Dilbert cartoon first published on Saturday 23rd August 2014

Dilbert//9261, first published twelve years ago on Saturday 23rd August 2014

Tags

laziness, stress

Official transcript

Asok: I am always tense and I don't know why. Wally: It's the tyranny of expectations, Asok. People still expect you to add value. Competence is a vicious cycle. Asok: Can you teach me to be useless like you? Wally: It's better if I don't so you can learn by example.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I AM ALWAYS TENSE AND I DON'T KNOW WHY.

IT'S THE TYRANNY OF EXPECTATIONS, ASOK.

PEOPLE STILL EXPECT YOU TO ADD VALUE.

COMPETENCE IS A VICIOUS CYCLE.

CAN YOU TEACH ME TO BE USELESS LIKE YOU?

IT'S BETTER IF I DON'T SO YOU LEARN BY EXAMPLE.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Tyranny of Expectations"

Summary:

• The comic strip revolves around a conversation between two characters, one of whom is Dilbert, a bespectacled man with a bald head and a yellow shirt.
• The other character is a man with a green tie and a white shirt.
• The conversation begins with the man with the green tie expressing his frustration with people's expectations of him, stating that he is always tense and doesn't know why.
• Dilbert responds by saying that it's the tyranny of expectations, asok.
• The man with the green tie asks if people still expect him to add value, and Dilbert replies that competence is a vicious cycle.
• The man with the green tie then asks if Dilbert can teach him to be useless like him, and Dilbert responds by saying that it's better if he doesn't learn by example.
• The comic strip concludes with the man with the green tie looking confused and Dilbert walking away.

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