Dilbert cartoon first published on Thursday 6th December 2018

Dilbert//10827, first published eight years ago on Thursday 6th December 2018

Jargon

Tags

confusion, employees, irritation, language, meetings, sarcasm

Official transcript

Man: This was a great meeting. Are there any questions?

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

THIS WAS A GREAT MEETING. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?

I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND ANY OF THE JARGON YOU USED FOR THE PAST HOUR, SO I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS MEETING WAS ABOUT.

WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY SOMETHING SOONER?

THAT'S A GOOD STRATEGY FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE HOPE.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "Jargon"

Summary:

The comic strip depicts a meeting where the attendees are confused by the use of jargon. The conversation begins with one person asking if there are any questions, and another person responding that they didn't understand any of the jargon used in the past hour. The first person tries to explain the jargon, but the second person interrupts, saying that it's a good strategy for people who have hope.

Key Points:

• The comic strip highlights the issue of using jargon in meetings.
• The attendees are confused by the jargon and struggle to understand its meaning.
• The use of jargon is portrayed as a way to obscure the true meaning of a message.
• The comic strip suggests that using jargon can be a way to make people feel like they don't understand something, which can be used to their advantage.

generated by llama-3.2-11b-vision-instruct

Accompanying textual content, such as title, tags and transcripts, is shown here if we have it. Not every comic has all of these, and they seem to be a bit hit and miss even on the official website.