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Dilbert cartoon first published on Thursday 17th December 2015

Dilbert//9742, first published 11 years ago on Thursday 17th December 2015

Times His Nods


Tags

honesty, candor, lying, deception, sales, sales personnel, ethics, business


Official transcript

Client: Why does your engineer keep nodding? Dilbert: I don't like to lie, so I just nod while he times his lies to my nods. You were totally right about them hating candor.

originally published on dilbert.com


Open source transcript

WHY DOES YOUR ENGINEER KEEP NODDING?

I DON'T LIKE TO LIE, SO I JUST NOD WHILE HE TIMES HIS LIES TO MY NODS.

YOU WERE TOTALLY RIGHT ABOUT THEM HATING CANDOR.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive


AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "Nodding Off"

Summary:

The comic strip features Dilbert, a bespectacled man with dark hair and a red shirt, seated at a conference table. He is engaged in a conversation with his coworkers, who are all dressed in business attire.

  • Dilbert: "Why does your engineer keep nodding?"
  • Coworker 1: "I don't like to lie, so I just nod while he times his lies to my nods."
  • Dilbert: "You were totally right about them hating Candor."

The comic strip humorously highlights the absurdity of office politics and the tendency for people to nod along with others' statements, even if they don't necessarily agree with them.

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