGINEER AND ASK FOR HELP!

AND HOW DID I TEACH YOU TO ASK?

I'M SORRY THAT I SPENT MY COLLEGE YEARS DRINKING BEER AND STUDYING ENGLISH LITERATURE.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "The Condescending Engineer"

Summary:

This comic strip, originally published in 2005, features Dilbert, a bespectacled man with black hair, sitting at his desk. He is shown to be frustrated and annoyed, with a speech bubble expressing his technical incompetence. The strip then cuts to an engineer, who is depicted as condescending and patronizing, offering help to Dilbert.

The engineer's response is met with Dilbert's sarcasm, as he asks how the engineer learned to ask questions. The strip concludes with the engineer's response, which is a humorous and lighthearted take on the common workplace dynamic between engineers and non-engineers.

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