Dilbert cartoon first published on Saturday 20th June 2009

Dilbert//7371, first published seventeen years ago on Saturday 20th June 2009

Tags

sitting aspirations plan ridicule grumpy

Official transcript

Wally says, "My dream is to someday be like you."

Wally says, "I hope to advance from being totally worthless to being totally worthless and overpaid."

Dilbert says, "How's your role model?"

Wally says, "Grumpy."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

MY DREAM IS TO SOMEDAY BE LIKE YOU.

I HOPE TO ADVANCE FROM BEING TOTALLY WORTHLESS TO BEING TOTALLY WORTHLESS AND OVERPAID.

HOW'S YOUR ROLE MODEL?

GRUMPY.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

The comic strip features Dilbert, a bespectacled, balding man with a black cone-shaped hairpiece, and his boss, Wally, a man with a bald head and a green tie.

Panel 1: Dilbert's dream is to someday be like his boss, Wally.

Panel 2: Dilbert hopes to advance from being totally worthless to being totally worthless and overpaid.

Panel 3: Wally asks Dilbert how his role model is doing, to which Dilbert responds with a sarcastic "Grumpy."

Summary: The comic strip satirizes the corporate ladder and the pursuit of success, highlighting the absurdity of seeking to emulate a grumpy boss who is already overpaid.

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