Dilbert cartoon first published on Saturday 3rd April 2010

Dilbert//7658, first published sixteen years ago on Saturday 3rd April 2010

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plan transfer missile guidance engineering division pour coffee face front unimportant tasks destroy fishing village lazy

Official transcript

Wally says, "I asked for a transfer to our missile guidance engineering division."

Wally says, "Once they get to know me, they'll only give me unimportant tasks so I won't accidentally destroy a fishing village."

Wally says, "The great thing about unimportant tasks is that no one really cares if you do them."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I ASKED FOR A TRANSFER TO OUR MISSILE GUIDANCE ENGINEERING DIVISION ONCE THEY GET TO KNOW ME, THEY'LL ONLY GIVE ME UNIMPORTANT TASKS SO I WON'T ACCIDENTALLY DESTROY A FISHING VILLAGE.

THE GREAT THING ABOUT UNIMPORTANT TASKS IS THAT NO ONE REALLY CARES IF YOU DO THEM.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "The Great Thing About Unimportant Tasks"

Summary:

• The comic strip features Dilbert, a bespectacled man with a distinctive hairstyle, standing in front of a coffee machine.
• He is holding a cup of coffee and wearing a white shirt and green tie.
• The strip consists of three panels, each with a caption and a cartoon image of Dilbert.
• In the first panel, Dilbert asks for a transfer to the Missile Guidance Engineering Division, but is instead assigned to the Missile Guidance Engineering Division.
• In the second panel, he is told that the only important tasks are destroying a fishing village, and that no one cares if he does them.
• In the third panel, Dilbert is shown holding a fishing rod and wearing a fishing hat, with the caption "The great thing about unimportant tasks is that no one really cares if you do them."
• The comic strip pokes fun at the idea of being assigned to a meaningless task and the lack of accountability in the workplace.

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