Dilbert cartoon first published on Wednesday 7th December 2011
Dilbert//8271, first published fifteen years ago on Wednesday 7th December 2011
Tags
meetings public speaking let slide power point presentation bored sleeping audience low expectations
Official transcript
Dilbert: And that's my last slide, any comments? Woman: You stole an hour of my life, something inside me died. I will never have another good day. Dilbert: I went in with low expectations. Wally: They can't hurt you if you're already dead.
originally published on dilbert.com
Open source transcript
AND THAT'S MY LAST SLIDE. ANY COMMENTS?
YOU STOLE AN HOUR OF MY LIFE. SOMETHING INSIDE ME DIED. I WILL NEVER HAVE ANOTHER GOOD DAY.
222 I WENT IN WITH LOW EX- - TIONS.
THEY CAN'T HURT YOU IF YOU'RE ALREADY DEAD.
collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive
AI Analysis
Title: "Death by PowerPoint"
Summary:
This comic strip features Dilbert, a bespectacled man with a balding head, standing in front of a projector screen displaying a complex diagram. He addresses the audience, "And that's my last slide. Any comments?" The audience is comprised of a woman and two men, who are all visibly bored and uninterested.
The woman responds, "You stole an hour of my life. Something inside me died. I will never have another good day." The man on the right adds, "I went in with low expectations. They can't hurt you if you're already dead."
The comic strip humorously highlights the monotony and tedium of presentations, where the audience's attention is lost, and the speaker's message is ignored. The punchline, "Death by PowerPoint," is a clever play on words, suggesting that the presentation has caused the audience's death, both figuratively and literally. The comic strip effectively captures the frustration and boredom that many people experience during lengthy and unengaging presentations.
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