Dilbert cartoon first published on Monday 29th June 2009

Dilbert//7380, first published seventeen years ago on Monday 29th June 2009

Tags

sitting news deception evil

Official transcript

Dilbert says, "Sales are tanking because our online reviews are awful."

The boss says, "Cripple a feature and change the model number so the online reviews look stale."

Dilbert says, "Wow. That was a lot of evil packed into one sentence."

The boss says, "Thank you."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

SALES ARE TANKING BECAUSE OUR ONLINE REVIEWS ARE AWFUL.

CRIPPLE A FEATURE AND CHANGE THE MODEL NUMBER SO THE ONLINE REVIEWS LOOK STALE.

WOW. THAT WAS A LOT OF EVIL PACKED INTO ONE SENTENCE.

THANK YOU.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

The comic strip is titled "Evil Packed into One Sentence".

Scene 1: Salesman's Complaint

• Sales are tanking due to online reviews.
• The company's online reviews are terrible.

Scene 2: Manager's Response

• The manager instructs the sales team to:
  • Cripple a feature
  • Change the model number to make the online reviews look stale.

Scene 3: Salesman's Reaction

• The salesman expresses surprise and gratitude at the manager's suggestion.
• The manager's suggestion is so evil that it's packed into one sentence.

Overall

The comic strip satirizes the common practice of companies trying to manipulate online reviews to improve their ratings.

generated by llama-3.2-11b-vision-instruct

Accompanying textual content, such as title, tags and transcripts, is shown here if we have it. Not every comic has all of these, and they seem to be a bit hit and miss even on the official website.