Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 8th July 2018

Dilbert//10676, first published eight years ago on Sunday 8th July 2018

Tags

criticism, suggestion, listening, conclusions, misunderstanding

Official transcript

Dilbert: Maybe you could remove a few slides to make your deck shorter. Man: So you're saying I should give up on trying to be persuasive? Dilbert: No, I"m saying it would be more persuasive if it were shorter. Man: So you're saying that having zero slides would be the most persuasive of all? Dilbert: No. I'm saying you have more slides than you need. Man: So you're saying people don't need accurate information as long as they don't have lots of slides? Dilbert:I'm not saying anything like that! Boss: Did Dilbert have any suggestions? Man: Just crazy ones.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

MAYBE YOU COULD REMOVE A FEW SLIDES TO MAKE YOUR DECK SHORTER.

SO YOU'RE SAYING I SHOULD GIVE UP ON TRYING TO BE PERSUASIVE?

NO. I'M SAYING IT WOULD BE MORE PERSUASIVE IF IT WERE SHORTER.

SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT HAVING ZERO SLIDES WOULD BE THE MOST PERSUASIVE OF ALL?

NO. I'M SAYING YOU HAVE MORE SLIDES THAN YOU NEED.

SO YOU'RE SAYING PEOPLE DON'T NEED ACCURATE INFORMATION SO LONG AS THEY DON'T HAVE LOTS OF SLIDES?

I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING LIKE THAT!

DID DILBERT HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS?

JUST CRAZY ONES.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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