Dilbert cartoon first published on Wednesday 30th November 2011

Dilbert//8264, first published fifteen years ago on Wednesday 30th November 2011

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employees secretaries (office) manually entered data entire weekend die monster! business

Official transcript

Carol: I manually entered all of the employee data you wanted. It took the entire weekend. Boss: I probably should have told you I no longer need it. Carol: Die! Die! Die! You inconsiderate monster! Boss: Did you really enter all of the data? Carol: Maybe. Let's call it a tie.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I MANUALLY ENTERED ALL OF THE EMPLOYEE DATA YOU WANTED.

IT TOOK THE ENTIRE WEEKEND.

I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE TOLD YOU I NO LONGER NEED IT.

DIE! DIE!

DIE! YOU INCONSIDERATE MONSTER!

DID YOU REALLY ENTER ALL OF THE DATA?

MAYBE.

LET'S CALL IT A TIE.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "The Data Monster"

Summary:

The comic strip revolves around a character's encounter with a data monster, which is a humorous representation of the challenges and frustrations associated with working with large amounts of data.

Panel 1:

• A character is shown manually entering all of the employee data, with a caption that reads: "I manually entered all of the employee data you wanted. It took the entire weekend."
• The character is depicted as being overwhelmed by the task, with a speech bubble expressing their frustration.

Panel 2:

• The character is shown being told that they no longer need to enter the data, but instead should call it a tie.
• The character is depicted as being confused and frustrated by this instruction.

Panel 3:

• The character is shown asking if they really need to enter all of the data, with a caption that reads: "Did you really enter all of the data?"
• The character is depicted as being skeptical and questioning the necessity of entering the data.

Panel 4:

• The character is shown being told to call it a tie, with a caption that reads: "Maybe. Let's call it a tie."
• The character is depicted as being resigned to the fact that they may not need to enter the data after all.

Overall, the comic strip pokes fun at the challenges and frustrations of working with large amounts of data, and the absurdity of being told to call it a tie when it comes to entering that data.

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