Dilbert cartoon first published on Saturday 25th October 2014

Dilbert//9324, first published twelve years ago on Saturday 25th October 2014

Tags

graphic design, graphic designers, outsourcing, new employee, subcontract, starngers, internet, 5% salary, undermind, technology

Official transcript

Dilbert Comic Strip Series - Graphic Designer

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

, MEET OUR NEW GRAPHIC DESIGNER IF I HAD YOUR JOB, I WOULD SECRETLY SUB IT OUT TO STRANGERS ON THE INTERNET AND PAY THEM 5% OF MY SALARY WHILE I DID NOTHING ALL DAY.

OOPS. SORRY.

I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE ALREADY THERE.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

The title of this comic strip is "Dilbert".

The comic strip features Dilbert, a bespectacled character with a distinctive appearance, sitting at a desk in an office setting. He is engaged in a conversation with a new graphic designer, who is introducing himself to Dilbert.

The conversation unfolds as follows:

• The new graphic designer asks Dilbert if he had his job, would he secretly sabotage it out of spite towards strangers on the internet and pay them 5% of his salary while doing nothing all day.
• Dilbert responds by saying "Oops, sorry. I didn't know you were already there."

The comic strip humorously highlights the absurdity of the new graphic designer's proposal and Dilbert's deadpan reaction to it. The punchline relies on the unexpected twist of Dilbert's response, which implies that he is already engaging in the exact behavior he was asked about. The comic strip pokes fun at the idea of sabotage and the notion that someone would be willing to pay others to do nothing while they reap the benefits. Overall, the comic strip uses humor to comment on the absurdities of office life and the quirks of human behavior.

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