Dilbert cartoon first published on Saturday 16th July 2016

Dilbert//9954, first published ten years ago on Saturday 16th July 2016

How Conversations Work

Tags

antisocial, conversation, distraction, phone, social, technology

Official transcript

Dilbert: The weather will be good this weekend. Alice: Stop right there. Your proposed topic of conversation is far below the level of entertainment I can get from my phone. Dilbert: I don't know how conversations work. Dogbert: You're interrupting my phone time.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

THE WEATHER WILL BE GOOD THIS WEEKEND.

STOP RIGHT THERE.

YOUR PROPOSED TOPIC OF CONVERSATION IS FAR BELOW THE LEVEL OF ENTERTAINMENT I CAN GET FROM MY PHONE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW CONVERSATIONS WORK.

YOU'RE INTERRUPTING MY PHONE TIME.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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