Dilbert cartoon first published on Thursday 5th June 2008

Dilbert//6991, first published eighteen years ago on Thursday 5th June 2008

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colossal waste different light less usless unimportant staff meetings

Official transcript

Wally says, "I took a class on being less useless. Now I see the world in a different light."

Wally says, "For example, I recognize these staff meetings as colossal wastes of time, but there's nothing I can do about them."

Wally says, "Now my helplessness makes my uselessness seem unimportant."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I TOOK A CLASS ON BEING LESS USELESS.

NOW I SEE THE WORLD IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT.

FOR EXAMPLE, I RECOGNIZE THESE STAFF MEETINGS AS COLOSSAL WASTES OF TIME, BUT THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT THEM.

NOW MY HELPLESSNESS MAKES MY USELESSNESS SEEM UNIMPORTANT.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "The Unimportance of Uselessness"

Summary:

This comic strip features Dilbert, a bespectacled, balding man with a distinctive hairstyle, seated at a conference table alongside his boss and a colleague. The conversation revolves around the perceived uselessness of staff meetings, with Dilbert observing that he has reached a new level of enlightenment in recognizing the meetings as "colossal wastes of time."

The strip is divided into three panels:

• Panel 1: Dilbert shares his epiphany with his colleagues, stating, "I took a class on being less useless. Now I see the world in a different light."
• Panel 2: A green box contains a quote from Dilbert, highlighting his newfound perspective: "For example, I recognize these staff meetings as colossal wastes of time, but there's nothing I can do about them."
• Panel 3: Dilbert's boss responds, "Now my helplessness makes my uselessness seem unimportant."

The comic strip is attributed to Scott Adams, Inc./Dilbert/UPS, Inc., and was originally published in 2008.

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