Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 15th February 2015
Dilbert//9437, first published 11 years ago on Sunday 15th February 2015
Tags
ceos, executives, leadership, threat, internet, ruin journalist, off the record, reporters, bar conversation, negative article, criminally insane, brillaunet writer, venn diagram, technology
Official transcript
Dilbert: There's a bad story about you on the Internet. Apparently, you described a plan to "ruin any journalist who writes an unfair story"
about us. CEO: That was off the record! Dilbert: You said it in front of a dozen reporters at a business event. CEO: It was just bar conversation. I was making a point about fairness. Dilbert: Hmmm... but now no sane writer would write a negative article about us. I can't tell if you're a brilliant leader or criminally insane. CEO: I'd show you the Venn diagram they gave us in CEO school, but it just looks like a circle.
originally published on dilbert.com
Open source transcript
THERE'S A BAD STORY ABOUT YOU ON THE INTERNET.
APPARENTLY, YOU DESCRIBED A PLAN TO "RUIN ANY JOURNALIST WHO WRITES AN UNFAIR STORY" ABOUT US.
THAT WAS OFF THE RECORD!
YOU SAID IT IN FRONT OF A DOZEN REPORTERS AT A BUSINESS EVENT.
IT WAS JUST BAR CONVERSATION. I WAS MAKING A POINT ABOUT FAIRNESS.
HMMM... BUT NOW NO SANE WRITER WOULD WRITE A NEGATIVE ARTICLE ABOUT US.
I CAN'T TELL IF YOU'RE A BRILLIANT LEADER OR CRIMINALLY INSANE.
I'D SHOW YOU THE VENN DIAGRAM THEY GAVE US IN CEO SCHOOL, BUT IT JUST LOOKS LIKE A CIRCLE.
collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive
AI Analysis
Comic Strip Title: "The Unfair Story"
Summary:
The comic strip revolves around Dilbert, a bespectacled man with a red shirt and a white name tag, who is engaged in a conversation with a journalist. The conversation begins with the journalist stating that there's a bad story about Dilbert on the internet, which Dilbert attributes to a "ruin any journalist who writes an unfair story" about him. The journalist then reveals that it was an off-the-record conversation, but Dilbert insists that he can't tell if the journalist is a brilliant leader or criminally insane.
The conversation takes a turn when the journalist shows Dilbert a Venn diagram, which Dilbert interprets as a circle. The journalist explains that the diagram represents the intersection of CEO school and business events, but Dilbert is unimpressed, saying it looks like a circle.
Overall, the comic strip pokes fun at the absurdity of corporate jargon and the tendency for journalists to sensationalize stories. It also highlights the difficulties of communication between individuals from different backgrounds and industries.
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