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Dilbert cartoon first published on Friday 19th August 2011

Dilbert//8161, first published fifteen years ago on Friday 19th August 2011


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debates discussion email objecting hallucination of plan defensive narrowed problem


Official transcript

Man: Did you see my email objecting to your plan? Dilbert: No, but I saw your email objecting to what I assume is your hallucination of my plan. Man: You seem defensive. Dilbert: Have we narrowed down the problem to me?

originally published on dilbert.com


Open source transcript

DID YOU SEE MY EMAIL OBJECTING TO YOUR PLAN?

NO, BUT I SAW YOUR EMAIL OBJECTING TO WHAT I ASSUME IS YOUR HALLUCINATION OF MY PLAN.

YOU SEEM DEFENSIVE.

HAVE WE NARROWED DOWN THE PROBLEM TO ?

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive


AI Analysis

Title: "Hallucinating My Plan"

Summary:

The comic strip features Dilbert, a bespectacled man with black hair, wearing an orange shirt and yellow tie. He is engaged in a conversation with another character, who is dressed in a white shirt and red tie.

  • Dilbert asks if the other person saw his email objecting to their plan.
  • The other character responds that they did see the email, but they assumed it was Dilbert's hallucination of his plan.
  • Dilbert becomes defensive, asking if they have narrowed down the problem to him.
  • The other character confirms that they have indeed narrowed down the problem to Dilbert.

The comic strip humorously highlights the absurdity of Dilbert's situation, where his email objection is dismissed as a hallucination, and he is subsequently blamed for the problem.

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