Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 29th May 2011
Dilbert//8079, first published fifteen years ago on Sunday 29th May 2011
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business ethics quarreling major fix html website award improves morale glaoting winner technology
Official transcript
Boss: This award goes to Dilbert for coming up with a major fix to our HTML. Dilbert: I didn't do anything like that. You must be thinking of someone else. Do you even know what HTML is? Boss: It's like... a website? Dilbert: So... you're giving an award for something you don't understand... to someone who wasn't involved? Boss: What I meant to say is that I give this award to... Alice... for... what she did. Alice: Yes! Envy me, you stinkin' losers! Boss: I don't know why people say this improves morale. Asok: I fixed the HTML!
originally published on dilbert.com
Open source transcript
THIS AWARD GOES TO DILBERT FOR COMING UP WITH A MAJOR FIX TO OUR HTML.
DILBERT SCOTT ADAMS dilbert.com I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT. YOU MUST BE THINKING OF SOMEONE ELSE.
DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT HTML IS?
IT'S LIKE..
A WEBSITE?
SO ... YOU'RE GIVING AN AWARD FOR SOMETHING YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND... TO SOMEONE WHO WASN'T INVOLVED?
WHAT I MEANT TO SAY IS THAT I GIVE THIS AWARD TO ..
ALICE... FOR ...
WHAT SHE DID.
YOU STINKIN LOSERS!
I DON'T KNOW WHY PEOPLE SAY THIS IMPROVES MORALE.
FIXED THE HTML!
collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive
AI Analysis
Comic Strip Title: "HTML Award"
Summary:
The comic strip features Dilbert, a bespectacled man with a distinctive hairstyle, receiving an award for his work on HTML. The award is presented to him by a woman, who explains that it is for his contributions to the development of HTML. However, Dilbert is confused and asks if he even knows what HTML is, to which the woman responds that it is like a website.
Dilbert is skeptical and asks if he should be thinking of someone else, but the woman insists that he is the one who deserves the award. She explains that he has improved morale and made the website better, but Dilbert remains unconvinced.
The comic strip pokes fun at the idea of giving an award for something that is not well understood, and the absurdity of the situation. It also highlights the humor in Dilbert's skepticism and the woman's persistence in trying to convince him that he deserves the award.
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