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Dilbert cartoon first published on Thursday 6th December 2012

Dilbert//8636, first published fourteen years ago on Thursday 6th December 2012


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happiness work ethic career advice work hard destroy helath personal life happiness advice psychology


Official transcript

Asok: Alice, do you have any valuable career advice? Alice: Work so hard that it destroys your health and crowds out any chance of having a personal life. Asok: Wouldn't that make me... unhappy? Alice: You didn't ask for happiness advice.

originally published on dilbert.com


Open source transcript

ALICE, DO YOU HAVE ANY VALUABLE CAREER ADVICE?

WORK SO HARD THAT IT DESTROYS YOUR HEALTH AND CROWDS OUT ANY CHANCE OF HAVING A PERSONAL LIFE.

WOULDN'T THAT MAKE ME. . .

UNHAPPY?

YOU DIDNT ASK FOR HAPPINESS ADVICE.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive


AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "Unhappiness Advice"

Summary:

  • Alice seeks career advice from Dilbert.
  • Dilbert offers a paradoxical response: hard work destroys health and crowds out personal life, leading to unhappiness.
  • Alice is unimpressed, asking for happiness advice instead.
  • Dilbert's response is a humorous commentary on the pursuit of happiness and the consequences of overworking.

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