Dilbert cartoon first published on Thursday 4th August 2011

Dilbert//8146, first published fifteen years ago on Thursday 4th August 2011

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complaining conversation reflexive urge diagree counter point software can't be changed

Official transcript

Man: Everything you said is right, but I have a reflexive urge to disagree with you. If you don't mind, I'm going to make a ridiculous counterpoint just to get it out of my system. Dilbert: Okay, but don't be creepy about it. Man: Software can't be changed. Ahhhh... that's good.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

EVERYTHING YOU SAID IS RIGHT, BUT I HAVE A REFLEXIVE URGE TO DISAGREE WITH YOU.

IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'M GOING TO MAKE A RIDICULOUS COUNTERPOINT JUST TO GET IT OUT OF MY SYSTEM.

OKAY, BUT DON'T BE CREEPY ABOUT IT.

SOFTWARE CAN'T BE CHANGED.

...

THAT'S GOOD.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

The comic strip is titled "Software Can't Be Changed" and features Dilbert, a bespectacled man with dark hair, in a white shirt and tie, sitting at a desk with a computer monitor.

Panel 1 Dilbert's coworker, a man with a receding hairline, approaches him with a concerned expression.

• Coworker: "Everything you said is right, but I have a reflexive urge to disagree with you."
• Dilbert: "If you don't mind, I'm going to make a ridiculous counter-point just to get it out of my system."

Panel 2 Dilbert's coworker looks puzzled.

• Dilbert: "Okay, but don't be creepy about it."

Panel 3 Dilbert's coworker nods in agreement.

• Dilbert: "Ahh... that's good."

Summary The comic strip humorously portrays Dilbert's coworker's tendency to disagree with him, even when he's right. The conversation is lighthearted and playful, with Dilbert's coworker eventually agreeing with him. The strip pokes fun at the common workplace phenomenon of people feeling the need to disagree, even when they're not necessarily right.

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