Dilbert cartoon first published on Monday 4th February 2013

Dilbert//8696, first published thirteen years ago on Monday 4th February 2013

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exploitation surprise international law indentured servant seq stole an hour

Official transcript

Alice: Asok, your meeting stole an hour of my life. According to international law, I may now claim you as my indentured servant. Asok: Wow. That... actually is a law. Alice: Or I'm really good at SEO.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

ASOK, YOUR MEETING STOLE AN HOUR OF MY LIFE.

ACCORDING TO INTERNATIONAL LAW, I MAY NOW CLAIM YOU AS MY INDENTURED SERVANT.

WOW.

THAT...

ACTUALLY IS A LAW.

OR I'M REALLY GOOD AT SEO.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "International Law"

Summary:

The comic strip features a meeting where a woman claims that the man, Asok, has stolen an hour of her life. According to international law, she may now claim him as her indentured servant. The man is shocked and says that this is a law, to which the woman responds that she is "really good at SEO" (Search Engine Optimization). The punchline is that the woman is using her knowledge of search engine optimization to claim the man as her servant, implying that she has found a loophole in international law to achieve her goal.

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