Dilbert cartoon first published on Wednesday 10th June 2015

Dilbert//9552, first published 11 years ago on Wednesday 10th June 2015

Doomed Smartwatch Project

Tags

analogy, obliviousness, assignment, technology, invention, watch, failure

Official transcript

Dilbert Comic Strip Series - The smartwatch project

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

YOULL BE IN CHARGE OF OUR SMART WATCH PROJECT.

.. THAT IS DOOMED FROM THE START.

STOP BEING SUCH A PESSIMIST.

SAID GENERAL CUSTER TO HIS HORSE.

WHY WOULD HE TALK TO HIS HORSE?

BECAUSE EVEN THE HORSE KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG!

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Talk to the Horse"

Summary:

This comic strip features Dilbert, a bespectacled man with a skeptical expression, sitting at his desk. He is engaged in a conversation with a woman, who is wearing a red shirt and has a puzzled look on her face. The woman is saying:

"You'll be in charge of our smartwatch project."

Dilbert responds:

"...that is doomed from the start."

The woman then asks:

"Stop being such a pessimist."

Dilbert retorts:

"Said general cluster to his horse."

The woman appears perplexed by Dilbert's response, and he clarifies:

"Why would he talk to his horse?"

The woman looks even more confused, and Dilbert explains:

"Because even the horse knew something was wrong!"

The comic strip humorously highlights Dilbert's pessimistic outlook and his tendency to be blunt in his interactions.

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