Dilbert cartoon first published on Friday 16th February 2018

Dilbert//10534, first published eight years ago on Friday 16th February 2018

Directionally Accurate

Tags

projections, budget, finance, math, excuse, compliment, accuracy, education, money

Official transcript

Boss: Are you confident in your financial projections? Wally: They're directionally accurate. Boss: Your columns don't even add up. Wally: Why is it so hard for you to give a compliment?

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

ARE YOU CONFIDENT IN YOUR FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS?

THEY'RE DIRECTIONALLY ACCURATE.

YOUR COLUMNS DON'T EVEN ADD UP.

WHY IS IT SO HARD FOR YOU TO GIVE A COMPLIMENT?

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Financial Projections: A Matter of Confidence"

Summary:

The comic strip features Dilbert, a bespectacled man with a green shirt, sitting at a desk with a coworker. The coworker asks if Dilbert is confident in his financial projections, to which he responds affirmatively. However, when questioned about the accuracy of his columns, Dilbert becomes defensive, claiming they are "directionally accurate" and that it's hard to give a compliment.

Key Points:

• Dilbert is confident in his financial projections.
• He becomes defensive when questioned about the accuracy of his columns.
• He claims his columns are "directionally accurate" and it's hard to give a compliment.

Humor:

The humor in this comic strip lies in Dilbert's overconfidence and defensiveness when questioned about the accuracy of his work. His response that his columns are "directionally accurate" is a clever way of avoiding a direct answer, and his claim that it's hard to give a compliment is a humorous way of deflecting criticism. The strip pokes fun at the common phenomenon of people being overly confident in their abilities and struggling to accept constructive feedback.

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