Dilbert cartoon first published on Friday 17th July 2009

Dilbert//7398, first published seventeen years ago on Friday 17th July 2009

Tags

asking laptop equipment refusal ridicule evil cruel

Official transcript

Mordac, the preventer of information services. Asok says, "May I use this laptop that no one else is using?"

Mordac says, "No, but you can have my old pizza box while you waterboard yourself in your own tears."

Asok says, "I guess that's better than nothing."

Mordac says, "Really? In that case you can't have it."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

MORDAC, THE PREVENTER OF INFORMATION SERVICES MAY I USE THIS LAPTOP THAT NO ONE ELSE IS USING?

NO, BUT YOU CAN HAVE MY OLD PIZZA BOX WHILE YOU WATERBOARD YOURSELF IN YOUR OWN TEARS.

I GUESS THAT'S BETTER THAN NOTHING.

REALLY?

IN THAT CASE YOU CAN'T HAVE IT.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "Mordac, the Preventer of Information Services"

Summary:

• The comic strip features Mordac, an IT administrator, and Dilbert, an office worker.
• Dilbert requests to use a laptop, but Mordac denies the request due to the laptop's old pizza box design.
• Dilbert jokingly suggests using a pizza box as a laptop, but Mordac rejects the idea, stating that it would be better than nothing.
• The comic strip humorously highlights the bureaucratic nature of IT administrators and their strict adherence to rules.

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