Dilbert cartoon first published on Tuesday 26th April 2016

Dilbert//9873, first published ten years ago on Tuesday 26th April 2016

Your Idea Has Been Tried

Tags

failure, trying, trial and error, criticism

Official transcript

Boss: Ideas like yours have been tried in the past and always failed! Dilbert: Have you ever been on an airplane? Those didn't work on the first few tries either. And then we have the entire history of science. Boss: Stop. You're embarrassing yourself.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

IDEAS LIKE YOURS HAVE BEEN TRIED IN THE PAST AND ALWAYS FAILED!

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ON AN AIRPLANE?

THOSE DIDN'T WORK ON THE FIRST FEW TRIES EITHER.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF SCIENCE.

STOP. YOU'RE EMBARRASSING YOURSELF.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Embarrassing Yourself"

Summary:

• The comic strip features Dilbert, a character known for his sarcastic wit and frustration with his job.
• The conversation begins with a colleague asking Dilbert if he has ever been on an airplane.
• Dilbert responds by saying that he has tried many things in the past and always failed, but has never been on an airplane.
• The colleague then asks if those who didn't work on the first few tries are embarrassed by their failure.
• Dilbert replies that he is embarrassed by his own failure, but not by the failure of others.
• The conversation ends with the colleague saying that they have the entire history of science to draw from, implying that there is no need to be embarrassed by failure.
• The comic strip pokes fun at the idea that people are often embarrassed by their failures, and that it's okay to make mistakes as long as we learn from them.

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