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Dilbert cartoon first published on Wednesday 7th December 2011

Dilbert//8271, first published fifteen years ago on Wednesday 7th December 2011


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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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