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Dilbert cartoon first published on Saturday 9th May 2015

Dilbert//9520, first published 11 years ago on Saturday 9th May 2015

Fixes Boss's Technology Strategy


Tags

verbiage, technical, jargon, deception, logic, team player, babble


Official transcript

Dilbert: fixed your technology strategy. I couldn't make it sound logical, so I buried the stupid parts under seven layers of technical babble. Add an irrelevant graph and no one will be the wiser... literally. Boss: Please stop being a team player.

originally published on dilbert.com


Open source transcript

I FIXED YOUR TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY.

I COULDN'T MAKE IT SOUND LOGICAL, SO I BURIED THE STUPID PARTS UNDER SEVEN LAYERS OF TECHNICAL BABBLE.

ADD AN IRRELEVANT GRAPH AND NO ONE WILL BE THE WISER ...

LITERALLY.

PLEASE STOP BEING A TEAM PLAYER

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive


AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "The Art of Technical Babble"

Summary:

  • The comic strip features Dilbert, a character known for his sarcastic wit, in a conversation with his boss.
  • Dilbert's boss asks him to fix a technology strategy, which Dilbert accomplishes by creating a complex and meaningless graph.
  • The boss is impressed by the graph, but Dilbert warns him that it is irrelevant and will not solve any problems.
  • The comic strip pokes fun at the tendency of technical professionals to use jargon and complex language to sound smart, rather than actually solving problems.

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