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Dilbert cartoon first published on Tuesday 21st April 2015

Dilbert//9502, first published 11 years ago on Tuesday 21st April 2015

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inventions, simplicity, engineers, complication, complicated, coffee, mug, overthinking


Official transcript

Dilbert Comic Strip Series - Wally Invents the two-handled coffee mug

originally published on dilbert.com


Open source transcript

OUR BOSS ASKED ME TO TOTALLY RUIN MY DOUBLE-HANDLED COFFEE MUG INVENTION BY ADDING FEATURES.

I AM ASKING EACH OF YOU TO SUPPRESS YOUR ENGINEERING IMPULSES JUST THIS ONE TIME AND LET THIS PERFECT PRODUCT STAY PERFECT.

IT WOULD BE PERFECT IF IT HAD WI-FI AND A PROJECTION KEYBOARD MAYBE ADD SOME HEALTH SENSORS AND GPS.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive


AI Analysis

Title: "The Perfect Product"

Summary:

  • The comic strip depicts a conversation between Dilbert and his boss about a coffee mug.
  • Dilbert's boss asks him to add features to the mug, but Dilbert is skeptical about the request.
  • The boss wants to add Wi-Fi and a projection keyboard to the mug, which Dilbert finds ridiculous.
  • The conversation highlights the absurdity of the boss's request and the frustration that Dilbert feels in trying to meet an impossible deadline.

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