Dilbert cartoon first published on Friday 2nd September 2011

Dilbert//8175, first published fifteen years ago on Friday 2nd September 2011

Tags

anxiety pessimism approve goal apathy plan to fire unimportant projects

Official transcript

Ted: Did you approve my goals for next year? Boss: Yeah, whatever. Ted: Gaaa! Your apathy about my goals can only mean you to fire me within the next year! Catbert: Ha ha! Now give him unimportant projects. Boss: They all seem that way to me.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

DID YOU APPROVE MY GOALS FOR NEXT YEAR?

YEAH, WHATEVER.

GAAA! YOUR APATHY ABOUT MY GOALS CAN ONLY MEAN YOU PLAN TO FIRE ME WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR!

!

NOW GIVE HIM UNIMPORTANT PROJECTS.

THEY ALL SEEM THAT WAY TO .

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Apathy and Unimportance"

Summary:

• The comic strip features Dilbert, a character known for his sarcastic wit, in a workplace setting.
• His boss asks if he approved his goals for the next year, to which Dilbert responds with a nonchalant "Yeah, whatever."
• The boss expresses disappointment, stating that Dilbert's apathy about his goals means he can only plan to fire him within the next year.
• Dilbert then reveals that he has given his unimportant projects to the cat, who seems uninterested and unbothered by the task.
• The comic strip pokes fun at the monotony and bureaucracy of office life, as well as the futility of setting goals in a seemingly unresponsive work environment.

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