Dilbert cartoon first published on Thursday 12th July 2018

Dilbert//10680, first published eight years ago on Thursday 12th July 2018

Is Misinterpreted

Tags

assume, assumption, proof, obstinacy

Official transcript

Alice: Is it true you are telling everyone the new product road map is stupid? Dilbert: Um... nothing remotely like that has ever happened. Here's an email in which I say how good it is. Alice: You hesitated in your answer. That means you're lying. Dilbert: Read the email!!!

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

IS IT TRUE YOU ARE TELLING EVERYONE THE NEW PRODUCT ROAD MAP IS STUPID?

UM... NOTHING REMOTELY LIKE THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED.

HERE'S AN EMAIL IN WHICH I SAY HOW GOOD IT IS.

YOU HESITATED IN YOUR ANSWER. THAT MEANS YOU'RE LYING.

READ THE EMAIL!!!

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "The Email Lie"

Summary:

This 'Dilbert' comic strip humorously depicts a common workplace scenario. The strip features a conversation between a boss and an employee, where the boss asks if the employee has shared the new product road map with everyone, implying that it's a crucial piece of information. However, the employee responds that nothing remotely like that has happened, and instead, they've simply forwarded an email with the phrase "READ THE EMAIL!!!" as the content.

The punchline lies in the employee's clever response, which pokes fun at the tendency of managers to expect employees to read and understand complex information without actually providing it. The strip cleverly captures the absurdity of this expectation and the employee's witty way of calling out the boss's assumption.

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